With the Pale Garden becomingMinecraft’s latest otherworldly biome in Overworld, it might be time for Mojang to take a step back from the Overworld and expand the game’s other dimensions instead. Thanks in part to Mojang’s new approach to smaller updates, the newest biome inMinecrafthas stood out among others with its horror-like elements such as the unique Creaking mob. However, the Pale Garden is yet another biome out of dozens inMinecraft’s crowded Overworld, meaning Mojang should consider looking elsewhere when adding a new area to the game.
Unlike the Overworld,Minecraft’s Nether dimension remains significantly smaller with just five biomes even after its overhaul in a previous 2020 update. As a result, shouldMinecraftadd a new biome to another dimension in the near future, the Nether is the perfect candidate, with the Pale Garden serving as a blueprint for what Mojang could do. Just as the Pale Garden inserts a touch of horror amongMinecraft’s many Overworld biomes, its interdimensional opposite could surprise players with something welcoming and peaceful.
Minecraft’s Pale Gardens Are Part of a Spooky Biome Trend
Despite not being explicitly part of the horror genre,Minecraft’s recent biomes like the Pale Gardenand the Deep Dark embrace the tension and anxiety inherent to the game when playing in Survival mode. This is also something that the Nether does with the constant threat of hostile mobs, open lakes and pockets of lava, and an unsettling atmosphere. But ultimately, at its core,Minecraftis still a sandbox game with an Overworld intended to immerse players and indulge their creativity.
A New Nether Biome Might Refresh Things for Minecraft
Therefore, sinceMinecraft’s Overworld is becoming increasingly dangerous and creepy with the introduction of biomes like the Pale Garden, Mojang could balance the game by adding its opposite to the Nether. As the Overworld’s opposite, it would be plausible that the Nether could have a new peaceful biome instead of a stress-inducing one, and it could break up the existing five Nether biomes as an equally rare “oasis.” Though it might makeMinecraft’s “Hot Tourist Destinations” advancement that much more difficult to get, this biome’s unique appeal as an inverted Pale Garden could be a refreshing twist tothe Nether through Mojang’s smaller updates.
How A Peaceful Nether Biome Could Work in Minecraft
Based onMinecraft’s existing Nether biomes, a new, more peaceful biome could either keep the same otherworldly, hellish style or it could emulate parts of the Overworld. The latter could arguably be the simplest solution, taking inspiration from how ruined portal structures in the Overworld utilize netherrack and magma blocks as if the Nether is bleeding through. By extension, a peaceful Nether biome might include trees, flowers, and mobs from the Overworld, such as birch and oak trees or ordinary pigs, as a nod to the Nether’s Piglins and Hoglins.
However, it might be more interesting if a new peaceful Nether biome adapted its underworld-like aesthetic in new ways, similar to how the Pale Garden seems like an ordinary forest until players areattacked byMinecraft’s new Creaking mob. This could include parallels to the Pale Garden’s eyeblossoms, pale oak trees, and Creaking hearts, allowing Mojang to add in new alien wood types, plants, and more forMinecraft’s more creative players. With a list below of possible ideas for the Nether’s peaceful biome, the Pale Garden should be the first of many in how Mojang approaches new biomes.
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