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.

Major updates
These updates will come to both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

Caves & Cliffs
Caves & Cliffs is a major upcoming update that was announced at Minecraft Live 2020. It will revamp mountain and cave generation as well as adding new features inside them.

1.16.4
1.16.4 is an upcoming minor update with no set release date. It will not contain any gameplay features from Caves & Cliffs and expected to be the last 1.16.x minor update before 1.17 snapshots phase.

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.

1.16.100
1.16.100 is an upcoming minor update to Bedrock Edition with no set release date, which will add new commands, expanding and improving the add-on and script engine mechanics, adds the RenderDragon graphics engine, more parity from, revamps the achievement/trophy UI and fixes bugs.

RTX Update
RTX Ray Tracing capability using the RenderDragon graphics engine is planned to be added to Bedrock Edition in a future update. It will be available on Windows 10, using a compatible NVIDIA graphics card. It is not known yet when this will be implemented, but the feature is currently in beta development. The current beta version is beta 1.16.30.53.