
Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel
Adds a simple and stylish fast travel system using Ancient City Portal Frames.
About this Mod
Echo Gates is a mod that brings a fast travel waypoint system to Minecraft using materials found in the Deep Dark. Find portal frames in Ancient Cities, then activate them with a new item: the Sculk Heart.
Features
Activating Echo Gates
Crafting Sculk Hearts
Craft a Sculk Heart by combining an Echo Shard, an Ender Pearl, and any Raw Meat (or Rotten Flesh).

Activating Echo Gates
Use a Sculk Heart on a dormant Ancient City Portal to activate it and create an Echo Gate.

Custom Portal Frames
Echo Gates can be created from any rectangular Reinforced Deepslate frame (similar to Nether portals). Since Reinforced Deepslate isn't obtainable in vanilla survival, this method of portal creation is intended for modpacks that provide ways to acquire or craft it.
Using Echo Gates
By default, stepping through an Echo Gate teleports you to a random active Echo Gate in the world.
Linking Gates with Echo Shards
You can create connections from one Echo Gate to another using Echo Shards:

Right-click an Echo Gate with an Echo Shard to store its location
Right-click a different Echo Gate with the stored shard to link them together
The linked gate will now always teleport to the stored destination instead of a random gate
Unlinking Gates
Right-click a linked Echo Gate with a Fermented Spider Eye to remove its connection and return it to random teleportation.
Available Versions
How to Install Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set neoforge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the neoforge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.1).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.1
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong neoforge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.1). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel compatible with neoforge?
Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel officially supports neoforge for Minecraft 1.21.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Echo Gates: Ancient City Fast Travel consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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