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.

Notable features

 * New blocks:
 * Blue fire
 * Blue variant of fire.
 * Fire lit on soul soil will be blue fire regardless of dimension.
 * Will burn forever, similar to regular fire on netherrack.
 * 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.
 * Fire lit on soul soil will be blue fire.
 * Will not slow the player more than soulsand.
 * Basalt
 * Makes up speleothems.
 * Generates in Soul Sand Valleys.
 * Blue Nether Wart Block
 * A variation of the nether wart block.
 * Generates in the blue netherwart forest as part of the Nether trees.
 * New mobs:
 * Piglins
 * Found in the Nether.
 * Wield golden swords or crossbows.
 * Will be able to barter with the player.
 * Hoglins
 * Found in the Nether.
 * 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.