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Top 10 Minecraft Nether Features

All the new features of the Nether Update in Minecraft 2020

By John TasciPublished 4 years ago 6 min read
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The new Nether Update is set to be an exciting update and everyone is pumped. Here are Top 10 Nether Update Features!

1) New Mobs

This new update features a lot of new mobs.

Hoglins

Hoglins

  • Hoglins are big and aggressive creatures found in crimson forests in the Nether
  • They attack players on sight and can easily knock you off a ledge
  • You can breed Hoglins with pork and sometimes leather - Risky
  • To keep away from Hoglins, hold a warped fungi
  • Hoglins turn into Zoglins when brought to the Overworld
Piglins

Piglins

  • Piglins are found in Crimson Forests, and rarely in the Nether Wastes
  • Piglins will attack on sight
  • Must wear gold armor to avoid combat
  • If they see you opening chests or taking loot they will fight you
  • If they hear you breaking a chest or breaking valuable ores they will fight you
  • Piglins LOVE Gold
  • You can trade with Piglins, mostly with gold
  • Piglins become zombified when brought to the Overworld
  • Piglins will avoid soul fire and Zombified Piglins at any cause
Striders

Striders

  • Walks and floats on the surface of lava
  • Can be saddled - Difficult
  • Follows you if you're holding warped fungi
Zoglins

Zoglins

  • Zoglins are zombified Hoglins
  • Zoglins only occur when Hoglins are brought to the Overworld
  • They attack everything they see! - So watch out!

2) Say Hello To Better Armor

Netherite

Netherite

  • A new high-level material found in the Nether. Use it to upgrade your diamond gear!

How To Make Netherite

  1. Mine ancient debris in the lower depths of the Nether. The bottom is very dangerous and you have a high chance of dying.
  2. Refine it into Netherite scrap in a furnace or blast furnace
  3. Combine 4 Netherite scrap with 4 gold ingots in a crafting table to make a Netherite ingot
  4. Use a smithing table to fuse the Netherite ingot with your diamond weapon, took, or armor.

Netherite Effects

  • Netherite items float in lava - when you die in lava your netherite items won't burn
  • Netherite items have higher enchantment value than diamond (but not as high as gold)
  • Netherite tools work faster and last longer than diamond
  • Netherite weapons do more damage than diamond (+8 damage on netherite sword compared to +7 on diamond swords)
  • Netherite armors have higher protection and durability than diamond
  • Netherite armor gives you knockback resistance, so you will barely get knocked by weapons and arrows
  • Netherite blocks can be used as the base of the beacon and Netherite ingots can be used as the fuel for a beacon

3) Ruined Portals

Ruined Portals

A mysterious shattered nether portal that can be found in any Overworld or Nether biome. Some are hidden underground, under the sea, or buried in sand.

4) Several New Biomes

There have been several new biome additions.

Warped Forest biome to the Nether

Warped Forest

Warped Forest can finally be found in the Nether!

  • Warped nylium carpets the cave floor with different kinds of strange new vegetation
  • Warped nylium can be bonemealed to get more strange vegetations
  • Warped wart blocks can be quickly taken out with hoes
  • A dark blue fog covers the forest
  • Warped spores swirl through the air

Soulsand Valley biome to the Nether

Soulsand Valley

Soulsand Valleys can finally be found in the Nether!

  • An open space made up of soul sand and soul soil
  • Basalt pillars are attached from floor to ceiling
  • Fossile remains of unknown creatures from the past
  • Ash falls through the air
  • A light blue glow envelopes the valley
  • Skeletons scatter the area

Crimson Forest biome to the Nether

Crimson Forest

Crimson Forests can finally be found in the Nether!

  • Crimson nylium carpets the cave floor with new strange vegetations
  • Crimson nylium can be bonemealed to get more strange vegetations
  • Quickly clear nether wart blocks using a hoe
  • Weeping vines grow and hang from the cave ceilings and fungi
  • Hoglins are scattered in these forests
  • Crimson spores swirl through the air

Basalt Deltas Biome to the Nether

Basalt Deltas

Basalt Deltas can now be found in the Nether!

  • Remnants of volcanic eruptions, this biome sports a high concentration of basalt columns and lava deltas
  • Official home of magma cubes (about time)
  • A new block, blackstone, can be found here in large patches

5) Bastion Remnants

Bastion Remnast

Just like the nether fortress, this place will be great to explore.

The Bastion Remnants are made of blackstone and full of Piglins and Hoglins.

  • Fours separate types: bridge, Hoglin stable, housing units, and treasure room
  • Can be found in all Nether biomes, except the treacherous ash-dusted regions of Basalt Deltas
  • Explore, loot, and conquer a bastion remnant to call it your home - ALERT! Many mobs are in this area so be ultra careful

6) Target Block

The target block is used to practice aiming skills

  • The closer you hit to the center, the larger the redstone signal
  • Can be used with any throwable item
  • You will need one hay block and four redstone for this recipe
  • Awesome feature to play around with your friends and set challenges

7) Villager Workstation Logic

  • Villagers don't work at the same station as other villagers anymore
  • The most experienced villager in the workstation will be working at that workstation
  • Villagers have to reach the workstation to acquire the profession
  • Villagers can't claim workstations during raids or night time
  • Villagers will validate their workstation as long as they're 16 blocks of their workstation

8) Creative Mode Updates

  • You can now milk cows and Mooshrooms
  • Get stew from mooshrooms
  • when using an empty bucket on water you get a bucket of water. If you gave a bucket of water already, no additional water buckets will be added when using the empty bucket

9) Hoe Changes

  • Each tier has different speed and mine blocks they are effective against
  • Hoes can finally have enchantments!!!!! These include: Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch using an enchanting table
  • Hoes purposes will include mining hay, targets, dried kelp blocks, leaves, Shroomlights, Nether wart blocks, warped wart blocks, sponges, and wet sponges

10) Redstone Wire

Redstone will be able to provide power to blocks on all sides it shows a visual connection to, and not do so on those sides without a visual connection.

  • A dot of redstone will not power its surrounding blocks
  • A single redstone wire is represented as a cross
  • A wire on top of block, will now power the sides it is redirected to.
  • Wires redirection applies to their behavior as well
  • A wire that is redirected to go over a block will now always provide power to the block
  • When right-clicking a single piece of redstone, it will toggle between the cross and the dot

Other Cool Features

  • Loot from water can only be obtained by fishing in open water (No more cool tricks)
  • Walls will connect to more things like ...... wait for it ...... pickles
  • All villagers can now spawn iron golems (This should be interesting)
  • Mojang Studios and Minecraft new and fresh updated logos
  • TNT and campfires can ignite when hit by any burning projectile'
  • Patrols no longer spawn
  • Lily pads are OFFICIAL GARBAGE (When were they good anyways?)
  • Compasses can be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing (will it lead you to your spawn faster lol)
  • Lodestone blocks
  • Soul Speed enchantment (makes you run faster in soul sand)

Final Thoughts

It's been a long time since Minecraft has had a big update like this. We only wish it happened more often, the game would be so much more fun! The good things is my friends and I are back at playing this game and it's very fun, but be aware the game is VERY slow. Well at least for me it was. I couldn't even open my inventory, that's how delayed it was. Maybe something was wrong on my part, but it should get better soon. Hope you liked the article and leaving a tip always helps.

Source | All the update features were listed here, take a look to learn more

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/nether-update-java

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John Tasci

Blogging is what I do for fun! I enjoy providing free education for everyone. For more top quality content check out my website -> www.tascifinance.com

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