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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 Mojang employees.

Near future

Version Planned changes Planned release date
Next major version
Beta 1.8 "Adventure Update"

Known as 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]
  • Cloud movement syncs with the time.[12]
  • Ghast attack sounds will be fixed in SMP.[13]
  • Skeletons now hold full-size bows.[14] (found at 7:00)
    • Skeleton arrows originate from about their eyes to the bow, instead of above the head.
  • The snout on pigs will protrude from their head.[15]
  • Pressing F will no longer alter render distance/fog, but will still be adjustable from the options screen.[16][17]
  • Passive mobs will randomly flee if attacked by the player or other mobs (such as Wolves). [18]
  • More Mob-To-Mob interactions. [19]
  • Armor bar moved to above hearts, due to food bar.[20]
  • Clay is now commonly found under shallow Water.
  • Player to mob damage decreased by half a heart.

Features:

Graphics / UI / Audio:

  • C418 mentioned new Minecraft music.[98]
  • HD Texture pack support (found in the pre-release)
  • New improved lightingday/night cycles will not require chunk updates.[99] Lighting will be updated via a texture, whose coordinates are the block's sky light and block light levels.[100]
  • Warmer light from torches.[101]
  • Moonlight is blue.[12]
  • New texture for Moss Stone.[102]
  • Sliders for field of view and Brightness in video options.[103][104][105]
  • Redesigned HUD, including two new features, food and experience bars.[106]
    • Killing a mob gives you tiny flashing Experience Orbs that add to your experience.[12] (around 19:35)
  • New launcher.[107][108]
    • Possibly a web Applet launcher.[109]
  • A lot of new sounds and some changes, such as minecart sounds and shear sounds, also a change in the sound of rain.[110][111]
  • New particle effects.[113]
    • Performing a critical hit on any mob will cause 'sparks' to fly.[12] (around 4:45 in)[50] (around 18:54 in)
    • Explosion particles are now shockwaves instead of smoke.[12] (about 21:54 in)
  • The ability to see the world seed when pressing F3.[114]
  • A new main menu background.[12] (around 2:10 minutes in)
  • The version in the main menu will be in the lower left, instead of the current upper left.[12] (around 2:10 minutes in)
  • Tiny stationary bubble particles can be seen when underwater.
  • Fog is now thicker and darker deep underground.
  • The void is now black and gives off particles.
  • Destroying boats and minecarts create particles.

Multiplayer:

  • Multiplayer server list.[115][116]
  • Improved server join screen: The server join screen will feature a list of servers.[117]
  • Player List - Press tab in multiplayer and player list comes up.[85][118]
  • The ability to allow moderators to enter creative mode in SMP.[119]

Modding:

  • Modding Support.[62]
    • Including easier changing of the max level (map) height.[120]
    • The terrain generation code is tidier.[121]
"The new "good guess" for a Beta 1.8 release date is 12th of September"

[122]
The release date is not confirmed. [123]
The Pre-Release version has been released. Notch is happy for you to try it. [124]

Beta 1.9 After Beta 1.8.X
Nightly Builds
Beta 1.8+?
  • Access to nightly builds.[132]
After Beta 1.8?
Next development phase
Minecraft 1.0
  • Full version release date.[133]
November 18[133] (Template:Releasedate days from now)
(simultaneously with MineCon)[133]

Game content

Feature Description
Animal Persistence Jeb mentioned on twitter that all animals will be more persistent "soon"[134]
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistant, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary[134]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[135]
More Mobs More mobs have been confirmed for addition into Minecraft.[136][137]
Bow Enhancements Announced on Notch's Twitter.[138]
Improvements to Combat Notch replied to a comment on Twitter, saying that combat is currently very "lacking" and needs to be more fun.[139] Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation, that critical hits will be added, and such things as doing double damage when attacking from above.[140]
Modding API Official modding support,[141] with full, unobfuscated[142] source code, for free.[143]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs (possibly horses). Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[144]
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.[145]
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.[146]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[147]
Ingame Way to Acquire Apples Jeb mentioned on twitter that he'd like apples to spawn in the game world somehow.[148]
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.[149]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[150]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[151]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[152]
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.[153] Confirmed to be in a future update.[154]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[155][156]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[155]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[155]
Creative mode The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[155]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[155]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.[140]
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.[140]
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.[140][157]

Flying The ability to fly. (Confirmed. Only in Creative Mode)[158][159][160]
NPC Villages First stated in a Tumblr post by Notch, since then confirmed to be released in Beta 1.8.[40]
Official Support for High Resolution Texture Packs Described by Jeb as "on my to-do list".[161]
FOV Slider FOV (or Field Of Vision) will be able to be adjusted using a slider in the options screen.[162]
Dual-wielding Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[9]
Stronghold Bosses Jeb said that stronghold bosses were a possibility.[129]
Fireplaces Jeb responded in favor to a tweet about the ability to make fireplaces on the players travels [163]

Items/Blocks

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.[164] Lanterns were "on hold,"[165] though Notch may be working on them again.[166]
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.[167]
Cobweb blocks These blocks were added in 1.5, but can currently only be obtained through inventory editing. These can be found in the wild in 1.8.
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.[168]
Fence Gate Notch has stated he wants to add proper gates for fences. Fence Gates are added in 1.8.[169]
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.[170]
Cocoa Bean plant Jeb Said during his Dreamhack presentation that cocoa trees are pending.[140]

Upcoming platforms/releases

  • On the 28th of March, it was announced that work has started on the mobile version of Minecraft.[171] It was released first on the Sony Xperia Play, and will arrive later to other Android/iOS devices.[172][173]
  • The full version of Minecraft is planned to be released on the 18th of November,[133] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360.[174][175]

References

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  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
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  36. Fixed zombie drops: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/102785103595454465
  37. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/106854096794943488
  38. New chunk object(s): http://twitter.com/notch/status/75480150162157568
  39. Villages optional: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/102386320797745152
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  72. a b c d new food images: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/103408168356421632
  73. Eating animations: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93343610677895168
  74. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/93302599230562304
  75. http://i.imgur.com/UDuv0.png
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  82. Notch on Twitter: "I did add an achievement for killing a skeleton with an arrow at 50 meters. Not easy."
  83. 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."
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  87. Sprint jump video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPWyGGA0mLk
  88. Sprint particles (5s in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPWyGGA0mLk&feature=player_detailpage#t=5s
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  101. Colored lights?: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79644664902324224
  102. Moss stone update in 1.8 http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/111-18-updates-textures-more/
  103. http://twitter.com/notch/status/86087721147314176
  104. http://twitter.com/notch/status/86091621116026880
  105. http://twitter.com/notch/status/88364022612758528
  106. New HUD (in picture): http://twitter.com/notch/status/93305042941132801
  107. http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/86500995181449216
  108. 1.8 should have new launcher features: http://twitter.com/notch/status/92994287016484864
  109. Applet Launcher Test: http://plus.google.com/116872576248355504859/posts/23Z5VpT4ahp
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  114. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/104489674160095232
  115. Multiplayer server list: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324026405584896
  116. http://i.imgur.com/xKCrT.png
  117. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i49go/notch_wants_a_picture_and_a_couple_of_words_for/c20s6t2
  118. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77554421596295168
  119. http://twitter.com/notch/status/85802201267707904
  120. Easier level height Modding: http://twitter.com/notch/status/93295073374113792
  121. Tidier generation code: http://twitter.com/notch/status/110023353800196096
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  127. a b NPCS & Bosses in 1.9: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/109923169535668224
  128. http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftfaq/comments/k6pv9/q_what_is_experience_used_for_a_absolutely/
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  130. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
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  132. http://twitter.com/notch/status/95900141797650432
  133. a b c d MineCon update http://mojang.com/2011/09/01/minecon-update/
  134. a b Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  135. New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  136. Jeb Interested in New Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323508891385856
  137. Possibly More Interactive Mobs: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77324091174035456
  138. Bow Confirmation: http://twitter.com/notch/status/56012923809705984
  139. Improvements to Combat: http://twitter.com/notch/status/67532780568969217
  140. a b c d e Jeb's Dreamhack presentation http://www.justin.tv/citricsquid/b/288355296
  141. Modding API: Modding API
  142. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  143. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  144. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  145. Recent SMP Server Connections Menu: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/menu_for_recently_connected_smp_servers
  146. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  147. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  148. Apples Should Spawn Somehow: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/77323689200336896
  149. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  150. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  151. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  152. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  153. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  154. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  155. a b c d e Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  156. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  157. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555800532463616
  158. http://twitter.com/notch/status/84361767962161152
  159. http://i.imgur.com/IKc7E.png
  160. http://i.imgur.com/KuPO5.png
  161. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/85807514939179008
  162. FOV Slider: http://twitter.com/notch/status/86087721147314176
  163. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/110146359503495168
  164. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  165. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  166. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  167. More food: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/55529081508347905
  168. http://twitter.com/notch/status/49859193632591872
  169. Gates for fences: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/gates_for_fences
  170. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c19v72
  171. Mobile Version: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4159257708/full-steam-ahead-captain
  172. Android Minecraft Coming To Xperia Play First: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/34788/Android_Minecraft_Coming_To_Xperia_Play_First.php
  173. Image of Mobile Minecraft Played on an Xperia: http://twitpic.com/529isk
  174. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  175. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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