Java Edition upcoming features

This page is about upcoming features that have been announced by Mojang employees.

Near future
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 * style="text-align: center;" | 1.8
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General

 * Difficulty
 * Difficulty can be locked for each world.
 * This is so you do not open a Survival World on peaceful difficulty by accident.
 * Adventure Mode
 * Hitboxes of blocks appear in Adventure mode only if the block can be interacted with (chests, levers, etc.).
 * Commands
 * New command /blockdata. It will be able to modify NBT data at a specific coordinate. The  will merge with the block at that position.
 * Usage format: /blockdata    

Blocks & Items

 * Doors
 * They are stackable up to 64
 * The crafting recipe for doors now gives 3 doors instead of one.
 * style="text-align: center;" | Unknown
 * }