Java Edition 20w06a

20w06a is the first snapshot for Java Edition 1.16, released on February 5, 2020, which adds most of the announced content for the Nether Update.

Blocks

 * Ancient debris
 * Basalt
 * Block of netherite
 * Crimson stems and warped stems
 * New wood-like materials found in crimson and warped forests.
 * Can be crafted into crimson planks or warped planks respective.
 * Planks can be used to craft slabs, stairs, fences, fence gates, doors, trapdoors, pressure plates and buttons.
 * There is also a sign, however it cannot currently be crafted.
 * Has a stripped variant.


 * Crimson nylium and warped nylium
 * Crimson roots and warped roots
 * Crimson fungi and warped fungi
 * Nether sprout
 * Soul soil
 * Soul torch
 * Soul lantern
 * Shroomlight
 * Warped wart
 * Weeping vines

Items

 * Netherite ingot
 * Netherite armor
 * Netherite tools

Mobs

 * Hoglins

World Generation

 * Biomes
 * Added 3 new biomes to the Nether:
 * Crimson Forest
 * Soulsand Valley
 * Warped Forest


 * Structures
 * Added Speleothems, Nether Fossils and Ancient Debris patches.

Mobs

 * Enderman can now spawn in the Nether.
 * Ghasts sounds are now heard at a shorter range.
 * Skeletons are commonly found in the Soul Sand Valley biome.

World Generation

 * Biomes
 * The old Nether biome is now called Nether Wastes.