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This article is about future updates for the PC and Mac versions. For development versions, see Version history/Development versions. For the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition upcoming features. For Xbox Edition, see Xbox 360 Edition upcoming features. For previous updates, see Version history.

This page is about upcoming features that have been announced by Mojang employees.


Near future

Version Planned changes Planned release date
1.5.2

1.6

General

Additions
Improvements & Changes
  • Support for Java 5 and PowerPC users will be dropped[1][2]
    • If you have a PowerPC based computer and/or Java 5 installed, a warning will be shown at the main menu.
  • An update for the launcher
    • Increases performance and stability
    • Allows LWJGL to be updated, fixing many launcher bugs
    • Supports Multiple Versions/Installs.[3]
    • Self Updatable.[3]
    • New password storing system [4]
    • More user friendly.[5]
    • A major step towards the Plugin API.[5]

Gameplay

Additions
  • Minecraft day cycles[6]
    • Potentially seasons.
    • During winter, shorter days and nights.
Improvements & Changes
  • Riding mounts
    • When riding something, like a mob or a boat, dismounting is only possible using the Sneak key now
  • Respiration enchantment
    • Now also helps seeing underwater
  • Changed the idea of mob difficulty[7]
    • Regional difficulty: The longer you spend in one area, the harder it gets
    • Scales with difficulty - Items, enchants or AI improve with difficulty

Blocks & Items

Additions
  • Horse Armor
    • Exist in diamond, iron and gold variants
    • Crafted with six iron/gold/diamond, and a wool block
  • Horse Saddle
    • Stack to 32
    • Crafted with five leather and three iron ingots
  • Hay bales
    • Can be placed in all orientations
  • Leashes
    • Can be used to bind mobs to fences or lead them around
    • Right click mob first, then right-click fence or right-click the mob again to get the leash back
  • Carpets
    • Carpets are made using 2 of your desired colors of wool in a horizontal line
Improvements & Changes

Mobs

Additions
  • Various new mobs[8]
  • Horses
    • Ridable by right-clicking them with a Horse saddle - Hold the jump key to fill up their jump bar, release it to jump accordingly, steer them by using the usual movement keys - maximum movement speed and jump height differ between horses
    • Have various amounts of maximum health - Use wheat to heal them
    • Drop leather when killed
    • Can be bred using wheat - Baby horses can be grown using apples, golden apples and wheat
    • Players can make them jump
    • Creation assisted by DrZhark
  • Donkeys
    • Like horses, but can carry chests on their saddles although no inventory is currently available
    • There is a Undead, Skeleton, and Mule version of the donkey included in the code, although they require NBT editing to view in game
Improvements & Changes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed 26 Bugs:
    • MC-70 - Tab button does not switch between password and username box on launcher
    • MC-738 - The buttons for logging in with the launcher cannot be read in Windows 7 / XP classic theme
    • MC-1123 - SMP: Anvils charge level for nothing when using languages other than English
    • MC-3090 - Unable to play game unless LWJGL is manually replaced
    • MC-4253 - Endermen are rendered hostile if they take environmental damage
    • MC-12369 - Minecraft crashing on 1.5.1 prerelease Server
Possibly May 2013[9]
Other features
Account System Update[10]
  • Not a game update (will not modify the game itself and will be applied regardless of the version you're playing).
  • The possibility to change your username and the e-mail address that is associated with your account will be added.
    • Global Mojang accounts are already available and can be merged with Minecraft, Scrolls and Cobalt accounts.
      • Logging into Mojang games is made by using your e-mail address instead of your username.
      • Possible implementation of the long-awaited online synchronization of achievements and statistics.[11][12]
    • In-game usernames will be changeable, but all usernames on Minecraft accounts have to be unique (doesn't matter if it's a legacy Minecraft account or a Mojang Account).
    • It is unknown how the username change feature will be adapted to server whitelists and blacklists.
Unknown
(Currently being worked on by Tobias Möllstam)

Other planned features, items, and blocks

Feature Description
Transparent clouds Jeb originally made clouds transparent when looking from underneath it in snapshot 13w06a.[13] However, this change was reverted in 13w10b as Jeb noticed that the fix caused an FPS drop. He stated "In the future we can fix this again, but with more specific cloud options in the video settings menu."[14]
Cauldron enhancement Dinnerbone plans to make buckets fillable from cauldrons.[15]
Expanding on enchanted books Enchanted books will be findable with special enchants normally not obtainable.[16]
Rendering engine rewrite First confirmed to 1.5, but not added yet. The features will require a higher OpenGL feature-set and include some sort of fallback for older hardware. The rewritten engine will allow for much faster overall rendering, resulting in more Frames per Second.[17][18]
Focused updates Upcoming updates will mostly be more focused on a specific topic (e.g. biome updates).[19]
Indestructible enchantment Jeb mentioned the possibility to add some kind of Indestructible enchantment to compensate for the loss of negative data values on armor.[20]
Audio loops 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.
New rail Mojang announced at Minecon 2012 that there would be a new rail to unload mobs and perhaps players when reached. This was supposed to be released in the Redstone Update but was not subsequently included.
Minecart with Dispenser Mojang tweeted images of this during the development of the Redstone Update but did not subsquently release it in the update.[21]
Friends list, limited maps, video support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, containing these lines.[22][23]
Rewriting the skin system 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".[24]
More interesting villagers Jeb mentioned during a Q&A at Minecon 2012 that he would like to expand upon the complexity of Villagers eventually.[25]
Red dragon Notch revealed during the 8th Seecret Friday Update that he would add dragons, one being the Ender Dragon, the other being red tameable dragons.[26] Jeb informed players on his AMA on Reddit that he would add red dragons, but was unsure exactly how.[27]
More animals 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.[28] Later, Jeb stated in a tweet[29] that new mobs are planned for the 1.6 major update. Horses are already confirmed by Jeb.[30].
Plugin API[31]
Main article: Plugin API
Spikes or spike blocks 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.[32][33] Dinnerbone showed interest in adding spike blocks after adding tripwire.[34]
New fishing content Dinnerbone has stated on Twitter that he has plans for new fishing content, stating that fishing isn't fun at the moment.[35]

References

  1. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/278124950798364673
  2. http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/884921
  3. a b https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/322015225274593280
  4. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/323049123664257024
  5. a b http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1c7drz/either_im_crazy_or_this_means_soundpacks/c9e0g6a
  6. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/323870260560293888
  7. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/322110156118835200
  8. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/304301377818066944
  9. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/316950760556474368
  10. http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/486-
  11. wordofnotch:3940195633
  12. https://twitter.com/notch/status/73033283226697728
  13. Issue tracker: MC-997
  14. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/309248270302076930
  15. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/270246317849190400
  16. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/14lkug/silktouch_on_shears_get_cobwebs_dinnerbone/c7e6puk?context=1
  17. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/261801989246164993
  18. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/250583076479066113
  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9RNyRhIow
  20. https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-10112?focusedCommentId=48798&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-48798
  21. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/288319336962215936
  22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdoH3kzg938&t=143s
  23. https://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  24. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/677984-
  25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9RNyRhIow
  26. https://twitter.com/notch/status/124154763351818240
  27. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/rsrqt/i_am_jens_bergensten_lead_designer_of_minecraft/c4a4evh
  28. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s7ri6/i_am_jon_k%C3%A5gstr%C3%B6m_developer_of_minecraft_ask_me/c4bs6d1
  29. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/304301377818066944
  30. http://instagram.com/p/X7jqeNpMOn
  31. http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/11/the-future-of-minecraft
  32. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/78554788094160896
  33. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/78559908211081216
  34. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/207253374230470657
  35. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/244471297587965952


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