Upcoming features

This page is about features that have been announced by official game developers. Please remember that this none of this is guaranteed to be included in the game.

1.1 (next patch)
1.1 is planned to be the first major content update. Its release date is currently unknown. Very little information has been revealed about this patch.

New additions

 * New tooltips for the Magic Mirror, Depth Meter, and Piggy Bank.
 * "Anti-corruption" biome.
 * New ores (including Cobalt) which are triggered by series of events.
 * "At least" one new boss.

Changes

 * New female character "pain" sounds.

Unspecified version
The following changes have been mentioned by the game developers, but haven't been specified to be included in a particular version.

New additions and changes

 * Danger of town destruction due to invasions.
 * More Floating Islands content.
 * Return of Cobalt Armor.
 * Pure PvP servers with team based objectives, including newly generated worlds with an automatically created tower on each side of the map, with players fighting each other on a CTF game mode.
 * Adding sloped/inclined tiles to make the world smoother.
 * New harder world types:
 * Alien planets
 * Alternate dimensions
 * Evil worlds
 * Enemy factions that will move into your world, and build their own city.
 * More events:
 * Volcanoes
 * Earthquakes
 * More/improved invasions
 * Weather:
 * Seasons
 * Snow
 * Floods
 * Farming and stamina system that gives a bonus to player stats.
 * Separate cooldowns for edibles.
 * Mechanics for making traps and devices.
 * Implementation of Steam features.
 * Multiplayer improvements.
 * NPCs which can give quests to provide more content.
 * New items:
 * Reinforced Door
 * Stone Door
 * Portcullis
 * Campfire
 * Flag
 * Fishing Pole
 * Background vistas which will provide a backdrop in different areas of the map.
 * Bushes to provide more flora to the world.
 * Stalagmites and stalactites in caves.
 * Modding support
 * Turtles (Redigit stated he would add this on IRC the day before 1.0.6 was released.)