Template:Future
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 1.8 "Adventure Update" |
|
"Will take quite some time to finish" as of June 27th[43]
"As soon as we know, we'll announce it"[44] |
| Next development phase | ||
| "Full version" 1.0 |
|
November 11[45] (Template:Releasedate days from now) (Note: Date may be slipped for MinecraftCon) [1] |
Game content
Items/Blocks
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal Persistence | Jeb mentioned on twitter that all animals will be more persistent "soon" [46] |
| Wool Regrowth on Sheep | Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary [46] |
| Capture the Flag | Announced on Notch's Blog.[47] |
| More Mobs | More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[48][49] |
| 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[50] and referenced by Jeb's Twitter.[51] |
| Bow Enhancements | Announced on Notch's Twitter.[52] |
| Improvements to Combat | Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[53] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[54] |
| Modding API | Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[55] This will include full source code, be free [56] and unobfuscated.[57] |
| Mounting/Controlling Mobs | The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[58] |
| 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.[59] |
| 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.[60] |
| Minecarts as lava boats | Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[61] |
| An In-Game Way to Acquire Apples | Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[62] |
| 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.[63] |
| Custom Paintings | Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[64] |
| Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D | Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[65] |
| More Powerful Powered Minecarts | Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[66] |
| 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.[67] Confirmed to be in a future update.[68] |
| Friends list | The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[69][70] |
| Multithreading | The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[69] |
| Limited maps | The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[69] |
| Creative mode | The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[69] |
| Video Support | The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[69] |
| Special biomes | Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[54] |
| 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.[54] |
| 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.[54][71] |
| Flying | The ability to fly.(Confirmed)[72][73] |
| NPC Villages | Notch said in a Tumblr post that NPC Villages will be in a future update.[22] |
| Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs | Described by Jeb as "on my todo list".[74] |
| FOV Slider | FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[75] |
| 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.[76] Lanterns were "on hold,"[77] though Notch may be working on them again.[78] |
| 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.[79] |
| 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.[80] |
| 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.[81] |
| Cocoa Bean plant | Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[54] |
New platforms/releases
- On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[82] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[83][84]
- Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[85] 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,[45] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
- On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360[86][87]
References
- ↑ a b Post E3 Info Dump: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/6385865216/post-e3-information-dump
- ↑ 1.7 should be the adventure update: http://twitter.com/notch/status/74910025411330048
- ↑ 1.7 not Adventure Mode: http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/81798155326341120
- ↑ New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/83453735799504896
- ↑ http://thebohage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=144&start=0
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/qvAsa.jpg
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ie7j5/notch_shares_a_new_18_photo_via_google/c23116p
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/pqYck.jpg
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/88333149611892736
- ↑ Shift+Click Fix: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322104554524672
- ↑ Clay bug fixed/Labels for Items: http://twitter.com/notch/status/76571168567595008
- ↑ Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
- ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
- ↑ Trickled info about 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79526884454567936
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79527641824231424
- ↑ Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/81387002087485440
- ↑ a b c d Adventure Update Information on Blog: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
- ↑ Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
- ↑ http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/87954577445486593
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89353414173130753
- ↑ https://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89353414173130753
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85801912754118658
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85802201267707904
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807386228563968
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86091621116026880
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/88364022612758528
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/86780517617385472
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/C418/status/87958172047912962
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/89309230632402945
- ↑ http://twitter.com/C418/statuses/88290232482537472
- ↑ https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
- ↑ http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/89414265441763328
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/80963675770458112
- ↑ Some Words on 1.7 and 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/6969771554/back-in-the-office-and-some-words-on-1-7-and-1-8
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ib927/new_blog_post_about_18_by_notch/c22d2pt
- ↑ a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
- ↑ a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
- ↑ New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
- ↑ Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
- ↑ Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
- ↑ Food Meter: http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
- ↑ Hunger: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/47281587301265409
- ↑ Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
- ↑ Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
- ↑ a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
- ↑ Modding API: Modding API
- ↑ The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
- ↑ Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
- ↑ Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
- ↑ Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
- ↑ Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
- ↑ Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
- ↑ Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
- ↑ Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
- ↑ Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
- ↑ Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
- ↑ Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
- ↑ Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
- ↑ Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
- ↑ a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
- ↑ Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/77555800532463616
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/84361767962161152
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
- ↑ FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
- ↑ Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
- ↑ http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
- ↑ Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
- ↑ More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
- ↑ Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
- ↑ Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
- ↑ Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
- ↑ Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
- ↑ Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
- ↑ Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
- ↑ Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
- ↑ Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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