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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]
  • Clouds won't go through buildings anymore.[9]
  • Rain and snow will now render faster.[10]

Features:

  • Different game modes.[11]
    • Limited flying in Creative mode
  • "At least one new mob"[12]
  • New features in the terrain generator; things which will only appear in new worlds/chunks[15]
  • New combat Mechanics[16]
    • Critical hits[27]
    • Hold-to-charge bows[28]
    • Player blocking attack animation and hostile mob attack animations, possibly more player animations[29][30]
  • New farming options, more interesting farming.[27][31][12]
    • This could be the Cocoa Bean tree Jeb was talking about.[16]
    • Plantable pumpkins and melons, each with a central stem that grows to max size and spawns a fruit next to it.[32]
    • Animal breeding.[33]
  • New Food System:
    • Food no longer heals directly but indirectly.[34]
    • There is now a food meter. [35] [34]
      • The food meter is possibly optional since Notch has said that it will be possible to play without food.[36]
    • Food will be stackable.[37][38]
    • Food takes now 1.6 seconds to consume.[34]
    • There is now a food eating animation.[39][34]
    • There will most likely be sound effects for consuming food.[39]
    • 5 new food items.[40]
  • New achievements:
    • Kill a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters.[44]
    • Possibly Shoot the Moon with an arrow.[45]
  • Sprinting: By double pressing the forward button, the player will move faster.[46]
    • Sprinting will have a drawback, such as depleting your food bar.[47]
    • Hitting a mob while "rushing" (sprinting?) sends them flying.[48]
  • Glass Panes.[49]
  • Possibly Spike blocks, Jeb initially considered Spike Pistons, but then pondered making a Spike block that can be pushed by the Sticky Piston.[50]
  • Arrows will be stuck on mobs when it hits [51]

Graphics / UI / Audio:

Multiplayer:

  • Multiplayer server list[67][68]
  • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers[69]
  • Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[70]
  • The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[71]

Modding:

  • Modding Support[27]
    • Including easier changing of the max level (map) height.[72]
After PAX Prime 2011 (After August 28th) [73]
Nightly Builds
Beta 1.8+
  • Access to nightly builds.[74]
After Beta 1.8
Next development phase
Full version 1.0
  • Full version release date.[75]
November 11[75] (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" [76]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary [76]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[77]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[78][79]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[80]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[81] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[82]
Modding API Official modding support. Agreed on by Notch at Get Satisfaction,[83] This will include full source code, be free [84] and unobfuscated.[85]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[86]
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.[87]
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.[88]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[89]
Ingame Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[90]
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.[91]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[92]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[93]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[94]
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.[95] Confirmed to be in a future update.[96]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[97][98]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[97]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[97]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[97]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[97]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[82]
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.[82]
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.[82][99]

Flying The ability to fly.(Confirmed)[100][101]
NPC Villages First stated in a Tumblr post by Notch, since then confirmed to be released in Beta 1.8.[16]
Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs Described by Jeb as "on my todo list".[102]
FOV Slider FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[103]
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.[104] Lanterns were "on hold,"[105] though Notch may be working on them again.[106]
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.[107]
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.[108]
Fence gates Notch has stated he wants to add proper gates for fences.[109]
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.[110]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[82]

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[111] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[112][113]
  • Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[114] 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,[75] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360[115][116]

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://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/make_clouds_collide_with_blocks/
  10. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/98754886522511360
  11. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85801912754118658
  12. a b Trickled info about 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  13. http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a8C2clU8L8Y/Ti7odj_JD9I/AAAAAAAAB5U/l6X-GWdbZrk/s1024/2011-07-26_18.14.06.png
  14. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/97216060708753408
  15. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  16. a b c d Adventure Update Information on Blog: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  17. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/89439399422603265
  18. Town borders: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95835440287973378
  19. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/99119471221944320
  20. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/83453735799504896
  21. http://thebohage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=144&start=0
  22. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/FPEM1if7vAF
  23. http://i.imgur.com/qvAsa.jpg
  24. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ie7j5/notch_shares_a_new_18_photo_via_google/c23116p
  25. http://i.imgur.com/pqYck.jpg
  26. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/88333149611892736
  27. a b c http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  28. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/89414265441763328
  29. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859#116872576248355504859/posts/EvmRkVDthvs
  30. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/QEPPxAej76k
  31. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/87954577445486593
  32. The Future of Minecraft http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182014p2.html
  33. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
  34. a b c d Jeb on Reddit on Hunger & Food
  35. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/39722654491611136
  36. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/39722654491611136
  37. [1]
  38. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807386228563968
  39. a b Eating animations: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93343610677895168
  40. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93302599230562304
  41. http://i.imgur.com/UDuv0.png
  42. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93336918938492928
  43. Eating Cows: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93336415395524608
  44. Notch on Twitter: "I did add an achievement for killing a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. Not easy."
  45. 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."
  46. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  47. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  48. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95850815276843008
  49. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/93618013537972224
  50. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  51. "Sure, I will add that!" reddit post by notch with another enderman screenshot
  52. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79526884454567936
  53. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/79527641824231424
  54. Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
  55. Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
  56. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  57. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86091621116026880
  58. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/88364022612758528
  59. New HUD (in picture): http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/93305042941132801
  60. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
  61. 1.8 should have new launcher features: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/92994287016484864
  62. Applet Launcher Test: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/23Z5VpT4ahp
  63. http://twitter.com/#!/C418/status/87958172047912962
  64. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/89309230632402945
  65. http://twitter.com/C418/statuses/88290232482537472
  66. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/bjTQ3SUdzhH
  67. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  68. http://i.imgur.com/xKCrT.png
  69. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  70. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  71. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/85802201267707904
  72. Easier level height Modding: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/93295073374113792
  73. https://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/hwBVL5wzyEP
  74. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/95900141797650432
  75. a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
  76. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  77. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  78. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  79. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  80. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  81. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  82. a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  83. Modding API: Modding API
  84. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  85. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  86. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  87. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  88. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  89. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  90. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  91. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  92. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  93. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  94. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  95. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  96. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  97. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  98. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  99. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/77555800532463616
  100. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/84361767962161152
  101. http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
  102. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
  103. FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/86087721147314176
  104. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  105. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  106. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  107. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  108. https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/49859193632591872
  109. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  110. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  111. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  112. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  113. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  114. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  115. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  116. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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