User blog:Intellicraft/Nether Update Ideas

As most Minecraft Gamers know, the 1.16 update will be focused around updating The Nether. I personally am very glad that this update is coming, as I have been wanting the Nether to be updated for a LONG time. Anyways, here is some ideas that I hope they could add in the update. 

Blocks

Nether Gold Ore

Note: I am not listing the crafting recipes for certain blocks in this section. That instead will be mentioned in crafting.

Nether Gold Ore
Nether_Gold_Ore.png
Type of Block	Solid Block
Stackable	Yes 64
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The Nether Gold Ore will be a variant of the Gold Ore. It would be found in the nether at elevations of Y 40 or below, as well in a few exposed veins near Lava Oceans. Upon breaking it one will receive 1-3 Nether Gold Chunks that can be smelted into Gold Ingots. The block itself can only be obtained by using silk touch, and smelting it only will give you 1 ingot.

Heart of Nether Ore

Heart of Nether Ore
File:Heart of Nether Ore.png
Type of Block	Solid Block
Stackable	Yes 64
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The Heart of Nether Ore is a very rare ore that can only be found touching Bedrock in the Nether. Upon breaking the or one has a 10% chance to receive a Nether Fragment. The chance does increase if one's pickaxe has Fortune on it. This fragment can be used either to create Nether Stars or Nether Conduits.

Nether Conduit

Nether Conduit
File:Nether Conduit.png
Type of Block	Solid Block
Stackable	Yes 64
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The Nether Conduit is a block that when surrounded by Gold Blocks and Magma will grant any players with a 60 block Radius Fire Resistance. Using Blocks of Netherite instead of gold increases the radius to 120 feet and will also make players immune to the Demon Guardian's Curse effect as long as they are within range.

How to create the conduit

File:Nether Conduit Setup.png

Items

Nether Gold Chunk

Nether Gold Chunk
Type	Raw Materials
Uses	Smelting into Gold Ingots
Stackable	Yes 64
Renewable	No
Technical Name	minecraft:Nether_Gold_Chunk

The Nether Gold Chunk can be smelted into Gold Ingots. They drop from Nether Gold Ore in rates of 1-3 without Fortune on a pickaxe.

Nether Fragment

Nether Fragment
Type	Raw Materials
Uses	Crafting Nether Conduits and Nether Stars
Stackable	Yes 64
Renewable	Yes
Technical Name	minecraft:Nether_Fragment

The Nether Fragment is dropped when a player mines a Heart of Nether Ore. It is solely used in crafting Nether Stars and Nether Conduits.

Entities

Demon

Demon
Health Points	26 ( x 13)
Armor Points	0
Attack Strength	Easy 8 () Normal 14 ( x 7)Hard 17 ( x 8.5)Absorption Attack 8 ()
Drops	Common Drops 1-3 &format=original Nether Quartz Rare Drops &format=original Netherite Scrap (4% chance) or naturally spawned equipment (2.5% chance)
Location	In the Nether, in any light level
Experience Points	11-15
Technical Name	minecraft:demon

A Demon is a hostile mob that attacks players and villagers. They can be found roaming the nether, though they are rare. They are however far more common in Nether Fortresses and will typically spawn near the Demon Guardians. They attack with Netherite Swords and will occasionally be wearing gold or netherite armor pieces (though the latter is far rarer). They also have wings and fly around and attack very similar to Phantoms, with the exception of their absorption attack. They use this attack when they are low on health and are flying, and when they use it they will stand still in the air and emit a beam towards you that becomes less transparent and red as it is locked on to you. It takes 6 seconds for the Demon to fully lock on, and when it does it deals 4 hearts of damage (8) to you regardless of difficulty and heals itself by 4 hearts. If a Demon does not have enough space to fly around, they will instead attack similar to Zombies, though they are faster. On death they will drop 1-3 quartz and rarely drop their equipped items and 1 Netherite Scrap.

Demon Guardian

Demon Guardian
Health Points	80 ( x 40)
Armor Points	0
Attack Strength	Easy 13 ( x 6.5) Normal 16 ( x 8)Hard 19 ( x 9.5)Absorption Attack 13 ( x 6.5)
Drops	Common Drops 4-7 &format=original Nether Quartz Rare Drops &format=original Netherite Scrap (10% chance) or naturally spawned equipment (5% chance) or Nether Fragment (2.5% chance)
Location	In Guardian Rooms that are located in Nether Fortresses.
Experience Points	50
Technical Name	minecraft:demon_guardian

Demon Guardians only spawn in amounts of up to three in Nether Fortresses. They are much bigger and bulkier versions of Demons, and attack pretty much in the same strategy, with the exception of dealing more damage and the sword also inflicting the Wither effect. Like Elder Guardians, they do not respawn after being slain, and will also give a player the Curse effect when a player enter a Nether Fortress. When a player is cursed, the number of Demon Guardians alive will flash across the screen much like the Elder Guardian does, and the effect's level will also be determined on how many Demon Guardians are alive. They also can spawn more commonly wearing Gold Armor and Netherite Armor and will almost always spawn wearing a Netherite Helmet. They have the same drops as the Demon, but drop the items more frequently and also has a 2.5% chance to drop a Nether Fragment.

Effects

Curse

File:Curse Icon.png

The Curse Status Effect Icon

The Curse effect makes players unable to regain health naturally, and also makes any positive effects that a player receives have a chance to be immediately canceled. The chance is 25 percent in the first level of the effect, and increases by 25 percent per each other level. The maximum level the effect can have naturally is 3. If it is made stronger by commands, it will be a 100 percent chance of cancellation. Curse is given by Demon Guardians in a similar way that one receives Mining Fatigue from an Elder Guardian.

Terrain generation and structures

Ruined Portal

A Ruined Portal is a rare naturally occurring block that can be found in the Overworld. It will be a partially built portal surrounded by Nether-related blocks as well as around 2 Magma Cubes and 1 Demon spawned around it. Center

Guardian Room

A Guardian Room is one of the rooms that can generate occasionally in Nether Fortresses. Up to three can be in a fortress, and each houses one Demon Guardian. Inside the room is a few gold blocks lying piled around and various chests filled with loot similar to those of a Nether Fortress, but have higher chances of containing Netherite Scrap, and might even contain Netherite Ingots.

• The entrance of the room.

  The entrance of the room.

• The inside of the room.

  The inside of the room.

• Example of the loot that can be found.

  Example of the loot that can be found.

Cursed Graveyard

A cursed graveyard is found rarely in the Soulsand Valley biome. It would be composed of a few Nether Brick Walls that resemble graves with chests underneath them containing loot similar to that of a Desert Pyramid, as well as a wall of Nether Brick and Nether Fence blocks with a passage surrounding it. Soul Fire Torches generate on the outside passage and Flower Pots with wither roses are also generated in front of the Nether Brick Walls. Skeletons and Wither Skeletons spawn inside. Also, the structure might very rarely have some Ancient Debris on the floor of the graveyard. 

• File:View of Graveyard.png
• File:View of Inside Graveyard.png
• File:View of Chest.png

Wither Roses

Wither Roses will also be rarely generated naturally in the Nether, though more commonly in the Soulsand Valley and Nether Wastes.

Environment

Cry

If one is in a Soulsand Valley Biome, they might occasionally here some ambiance of what sounds like distant crying in either pain or deep misery. There are a few variations of the cry ambiance and some might be distorted.

Crafting

Nether Conduit				&format=original Nether Star
None	&format=original Netherite Ingot	None		&format=original Netherite Ingot	Nether Fragment	&format=original Netherite Ingot
&format=original Netherite Ingot	Nether Fragment	&format=original Netherite Ingot		Nether Fragment	&format=original Wither Skeleton Skull	Nether Fragment
None	&format=original Netherite Ingot	None		&format=original Netherite Ingot	Nether Fragment	&format=original Netherite Ingot