Nether Update



The Nether Update is an upcoming major update themed around revamping the Nether. This update was announced at MINECON Live 2019. The update is to be released on Java Edition as version 1.16.

Blocks

 * Blue fire
 * Blue variant of fire.
 * Fire lit on soul soil will be blue fire regardless of dimension.
 * Generates naturally in the soulsand valley biome in the Nether.
 * Nether Fungi
 * Generates in both netherwart forest biomes.
 * Unnamed Nether stems
 * Blocks that comprise trunks in the netherwart forest
 * Red and blue variants
 * Have animated textures
 * Soul Soil
 * Generates in the soulsand valley, alongside conventional soul sand.
 * Basalt
 * Makes up speleothems.
 * Generates in Soul Sand Valleys.
 * Unnamed Blue Nether Wart Block
 * A variation of the nether wart block.
 * Generates in the blue netherwart forest as part of the Nether trees.
 * Unnamed Light Block
 * A light-emitting block which closely resembles glowstone can also be seen.
 * Appears to correspond to the spots seen on new mushrooms, due to how it appears as part of large fungal structures in the netherwart forest.
 * Unnamed Nether Vine
 * Generates under red nether trees in the red netherwart forest.
 * Unnamed red and blue Nether grass blocks
 * Resembles grass blocks.
 * Grows on top of netherrack.
 * Comes in red and blue.
 * Not known if these are separate blocks or biome coloration variants like with grass blocks.
 *  Unnamed red and blue Nether mushrooms
 * At least two new types of mushrooms will be added to the netherwart forests.
 * Can be used to breed hoglins.

Items

 * Spawn eggs
 * At least two new spawn eggs, implied to be that of the piglin and hoglin due to its appearance in the footage.

Mobs

 * Piglins
 * Found in the Nether.
 * Have an adult and baby variant, as zombie pigmen and hoglins.
 * Are naturally hostile towards the player, unless the player is wearing gold armor.
 * Even if the player wears gold armor, piglins will become aggravated towards the player if they open a chest containing any item crafted with or related to gold near the piglin.
 * They can wield gold swords or crossbows.
 * Will drop arrows if wielding a crossbow.
 * Will be able to "barter" (similar to trading) with the player.
 * To barter with piglins, players have to throw them a gold ingot and piglins will throw them an item in exchange.
 * Will attack wither skeletons and adult hoglins.
 * Will be able to spawn with golden armor.
 * Hoglins
 * Have a baby variant.
 * Found in the Nether.
 * Are naturally hostile towards the player.
 * Appear to have a higher melee range than most mobs.
 * Can be bred using the new mushrooms and used as a source of food in the Nether.
 * Appear to drop raw beef, though this is likely a placeholder.
 * Name has been chosen by the community to be "Hoglin" (previously known as "Piglin Beast" as a placeholder name).
 * Has an attack that flings the target into the air, similar to iron golems.

Generated structures

 * Bastions
 * Fortifications built by piglins that are found in the Nether
 * Speleothems
 * Floor to ceiling speleothems that generate in soulsand valleys made out of basalt.
 * Unnamed tree-like structures:
 * Tree structures resembling the new mushrooms that generate in netherwart forests.
 * Red and blue variants
 * Made of the unnamed red and blue Nether stem blocks as well as red nether wart blocks and blue nether wart blocks.
 * The tree structures will be resistant to fire.
 * The Blue Netherwart Forest structures will be called blueshrooms

Biomes

 * The Nether will get at least three new biomes:
 * The Soulsand Valley is a vast grotto composed of uncovered fossils, soul sand, soul soil, large speleothems made of basalt, and blue fire.
 * The Netherwart Forest Red is a dense forest with trees made of nether wart blocks. These blocks and fungi are found in patches on the ground and red vines are found under the trees.
 * The Netherwart Forest Blue is a color variation of the Netherwart Forest Red, but with somewhat different vegetation and particles, fog effects.

Blocks

 * Bone Blocks
 * Will generate in Soulsand Valley biomes
 * Nether Wart Blocks
 * Will generate in Netherwart Forest biomes
 * Soul Sand
 * Will generate in Soul Sand Valley biomes

Mobs

 * Zombie Pigmen
 * Will be renamed to Zombified Piglins

Gameplay

 * Respawning
 * Players will be able to respawn in the Nether
 * How is currently unknown. This may be indicative of the return of the crying obsidian.

Trivia

 * Similarly to the announcement of the Update Aquatic, this update was announced during the development of Java Edition 1.15, and before the features of 1.15 were even added to Bedrock Edition.