Minecraft 1.16.1 patch notes: Nether update out on Java with a massive changelog

Mojang has rolled out a new Minecraft Nether update in Bedrock and Java platforms. The update brings a host of changes to the game which will allow users to explore new worlds, mobs, new biomes and a bunch of blocks. In addition, there is a new material called Netherite, which makes the diamond appear like cobblestone.

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Minecraft 1.16.1 patch notes

Here's a look at all the major additions with the Minecraft Nether update

New Content

• Added Basalt Deltas biome to the Nether
• Added Crimson Forest biome to the Nether
• Added Hoglins
• Added Netherite
• Added Piglins
• Added ruined portals
• Added Soulsand Valley biome to the Nether
• Added Striders
• Added Warped Forest biome to the Nether
• Added Zoglins
• Added a new disable chat command line feature. When users use this option, the send and receive online chat will be disabled
• Added a new disable multiplayer command line option. When users use this option, the Multiplayer button will be disabled
• Added bastion remnants
• Added new Game Mode Switcher debug menu
• Added new Nether blocks
• Added the Soul Speed enchantment
• Added the lodestone
• Added a respawn anchor that will let players set their own respawn point in the Nether. It can be used while holding a glowstone to charge to a maximum of four charges, where every respawn will use a single charge
• Players can charge the respawn anchor with the help of a dispenser
• Endermen will no longer pick up Netherrack
• Added the target block
• Entities will be pushed by the flowing lava
• Basalt will be created when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice
• Bell blocks will start ringing when it gets hit with a projectile
• Bells can be hung from the underside of more than one block
• Compasses can now be enchanted using the Curse of Vanishing
• Farmer Villagers will be able to compost seeds
• Walls can be connected to even more items, such as iron bars, panes, pressure plates, pickles, and banners
• When a Villager is struck by lightning, the witch it is converted to will no longer disappear
• When fishing, treasure loot will only be obtained by fishing in open waters
• Fish will disappear when more than 64 blocks away from the closest user
• Huge fungi will only appear on its matching type of nylium
• Logos updated for Mojang Studios and Minecraft
• Villagers will be able to spawn iron golems regardless of the status of their profession or recent working time
• Walls will not have any gaps when they are aligned vertically
• Knockback resistance will be the new scale instead of a probability
• Lily pads will be regarded as a junk fishing loot rather than treasure
• Patrols will no longer appear when a user is close to a village
• Endermen will be able to pick up some of the new Nether blocks
• TNT and campfires will now light up when hit by any burning projectile

Basalt Deltas

• Basalt Deltas will now be available in the Nether
• Remnants of volcanic eruptions is a biome that will have a high concentration of basalt columns along with lava deltas
• When users walk through the Basalt Deltas, they will get surrounded by flowing flakes of white ash
• Magma cubes will have their own home and appear more often
• A new block called Blackstone will be available in big patches

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Baston Remnants

• Baston Remnants is an item made up of Blackstone and is full of Piglins and Hoglins
• Four individual bastion remnant types have been added - Bridge, Hoglin stable, Housing units, and Treasure room
• These sizable structures will be available in all Nether biomes, except the treacherous ash-dusted regions of Basalt Deltas
• Users need to be beware that Piglins won't take kindly to intruders stealing their belongings

Bees

The maximum distance a bee can travel away from its home hive has been reduced to 22 blocks

Block Renames

• Crimson fungi have been renamed crimson fungus
• Warped fungi have been renamed warped fungus

Block

A number of new blocks will be available in the game, with certain changes to a few existing ones.

Creative Mode

• Users will be able to milk cows and Mooshrooms in creative mode
• Users will be able to get stew from Mooshrooms in creative mode
• Users can get a bucket of water when using an empty bucket on water in creative mode.

Dispensers

• Dispensers can now saddle pigs and horses
• Dispensers can now put horse armour on horses
• Dispensers can now put carpets on llamas
• Dispensers can now put chests on llamas, donkeys and mules
• Dispensers can now shear a Mooshroom
• Dispensers can now shear snow golems

Farmers

• Farmers will be able to put extra seeds in the composter to make a bone meal
• Farmers will use bone meal to grow crops
• Farmers will share the extra wheat with other farmers, allowing more farmers to make bread

Hoe Changes

• Every tier will have a different speed at which hoes mine blocks they are effective against
• Hoes will be enchanted with these enchantments - Efficiency, Fortune, and Silk Touch
• Hoes will be an appropriate tool for mining hay, targets, dried kelp blocks, leaves, Shroomlights, Nether wart blocks, warped wart blocks, sponges, and wet sponges.

Hoglins

• Hoglins are massive beasts who stay in the crimson forests in the Nether
• Hoglins attack players as soon as they spot them. They can easily knock them down a ledge
• Hoglins also drop pork and leather, although not willingly
• Players can also breed Hoglins by feeding them crimson fungi.

Lodestone

A Lodestone is a kind of block that will help players get their bearings

Mobs

• Players will not be able to mount another entity if a crouch key is held down
• Added gamerule universal
• Added gamerule forgive

Nether Biome Fog

• Biome fog colour will blend smoothly between different biomes

Netherite

• Netherite is a new high-quality material discovered in the Nether. Players can use this item to upgrade their diamond gear.

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Parity

• Changed ambient block lighting in the Nether for parity with Bedrock edition

Parrot

• Parrots will now imitate hostile mobs less often than earlier
• Parrots will not randomly imitate hostile mobs when the game mode is set to peaceful

Redstone Wire

• Redstone will give power to blocks from every side that it shows a visual connection to, and not do so on those sides that lack a visual connection

Strider

• This is a new mob that will be found in the lava lakes of the Nether

Villager Workstation Logic

• Villagers will not try to work at the same workstation
• The most experienced nearby villager for the profession who is close to the workstation will get the workstation
• Villagers will need to walk to and reach the workstation before they get a new profession and/or work there
• Villagers can no longer claim workstations or professions during raids or in the night

Warped Forest

• Warped Forests will be seen in the Nether
• Warped nylium carpets the cave floor with a range of strange new vegetation
• Warped nylium will be bonemealed to get many other strange vegetation
• Warped wart blocks can be cleared using a hoe much quickly
• A dark blue fog covers the forest

Weeping Vines

• Weeping vines will be climbable

World Generation

• The old Nether biome will be known as Nether Wastes
• Shipwrecks and ocean ruins will be slightly less common
• Patches of Blackstone and gravel will create all the Nether biomes

Zoglins

• Zoglins are zombified Hoglins and are essentially a result of bringing a Hoglin into the Overworld
• Unlike Hoglins, players won't be able to breed them
• Players need to be careful as Zoglins are raving mad and attack just about everything in sight

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