| Feature
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Description
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| More sounds and music
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More gameplay music and sounds by C418.[29]
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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.[30]
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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 is currently purely decorative. It was not added and is still not obtainable in survival mode.
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| More Enchantments
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Jeb liked the idea of having more enchantments added to the game.[31]
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| More Potions
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Jeb stated there would be 2653 more potions to be added to the game.[32]
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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.[33]
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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."[34]
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| Capture the Flag
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Announced on Notch's Blog.[30]
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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.[35] Also Jeb said on a reddit AMA in April 2012 that he "more or less promised horses to a friend".[36]
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| Minecarts as lava boats
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Notch has suggested making minecarts act like boats when placed in lava.[37]
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| Custom Paintings
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Notch has said that custom paintings may feature in a future update.[38]
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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.[39]
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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.[40]
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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.[41][42]
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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.[41]
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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.[41]
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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.[41]
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| Email/Name Change
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Mojang has planned of adding email/name change to the game.[43]
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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.[44][45]
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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.[46]
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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.[47][48]
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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.[49]
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| The ability to name Chests
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Notch has stated he will add this feature.[50]
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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.[51] As of 5/28/12, Dinnerbone has reported that he has made string place-able, one of the components present in this mod.[52]
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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.[53]
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| Pigman
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The user Miclee came up with the idea for Pigmen, and Notch originally planned for them to occupy NPC Villages. They are among the list of planned mobs.
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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'.[54]
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| Different colors of wooden stairs
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After initially setting this as "not planned"[55], Jeb later said they would be added later[56]
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