Minecraft wiki entry for Starting_in_the_Nether, associated text: And if you're going to use creative mode to build the portal to start, give yourself a respawn anchor right away as well. I promise you it's not cheating. Nether survival is nearly unplayable otherwise, unless you're a really bold player or you get a really good starting location. You'll need diamond or netherite to break it though. You can make more respawn anchors once you get crying obsidian from piglins.