A portal is an object through which the first blockhead warped into a world enters. Each world starts with one portal. Additional portals can be crafted at a workbench. The portal can subsequently be used to craft items, make in-app purchases, and warp in up to four additional blockheads for a total of five in a single-player world.

Portal
Portal
Portal


Category Crafting Surface
Use Crafting
Tool
Stackable Yes (99)


"Place a portal anywhere."
- Level 2 Workbench

Where Found

A portal can be crafted at a level 2 workbench for one stone and 120 time crystals. Prior to version 1.5, it instead required 100 time crystals.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output
    +   + + + =  
Lvl. 2 Workbench Stone Time Crystal [[]] [[]] [[]] Portal
Quantity 1 120 {{{Qty3}}} {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1
Rush Cost
1  
Double-Time
0.5  

Upgrades

Portal upgrades require a gem of the correct type and a number of time crystals dependent on the upgrade. The progression of upgrades parallels the rarity of the gems used. Portal upgrades require resources which are consumed if the requirements are met. Those upgrades unlock items that can be warped in.

Products

With the proper resources, a portal can be used to "warp in" a variety of items.

Level 1

 
Level 1
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Workbench The gateway to crafting. 1 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Blockhead Warp in up to 5 blockheads. 50 - 200 time crystals and 5 food
  World Credit Add credit to this server. $0.99 (USD) - $2.99 (USD) (only on cloud servers)
  Double-Time Permanently doubles craft speed and
halves rush cost for all crafting in all worlds.
$2.99 (USD)
  Time Crystal Purchase time crystals and save time. Free - $24.99 (USD)
  Teleport Here Warp to this portal now. 10 - 200 time crystals
  100 Copper Coins For trading. 1 x   0.1 TC 0.05  
  Gold Coin Worth 100 copper coins. 100 x   0.1 TC 0.05  
  100 Gold Coin Worth 100 copper coins. 1 x   0.1 TC 0.05  
  Platinum Coin Worth 100 gold coins. 100 x   0.1 TC 0.05  
  Trade Portal Trade with the universe. 1 x   1 x   50 x   1 TC 0.5  
  Ownership Sign Protects nearby blocks. 1 x   3 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Amethyst Upgrade Unlock more items. 1 x   20 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Note: A portal will not allow trading multiple coins of a larger denomination for 100 coins of a smaller denomination. Each coin must be traded individually.

Level 2 - Amethyst Portal

 
Amethyst Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Amethyst Pickaxe Get double from mining. 5 x   20 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Sapphire Upgrade Unlock more items. 1 x   40 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Level 3 - Sapphire Portal

 
Sapphire Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Sapphire Pickaxe Get triple from mining. 5 x   40 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Emerald Upgrade Unlock more items. 1 x   60 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Level 4 - Emerald Portal

 
Emerald Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Emerald Pickaxe Get 4x from mining. 5 x   60 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Ruby Upgrade Unlock more items. 1 x   80 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Level 5 - Ruby Portal

 
Ruby Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Ruby Pickaxe Get 5x from mining. 5 x   80 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Diamond Upgrade Unlock more items. 1 x   100 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Level 6 - Diamond Portal

 
Diamond Portal
Icon Name Slogan Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Rush Cost Double-Time
  Diamond Pickaxe Get 6x from mining. 5 x   100 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Golden Bed Be rested in no time. 1 x   5 x   100 x   0.5 TC 0.25  
  Portal Chest Store things across worlds. 1 x   1 x   100 x   0.5 TC 0.25  

Removed items

Warping in resources was removed in version 1.4 because the developer, David Frampton, felt that the warping in of resources "felt too much like cheating".

Versions Icon Name Slogan
1.3 - 1.3.2   Gold Coin For trading.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Copper Ore Warp in some copper.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Tin Ore Tin delivered to your door.
1.0 - 1.3.2   20 Iron Ore Iron without the mess.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Oil Stronger light in lanterns.
1.3 - 1.3.2   10 Copper Ingots Craft with copper.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Tin Ingots Craft with tin.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Coal No coal? No problem!
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Bronze Ingots Craft with bronze.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Iron Ingots Craft with iron.
1.3 - 1.3.2   20 Gold Nuggets No need to dig too deep.
1.0 - 1.3.2   10 Steel Ingots For a better pickaxe.
1.3 - 1.3.2   10 Gold Ingots Bling!

Crafting

Portals crafted at a workbench can be crafted into a trade portal or a portal chest at a portal.

Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output
    +   +   + + =  
Lvl. 1 Portal Portal Gold Coin Time Crystal [[]] [[]] Trade Portal
Quantity 1 1 50 {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1
Rush Cost
1  
Double-Time
0.5  
Location Input Item 1 Input Item 2 Input Item 3 Input Item 4 Input Item 5 Crafted Output
    +   +   + + =  
Lvl. 6 Portal Portal Golden Chest Time Crystal [[]] [[]] Portal Chest
Quantity 1 1 100 {{{Qty4}}} {{{Qty5}}} 1
Rush Cost
0.5  
Double-Time
0.25  

Additional Portals

A level 2 workbench can be used to create additional portals for one stone and 120 time crystals. These portals are level 1 and placed directly into a blockhead's inventory. They can then be placed much as any other crafting surface except that they are three blocks tall. This is because they have both a portal's two-high "loop" and a single stone block as a base.

Unlike a world's default portal, the block an added portal stands on is patterned as placed stone, not smooth, natural stone. They also offer the option of being picked up and relocated by a blockhead similarly to any other Crafting Surface. Like the original portal, it can be upgraded and produce any of the appropriate products.

Trivia

Creator David Frampton said in an August 22, 2016, Twitter post, "Random Blockheads trivia: The whole portal thing was inspired by Stargate. I was watching SG-1 at the time."

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