Dragons. Polar bears in winter. Sea update will include coral, fish. Goblin villages may not just be goblins, and will hate, not care, or like you. You can influence how much they like you. Unique items in village chests.
On October 12, 2011, he announced on Twitter that after the addition of the ender dragon, he was planning to add "slightly less dangerous" red dragons, which would be able to land and wouldn't destroy terrain.[3]
In a Reddit thread on the same day, when questioned about how ender dragons destroy blocks in the overworld, he noted that implementing the dragon's AI for avoiding walls was challenging to implement, and therefore the team decided to make it break blocks.[4] He said that "less overpowered" red dragons in the Overworld that wouldn't go through terrain would eventually be added.[5]
They will be different dragons. The Enderdragon will probably become larger, and the ones in the main world will be this size, won't go through terrain, and will be red because dragons are red.
In an AMA on Reddit on April 9, 2012, Jens Bergensten was asked about the red dragon, where he said that he would need to follow up on Notch's promise, but was unsure exactly how.[6]
On October 22, 2013, Nathan Adams tweeted that the red dragon is shelved and not in development.[7] After being asked about it again on December 15, 2013, he replied on Reddit that the red dragon would be added at some point, but not "right now".[8]
On February 24, 2026, Jens Bergensten was asked when the last time anyone at Mojang Studios seriously discussed the red dragon, where he said that they still do occasionally, but not from a development perspective.[10]