| Feature
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Description
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| Mod API
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Minecraft will eventually have an official modding API. The release was originally planned for 1.3, and then for 1.4, but has been delayed since then.[12]
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| Virtual Reality Compatibility
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Notch stated that he might make Minecraft compatible with Oculus Rift.[13]
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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] This has been partially added in 12w38a by adding lava and water ambient sounds.
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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.[14]"
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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.[15]
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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.
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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.
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| Rainbow Crystalline Caves
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A player's suggestion of Rainbow Crystalline Caves on Get Satisfaction had been marked by Mojang as a "Planned" feature.[16]
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| Refractoring the Player Skins
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Dinnerbone displayed interest towards looking into switching the skin system to edit right and left player limbs separately, once they're done rewriting the "rendering stuffs". [17]
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| Dual-wielding
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Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[18]
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| The ability to name Chests
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Notch has stated he will add this feature.[19]
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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.[20] As of 5/28/12, Dinnerbone has reported that he has made string place-able, one of the components present in this mod.[21] This, however, ended up being a new redstone component, tripwire.
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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.[22] Jeb informed redditors on his AMA that he would add red dragons, but was unsure exactly how.[23]
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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.[24]
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| The Allocator
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Jeb stated he had considered adding a "funnel block"[25]
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| Online Sync of Achievements and Statistics
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Notch's aim was to synchronize Achievements and Statistics online, but issues prevented this to happen. Still, there is no apparent reason for this featured to have been abandoned.[10][11]
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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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| 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.[26][27] Dinnerbone showed interest in adding spike blocks after adding Tripwire[28]
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| Pigman
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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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| Custom Paintings
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Notch has said that custom paintings may feature in a future update.[29]
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| Snow that piles up
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It is unknown if this will be added but snow is already able to be at different thicknesses without using a mod. It can be obtained by using a world editor such as wordedit or mcedit.[30]
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| New Fishing Content
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Dinnerbone has stated on twitter that he has plans for new fishing content, stating that fishing isn't fun at the moment.[31]
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