Here’s how to find all the new biomes in the Nether Update for Minecraft
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At the time of writing, Mojang is planning a staggering five different biomes for the Nether that will overhaul the entire dimension in the upcoming Nether Update. It’s been a while since Minecraft saw such a significant update to a specific portion of the game, and it turns the Nether from a barren wasteland only useful for its resources to a viable—if dangerous—place to make a home. Here are a few tips for recognizing and finding the different biomes in the Nether.
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Finding all the new biomes in the Nether Update
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Nether wastes
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- Nether wastes are common and easily recognizable.
- They often connect other biomes, and can be truly massive in size.
- You can find glowstone veins, nether quartz, and nether fortresses here.
- Zombified piglins, piglins, striders, and ghasts all spawn here regularly.
Crimson forests
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- Crimson forests blend in a little bit, but have brighter reds than the rest of the Nether.
- There’s also a ton of life here, with trees, plants, and mobs all spawning here.
- Crimson forests tend to be a little bit on the smaller side, in my experience.
- You can find crimson fungi, crimson stems (which can be used like wood), shroomlights, weeping vines, crimson roots, nether wart blocks, and crimson nylium (a dirt-like block that encourages fungus growth).
- Piglins, zombified piglins, and hoglins spawn here. This is the only biome that hoglins spawn naturally in the wild, making these biomes great for a food source.
Warped forests
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- Warped forests are pretty easy to spot, with a very different color palette than the rest of the Nether.
- However, they can also be on the small side, and often mold to the surrounding landscape quite well.
- Warped forests are much more subdued than crimson forests, with the same level of vegetation but next to no mobs.
- You can find warped fungi, warped stems (which can also be used as wood), shroomlights, nether sprouts, warped roots, warped wart blocks (a blue-ish variant of nether wart block), and warped nylium.
- Only endermen will spawn here, making the warped forests relatively safe if you avoid the endermen.
Soulsand valleys
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- Soulsand valleys can range from tiny to genuinely enormous, with large (usually boring) landscapes of soul sand and soul soil, giving it a brown, monotonous look.
- It can be broken up with basalt pillars and bright blue fire that burns eternally (similar to netherrack), but the basalt pillars shouldn’t be confused with basalt deltas.
- Because of all the soul sand, traveling through soulsand valleys is dangerous and slow. It’s best to avoid unless you’re well prepared or have the new soul speed enchantment for your boots.
- You can find soul sand, soul soil, and basalt here.
- Ghasts, endermen, and skeletons love to spawn here, making it even more dangerous with slowed movement.
Basalt deltas
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- Basalt deltas are the most visually striking of all the biomes, but also have very chaotic generations, so they can be tiny, huge, hidden or staggeringly open, and every combination between.
- Expanses of dark and light greys, lakes of lava, and a thick cloud of white-grey ash give the basalt deltas away.
- Basalt deltas don’t generate bastion remnants because of their broken up and vertical designs, and it makes it a challenge to build bases here.
- You can find basalt, blackstone (which can substitute cobblestone in crafting recipes) and a little bit of netherrack here.
- Magma cubes love to spawn here, so this is the best place to go if you need magma cream for potion brewing.
It’s like a completely different place
With four new biomes to play in, this isn’t the same Nether you played in as a kid. This is a home for the hardcore Minecraft players that love to live on the edge of the seat every day, and don’t mind working three times as hard to do it. It’s also a Nether with far more beauty and life than we’ve ever seen before, and there’s never been more reason to brave the dangers of this nightmarish landscape.
What do you think of the new biomes? Have you discovered all of them already? Let us know in the comments below!
A gaming masterpiece
Minecraft
Available everywhere you play.
Minecraft is a veritable, inarguable, and complete success. It has sold copies in the hundreds of millions, has a massive following of dedicated players, and lets you unlock your every creative desire. It’s also available on every platform imaginable, including Xbox One, Windows 10, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS. Play with anyone, and play anywhere.
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