Nether fortresses can generate buried in netherrack. In Java Edition, the chance of a fortress generating instead of a bastion is 2⁄ 5 (40%), while in Bedrock Edition the chance of a fortress generating instead of a bastion is 1⁄ 3 (33.3%). Two structures never generate in the same region, although they might overlap if they generate close to the separation border. This leaves only a 368×368 block section in Java Edition or 416×416 block section in Bedrock Edition where a structure can generate.
The green color is where they can generate and red is where they cannot. The black lines represent each region and the dots represent coordinates. The Nether structure generation in Bedrock Edition.
The green color is where they can generate and red is where they cannot.Įach region has a four chunk separation located on the south and east borders of the region in which neither a fortress nor a bastion can generate. The Nether structure generation in Java Edition. The regions are 432×432 blocks in Java Edition and 480×480 blocks in Bedrock Edition. To do so, the game splits the Nether into regions in which one of either a fortress or a bastion remnant can generate. Nether fortresses generate in all Nether biomes.