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This article is about future updates. For previous updates, see Version history.

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

Near future

Version Planned changes Planned release date
Minor version
1.6.6
  • Fixed Beds in SMP[1]
Week of May 30 - June 3
Major version
1.7 *Adventure Maps[2] TBA

Game content

Feature Description
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[3]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[citation needed]
Food Meter & Hunger This will add hunger as an optional gameplay aspect. Food will also be stackable after this is added. Announced on Notch's Twitter[4] and referenced by Jeb's Twitter.[5]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[6]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[7]
Modding API Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[8] This will include full source code, and will be free.[9]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[10]
Recent SMP Server Connections Menu A menu to be implemented to allow players to see what servers they have connected to recently, so they may reconnect. Notch said "WILCO" meaning "will comply" on Get Satisfaction.[11]
Rain Re-grows Flowers A community member asked if rain would grow flowers back. Jeb said that yes it will and he wants to fix it.[12]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[13]
Use for Slimeballs Confirmed that all currently useless items will eventually have a use at Get Satisfaction.[14]
Use for Books Notch has hinted that with the use of location in Maps he might be able to enable writing in Books in the future.[15]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[16]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless. [17]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[18]
Audio Loops Audio loops have not yet been added to the game, but may be played when the player is in a specific location (In caves, woods, sea and beside a waterfall).[citation needed]
Sky / Floating Island Dimension A floating island dimension in the sky that currently "performs well, [but] looks ugly".[19] Confirmed to be in a future update.[20]

Items/Blocks

Feature Description
Lanterns Originally planned to be introduced in the Halloween Update. This feature was delayed because of the lack of time and will be implemented in a future update.[21]
Pistons Can fire sand, gravel and the player, and push anti-gravity blocks except bedrock and obsidian.[22] These were originally a mod by Hippoplatimus.[23]
Food Jeb tweeted that he will add more food, but golems, tents, elevators, emotes, "critters", dragons, class leveling systems, and unicorns are unlikely to be added.[24]
Cobweb blocks These blocks were added in 1.5, but can currently only be obtained through inventory editing.
Display cases/racks Notch has stated several times on Twitter that he intends to add some way to display items such as armor and weapons.[citation needed]
Fence gates Notch has stated he wants to add proper gates for fences.[citation needed]
Additional Music Discs When Beta 1.6 was released, Notch stated that he had added support for over 15 new songs for the Jukebox, but had not yet made the records for them. Those records are expected to show up in a later update.

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[25] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices. [26] [27]
  • Minecraft mobile will be demoed at E3[28]. On the 25th of May 2011 a demonstration video was uploaded on Mojangs YouTube channel
  • The full version of Minecraft is planned to be released on the 11th of November[29], which is in Template:Releasedate days.

References

  1. 1.6.5 bug to be fixed: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/5938461844/minecraft-beta-1-6-5
  2. 1.7 should be the adventure update: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/74910025411330048
  3. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  4. Food Meter: http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
  5. Hunger: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/47281587301265409
  6. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  7. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  8. Modding API: Modding API
  9. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  10. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  11. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  12. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  13. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  14. Give useless items a use: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/give_useless_items_a_use
  15. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  16. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  17. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  18. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  19. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  20. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  21. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  22. Piston: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55921671009353728
  23. Piston mod: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=247686
  24. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  25. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  26. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  27. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  28. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  29. Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
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