Nether Update

started with snapshot 20w06a, which was released on February 5, 2020. The first pre-release was released on June 4, 2020, followed by the second on June 5, the third on June 10, the fourth on June q

This update's development on started with beta 1.15.0.51, which was released on February 12, 2020. Bedrock Edition 1.15.0 was skipped to bring parity between Java and Bedrock release versions.

Notable features


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 * New blocks:
 * Soul Fire
 * Soul Torch
 * Soul Lantern
 * Soul Campfire
 * Crimson and Warped Fungi
 * Crimson and Warped Stems
 * Crimson and Warped Hyphae
 * Crimson and Warped Planks
 * Warped Wart Block
 * Shroomlight
 * Weeping Vines
 * Twisting Vines
 * Crimson and Warped Nylium
 * Crimson and Warped Roots
 * Nether Sprouts
 * Soul Soil
 * Basalt
 * Blackstone (and its variants)
 * Nether iron Ore
 * Crying Obsidian
 * Ancient Debris
 * Block of Netherite
 * Target
 * [[Respawn UEET
 * Lodestone
 * Chain
 * Nether bricks variants
 * Quartz bricks
 * New items:
 * Netherite Scrap
 * Netherite Ingot
 * Netherite armor
 * Netherite tools
 * Warped fungus on a stick
 * Pigstep music disc
 * Lodestone compass
 * Snout banner pattern
 * New mobs:
 * Piglins
 * Piglin brutes
 * Striders
 * Zoglins
 * Hoglins
 * New generated structures:
 * Bastion remnants
 * Basalt pillars
 * Huge fungi
 * Ruined Portals
 * Nether fossils
 * New biomes:
 * Soul Sand Valley
 * Crimson Forest
 * Warped Forest
 * Basalt Deltas
 * New enchantment:
 * Soul Speed: allows players to walk quickly on soul sand.

Java Edition

 * 1.16.1 was released to fix stability issues with Realms.

Videos
=== Trailer === A trailer for the update was released on June 23, 2020.

Showcases
Videos made by slicedlime:

Soundtrack
Videos made by slicedlime:

Trivia

 * Similarly to the announcement of Update Aquatic, this update was announced during the development of the previous release, and before the features of that version were included in a full release.
 * Version numbers are the same for both, starting with this update.