Planned versions

This page is about planned versions of all editions of Minecraft. These updates either have major sources to their existence or have received development versions.

Note that only editions with known planned updates are listed here; if no known planned updates exist the edition is left out.

1.15
1.15 is an upcoming major update with no set release date. It adds bees, honey and related items. The theme for this update will relate to bees and bug fixes. This update will focus on bug fixes and quality and performance improvements.

Combat changes
The combat system is planned to be reworked in a future update, keeping the cooldown but only allowing the player to attack when fully charged. It is not known yet when those changes will be made, as they are developed in parallel to other features and will make it into the game "when they're good enough". The update in which they are included will also not be a combat-themed update.

1.16
1.16 is an upcoming major update which will make additions and changes to the Nether. This update will add new biomes and mobs to the Nether. The Nether Update was announced at Minecon Live 2019.

Biomes to be added include Soulsand Valleys and Netherwart Forests. Soulsand valleys include uncovered fossils, soul sand and a new soul sand block, large speleotherms, and blue fog. They will also have blue fire, and fire will be blue if lit on any soul sand block anywhere. Netherwart forests come in two variants and have fast-moving atmospheric particles, as well as many new blocks - among them a new plant block called Nether Fungi.

New structures called bastions will spawn throughout the Nether, inhabited by the new piglin mob.

Piglins and piglin beasts are two new mobs that will be added. Piglins are naturally hostile towards the player, unless the player is wearing gold armor. Even if the player wears gold armor, piglins will become aggravated towards the player when the player opens a chest near the piglin. They will also be able to barter with the player. Piglin beasts will spawn naturally in Netherwart Forests, will drop a food source, and will be breedable. Their name is not finalized. Zombie Pigmen will be renamed to Zombified Piglins.

A new luminous block that looks strikingly like glowstone will be added.

This update will also add a way to allow players to respawn in the Nether.

Other features
The target block is an upcoming block that will emit a redstone signal when shot with an arrow. The closer the arrow is to the center of the block, the stronger the signal will be.

1.13.0
1.13.0 is an upcoming major update for Bedrock Edition with an unknown release date. This update has no official theme but adds notable features such as foxes and structure block functionality.