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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 1.8 "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]
  • 46 new features planned (as of July 4th, 2011)[4]
  • New features in the terrain generator; things which will only appear in new worlds/new generated areas.[5]
  • Shift+Click on items will work correctly.[13]
  • Labels for items will be added.[14]
  • Multiplayer server list.[15][16]
    • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers[17]
  • 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]
  • At least one new mob.[20]
  • New improved lightingday/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]
  • Possibly Experience Orbs. Has not yet been confirmed by Notch, but is a possible explanation for the Twitter clues he's been leaving.
  • Redstone circuits not working after time set (x) glitch going to be fixed in SMP.[24]
  • NPC Villages [25] with farms. [26]
  • New combat Mechanics[25]
  • New texture for Moss Stone[27]
  • New and more farming options/items.[28][29] This could be the Cocoa Bean tree Jeb was talking about.[25]
    • Plantable pumpkins and melons, each with a central stem that grows to max size and spawns a fruit next to it.[30]
    • Possibly farming animals and baby animals [31]
  • Different game modes.[32]
    • Limited flying in Creative mode
  • The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[33]
  • The ability to store multiple food items more efficiently in inventory.[34]
  • Sliders for field of view, gamma and brightness in video options.[35][36][37]
  • New launcher (Possibly).[38]
    • Possibly a web Applet launcher.[39]
    • Confirmed new launcher "features".[40]
  • User placed leaf blocks won't decay.[41]
  • A lot of new sounds and some changes, such as minecart sounds and shear sounds, also a change in the sound of rain.[42] [43]
  • New bow sounds (including hits), new door sounds, big slimes sound, and walking skeletons sound more skeletony.[44]
  • Sprinting: By double pressing the forward button, the player will move faster.[45]
  • Critical hits[46]
  • Hold-to-charge bows[47]
  • Animal breeding[48]
  • Player blocking attack animation and hostile mob attack animations, possibly more player animations[49][50]
  • New achievements[51]
    • Kill a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. [52]
  • Perhaps new particle effects[53] .
  • Modding Support[54]
  • Other secret projects[55]
  • Ability to change max map height via modding[56]
After PAX Prime 2011 (August 26th-28th) [57]
Next development phase
"Full version" 1.0
  • "Full version" release date.[58]
November 11[58] (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" [59]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary [59]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[60]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[61][62]
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[63] and referenced by Jeb's Twitter.[64]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[65]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[66] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[67]
Modding API Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[68] This will include full source code, be free [69] and unobfuscated.[70]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[71]
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.[72]
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.[73]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[74]
An In-Game Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[75]
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.[76]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[77]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[78]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[79]
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.[80] Confirmed to be in a future update.[81]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[82][83]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[82]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[82]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[82]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[82]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[67]
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.[67]
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.[67][84]

Flying The ability to fly.(Confirmed)[85][86]
NPC Villages Notch said in a Tumblr post that NPC Villages will be in a future update.[25]
Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs Described by Jeb as "on my todo list".[87]
FOV Slider FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[88]
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.[89] Lanterns were "on hold,"[90] though Notch may be working on them again.[91]
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.[92]
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.[93]
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.[94]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[67]

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[95] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[96][97]
  • Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[98] 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,[58] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360[99][100]

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. 46 lines of new features: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/8NVbPL2T6qA
  5. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  6. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/83453735799504896
  7. http://thebohage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=144&start=0
  8. http://i.imgur.com/qvAsa.jpg
  9. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/FPEM1if7vAF
  10. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ie7j5/notch_shares_a_new_18_photo_via_google/c23116p
  11. http://i.imgur.com/pqYck.jpg
  12. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/88333149611892736
  13. Shift+Click Fix: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322104554524672
  14. Clay bug fixed/Labels for Items: http://twitter.com/notch/status/76571168567595008
  15. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  16. http://i.imgur.com/xKCrT.png
  17. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  18. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  19. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  20. Trickled info about 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  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/81387002087485440
  25. a b c d Adventure Update Information on Blog: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  26. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89439399422603265
  27. Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
  28. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  29. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/87954577445486593
  30. The Future of Minecraft http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182014p2.html
  31. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89353414173130753
  32. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85801912754118658
  33. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85802201267707904
  34. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807386228563968
  35. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  36. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86091621116026880
  37. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/88364022612758528
  38. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
  39. Applet Launcher Test: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/23Z5VpT4ahp
  40. 1.8 should have new launcher features: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/92994287016484864
  41. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/86780517617385472
  42. http://twitter.com/#!/C418/status/87958172047912962
  43. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/89309230632402945
  44. http://twitter.com/C418/statuses/88290232482537472
  45. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  46. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  47. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/89414265441763328
  48. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
  49. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859#116872576248355504859/posts/EvmRkVDthvs
  50. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/QEPPxAej76k
  51. Notch on Twitter: "With the new bow shooting code, I'm getting an urge to add an achievement for shooting the moon. I keep trying to."
  52. Notch on Twitter: "I did add an achievement for killing a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. Not easy."
  53. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/bjTQ3SUdzhH
  54. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  55. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/80963675770458112
  56. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/93295073374113792
  57. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/hwBVL5wzyEP
  58. a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
  59. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  60. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  61. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  62. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  63. Food Meter: http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
  64. Hunger: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/47281587301265409
  65. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  66. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  67. a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  68. Modding API: Modding API
  69. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  70. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  71. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  72. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  73. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  74. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  75. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  76. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  77. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  78. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  79. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  80. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  81. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  82. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  83. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  84. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/77555800532463616
  85. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/84361767962161152
  86. http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
  87. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
  88. FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  89. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  90. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  91. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  92. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  93. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  94. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  95. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  96. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  97. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  98. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  99. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  100. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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