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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
Next minor version
Beta 1.7 "Adventure Update"
  • Adventure update, to flesh out the game a bit and make exploration and combat more rewarding.[1][2] Note that this is not Adventure Mode.[3]
  • New features in the terrain generator; things which will only appear in new worlds/new generated areas.[4]
  • Shift+Click on items will work correctly.[5]
  • The Clay bug will be fixed.[6]
  • Labels for items will be added.[6]
  • Shears, will be the only way to harvest wool from sheep without hurting them.[7][8]
    • They also destroy wool and leaf blocks faster than by hand.[9]
    • Using Shears will be a legitimate way to obtain placeable leaf blocks.[10]
  • TNT will only be activated by redstone or fire, so picking up TNT will be possible.[11]
  • Wool particle colours fixed.[12]
  • Multiplayer server list.[13]
  • Pistons.[14][15]
  • Spike blocks, Jeb initially considered Spike Pistons, but then decided to make a Spike block that can be pushed by the Sticky Piston [18]
  • Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[19]
  • New "scary" mob added.[20]
  • New improved lighting — day/night cycles will not require chunk updates.[21] Lighting will be updated via a texture, whose coordinates are the block's sky light and block light levels.[22]
    • Warmer light from torches.[23]
  • New textures for cobblestone (and moss stone) blocks.[24]
  • Torches placable on fences.[15]
  • Possibly Experience Orbs. Has not been confirmed by Notch, but is a possible explanation for the twitter clues he's been leaving.
  • Other secret projects. [25]
  • Huge Mushrooms. [26] Has not been confirmed by Notch, but is a possible explanation for the twitter clues he's been leaving.
  • Use for Slimeballs: Slimeballs have been confirmed to be used in the creation of Sticky Pistons.[27]
  • Better Repeater and Redstone connection. [28]
  • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers[29]
"A while", after E3[30]
And still no date as of June 20. [31]
Next development phase
"Full version" 1.0 November 11[32] (Template:Releasedate days from now)
(Note: Date may be slipped for MinecraftCon) [1]

Game content

Feature Description
Animal Persistence Jeb mentioned on twitter that all animals will be more persistent "soon" [33]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary [33]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[34]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[35][36]
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[37] and referenced by Jeb's Twitter.[38]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[39]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[40] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[41]
Modding API Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[42] This will include full source code, be free [43] and unobfuscated.[44]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[45]
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.[46]
Rain Re-grows Flowers A community member asked if rain would grow flowers back. Jeb said that yes it will and he wants to implement it.[47]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[48]
An In-Game Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[49]
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.[50]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[51]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[52]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[53]
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" (The sky dimension's terrain renderer will be improved). However, he said he had to fix the Nether first.[54] Confirmed to be in a future update.[55]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[56][57]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[56]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[56]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[56]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[56]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[58]
Stronger tools Jeb stated during his dreamhack presentation that he was working on something stronger than diamond tools. He did however say that this was not a new set of tools, but rather something that could be used to enhance your tools to make them stronger.
More content for The Nether During his dreamhack presentations, Jeb stated that Notch thinks The Nether "isn't interesting enough",

and therefore wants to add more content to it. Notch also hinted to this on twitter.[59]

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.[60] Lanterns were "on hold,"[61] though Notch may be working on them again.[62]
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.[63]
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.[64]
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.
The ability to name Chests Notch has stated he will add this feature.[65]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[66]

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[67] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[68][69]
  • Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[70] On the 25th of May 2011 a demonstration video was uploaded on Mojang's YouTube channel
  • The full version of Minecraft is planned to be released on the 11th of November,[32] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360[71][72]

References

  1. a b Post E3 Info Dump: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/6385865216/post-e3-information-dump
  2. 1.7 should be the adventure update: http://twitter.com/notch/status/74910025411330048
  3. 1.7 not Adventure Mode: http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/81798155326341120
  4. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  5. Shift+Click Fix: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322104554524672
  6. a b Clay bug fixed/Labels for Items: http://twitter.com/notch/status/76571168567595008
  7. Shears in 1.7: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76570646074765312
  8. Shears give wool without hurting sheep: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76635091929014273
  9. Shears break wool faster: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76633838729699328
  10. Shears allow you to pick up leaf blocks: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322124322279425
  11. Changes to triggering TNT: http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78154891637436416
  12. Wool particles colours fixed: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76640536085278720
  13. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  14. Pistons in 1.7: http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78550531622178816
  15. a b Video of Pistons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJr86d2IUo
  16. Sticky Pistons Included: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322979360509952
  17. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/377980-prediction-on-pistons/page__p__5396739#entry5396739
  18. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  19. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  20. http://twitter.com/#!/242_girl/status/79104047403122688
  21. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79526884454567936
  22. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79527641824231424
  23. Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
  24. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/80764759246503936
  25. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/80963675770458112
  26. http://www.minecraftwiki.net/images/e/e1/Decoded_change_list.png
  27. Jeb_'s Twitter Post http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/80269579758215168
  28. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/81408333185171456
  29. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  30. No updates until after E3: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76641219840720896
  31. No 1.7 release date yet: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/82805524881604608
  32. a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
  33. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  34. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  35. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  36. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  37. Food Meter: http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
  38. Hunger: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/47281587301265409
  39. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  40. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  41. Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  42. Modding API: Modding API
  43. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  44. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  45. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  46. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  47. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  48. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  49. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  50. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  51. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  52. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  53. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  54. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  55. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  56. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  57. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  58. Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  59. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/77555800532463616
  60. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  61. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  62. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  63. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  64. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  65. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  66. Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  67. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  68. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  69. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  70. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  71. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  72. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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