Nether Update
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👁 Image Nether Update logo
👁 Image There are guides for this update!
The Nether Update is a major update themed around revamping the Nether . It adds multiple new features to this dimension, such as new biomes and mobs. The update was announced at MINECON Live 2019 [ 1] Java Bedrock Minecraft .[ 2] Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0 .[ 3] [ 4]
This update's development on Java Edition started with snapshot 20w06a , which was released on February 5, 2020. The first pre-release was released on June 4, 2020, followed by the second on June 5, the third on June 10, the fourth on June 11, the fifth on June 12, the sixth on June 15, the seventh on June 16, and the eighth on June 17. The only release candidate was released on June 18.
This update's development on Bedrock Edition started with beta 1.15.0.51 , which was released on February 12, 2020. Bedrock Edition 1.15.0 was skipped to bring parity between major versions of Java and Bedrock.[ 5]
For China Edition
👁 Image Key art Additionally, features from this update was released for Education Edition 1.17.30 on November 2, 2021.
👁 Image An example of the biomes in the Nether as of the update, with a crimson forest to the far left, Nether wastes up close, warped forest on the back, and basalt deltas to the far right. 👁 Image Ancient debris
A rare ore block found in the Nether.
Commonly found below lava level, at Y=15, in which forms blobs.
Can be smelted into netherite scraps .
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped.
👁 Image Block of netherite Crafted using 9 netherite ingots .
Can be used to activate a beacon .
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped. 👁 Image Basalt
Blackstone block set:
👁 Invicon Chain.png: Sprite image for Chain in Minecraft 👁 Image Chain
A decorative block that can be crafted using an iron ingot and 2 iron nuggets .
Generates with hanging lanterns in bastion remnants.
Can be waterlogged, placed on sides, and be used to hang various blocks such as lanterns . 👁 Image Crying obsidian
👁 Image Lodestone
Crafted with 1 netherite ingot and 8 chiseled stone bricks .
Rarely found in bastion remnant loot chests.
Can be used to alter compasses to point toward it. 👁 Image 👁 Image Chiseled Nether bricks and cracked Nether bricks
Obtained the same ways as other cracked bricks and chiseled bricks. 👁 Image Nether gold ore
A Nether variant of gold ore that generates in the Nether .
Drops 2–4 gold nuggets upon mining, although this can be increased with Fortune.
Mining with Silk Touch gives the block itself, which can be smelted into a gold ingot . 👁 Image Nether sprouts
Grass-like blocks that generate in warped forests.
Can be obtained using shears . Nether vines:
Nether wart wood set:
👁 Image 👁 Image Nylium
Makes up the "grass" of both Nether wart forests.
Can be spread by using bonemeal on nearby netherrack .
Using bonemeal on it generates its corresponding roots, fungi, and, if it is warped, Nether sprouts. 👁 Image Quartz bricks
👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Respawn anchor
A block that can be used to set a spawn point in the Nether.
For it to work, it must be charged using a maximum of four glowstone blocks, and a minimum of one.
It explodes violently if used in the Overworld or the End.
Crafted from 6 crying obsidian and glowstone blocks. 👁 Image 👁 Image Crimson and Warped roots
Flower-like blocks that generate in Nether wart forests.
👁 Image 👁 Image Soul family of blocks:
👁 Image Target
A redstone component that can be activated by shooting projectiles into it.
Signal is stronger depending on how close the projectile is to the center of the block.
The signal strength goes up to 15.
Can be crafted using a hay bale and 4 redstone dust.
Can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the most effective.
Does not need a redstone comparator to send a signal strength. 👁 Invicon Lodestone Compass.png: Sprite image for Lodestone Compass in Minecraft Lodestone compass
Created when a compass is used on a lodestone. Always points to the lodestone. 👁 Invicon Netherite Scrap.png: Sprite image for Netherite Scrap in Minecraft Netherite scrap
Smelted from ancient debris.
Can be used to craft a netherite ingot .
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped. 👁 Invicon Netherite Helmet.png: Sprite image for Netherite Helmet in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Chestplate.png: Sprite image for Netherite Chestplate in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Leggings.png: Sprite image for Netherite Leggings in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Boots.png: Sprite image for Netherite Boots in Minecraft 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Netherite armor
Significantly stronger and more durable than diamond armor, with a new statistic that affects knockback called Knockback Resistance.
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped. 👁 Invicon Netherite Ingot.png: Sprite image for Netherite Ingot in Minecraft Netherite ingot
Crafted from 4 gold ingots and 4 netherite scraps .
Can be used on diamond armor/tools in a smithing table interface to create netherite armor/tools, retaining the name, enchantments, and damage to durability.
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped. 👁 Invicon Netherite Axe.png: Sprite image for Netherite Axe in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Hoe.png: Sprite image for Netherite Hoe in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Netherite Pickaxe in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Shovel.png: Sprite image for Netherite Shovel in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Netherite Sword.png: Sprite image for Netherite Sword in Minecraft Netherite tools and weapons
More durable than diamond tools.
Does not burn up in fire or lava when dropped. 👁 Invicon Music Disc Pigstep.png: Sprite image for Music Disc Pigstep in Minecraft "Pigstep" music disc
Can only be found in loot chests within bastion remnants.
The music was composed by Lena Raine . 👁 Invicon Banner Pattern.png: Sprite image for Banner Pattern in Minecraft 👁 Image Snout banner pattern
A rare banner pattern found in loot chests within bastion remnants.
When applied to banner, it resembles a piglin's snout. Spawn eggs :
👁 Invicon Warped Fungus on a Stick.png: Sprite image for Warped Fungus on a Stick in Minecraft Warped fungus on a stick
👁 Invicon Enchanted Book.png: Sprite image for Enchanted Book in Minecraft Soul Speed
👁 Image Hoglin
👁 Image 👁 Image Piglin
A humanoid pig-like neutral mob that spawns commonly in crimson forests, uncommonly in Nether wastes, and in bastion remnants.
Attacks the player unless they are wearing at least one piece of gold armor .
Will aggro on a gold-wearing player if they break a gold -related block or open a storage block, even if it was placed by the player.
Attacks wither skeletons and the wither on sight, while occasionally attacking hoglins for food.
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Are attracted by gold-related items, except for some.
It also picks up porkchops as well.
If the gold-related item is an armor piece or sword, they equip it.
They are afraid of soul fire-related blocks and zombified piglins .
When they are outside of the Nether for 30 seconds, they turn into their zombified counterparts.
Cannot swim.
Can be bartered with by giving them a gold ingot , causing them to throw a random item from their bartering loot table in return.
Baby piglins never grow up.
Unlike adults, they are passive and cannot barter.
👁 Image hoglin jockey .
👁 Image 👁 Image Piglin brute
A stronger variant of piglins that spawns in bastion remnants.
Attacks the player regardless if they are wearing gold armor or not
Is not attracted by gold-related items
Cannot be bartered with.
Attacks wither skeletons and the wither on sight, just like regular piglins.
Their attack is quite strong, capable of killing an unarmored player in a few hits. 👁 Image Strider
👁 Image Zoglin
An undead variant of the hoglin that spawns only if a hoglin stays in the Overworld or End for 30 seconds.
Is aggressive toward all mobs except for creepers and other zoglins .
Cannot be bred. 👁 BiomeSprite basalt-deltas.png: Sprite image for basalt-deltas in Minecraft Basalt deltas
A biome made of stalk-like basalt pillars and patches of blackstone. Lava pools ringed with magma blocks appear in this biome frequently.
Magma cubes frequently spawn here, alongside ghasts.👁 BiomeSprite crimson-forest.png: Sprite image for crimson-forest in Minecraft Crimson forest
A biome floored with crimson nylium, containing crimson fungi, huge crimson fungi, crimson roots, and the occasionally warped fungi.
Weeping vines occasionally generate on the roof in this biome.
Hoglins , piglins , and zombified piglins spawn in this biome, the latter being less common.👁 BiomeSprite soul-sand-valley.png: Sprite image for soul-sand-valley in Minecraft Soul sand valley
A landscape made entirely out of soul soil and soul sand, with occasional basalt pillars and Nether fossils.
Skeletons and ghasts spawn commonly in soul sand valleys, while endermen are less common.Soul fire is also generated. 👁 BiomeSprite warped-forest.png: Sprite image for warped-forest in Minecraft Warped forest
A biome floored with warped fungi, huge warped fungi, warped roots, Nether sprouts, and occasionally crimson fungi and roots as part of the vegetation.
Twisted vines generate in large quantities in this biome.
Endermen spawn frequently here. 👁 Image Basalt column
Tall clusters of basalts that generate in basalt deltas. 👁 Image Basalt pillar
Generates in soul sand valleys, made entirely of basalt. 👁 Image Delta
A one-block-deep sheet of constrained lava found among the terrain of basalt deltas. 👁 Image 👁 Image Huge fungi
Large tree-like structures that generate in crimson and warped forests.
Their structure is made of stems, wart blocks, shroomlights, and if it's a huge crimson fungus, weeping vines. 👁 Image Bastion remnant
A rare structure that generates out of four different types.
Can generate in any biome except for basalt deltas.
Made entirely of blackstone and basalt.
It spawns piglins, piglin brutes, and, if is the hoglin stables variant, hoglins.
Contains loot chests and gold-related blocks that aggravate any nearby piglin if mined or opened. 👁 Image Nether fossil
Large structures made of bone blocks that generate in soul sand valleys. 👁 Image Ruined portal
A generated structure that comes in many different sizes, always containing 1 loot chest.
They can spawn in any Nether or Overworld biome, even underground, in water, or in lava lakes.
Occasionally contains a block of gold, and is made of stone bricks if generated in the Overworld, and blackstone bricks if in the Nether. Blocks
Beacon
👁 Image Nether wart block
Signs in Bedrock Edition
Vines
Now play a sound when climbed. Walls
No longer have gaps when stacked vertically.
Now connect to the bottom and sides of glass panes and iron bars. Clay ball
Renamed from "Clay" to "Clay Ball" to distinguish it from the clay block . Compass
👁 Invicon Wooden Hoe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Hoe in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Golden Hoe.png: Sprite image for Golden Hoe in Minecraft 👁 Invicon Diamond Hoe.png: Sprite image for Diamond Hoe in Minecraft Hoe
Changed textures of the hoes shown above.
Can now mine faster on the following blocks:
👁 Image Zombified piglin
The model and texture of the zombified piglin has been changed.
Renamed from "Zombie Pigman" to "Zombified Piglin". Wither skeleton
👁 Image Nether wastes
Renamed from "The Nether" to "Nether wastes" since the introduction of the new Nether biomes. Smithing table
Added functionality: it is used to upgrade diamond items into their respective netherite variations.
Enchantments on the diamond item are preserved when upgrading into netherite. 1.16.1 was released to fix some critical bugs and crashes.1.16.1.03 was released exclusively on PS4 to fix an issue where the game would get stuck on the loading screen and potentially crash.1.16.1.04 was released exclusively on PS4 to improve stability in the game.1.16.10 was released to add a warning for deprecated devices and fixes a bug for mobile devices.1.16.20 added piglin brutes , as well as changes to sounds, block behaviors, technical changes, and bug fixes.1.16.21 was released exclusively on Nintendo Switch to fix a stability issue relating to the home screen while signed in.1.16.40 was released to fix account linking issues and crashes.1.16.42 added support for PlayStation VR on PS4.1.16.50 was released exclusively on iOS to improve stability and fix crashes.1.16.60 was released exclusively on PS4 to improve stability and reduce crashes.1.16.61 was released exclusively on PS4 to fix critical bugs and crashes.1.16.100 added new commands, expanded and improved the add-on and script engine mechanics, changes to certain block mechanics/gameplay, more parity from Java Edition , realms, and featured server support for PlayStation 4, revamps the achievement/trophy UI, and fixes bugs.1.16.101 was released to fix an issue for mobile devices.1.16.200 implemented RenderDragon to Windows 10 and added new audio settings, ray-tracing features, changes to death messages, and fixes bugs.1.16.201 was released to fix some critical bugs and crashes.1.16.210 added more new ambient sounds to the Nether, and fixes bugs.1.16.220 added the ability to change signs' text's color with dyes, and fixes bugs and crashes.1.16.221 was released to fix some critical bugs and crashes.A trailer for the update was released on June 23, 2020.
Videos made by slicedlime :
What's New in Minecraft Java Edition 1.16 - The Nether Update? (view on YouTube )
How Bastion Remnants and Ruined Portals are Generated in the Nether Update (view on YouTube )
Videos uploaded to Lena Raine – Topic by Ingrooves
Plays exclusively in the Crimson Forest biome.
Plays exclusively in the Nether Wastes biome.
Plays in both the Basalt Deltas and Soul Sand Valley biomes.
The thirteenth music disc added to Minecraft.
The original mix of Pigstep before converted to mono.
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Welcome to the Nether. Stronger materials, scarier biomes, and snoutier mobs bring the heat to an already fiery dimension.
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Similarly to the announcement of the Update Aquatic , this update was announced during the development of the previous release , and before the features of that version were included in a full release.
Version numbers are the same for both Java Bedrock [ 5]
The Nether was originally going to be the theme of 1.13, but it was later changed to be the version for the Update Aquatic .[ 6]
The allay was originally planned for this update, but was instead added in The Wild Update after having won the mob vote at Minecraft Live 2021 .[ 7] Screenshots of the Nether Update from MINECON Live 2019 :
A view of the soul sand valley.
Another view of the soul sand valley.
Some soul fire present in the soul sand valley.
A view of the crimson forest
biome .
A close-up view of the crimson forest.
A view of the warped forest
biome .
A close-up of the warped forest.
A target block being shot that activated the redstone lamps.
A view of the warped forest, with the red Nether fungi being replaced by two new types of fungi.
A better look at the terrain generation of the crimson forest and
weeping vines , which generate within the biome.
Another screenshot which shows two piglins hunting a hoglin.
Nether wart blocks seem to be growing on the ground. Note the piglin wearing golden leggings.
A soul sand valley that has generated next to a warped forest. This is no longer possible after the full release, since these two biomes no longer generate next to each other.
"This concept was made as we started talking about introducing huge Nether warts in the Nether. This eventually led to us deciding to turn it into its own biome." – Johan Aronson, art director.
"We wanted to extend the palette in the Nether to enhance the feeling that you're not in the Overworld anymore. This was an experiment to find a suitable, contrasting palette to the original Nether setting." – Johan Aronson, art director.
Artwork by Johan Aronson, art director.
Concept art of an early design of the strider.
Concept art of the strider.
↑ "Everything We Announced At MINECON Live 2019" – Minecraft.net , September 28, 2019.↑ "The Nether Update has a date!" – Minecraft.net , June 17, 2020.↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 19w40a" – Minecraft.net , October 2, 2019.↑ "The Bedrock Nether Update beta is here!" – Minecraft.net , March 16, 2020.↑ a b "That is the plan! 👇 So that it’s not so confusing anymore." (archived) – @Chupacaubrey on X (formerly Twitter), March 16, 2020↑ "Ask Mojang #14: Coding to the Classics!" – Minecraft on YouTube, February 5, 2021↑ "The Secrets of Minecraft: The Allay" – Minecraft on YouTube, March 29, 2022↑ "No, piglin, don't hunt the baby hoglins." – @henrikkniberg on X (formerly Twitter), December 5, 2019↑ "I haven't seen that before... :o" – @kingbdogz on X (formerly Twitter), March 25, 2020
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