Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I recently uploaded a video of a fire portal(youtu.be/EwZHNKT_huA) which saves 2 ticks over torch portal(youtu.be/zhrJ5lI7Rag). However, even this still has a single tick of downtime while waiting for the second jump in order to gain height. While I'm still curious as to whether this can be solved on its own, in the meantime I present a bit of a situational solution.
This cuts the portal down to 14 ticks, perhaps the fastest possible. This just being because it takes 13 blocks to build the frame, and 1 tick to light the portal. The strat works based on exactly the same premise as the original fire portal(info at youtu.be/EwZHNKT_huA prolly). The only difference is here I use fire not only to double place and light the portal, but to boost myself upwards as well. Normally you have to jump twice to be able to reach the top of the portal, but since this adds an additional 0.42m(I assume?) to my height, I can reach it all in a single jump. This eliminates the need to wait for a second jump, thus eliminating the extra tick of wait time. The act of actually placing the fire for the boost would take an extra tick, but as long as that fire is placed in part of the portal frame it can be used with a double place later, resulting in a net zero loss of time. This double place can be hard at times(either off the side or off the top of the fire), but I tried to show the general possibilities in this video. Technically this boost adds less height than a full second jump so things are a bit weird to pull off cleanly, but it works out.
The reliance on the damage boost thingie does mean this has a few requirements though, whereas the only requirement for the original fire portal is fire itself:
-Need to take a tick of damage
-This can be problematic because of s+q invulnerability, damage ticks, or health concerns.
-Need to be standing in the portal frame area
-Since the fire needs to be placed in the portal frame, you have to be close enough to catch fire from it. If it takes any more than a tick to get within range, then the result is the same as normal fire portal. The redeeming factor being if you're far from your portal frame chances are there are more optimal methods anyway.
Anyway, I thought that was rather silly
I recently uploaded a video of a fire portal(youtu.be/EwZHNKT_huA) which saves 2 ticks over torch portal(youtu.be/zhrJ5lI7Rag). However, even this still has a single tick of downtime while waiting for the second jump in order to gain height. While I'm still curious as to whether this can be solved on its own, in the meantime I present a bit of a situational solution.
This cuts the portal down to 14 ticks, perhaps the fastest possible. This just being because it takes 13 blocks to build the frame, and 1 tick to light the portal. The strat works based on exactly the same premise as the original fire portal(info at youtu.be/EwZHNKT_huA prolly). The only difference is here I use fire not only to double place and light the portal, but to boost myself upwards as well. Normally you have to jump twice to be able to reach the top of the portal, but since this adds an additional 0.42m(I assume?) to my height, I can reach it all in a single jump. This eliminates the need to wait for a second jump, thus eliminating the extra tick of wait time. The act of actually placing the fire for the boost would take an extra tick, but as long as that fire is placed in part of the portal frame it can be used with a double place later, resulting in a net zero loss of time. This double place can be hard at times(either off the side or off the top of the fire), but I tried to show the general possibilities in this video. Technically this boost adds less height than a full second jump so things are a bit weird to pull off cleanly, but it works out.
The reliance on the damage boost thingie does mean this has a few requirements though, whereas the only requirement for the original fire portal is fire itself:
-Need to take a tick of damage
-This can be problematic because of s+q invulnerability, damage ticks, or health concerns.
-Need to be standing in the portal frame area
-Since the fire needs to be placed in the portal frame, you have to be close enough to catch fire from it. If it takes any more than a tick to get within range, then the result is the same as normal fire portal. The redeeming factor being if you're far from your portal frame chances are there are more optimal methods anyway.
Anyway, I thought that was rather silly
