| Feature
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Description
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| Focused updates
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Upcoming updates will mostly be more focused on a specific topic (e.g. biome updates).[8]
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| Virtual reality compatibility
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Notch stated that he might make Minecraft compatible with Oculus Rift.[9]
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| Audio loops
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Audio loops have not yet been added to the game, but may be implemented to play when the player is in a specific location (In caves, forests, oceans, and beside a waterfall). This has been partially added in 1.4 with the addition of lava and water ambient sounds.
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| Server portals
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Mojang has marked a player's suggestion of server portals on Get Satisfaction as planned.[10]
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| Friends list, limited maps, video support
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The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, also containing these lines.[11]
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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.[12]
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| Rewriting the skin system
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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".[13]
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| Dual-wielding
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Jeb stated that Notch is working on dual-wielding of items.[14]
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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.[15] As of 1.3, Dinnerbone has added placeable string, one of the components present in this mod.[16] This, however, ended up being a new redstone component, tripwire.
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| Red Dragon
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Notch revealed during the 8th Seecret Friday Update that he would add dragons, one being the Ender Dragon, the other being red tameable dragons.[17] Jeb informed players on his AMA on Reddit that he would add red dragons, but was unsure exactly how.[18]
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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.[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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| Custom paintings
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Notch has said that custom paintings may appear 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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