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 will have new mobs and behaviours. The pilgin beasts and their bases are part of the Nether Update.

Additions

 * New blocks:
 * Blue Fire
 * Created when fire is created on or somehow spreads to soul sand, regardless of dimension or biome.
 * Nether fungi
 * Nether grass
 * Target block
 * Other unnamed blocks.
 * New mobs: Piglin, and Piglin beasts
 * New generated structures:
 * Bastions
 * New biomes:
 * Soulsand valley
 * Netherwart forest red,
 * Netherwart forest blue.

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.