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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
1.7[1]

1.7

  • It may contain biome changes, particularly to oceans, and/or new biomes.[2][3]
    • Spruce Trees will generate in Extreme Hills biomes.[4]
  • A lot less "black spots" in the terrain generator.[5]
  • A community oriented feature[6]
  • Possibly Cherry Trees added by Patrick Geuder.[7][8]
    • They vary "seasonally" by having leaf blocks change color every fourth day for three minutes.[9]
    • Have pink saplings.[10]
  • Rewrite of one or more option screens.[11]
    • Rewrote Key Config.[12]
      • You can change the function (F1, F2, F3 etc.) and sprint keys.

Bug fixes:

  • MC-2915 - Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns "commands.generic.double.invalid"
  • MC-9547 - Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
  • MC-10257 - when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
  • MC-11280 - Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
  • MC-11518 - RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
  • MC-12450 - Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
  • MC-12452 - Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
  • MC-12454 - Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
  • MC-12541 - the letters for the 'off' setting on smooth lighting aren't capitalised
  • MC-17090 - Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console rather than an error message "invalid color"
  • MC-26608 - /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong
Unknown
Launcher Updates
  • Multiple Minecraft copies per Mojang account.[13]
  • "Make it prettier".[14]
  • Add the possibility to play Alpha, Infdef, Indef and Classic.[15]
Unknown

Other planned features, items, and blocks

Feature Description
Transparent Clouds Jeb originally made clouds transparent when looking from underneath it in snapshot 13w06a.[16] However, this change was reverted in 13w10b as Jeb noticed that the fix caused an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."[17]
Cauldron Enhancement Dinnerbone plans to make buckets fillable from cauldrons.[18]
Expanding on Enchanted Books Enchanted books will be findable with special enchants normally not obtainable.[19]
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.[20][21]
Indestructible Enchantment Jeb mentioned the possibility to add some kind of Indestructible enchantment to compensate for the loss of negative data values on armor.[22]
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.
Friends List The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, containing these lines.[23][24] Kristoffer mentioned on Twitter that he is currently working on friends lists for Scrolls, then for other Mojang games. These will be available for players with Mojang accounts.[25]
Limited Maps, Video Support The Minecraft documentary team of 2 Player Productions filmed a Keynote roadmap, containing these lines.[26][27]
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".[28]
More Interesting Villagers Jeb mentioned during a Q&A at Minecon 2012 that he would like to expand upon the complexity of Villagers eventually.[29]
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.[30] Jeb informed players on his AMA on Reddit that he would add red dragons, but was unsure exactly how.[31]
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.
Plugin API[32]
Main article: Plugin API
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.[33]
Seasons Dinnerbone mentioned on Twitter that he was experimenting with adding seasons, and varying the length of day and night according to season.[34][35]
  • Seasons may include changes in color of tree leaves.
Resource pack improvement Texture pack support was replaced by resource packs in 1.6 release, but some of the planned features are not implemented.
  • Custom font support[36]
  • Combine multiple resource packs[37]
  • Server-side resource packs[38]
Account System Update[39]
  • 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 will be added.
    • 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.
  • Possible implementation of the long-awaited online synchronization of achievements and statistics.[40][41]
  • Currently being worked on by Tobias Möllstam

References

  1. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/351691751305654273
  2. http://www.twitch.tv/dreamarena/b/417292925?t=46h52m45s
  3. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/362559789064142850
  4. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/362559336033165312
  5. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/362559336033165312
  6. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/361947391278063616
  7. https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/361884775880982529
  8. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/361892350424911873
  9. https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/361896846425210882
  10. https://twitter.com/pgeuder/status/361894013919428609
  11. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/362215630918778880
  12. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/362578584273035264
  13. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/357957227610517506
  14. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/357945823235031041
  15. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/362962536016003075
  16. Issue tracker: MC-997
  17. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/309248270302076930
  18. https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/270246317849190400
  19. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/14lkug/silktouch_on_shears_get_cobwebs_dinnerbone/c7e6puk?context=1
  20. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/261801989246164993
  21. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/250583076479066113
  22. https://mojang.atlassian.net/browse/MC-10112?focusedCommentId=48798&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-48798
  23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdoH3kzg938&t=143s
  24. https://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  25. https://twitter.com/kristoffer/status/344448279569915904
  26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdoH3kzg938&t=143s
  27. https://twitter.com/notch/status/77555436370407424
  28. http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/677984-
  29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9RNyRhIow
  30. https://twitter.com/notch/status/124154763351818240
  31. http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/rsrqt/i_am_jens_bergensten_lead_designer_of_minecraft/c4a4evh
  32. http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/11/the-future-of-minecraft
  33. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/244471297587965952
  34. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/323870260560293888
  35. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/336123928181346306
  36. MC-17673
  37. https://gist.github.com/Dinnerbone/5662824
  38. MC-18569
  39. http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/486-
  40. wordofnotch:3940195633
  41. https://twitter.com/notch/status/73033283226697728


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