Minecraft is a game that is constantly being updated and improved, with modders surpassing Mojang's efforts in some ways. Certain mods become popular because they improve the core Minecraft gameplay in tangible ways. The next official update for the game was revealed at the 2022 Minecraft Live event, though not much is yet known about it.

A number of new features have been shown off as part of the update's announcement. The 1.20 update will include camels, bamboo blocks, new default skins, and hanging signs. No name has been given for this update that could indicate its theme, but it should definitely be designed with quality-of-life changes in mind. With Mojang seeking help from modders when they added horses, they should look to do the same for the next big update.

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One of the most immediately obvious ways that Mojang could impress players would be adding new biomes. The Caves & Cliffs added new cave biomes and improved world generation massively, so further expanding on this with new biomes would be a welcome addition to the game. Biomes O’ Plenty is a popular mod that adds a myriad of new biomes, including cherry blossom forests, rainbow birch forests, and volcanoes. Created by CurseForge users Forstride and TheAdubbz, the mod is so huge that expecting all of these to be included in 1.20 would be a big ask, but an extra biome or two would go a long way to making the game feel refreshed.

Quality-Of-Life Changes Should Be Included In Minecraft 1.20

Nether frogs from the Minecraft Live 2022 trailer.

As nice as it would be for the next update to add some of Minecraft's best shaders, it seems unlikely that Mojang would include them. On a smaller scale, 1.20 could draw from mods that make the vanilla Minecraft experience more engaging. Quark is a mod that adds some quality-of-life features like being able to dye wood planks to make new pastel-colored blocks, villagers following you if you hold emeralds, and Vex enemies dying when you kill the Evoker that summoned them. Also included in the mod are many new blocks to enhance players' builds.

Inventory management mods are also very popular, making chest organization much easier than in vanilla Minecraft. Adding any form of inventory sorting in 1.20 would be a massive quality-of-life improvement. Another crucial mod is Xaero’s Minimap (from CurseForge user xaero96), which provides a more intuitive way of checking coordinates than using the F3 key, which isn't even possible in the Bedrock Edition. This mod also shows players where they died without needing Minecraft's special item to guide them. It’s accompanied by a world map feature as well, allowing players to see every part of the world that they have explored. It's possible to set waypoints to any area in the world, making it incredibly difficult to get lost whilst exploring. As such, it simply makes the core gameplay less frustrating. For those who prefer not having a guide, features like this could easily be toggled on and off to suit any player's needs.

It is clear that these mods are popular, with thousands of downloads each. There is a huge demand from players to officially include the more practical of these features at the very least, because Minecraft's updates are never better than mods. 1.20 is unlikely to be an exception. Mojang can transform Minecraft into an even better, more player-friendly game by including features from some of the most popular mods. Hopefully, this would mean players wouldn’t have to spend time downloading so many mods to improve their Minecraft experience.

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Sources: Forstride & TheAdubbz/CurseForge, Quark, xaero96/CurseForge