Mods have always been a huge part of the Minecraft experience. While they might not qualify as official additions to the game, mods have added a lot of spice to a Minecraft player’s in-game journey.

Minecraft has two main portals that allow players to enter different dimensions in the game: the Nether portal and the End portal.

Nether World, Nether Realm - however you put it, The Nether still sounds like a bum euphemism. Step forward The Aether, an alternative alternate dimension to put Mojang’s to shame.

Great news for all you Minecraft fans. Over the holiday weekend, The Aether Mod was updated to 1.0.0 and should now be compatible with the full release of Mineraft.

A team of six modders originally created the Aether as a whimsical, pastel-hued response to Minecraft's fire-and-brimstone Nether world. Apparently the Aether's floating islands and flying pigs ...

Using the innovative Aether Engine, Mojang Studios was able to create a 1,024 player server in just three days, with no prior experience with the engine.