| Feature
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Description
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| More Focused Updates
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Upcoming updates will mostly be more focused on a specific topic (e.g. biome updates)
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| Virtual Reality Compatibility
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Notch stated that he might make Minecraft compatible with Oculus Rift.[7]
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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.[8]"
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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.[9]
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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.[10]
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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". [11]
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| Dual-wielding
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Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[12]
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| The ability to name Chests
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Notch has stated he will add this feature.[13]
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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.[14] As of 5/28/12, Dinnerbone has reported that he has made string place-able, one of the components present in this mod.[15] 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.[16] Jeb informed redditors on his AMA that he would add red dragons, but was unsure exactly how.[17]
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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.[18]
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| The Allocator
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Jeb stated he had considered adding a "funnel block"[19]
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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.[20][21] Dinnerbone showed interest in adding spike blocks after adding Tripwire[22]
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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.[23]
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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.[24]
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