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.

Additions

 * New 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
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * New items
 * Netherite
 * Used to upgrade Diamond Tools and Armor
 * Items upgraded with Netherite can float on lava
 * Items upgraded with Netherite last longer and work faster
 * Items upgraded with Netherite do more damge
 * New mobs:
 * Piglins
 * Found in the Nether.
 * Are naturally hostile towards the player, unless the player is wearing gold armor.
 * Will be able to "barter" (similar to trading) with the player.
 * Hoglins
 * Have a baby variant.
 * Found in the Nether.
 * Are naturally hostile towards the player.
 * New generated structures:
 * Bastions
 * Speleothems
 * Unnamed tree-like structures
 * New biomes:
 * The Soulsand Valley.
 * The Netherwart Forest Red.
 * The Netherwart Forest Blue.

Changes

 * Zombie pigmen will be renamed to zombified piglins.

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.