What's New in Minecraft Java Edition 1.16 - The Nether Update?

Today, The Nether Update - Minecraft Java Edition 1.16 is releasing! This video is the most comprehensive guide around to all of the news and changes in this update. #minecraftemployee

slicedlime works as a Tech Lead for Minecraft at Mojang, but the YouTube and Twitch channels are personal projects run entirely in his spare time. This is an unofficial update video that aims to be the most comprehensive guide possible. Official announcement: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/artic...

Timestamps:
Introduction: 0:00
The Nether Biomes: 2:31
Netherite: 4:50
Nether Blocks & Items: 7:34
Piglins: 16:30
Zombified Piglins: 20:17
Hoglins: 20:53
Zoglins: 22:02
Striders: 22:29
Structures: 23:33
Advancements: 30:57
Blocks & Items: 32:44
Hostile Mobs: 33:40
Passive and Neutral Mobs: 34:30
Villagers: 35:45
Spawning & Despawning: 36:46
Worlds: 38:42
Gameplay: 40:37
Game Rules: 45:16
Redstone: 45:57
Creative Mode: 48:57
Sounds: 49:28
Visuals: 58:20
User Interface: 1:00:18
Outro & How To Get the Update: 1:02:28

More information:
The Nether Structures:    • How Bastion Remnants and Ruined Portals ar...  
Technical Changes in Minecraft Java Edition 1.16:    • Technical News in Minecraft Java Edition 1.16  
Minecraft Java Edition 1.16 Server Options: (coming shortly)
Custom World Generation: (coming shortly)

The new soundtrack by Lena Raine:
Rubedo:    • Nether Update Soundtrack: Lena Raine - Rub...  
So Below:    • Nether Update Soundtrack: Lena Raine - So ...  
Chrysopoeia:    • Nether Update Soundtrack: Lena Raine - Chr...  
Pigstep:    • Nether Update New Music Disc: Lena Raine -...  

Change Highlights:
4 New Biomes:
Crimson Forest
Warped Forest
Soulsand Valley
Basalt Deltas

Nether Blocks & Items:
Netherite - upgrades diamond gear
Crimson/Warped Stems - Wood-like blocks, don't burn
Nylium, Nether Sprouts, Roots
Fungi - bone meal on nylium
Weeping/twisting vines - Climbable & Bonemealable
Shroomlights
Basalt blocks, Polished basalt
Blackstone - a new stone set
Soul soil, Soul fire, Soul torch, Soul lantern, Soul campfire
Nether gold ore
Crying Obsidian
Respawn anchor
Lodestone - Lodestone compass pointing to lodestone
Snout banner pattern
Pigstep music disc

Piglins:
Attack players not wearing any gold armor
Barter for loot using gold ingots
Zombify in the overworld

Zombified Piglins:
Renamed and remodeled zombie pigmen

Hoglins:
Beasts, live in crimson forests
Zombify in the overworld

Zoglin:
Attack everything they see

Strider:
Ridable mob in the lava lakes
Steerable using warped fungus on a stick

Structures:
4 Bastion Remnant types: Bridge, Hoglin Stable, Housing Units, Treasure Room
Ruined portals

New Advancements:
Hidden in the Depths
Cover Me in Debris
Country Lode, Take Me Home
Who Is Cutting Onions?
Not Quite "Nine" Lives
This Boat Has Legs
Hot Tourist Destinations
Those Were the Days
War Pigs
Oh Shiny
Bullseye

Blocks & Items
Chain blocks
Walls now connect vertically
Food can now be placed on unlit campfires

Villagers:
Farmer villagers put seeds in composters, use bone meal to grow crops
Villagers no longer try to work at the same workstation

Spawning & despawning:
Patrols no longer spawn when the player is close to any village
Villagers can now spawn iron golems regardless of profession

Worlds:
Difficulty, game rules and data packs can now be selected before world is created
Shipwrecks, ocean ruins less common

Gameplay:
Hoes are now digging tools
Soul Speed enchantment - levels 1-3
Mending now always consumes xp if any item needs mending
Can no longer clip through the ground when exiting a minecart
When fishing, treasure loot can now only be obtained by fishing in open waters
Plants no longer grow when 0-ticked

Game rules:
Added gamerule universalAnger
Added gamerule forgiveDeadPlayers

Redstone:
Target block added - The closer you hit to the center, the larger the redstone signal
Redstone wire functionality now matches its visuals better
Added the ability to toggle redstone wire between a cross and a dot

Visuals:
Added new "Fabulous" graphics option - uses per-pixel blending layers for some transparent elements
Added an Entity Distance scale option ranging from 50% to 500%

User Interface:
Game Mode Switcher

Music by Approaching Nirvana (   / approachingnirvana  )
"Moving Mountains" - https://spoti.fi/2V9Tfz1a
"Bloom" - https://spoti.fi/3hRjqV6
"Breathe Again" - https://spoti.fi/31a8X0T
"Grand Lake" - https://spoti.fi/2Nnj36p
"Trails" - https://spoti.fi/31d44Ea
"Glide" - https://spoti.fi/2zUpw5T
"Lost the Signal (Instrumental)" - https://spoti.fi/2V2xQI7
"Avila" - https://spoti.fi/2B2nG3p
"Spark" - https://spoti.fi/317Jaqm
"Lapse" - https://spoti.fi/37Tvcd2
"Frontier" - https://spoti.fi/2Z2LBrg
"Madeira" - https://spoti.fi/37Tujkz
"Ethereal" - https://spoti.fi/31968NA

Outro music: "The Fire" by Amarante (http://amarante.bandcamp.com) licensed under CC-BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

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