

When the player step through the portal for the first time, a portal will spawn in a randomly generated Aether. To get to the Aether, one must first make a Aether Portal formation out of Glowstone, and place water with a water bucket in one of the top corners. There are many new mobs such as Aerwhales and Cockatrices, items and blocks in the Aether, some being entirely different from those in the Overworld, but few are similar to overworld mobs. Its main features are large floating islands and formations of Aerclouds, which are solid cloud-like blocks. The Aether is an inverse to The Nether, with the Aether being large solid areas in empty space while The Nether is empty space in large solid areas. Via manual installation and previous version-profiles via the official Minecraft launcher.Via the Technic Launcher's various Aether modpacks.There is also a +1.7.10 (up to 1.12.2) port of The Aether called Aether Legacy for those looking for an up to date version with extra features, tweaks and fixes.
