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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"

Dubbed the "Adventure Update", meant to flesh out the game a bit and make exploration and combat more rewarding.[1][2] Note that this is not Adventure Mode.[3][4]

Fixes:

  • Shift+Click on items will work correctly.[5]
  • Labels for items will be added.[6]
  • Redstone circuits not working after time set (x) glitch going to be fixed in SMP.[7]
  • User placed leaf blocks won't decay.[8]

Features:

Graphics / UI / Audio:

Multiplayer:

  • Multiplayer server list[59][60]
  • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers[61]
  • Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[62]
  • The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[63]

Modding:

  • Modding Support[23]
    • Including easier changing of the max level (map) height.[64]
After PAX Prime 2011 (August 26th-28th) [65]
Nightly Builds
Beta 1.8+
  • Access to nightly builds. [66]
After Beta 1.8
Next development phase
"Full version" 1.0
  • "Full version" release date.[67]
November 11[67] (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" [68]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary [68]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[69]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[70][71]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[72]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[73] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[74]
Modding API Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[75] This will include full source code, be free [76] and unobfuscated.[77]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[78]
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.[79]
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.[80]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[81]
Ingame Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[82]
The ability to write in Books Notch has hinted that with the use of location in Maps he might be able to enable writing in Books in the future.[83]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[84]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[85]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[86]
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.[87] Confirmed to be in a future update.[88]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[89][90]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[89]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[89]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[89]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[89]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[74]
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.[74]
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.[74][91]

Flying The ability to fly.(Confirmed)[92][93]
NPC Villages Notch said in a Tumblr post that NPC Villages will be in a future update.[13]
Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs Described by Jeb as "on my todo list".[94]
FOV Slider FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[95]
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.[96] Lanterns were "on hold,"[97] though Notch may be working on them again.[98]
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.[99]
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.[100]
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.[101]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[74]

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[102] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[103][104]
  • Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[105] 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 (maybe 18th) of November,[67] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360[106][107]

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. Shift+Click Fix: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77322104554524672
  6. Clay bug fixed/Labels for Items: http://twitter.com/notch/status/76571168567595008
  7. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/81387002087485440
  8. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/86780517617385472
  9. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85801912754118658
  10. a b Trickled info about 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  11. http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a8C2clU8L8Y/Ti7odj_JD9I/AAAAAAAAB5U/l6X-GWdbZrk/s1024/2011-07-26_18.14.06.png
  12. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  13. a b c d Adventure Update Information on Blog: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  14. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89439399422603265
  15. Town borders: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95835440287973378
  16. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/83453735799504896
  17. http://thebohage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=144&start=0
  18. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/FPEM1if7vAF
  19. http://i.imgur.com/qvAsa.jpg
  20. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ie7j5/notch_shares_a_new_18_photo_via_google/c23116p
  21. http://i.imgur.com/pqYck.jpg
  22. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/88333149611892736
  23. a b c http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  24. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/89414265441763328
  25. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859#116872576248355504859/posts/EvmRkVDthvs
  26. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/QEPPxAej76k
  27. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/87954577445486593
  28. The Future of Minecraft http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182014p2.html
  29. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
  30. a b c d Jeb on Reddit on Hunger & Food
  31. [1]
  32. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807386228563968
  33. a b Eating animations: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93343610677895168
  34. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/39722654491611136
  35. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93302599230562304
  36. http://i.imgur.com/UDuv0.png
  37. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93336918938492928
  38. Eating Cows: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93336415395524608
  39. Notch on Twitter: "I did add an achievement for killing a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. Not easy."
  40. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  41. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95850815276843008
  42. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93618013537972224
  43. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  44. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79526884454567936
  45. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79527641824231424
  46. Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
  47. Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
  48. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  49. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86091621116026880
  50. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/88364022612758528
  51. New HUD (in picture): http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/93305042941132801
  52. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
  53. 1.8 should have new launcher features: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/92994287016484864
  54. Applet Launcher Test: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/23Z5VpT4ahp
  55. http://twitter.com/#!/C418/status/87958172047912962
  56. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/89309230632402945
  57. http://twitter.com/C418/statuses/88290232482537472
  58. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/bjTQ3SUdzhH
  59. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  60. http://i.imgur.com/xKCrT.png
  61. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  62. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  63. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85802201267707904
  64. Easier level height Modding: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/93295073374113792
  65. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/hwBVL5wzyEP
  66. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95900141797650432
  67. a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
  68. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  69. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  70. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  71. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  72. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  73. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  74. a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  75. Modding API: Modding API
  76. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  77. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  78. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  79. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  80. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  81. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  82. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  83. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  84. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  85. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  86. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  87. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  88. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  89. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  90. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  91. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/77555800532463616
  92. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/84361767962161152
  93. http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
  94. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
  95. FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  96. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  97. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  98. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  99. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  100. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  101. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  102. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  103. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  104. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  105. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  106. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  107. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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