-Over 450 new blocks with mostly decorative purposes have been added, falling under sets themed around Dripstone, Calcite, Netherrack, End Stone, Bone, Soul Sand, Nether Bricks, Bricks, Glowstone, Smooth Stone, and new sets of blocks called Slipslate, Soulspar, Cecil Bricks, Red Clay, Amber, Cholla Wood, Witherworn Wood, and Eolian Quartz.
-New world generation features such as Amber and Eolian Quartz add to the mining experience, needing to be refined with the Stonecutter to create new decorative blocks.
-New Nether Biome: Scholar's Summit. A Wither-themed biome with husks of Blazes known as Burdens, three headed Creepers known as the Wilted, and undead cattle known as Corcalfs roam these bleak lands filled with bones and decaying giant fungi.
-New overworld features: Giant fossils embedded with Amber ore litter hotter parts of the world while odd looking structures known as Crafting Boxes can grant you tons of the new blocks.
-Cholla Wood: Take a cactus to a Stonecutter and you will be able to use new light green planks with holes in it.
-Witherworn Wood: Take a Petrified Stem to a Stonecutter and cut it down to Witherworn Planks- a black wood type with inverted seams.
-Cultured End Stone: Using Chorus Fruit or Eolian Quartz, you can craft a new variant of End Stone that mostly has decorative purposes.
-Eolian Quartz: This odd quartz seems to have wind based abilities and can glitch blocks through time- try messing with it or crafting it into various decorative blocks... or you can use it to craft speed and jump pads.
-Slipslate: A new block that generates towards the bottom of the Nether, being a tougher block that also resembles the old Netherrack.
-Soulspar: A new block with a blue variant that acts as hardened Soulsand. Used to mark graves in the Nether.