The Nether

### What is the Nether?

The nether is a place or rather dimension in Minecraft that represents hell. The Nether home to Piglins and Zombie Piglins which are a kinda crossbreed of pigs and humans. Ghasts are another creature that made their home in the Nether. Another creature, Wither Skeletons live in the Nether and guard the Nether Fortresses along with Blazes.

### Terrain

The terrain in the Nether is very eerie and gives of a hot vibe. The Nether is made of lava pools, soul sand and netherrack. There are also other terrain blocks that fill this dimension and they don't cover as much as the previously said terrain items. These are glowstone, gravel, magma block, nether quartz (minecraft-archive.fandom.com). In the most recent update, 1.16.0, there are several more terrain blocks and biomes within the Nether. Some include, crimson and crying obsidian (minecraft.gamepedia.com).

### Mobs

The mobs within the Nether match the overall vibe of the Nether. They include the Blaze a creature in which is made of fire and drops blaze rods. Blaze's are only found within Nether Fortresses in spawner areas. Wither Skeleton's are undead creatures that guard the Nether Fortresses and they drop Wither Skeletons heads. When they attack you they give you the withering effect which can kill you if your on low health or don't have any food on you. Their heads are also used to make the Wither, a boss that is completely optional in the mainline story. Piglins are half-pig half-human creatures that with attack when you don't have gold armor on. They will barter with you for gold and Piglins are on of the biggest parts of the 1.16.0 update. Zombie Piglins are Piglins counterparts that become zombified when entering the overworld. They are very similar to their pre-1.16.0 update forms the Zombie Pigmen who only attack when attacked just like them. Hoglins and Zoglins who are the exact same thing except one is zombified. They are giant pigs that are violent and drop porkchops. They have a very strange fear of crimson mushrooms. Striders are tamable, lava-walking creatures that don't attack (minecraft.gamepedia.com). Once tamed you can walk across lava, without getting hurt. Ghasts are giant flying cuboid creatures that spit fireballs at you and you have to deflect them in order to defeat it. It drops Ghast tears and made a very sad sound when flying around. Last but not least magma cubes that can only be found in Nether Fortresses drop magma cream when killed. The cream they drop can actually be used to make potions.

### Biomes

There are 5 biomes in the Nether with each having its own distinct attributes. The first one to be discussed is the Nether Wastes, the most common biome in the Nether. The Nether Wastes is the original Nether biome and was the only biome that existed in the Nether before update 1.16.0 (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). The Nether Wastes is where Zombie Piglins are most commonly found just like their extinct counterpart the Zombie Pigmen (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). The second biome in the Nether is Soul Sand Valley where soul sand is most commonly found. This biome is a desert like biome that is home to skeletons (not the mob), Ghasts, Endermen and Striders (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). Most of the area in this biome is covered in soul sand which can slow you down exponentially, however a soul speed enchantment on you boots should do the trick. The third biome in the Nether is the Crimson Forest, the home to the Hoglins and Piglins who hut Hoglins for food. The Crimson Forest is covered in Crimson trees and mushrooms which the Hoglins graze on (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). This biome is actually the most habitable biome in the Nether (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). The fourth biome in the Nether is the Warped Forest. The Warped Forest is home to the most Endermen, making it a great place to farm for ender pearls. However this biome is very dangerous as Piglin Bastions can be found here making the area full of Piglins (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com). The fifth and final biome in the Nether is the Basalt Deltas the one of most dangerous biome in the game. Magma cubes, rocky terrain you'll want to avoid this area to the best of your ability (www.minecraft.gamepedia.com).'