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This article is about future updates for the PC version. For the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition Upcoming Features. 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 major 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 and Changes:

  • 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][10]
  • Rain and snow will now render faster.[11]
  • Zombies drop a new item instead of feathers[12] [13], Rotten Flesh.[14]

Features:

Graphics / UI / Audio:

Multiplayer:

  • Multiplayer server list[84][85]
  • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers[86]
  • Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[87]
  • The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[88]

Modding:

  • Modding Support.[39]
    • Including easier changing of the max level (map) height.[89]
After PAX Prime 2011 (After August 28th)[90]
Nightly Builds
Beta 1.8+
  • Access to nightly builds.[91]
After Beta 1.8
Next development phase
Full version 1.0
  • Full version release date.[92]
November 11[92] (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"[93]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary[93]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[94]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[95][96]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[97]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[98] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[99]
Modding API Official modding support,[100] with full, unobfuscated[101] source code, for free.[102]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs. Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[103]
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.[104]
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.[105]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[106]
Ingame Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[107]
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.[108]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[109]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[110]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[111]
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.[112] Confirmed to be in a future update.[113]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[114][115]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[114]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[114]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[114]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[114]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[99]
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.[99]
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.[99][116]

Flying The ability to fly.(Confirmed)[117][118]
NPC Villages First stated in a Tumblr post by Notch, since then confirmed to be released in Beta 1.8.[22]
Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs Described by Jeb as "on my to-do list".[119]
FOV Slider FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[120]
Dual-wielding Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[121]
Stronghold Bosses Jeb said that stronghold bosses were a possibility.[122]
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.[123] Lanterns were "on hold,"[124] though Notch may be working on them again.[125]
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.[126]
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.[127]
Fence gates Notch has stated he wants to add proper gates for fences.[128]
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.[129]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[99]
Rainforest biome Notch has stated that a Rainforest biome is likely in a future update.

New platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[130] It will be released first on to the Sony Xperia Play, and later to other Android/iOS devices.[131][132]
  • Minecraft mobile was demoed at E3.[133] 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,[92] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360.[134][135]

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://minetimes.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/interview-mit-jeb-ihr-konntet-die-fragen-stellen/
  10. http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/make_clouds_collide_with_blocks/
  11. http://twitter.com/notch/status/98754886522511360
  12. Fixed zombie drops: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/102785103595454465
  13. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/106854096794943488
  14. http://www.twitch.tv/realnotch/b/293537610
  15. Now 160 recipes: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/103445622052503552
  16. http://twitter.com/notch/status/85801912754118658
  17. a b Trickled info about 1.8: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  18. http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a8C2clU8L8Y/Ti7odj_JD9I/AAAAAAAAB5U/l6X-GWdbZrk/s1024/2011-07-26_18.14.06.png
  19. http://twitter.com/notch/status/97216060708753408
  20. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  21. Villages optional: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/102386320797745152
  22. a b c d Adventure Update Information on Blog: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7009276212/trickling-information-about-the-adventure-update
  23. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/89439399422603265
  24. Town borders: http://twitter.com/notch/status/95835440287973378
  25. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/101919683153903616
  26. http://twitter.com/notch/status/99119471221944320
  27. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/101211332061302784
  28. http://twitter.com/notch/status/83453735799504896
  29. http://thebohage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=144&start=0
  30. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/FPEM1if7vAF
  31. http://i.imgur.com/qvAsa.jpg
  32. Fractal-based biomes: http://twitter.com/notch/status/104077871160639488
  33. http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/125-18-updates-new-logo-more-info/
  34. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ie7j5/notch_shares_a_new_18_photo_via_google/c23116p
  35. http://i.imgur.com/pqYck.jpg
  36. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/88333149611892736
  37. Rivers: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/UH2NKMy1ACo
  38. http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/104239917911117825
  39. a b c http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7276719413/coming-soon
  40. http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/89414265441763328
  41. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859#116872576248355504859/posts/EvmRkVDthvs
  42. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/QEPPxAej76k
  43. http://twitter.com/notch/status/87954577445486593
  44. The Future of Minecraft http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182014p2.html
  45. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
  46. a b c d Jeb on Reddit on Hunger & Food
  47. http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
  48. http://twitter.com/notch/status/39722654491611136
  49. [1]
  50. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/85807386228563968
  51. a b c new food images: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/103408168356421632
  52. a b Eating animations: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93343610677895168
  53. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93302599230562304
  54. http://i.imgur.com/UDuv0.png
  55. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93336918938492928
  56. Eating Cows: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93336415395524608
  57. "Raw beef" and "steak": http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/103422660180066305
  58. Notch on Twitter: "I did add an achievement for killing a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. Not easy."
  59. 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."
  60. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  61. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/i8NKiBJbRZ6
  62. http://twitter.com/notch/status/95850815276843008
  63. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93618013537972224
  64. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  65. "Sure, I will add that!" reddit post by notch with another enderman screenshot
  66. Fence gates in 1.8: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/104659656399536128/
  67. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/106850957891076097
  68. http://twitter.com/notch/status/79526884454567936
  69. http://twitter.com/notch/status/79527641824231424
  70. Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
  71. Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
  72. http://twitter.com/notch/status/86087721147314176
  73. http://twitter.com/notch/status/86091621116026880
  74. http://twitter.com/notch/status/88364022612758528
  75. New HUD (in picture): http://twitter.com/notch/status/93305042941132801
  76. http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
  77. 1.8 should have new launcher features: http://twitter.com/notch/status/92994287016484864
  78. Applet Launcher Test: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/23Z5VpT4ahp
  79. http://twitter.com/C418/status/87958172047912962
  80. http://twitter.com/notch/status/89309230632402945
  81. http://twitter.com/C418/statuses/88290232482537472
  82. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/bjTQ3SUdzhH
  83. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/104489674160095232
  84. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  85. http://i.imgur.com/xKCrT.png
  86. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  87. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  88. http://twitter.com/notch/status/85802201267707904
  89. Easier level height Modding: http://twitter.com/notch/status/93295073374113792
  90. http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/hwBVL5wzyEP
  91. http://twitter.com/notch/status/95900141797650432
  92. a b c Full version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4423138657/11-11-11
  93. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  94. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  95. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  96. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  97. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  98. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  99. a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  100. Modding API: Modding API
  101. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  102. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  103. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  104. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  105. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  106. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  107. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  108. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  109. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  110. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  111. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  112. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  113. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  114. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  115. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  116. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555800532463616
  117. http://twitter.com/notch/status/84361767962161152
  118. http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
  119. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
  120. FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/notch/status/86087721147314176
  121. http://minetimes.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/interview-mit-jeb-ihr-konntet-die-fragen-stellen/
  122. http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/106850508131672064
  123. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  124. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  125. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  126. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  127. http://twitter.com/notch/status/49859193632591872
  128. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  129. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  130. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  131. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  132. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  133. Demo at E3 Announced: http://mojang.com/2011/05/25/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  134. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  135. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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