1.23: The Nether & Nature Update

1.23: The Nether & Nature Update was announced during Minecraft Festival 2025 and released on June 9th 2026. It added many new features to the Nether and made many changes to nature as a whole, such as adding ambient sounds. This is all fanmade and speculation.
=== Additions ===
==== Nether Changes ====
New nether biomes:
Flaming Forest: An orange biome made up of mostly Flaming Nylium. In here you can find new trees made from Flaming Logs & Flaming Leaves. The logs can be made into planks, slabs, stairs, fences etc. There are also small lava pools in this biome.
Infernal Wastes: A variant of the nether wastes where the ground is made from a new block called Infernal Netherack. There are big lava lakes and some small obsidian pillars in this biome.
Fungus Jungle: A brownish biome where the main ground block is Fungy Nylium. You can find new funguy/mushroom trees with vines in thsi biome too.
==== New nether mobs ====
Flame Allay: A yellow allay variant found in the nether. It's based of MCL.
Netherman: Like Enderman But No Water Damage, Can't Griefing, Only Spawns In Lava and Fortress and Having Enderophobic (Fear Of The End Dimension)
Netherite Shulker: Like Shulker But Having Thalassophobic and Aquaphobic (Fear Of Water)
The Fire Vex: A red vex variant that spawns near lava lakes.
The Piglin Commander: An oversized piglin that spawns in Nether Cities.
BOSS: The Wildfire: This is a boss found in Nether Cities. This is also mob D from the 2017 mob vote.
==== New Nether Structures ====
The Nether City: It's like an end city, but it's flipped upside down, underground and in the nether. In here you will find a lot of Piglins, Piglin Commanders, and a new boss: The Wildfire.
Netherwhite
Netherwhite is a new ore like ancient debris that is found in the nether. It's like netherite, but much rarer, stronger and with a white color. Upon mining it will drop Netherwhite Scraps. You can then combine 4 of these scraps with gold ingots to get the Netherwhite Ingot. You can then apply these new ingots to diamond equipment to turn it into Netherwhite Armor & Tools. They are slightly better then netherite.
=== Nature Changes ===
==== Ambient Sounds ====
Ambient sounds are finally added! Now while wandering around different biomes you may hear:
- Birds Singing in the forest
- Revamped Rain Sound Effects
- Some noises at night like crickets
- Badlands ambience
==== New Overworld Mobs ====
Deer: A passive mobs that spawns in birch and oak forests. It will drop Deer Skin. You can then combine 4 dear skin and 1 leather to craft a Bundle, which has finally been added! Bundles can store a stack of separate items all in just one slot! Now that's useful!
Owl: A bird mob that can spawn in birch, oak, dark oak forests and taigas. They are passive, spawn ONLY at night and drop feathers.
==== New Nether Blocks and Item ====
* Nether Pearl: Is Like Ender Pearl But It Just Teleport To Ruined Portals.
* Netherstones: Its Only 1% Chance Of Spawn
* Netherite Box: Its Shulker Box But Large (2 in 1)
Category:Fanmade Updates
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