Minecraft 1.16 Nether update
The new Minecraft 1.16 Nether update changed the nether. It contains many new different items, mobs, blocks and some new biomes in the nether. Some changes to Redstone. Some new mechanics. And some bug fixes.
New mob
Hoglins-
- Spawn in crimson forests.
- Attack players on sight.
- Drop raw porkchop and occasionally leather.
- Have an adult and baby variant.
Piglins-
- Spawn in crimson forests and nether wastes biomes.
- Randomly spawns with golden sword or crossbow.
- Adults are hostile; babies are passive.
- Attack wither skeletons.
- Avoid soul fire, soul fire torches, soul fire lanterns, and zombie
pigmen.
Zombified Piglins-
- Spawn in nether wastes biomes.
- Replaced zombie pigmen.
- Attack Hoglins.
- Drops are golds ingots, gold nuggets, rotten flesh.
- Prefer to hunt in groups.
Striders-
- Spawns in lava biome.
- Moves very fast in lava and very slow on land.
- Changes texture when going into the lava to land and land to lava
- Can be ridden by putting a saddle
- Make them move by putting a warped mushroom on a stick like a pig
- Passive mob
Piglin Brut-
- New mob added in Minecraft 1.16.1
- Has a golden axe
- golden axe doesn't break
- does 8.5 hearts of damage if you don't wear any armor
- spawns in nether Bastians
New items
Netherite scrap-
- Created by smelting ancient debris in a furnace or blast furnace.
- Used to create netherite ingots.
- Bone meal can be used on fungi to grow it into the respective
- Can be used to craft respective slabs, stairs, fences, fence gates,
- Can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the most efficient.
- Fire lit on soul soil turns into soul fire regardless of dimension.
- Fire lit on soul soil is soul fire.
Target block-
- Can be crafted by haybale and redstone.
- Can redirect redstone dust.
- Can give redstone signal when hit by an arrow in a certain place.
- Used to create netherite ingots.
Netherite armor-
- Created by smelting ancient debris in a furnace or blast furnace.
- Used to create netherite ingots.
- Dosent burn in lava.
Netherite axe, hoe, pickaxe, shovel, and sword -
- Crafted with a netherite ingot and the respective diamond item.
- Does not burn in lava.
- Floats in lava.
Chain-
- Made from two iron nuggets and one iron ingot.
New Blocks
Ancient debris
- Can be found throughout the Nether at any altitude, though it is
much more common at lower levels.
- Can be refined into a netherite scrap by smelting in a furnace or
blast furnace.
- Same blast resistance as obsidian.
Crimson and warped fungi-
- Generate in crimson and warped forests, respectively.
- Can be placed on dirt, coarse dirt, farmland, podzol, nylium, soul
soil, and grass blocks.
huge fungi when placed on nylium.
Crimson and warped planks-
- Does not burn.
- Crafted from the respective stem.
pressure plates, buttons, doors and trapdoors.
Crimson and wraped roots-
- Foliage that generates in both crimson and warped forest biomes,
as well as soul sand valleys.
Shroom lights-
- Emits a light level of 15, similarly to glowstone.
- Can be found in huge warped and crimson fungi
- Can be mined with any tool, but hoes are the most efficient.
Soul fire-
- Blue variant of fire.
- Fire lit on soul soil turns into soul fire regardless of dimension.
Soul soil-
- Generates in the soul sand valley, alongside conventional soul
sand.
- Fire lit on soul soil is soul fire.
Target block-
- Can be crafted by haybale and redstone.
- Can redirect redstone dust.
- Can give redstone signal when hit by an arrow in a certain place.
Black stone-
- Can be found in Bastions and other biomes
Loadstone-
- Can be crafted with one netherite ingot and eight stone.
- If you use a compass the compass will only point to the loadstone
- It works in all the dimensions.
Basalt-
- Can be found in basalt delta biome
- Can be crafted into polished basalt
Decorative blocks-
- Quartz bricks
- Cracked nether bricks
- Crying obsidian
Respawn anchor -
- Can be crafted with crying obsidian and glowstone
- Can set spawn point in the nether if you die in the nether
- Can be charged with glowstone each charge is each respawn
- If used in overworld or the end it will explode
New mechanics/features
- There is a redstone cross and it can be changed back into redstone dot.
- The redstone dot will not power the block right next to it, you have to use the redstone cross.
- If you drink a fire resistance potion you can now see better inside lava
- Nether fortress are now common in your nether (less rare)
-You can get invisible item frame with commands
-Using buckets, water buckets, milking a cow and using bowls with mooshrooms have changed in creative mode.
-Smiting table can upgrade your diamond tools and armor into netherite tools and armors with netherite ingot.
- Wither skeleton will attack Piglins
- The baby Piglins will run if there is a Wither skeleton
- Wither skeleton will attack Piglins
- The baby Piglins will run if there is a Wither skeleton
New biomes
Warped forest-
-warped plants can be found
Soul sand valley-
- Filled with soul soil and soul sand
- Bone blocks can be found as fossils
Crimson forest-
- Piglins and Hoglins spawns
Basalt delta-
- Basalt and Black stone can be found
Nether wastes-
- The basic nether
