Minecraft is now under a code freeze - meaning new features cannot be developed from here on out until the official release of the game itself.
Features CAN still be improved upon, but the main focus from here until 11/18 is bugfixing.
Now, while there's a code freeze and new features aren't allowed to be DEVELOPED, there are quite a few new features that have already BEEN developed and just aren't released yet.
These new features include:
-Improvements to the Nether
-The new sky realm, The End
-A PLETHORA of new mobs
-Enchantments
-Potions
-Boss fights
And, of course, there are a TON of features included inside each of THOSE.
Nether improvements:
-Nether brick
-Nether stairs
-Nether half-slabs
-Nether ruined villages
The End:
-Special world that contains a whole new type of block, last I knew you can't take it out of there yet
-Currently, that's about it AFAIK.
-There are a LOT of other things that were at least planned for it last I checked
-Tricky to get into
New mobs:
-Snow golem - a craftable mob that throws snowballs at other mobs
-A couple Nether mobs
-Enderdragons!
Enchantments:
-I don't know much about this one, but I know individual items can be "enchanted" to have special abilities. All the various tools can be enchanted, and probably the weapons too.
Potions:
-Supposedly there are going to be over 1500 craftable potions, ranging from "useless" to "nigh on godlike".
Boss fights:
-Not sure if these are going to be special new mobs or just oversized, over-powerful classic mobs. But they're going to be special mobs that can only be found in certain places and have to be fought there, then after killed will drop sweet rewards.
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