| Mode | Speed | Time | Time via Nether |
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Minecraft's unit math is mercifully simple: one block is one meter, so a 1,000-block trip is a literal kilometer. The travel table uses the community-measured speeds from the game - walking at about 4.317 blocks per second, sprinting at 5.612, sprint-jumping averaging 7.127, and a boat on still water around 8. Ice boating and elytra flight go far faster, but they vary so much with technique and terrain that a single honest number does not exist - treat the table as your floor, not your ceiling.
The "via Nether" column divides the horizontal distance by eight, because one Nether block equals eight Overworld blocks. For any trip past a few hundred blocks, building a Nether tunnel beats every Overworld transport - and precise portal placement is what keeps the shortcut safe, which is exactly what the nether portal calculator is for.
Read the XYZ line from F3 at both spots and enter them above. The calculator gives the straight-line (3D) distance and the horizontal (2D) distance - one block is exactly one meter.
Walking is about 4.317 blocks per second, sprinting about 5.612, and sprint-jumping averages about 7.127. A boat on still water tops out around 8 blocks per second - and dramatically faster on ice.
The Nether. Every block traveled there equals eight in the Overworld, so a 10,000-block trip becomes 1,250 blocks of Nether highway - the travel times below include that comparison. Use our nether portal calculator to place the portals precisely.
For travel time, rarely - you mostly move horizontally. That is why the calculator shows the 2D distance too; use the 3D value when you care about the true straight line, like elytra descents or TNT cannons.