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:
 * Soul fire
 * Generates naturally in the soulsand valley biome in the Nether.
 * Soul fire torch
 * Soul fire lantern
 * Crimson and warped fungi
 * Generates in crimson forest and warped forest biomes.
 * Crimson and warped stem
 * Soul soil
 * Generates in soul sand valley biomes.
 * Basalt
 * Warped wart block
 * Generates in the warped forest as part of the Nether trees.
 * Shroomlight
 * Weeping vines
 * Generates under red nether trees in the crimson forest.
 * Crimson and warped nylium
 * Grows on top of netherrack.
 * Ancient debris
 * Can be smelted into netherite scrap
 * Generates under level 20 in the the Nether, and is always covered
 * New items:
 * Netherite scrap
 * Created by smelting ancient debris in a furnace.
 * Used to create netherite ingots.
 * Netherite ingot
 * Can be used to upgrade diamond tools and armor.
 * Netherite armor
 * Does not burn in lava or fire as a dropped item.
 * New mobs:
 * Piglins
 * Hoglins
 * Spawn in crimson forests.
 * New generated structures:
 * Bastions
 * Speleothems
 * Huge fungi
 * New biomes:
 * Soul sand valley.
 * Crimson forest.
 * Warped forest.

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 Java.