| Feature
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Description
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| A legitimate way to obtain Sponges
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It has been hinted that sponges would come back as a fully functional and obtainable block in a future update[citation needed]. Although the sponge block has been available in creative mode since Beta 1.8, it currently only has the effect of creating a 5x5x5 block update and just serves for decoration purposes. It was not added and is still not obtainable in survival mode.
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| Cocoa Bean Trees
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Jeb mentioned in a Q&A that he may add some sort of Cocoa Tree/Bush in order to regrow Cocoa Beans. He also confirmed on twitter that jungle trees may drop cocoa beans, but he's not sure how to generate them in a good and re-plantable way.[1]
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| Skylands/Sky Dimension
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While initially replaced by The End, Notch has expressed interest in adding a new Sky Dimension to replace the original idea.[2]
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| Capture the Flag
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Announced on Notch's Blog.[3]
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| Mounting/Controlling Mobs
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The ability to mount and control mobs (possibly horses). Notch confirmed it was planned but will take time at Get Satisfaction.[4]
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| Minecarts as lava boats
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Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[5]
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| The ability to write in books
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Notch has hinted that with the use of location in Maps he might be able to enable writing in books in the future.[6] Jeb has also confirmed that this has been planned for some time, however he "got stuck on the GUI" and may continue work after adding internationalized chatting.[7]
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| Custom Paintings
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Notch has said that custom paintings may feature in a future update.[8]
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| Stereoscopic and/or Green/Magenta 3D
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Notch said he would add more options for the 3D mode.[9]
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| More Powerful Powered Minecarts
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Notch indicated on Twitter that he wants to make more powerful Powered Minecarts since Powered Rails made them relatively useless.[10]
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| Audio Loops
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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]
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| Friends list
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The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[11][12]
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| Multithreading
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The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[11]
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| Limited maps
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The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[11]
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| Video support
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The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing this line.[11]
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| Special biomes
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Jeb stated during his Dreamhack presentation that they were planning on adding more reasons for going to specific biomes.
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| Dual-wielding
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Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[13][14]
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| Portable Fireplaces/Campfires
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Jeb responded in favor to a tweet about the ability to make portable "fireplaces/campfires" on the player's travels.[15]
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| Display cases/racks
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Notch has stated several times on Twitter that he intends to add some way to display items such as armor and weapons.[16]
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| The ability to name Chests
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Notch has stated he will add this feature.[17]
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| Zipline Mod
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Notch had stated that he is interested in working with the zipline mod creator to implement parts of the mod into vanilla Minecraft following MineCon.[18]
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| Red Dragon
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Notch revealed during the Seecret Friday Updates(#8) that he would add dragons. One being the Ender Dragon, the other being red.[19]
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