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
 * Created when fire is created on or somehow spreads to soul soil only, regardless of dimension or biome.
 * Nether Fungi
 * Nether vegetation
 * Nether Wart Stem
 * Soul Soil
 * Basalt
 * Target Block
 * Other unnamed blocks
 * 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
 * New shield
 * iron shield
 * gold shield
 * emerald shield
 * diamond shield
 * New sword
 * emerald sword

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.