Nether 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 and was released on June 23, 2020, only for the of Minecraft. It was released as Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0.

This update's development on 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 first release candidate was released on June 18.

This update's development on 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 Java and Bedrock release versions.

Notable features



 * New blocks:
 * Soul Fire
 * Soul Torch
 * Soul Lantern
 * Soul Campfire
 * Crimson and Warped Fungi
 * Crimson and Warped Stems
 * Crimson and Warped Hyphae
 * Crimson and Warped Planks
 * Warped Wart Block
 * Shroomlight
 * Weeping Vines
 * Twisting Vines
 * Crimson and Warped Nylium
 * Crimson and Warped Roots
 * Nether Sprouts
 * Soul Soil
 * Basalt
 * Blackstone (and its variants)
 * Nether Gold Ore
 * Crying Obsidian
 * Ancient Debris
 * Block of Netherite
 * Target
 * Respawn Anchor
 * Lodestone
 * Chain
 * Nether bricks variants
 * Quartz bricks
 * New items:
 * Netherite Scrap
 * Netherite Ingot
 * Netherite armor
 * Netherite tools
 * Warped fungus on a stick
 * Pigstep music disc
 * Lodestone compass
 * Snout banner pattern
 * New mobs:
 * Piglins
 * Striders
 * Zoglins
 * Hoglins
 * Piglin Brute
 * New generated structures:
 * Bastion remnants
 * Basalt pillars
 * Huge fungi
 * Ruined Portals
 * Nether fossils
 * New biomes:
 * Soul Sand Valley
 * Crimson Forest
 * Warped Forest
 * Basalt Deltas
 * New enchantment:
 * Soul Speed: allows players to walk quickly on soul sand.
 * New soundtrack for the new biomes:
 * Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack) by Lena Raine.

Java Edition

 * 1.16.1 was released to fix stability issues with Realms.

Bedrock Edition

 * 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.

Videos
=== Trailer === A trailer for the update was released on June 23, 2020.

Showcases
Videos made by slicedlime:

Soundtrack
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 to be added to Minecraft. The original mix of Pigstep before converted to mono.

Trivia

 * Similarly to the announcement of 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, starting with this update.