| Feature
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Description
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| Custom Fonts
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Fonts that change your letter+number texture.
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| More sounds and music
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More gameplay music and sounds by C418.[8]
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| Adventure Mode
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Notch mentioned that he wanted to create a "rogue-like" mode where players would be unable to destroy blocks.[9]
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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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| More potions
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On Twitter jeb stated there would be 2653 more potions to be added to the game.[10]
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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.[11]
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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.[12]
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| Server Portals
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According to Get Satisfaction, Mojang has marked a player's suggestion of Server Portals as "Planned."[13]
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| Capture the Flag
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Announced on Notch's Blog.[9]
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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.[14] Also Jeb said on a reddit AMA in april 2012 that he "more or less promised horses to a friend".[15]
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| Minecarts as lava boats
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Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[16]
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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.[17] 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.[18]
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| Custom Paintings
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Notch has said that custom paintings may feature in a future update.[19]
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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.[20]
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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.[21]
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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.[22][23]
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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.[22]
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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.[22]
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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.[22]
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| Email/Name Change
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Mojang has planned of adding email/name change to the game.[citation needed]
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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.[24][25]
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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.[26]
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| Spikes or spike blocks
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Jeb hinted a possibility of implementing spikes that would work like pistons but push out Spikes. He later considered making a Spike Block that could be pushed by Sticky Pistons instead.[27][28]
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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.[29]
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| The ability to name Chests
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Notch has stated he will add this feature.[30]
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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.[31]
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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.[32]
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| Different types of wooden slabs and stairs
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After the addition of different types of planks, jeb stated wooden slabs will reflect the colour of wood they are crafted from.[33]
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| Trading with Villagers
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Jon Kagstrom replied on twitter that the next villager update would probably be some kind of trading with/between villagers.[34]
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| More animals
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Jon Kagstrom commented on Reddit that he would like to add more animals, such as fish, birds, and tree animals, to make the game seem more 'alive'. [35]
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