by Earl
Calling all minecrafters! Say bye-bye to update Village and Pillage, say hello to update Nether! Update Nether adds a lot of cool junk to the Nether, hence the name.
Some of this stuff includes 3 new Nether biomes. “Wart forest biome”, “Crimson forest biome”, and “Nether wasteland biome” will all be added soon.
Crimson forest is a new type of “Nether forest”. It is full of crimson trees made of reddish wood called “Nether stem”. The wart forest is pretty much the same, just the wood is blue, called “warped nether stem”. The nether wasteland is exactly what it sounds like. It’s just a kind of nether-desert full of soul sand and a new material called “soul soil”. The soul soil block stays burning forever if lit on fire, but the fire is blue. These new blocks can be crafted into, “soul fire torches” and, “soul fire lanterns”. There is also increased ghast spawn in this biome.
Another cool addition is two new mobs. One of them is called a Hoglin. It is a type of nether pig that is the only passive mob in the Nether. The other one is called a Piglin. They are like Zombie Pigmen except they carry crossbows, and they are hostile unless you are wearing gold armor. So I guess that gold armor has an actual use other than being the worst armor in the game.
Another fact about these new mobs is that if you give them a gold nugget, they give you a random block, similar to villager trading. There are also ¨New Nether plants”.
But the most exciting thing about this update is a new form of armor, called netherite. It is stronger than diamond armor, and it has knockback resistance. The material needed is super hard to get, though. A youtuber mined out four chunks of the Nether, and he only found 10 blocks of the material.
Another interesting addition to the overworld is… GOATS! They won the biome vote, along with a new type of plant and a new block called “snowier snow”. At least, that’s what the public is calling it. But they’re going to give it an actual name when it gets released.
Well, this is the end of my article, so enjoy the Update Nether!