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This article is about future updates for the PC and Mac versions. For development versions, see Version history/Development versions. 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 development phase
Minecraft 1.0[1]
  • Full version of Minecraft.[2] Updates will continue to be released after it.[3]
  • More Villager NPC AI applied.[4]

Fixes & Changes:

  • Will limit the amount of Experience Orbs dropped by a player on death.[5][6]
  • The ability of Endermen to carry blocks will be reduced in some way.[7]
  • New Monster Spawner texture.
  • Ghasts shoot magma bombs.
  • On death, a proper score is given based on how many experience orbs the player has collected.[8]
  • When flowing lava hits a water source directly from above, it creates Stone where previously the lava would flow through the water.
  • You can toggle between three states when pressing F5 (first person, third person back, third person front), having the addition of 3rd person view from the front.[9]
  • Ender Pearls will have a unique ability.[10] When thrown, the player will teleport to the Ender Pearl's impact location, but take 2 and 1/2 hearts of fall damage. They will not work in Creative.[11]
  • Golden Apples now glow purple in inventory.
  • Fences no longer block you from moving onto their space. You can now stand next to them, like you can with glass panes and iron bars.
    • They will also connect to solid blocks.[12]
  • There is a slight delay between jumps when holding down the jump button, so that the player no longer bounces between ceiling and floor in two-block-high spaces.
  • Labels for items will be changed.
  • Random loot chests in Strongholds.
  • Blocking now moves the player's arm, rather than the sword just floating right in front of the player.
  • Weapon and tool damage has been nerfed to make space for the incresed damage enchantments, (Diamond swords do 3.5 hearts now instead of 5)
  • Some mob health has been changed (Sheep, Spiders, Zombies)

New Features:

November 18[2] [58](Template:Releasedate days from now)
(simultaneously with MineCon)[2]

Upcoming Game Features

Feature Description
Wool Regrowth on Sheep Jeb mentioned on twitter that once animals are persistent, wool regrowth on sheep will be necessary[59]
Capture the Flag Announced on Notch's Blog.[3]
Modding API Official modding support,[60] with full, unobfuscated[61] source code, for free.[62]
Mounting/Controlling Mobs The ability to mount and control mobs (possibly horses). Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[63]
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.[64]
Minecarts as lava boats Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[65]
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.[66]
Custom Paintings Notch has said that Custom Paintings may feature in a future update.[67]
Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[68]
More Powerful Powered Minecarts Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make Powered Minecarts better since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[69]
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.[70] Confirmed to be in a future update.[71]
Friends list The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[72][73]
Multithreading The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[72]
Limited maps The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[72]
Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[72]
Special biomes Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.
Dual-wielding Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[74][75]
Portable Fireplaces/Campfires Jeb responded in favor to a tweet about the ability to make portable "fireplaces/campfires" on the player's travels.[76]

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.[77] Lanterns were "on hold,"[78] though Notch may be working on them again.[79]
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.[80]
The ability to name Chests Notch has stated he will add this feature.[81]

Upcoming platforms/releases

  • The full version of Minecraft is planned to be released on the 18th of November,[2] which is in Template:Releasedate days.
  • On June 6, it was announced that Minecraft is going to be released on the Xbox 360.[82][83]

References

  1. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/117532298563424256
  2. a b c d MineCon update http://mojang.com/2011/09/01/minecon-update/
  3. a b New features after release: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/121044061/in-the-spirit-of-the-new-economy
  4. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/123860977287565312
  5. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/114996544217944064
  6. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/115165983060140032
  7. http://www.twitter.com/notch/status/116186387878920193
  8. http://twitter.com/notch/status/117176309532213248
  9. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/117735694859907073
  10. http://www.twitter.com/notch/status/118614580539826176
  11. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kss7n/twitter_ender_pearls_have_a_unique_ability_now/c2mwldd
  12. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/117699492303740928
  13. http://twitter.com//jeb_/status/114629982042591232
  14. a b http://i.imgur.com/OQXAR.jpg
  15. http://twitter.com/notch/status/110118338654519296
  16. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/10238443479/oh-yeah-we-released-1-8
  17. http://twitter.com/notch/status/115874869366886400
  18. a b c http://i.imgur.com/7DCvy.png
  19. http://twitter.com/C418/status/113939929414893568
  20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJLBVDXdh5k
  21. http://twitter.com/notch/status/122088904793927680
  22. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/l3jgm/enderdragons_decrypt_w_rot13_via_notch/
  23. http://twitter.com/notch/status/114646532376113152
  24. http://twitter.com/notch/status/114764122893197312
  25. NPCS & Bosses in 1.9: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/109923169535668224
  26. http://twitter.com/notch/status/116794735749894144
  27. http://twitter.com/notch/status/116449292859883520
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kmro7/mojang_potentially_releasing_something_tomorrow/c2li04x
  29. a b c http://twitter.com/notch/status/116449606983880705
  30. http://twitter.com/notch/status/116449906658516992
  31. a b http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/116549786051682304
  32. http://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftfaq/comments/k6pv9/q_what_is_experience_used_for_a_absolutely/
  33. http://twitter.com/notch/status/119024329550856192
  34. http://twitter.com/notch/status/119031614553587713
  35. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ik8yv/baby_animals_mod_may_be_added_to_vanilla_game/c24fic9?context=3
  36. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/112166224334553088
  37. http://twitter.com/notch/status/117850986554474497
  38. http://twitter.com/notch/status/118209756707028992
  39. http://twitter.com/notch/status/117866152771846145
  40. http://twitter.com/notch/status/11786298316568166
  41. http://twitter.com/notch/status/120907656918601728
  42. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/113290467352911872
  43. New Armor System in 1.9: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/114241903368736768
  44. a b Slightly better durability of armor: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/114258330121289728
  45. http://twitter.com/notch/status/124251105277386752
  46. http://twitter.com/notch/statuses/124414532847284224
  47. http://twitter.com/notch/status/124398932376817664
  48. http://twitter.com/notch/status/117149170120400896
  49. http://twitter.com/notch/status/118711323029811200
  50. http://twitter.com/notch/status/118712950377820161
  51. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/118681103350501376
  52. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/118764434196922368
  53. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119466949708222465
  54. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119763532312096769
  55. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/119762786619359232
  56. http://twitter.com/notch/status/119797462222385152
  57. http://twitter.com/notch/status/119799522170912768
  58. No more major versions before Minecon http://notch.tumblr.com/post/11309884313/pre-releases-and-adventure-updates
  59. Animal Persistence: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  60. Modding API: Modding API
  61. Jeb about obfuscation: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hvkmo/attribution_of_the_piston_mod_in_vanilla_minecraft/c1yvc32
  62. The cost of the mod API: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4955682775/the-cost-of-the-mod-api
  63. Mounting/Controlling Mobs: http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/mounts
  64. Rain re-grows flowers: http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/58429890424352768
  65. Lava Boats: http://twitter.com/notch/status/59722192555999232
  66. Books: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  67. Custom Paintings: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/4988431144/the-maps
  68. Stereoscopic 3D: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68577097769168896
  69. Powered Minecarts more powerful: http://twitter.com/notch/status/68718430144053248
  70. Floating Island Dimension: http://twitter.com/notch/status/70938915862884352
  71. Sky Dimension confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/71249283520802817
  72. a b c d Minecraft Documentary 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8mxU1eFhw#t=340s
  73. Friends List confirmed: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  74. http://minetimes.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/interview-mit-jeb-ihr-konntet-die-fragen-stellen/
  75. http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/make_clouds_collide_with_blocks/
  76. http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/110146359503495168
  77. Lantern: http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400
  78. http://twitter.com/notch/status/77550862813233152
  79. Lantern Lighting Idea: http://twitter.com/notch/status/79798069356527616
  80. http://twitter.com/notch/status/49859193632591872
  81. Ability to Name Chests: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/ep8xd/i_tried_to_do_this_but_was_left_disappointed/c
  82. Minecraft for XBox 360!: http://twitter.com/notch/status/77815610360348672
  83. Minecraft coming to Xbox 360: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEK12osJE_0
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