NEWS: Minecraft 1.16 Update!

The very first Minecraft 1.16 snapshot is available in your launchers! Let’s discover together the main novelties that you will be able to test in preview.

WHAT’S NEW IN SNAPSHOT

• New blocks added in the Nether
• Recoil resistance is now one on a scale rather than a probability
• Addition of the Crimson Forest biome to the Nether
• Addition of Hoglins: they don’t do much yet, but they have pretty ears!
• Patrols no longer appear when the player is near a village
• Addition of Netherite
• Addition of the Soulsand Valley biome to the Nether
• Walls run out of space when stacked vertically
• Adding the Warpest Forest biome to the Nether

NEW BLOCKS

Many new types of blocks have been added:

• Two new wood-like materials: Crimson Stems and Warped Stems
• Basalt blocks: you can use them as pillars but they can be placed in any direction
• New soil blocks: Crimson Nylium and Warped Nylium
• New vegetation: Nether Sprouts (cabbage), Crimson Roots (roots) and Warped Roots (roots)
• Two types of mushrooms: Crimson and Warped – try using bone meal to grow them
• Warped Wart  (warped warts blocks)
• Weeping Vines : weeping vines growing from the bottom of a block down
• A new source of natural light: Shroomlights
• Addition of Soul Soil : Whenever fire burns on the ground of the soul, it burns with a blue flame
• Soul soil can be used to make soul torches – and these can be turned into soul lanterns
• Using bone meal on Netherrack can now spread Nylium

NETHERITE

A new high-level material found in the Nether. Use it to improve your diamond gear. How to make Netherite:

• Mine ancient debris in the lowest depths of the Nether.
• Refine it into a piece of Netherite in an oven or blast furnace
• Combine 4 pieces of Netherite with 4 gold bars in a craft table to make a Netherite bar

• Netherite items float in lava so you don’t lose all of your gear if you fall in and your loot falls
• Netherite items have a higher enchantment value than diamonds (but not as high as gold)
• Netherite tools work faster and last longer than diamonds
• Netherite’s weapons do more damage than diamonds
• Netherite armor has higher toughness and durability than diamond
• Netherite armor gives you knockback resistance, so you barely back off when hit by arrows and the like

THE SOUND

• The sound of the ghasts is now perceptible at a shorter range
• Block sounds update for Bone Blocks, Netherrack, Soul Sand, Netherwart, Nether Bricks and Quartz Ore

WORLD GENERATION

• Former Nether Biome Now Named Nether Wastes
• Shipwrecks and ocean ruins are slightly less common