NETHER BIOMES
Dangerous biomes found in the Nether dimension. 5 biomes in this category.
What makes a biome nether
Five biomes behind a Nether Portal, all of them at temperature 2.0 and all of them dry: no rain and no snow falls in any of the five. Nether Wastes is the oldest biome on this site after the first Overworld ones, and the other four arrived together in 1.16, which is why they share their nylium, their fungi and their shroomlights.
Six mobs belong to this group alone: the zombified piglin, the ghast, the magma cube, the piglin, the strider and the hoglin. Two structures generate here and neither one appears in the Overworld or the End: the Nether Fortress in all five biomes, and the Bastion Remnant in four of them, with Basalt Deltas as the one that carries a fortress and no bastion.
All 5 nether biomes
The original and most common Nether biome. Nether Fortresses and Bastion Remnants generate here. Nether quartz and gold ore are abundant.
A haunting biome with blue soul fire and massive basalt pillars. Ghasts spawn at very high rates. Fossils made of bone blocks dot the landscape. Soul speed enchantment helps traverse soul sand.
A red-themed fungal forest. Hoglins are the only hostile mob that drops food in the Nether. Piglins can be bartered with for various items. Shroomlights provide excellent light.
The safest Nether biome. Only Endermen and Striders spawn here, making it ideal for Nether bases. Warped fungus repels hoglins. The teal color scheme provides a surreal atmosphere.
Volcanic biome with basalt columns and blackstone. Very difficult to traverse due to uneven terrain and lava pockets. Magma cubes spawn at extremely high rates. Ash particles fall from the sky.
Mobs across these 5 biomes
Eight mobs behind the portal, six of them found nowhere but the Nether: the zombified piglin, the ghast, the magma cube, the piglin, the strider and the hoglin. Nether Wastes has six of the eight.
- Endermanin Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley and Warped Forest
- Ghastonly in this groupin Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley and Basalt Deltas
- Strideronly in this groupin Nether Wastes, Warped Forest and Basalt Deltas
- Magma Cubeonly in this groupin Nether Wastes and Basalt Deltas
- Piglinonly in this groupin Nether Wastes and Crimson Forest
- Zombified Piglinonly in this groupin Nether Wastes and Crimson Forest
- Hoglinonly in this groupin Crimson Forest
- Skeletonin Soul Sand Valley
Structures in the nether biomes
Two structures generate here and neither one exists outside this dimension, and one of the five biomes carries only the first of the two.
- Nether Fortressonly in this groupin Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley, Crimson Forest, Warped Forest and Basalt Deltas
- Bastion Remnantonly in this groupin Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley, Crimson Forest and Warped Forest
How the 5 compare
- Coldest at temperature 2
- Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley, Crimson Forest, Warped Forest and Basalt Deltas
- Warmest at temperature 2
- Nether Wastes, Soul Sand Valley, Crimson Forest, Warped Forest and Basalt Deltas
- Most mobs, 6 of them
- Nether Wastes
- Rarest
- every biome here is common
- Longest in the game, since Alpha 1.2.0
- Nether Wastes
- Newest, added in 1.16
- Soul Sand Valley
None of the five counts as rare, so once you are through the portal it is a matter of walking rather than searching. Nether Wastes has the longest spawn list with six mobs, and Warped Forest the shortest with two.
Twenty nine blocks across just five biomes, most of them nylium, stems and the fungi that grow on them.