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Template:Spoiler warning An Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, inside joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, web page, video game, television program, movie, book or any other form of media. Minecraft:Minecraft features several Easter eggs hidden in the game.

Seasonal events

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Halloween

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On October 31, Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:zombie villagers, Minecraft:husks, Minecraft:drowned, Minecraft:skeletons, Minecraft:strays, Minecraft:bogged, Minecraft:parched, Minecraft:zombified piglins, and Minecraft:wither skeletons have a 22.5% chance to wear Minecraft:carved pumpkins and a 2.5% chance to wear Minecraft:jack o'lanterns on their heads. This feature was added in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.4.2 for Halloween 2012 onwards, and to Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition sometime after.

The only Minecraft:splash text shown is "OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky!"

Christmas

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From December 24–26, Minecraft:chests, large chests, trapped chests and minecarts with chest have their textures changed to Christmas chests that resemble wrapped Christmas presents. This was added in Java Edition 1.4.6 for Christmas 2012. A texture file called "skis.png" was also added in Java Edition 1.4.6 in the same folder as the Christmas chests, but it was added by Minecraft:Dinnerbone as a red herring. This was re-added for Christmas 2013,<ref>Template:Tweet
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New year

The only splash that can be seen on January 1 is "Happy new year!".

Blocks & items

Thing banner pattern

A Minecraft:thing banner pattern can be crafted using an Minecraft:enchanted golden apple and Minecraft:paper. When put on a Minecraft:banner, it displays Mojang Studios' old logo in whatever color Minecraft:dye was used. It is labeled "Thing" in the inventory. The Swedish word "mojäng" means gadget or thing.

Mobs on chiseled blocks

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All mobs behind their corresponding block.

Many chiseled blocks have mobs or references to mobs on them.

Textures

Some textures have hidden things in space unused by the game. Some of these are accessible by unzipping Minecraft:client.jar found in the versions folder.

Armor stand

In the texture for the Minecraft:armor stand, in an unused area in the bottom right, the name "Searge" can be seen in a black box. This is presumably put there as a signature by Minecraft:Searge, the developer that implemented armor stands. In the bottom left, the name "Jappa" can be seen. This is likely another signature, this time from the texture artist, Minecraft:Jappa, who was in charge of the Texture Update. Another name was by Chiwi, who updated the Smooth Stone base plate texture.

Capes

Template:Main Some cape textures have a secret on the underside where it is not very visible.

Clouds

The cloud texture has a Minecraft:creeper face in it, which can be occasionally visible in-game in the sky.

Languages

Template:Exclusive There are five joke Minecraft:languages available at the language menu: Pirate Speak, LOLCAT, Shakespearean English, Anglish (puristic English), and ɥsᴉlƃuƎ (uʍoᗡ ǝpᴉsd∩) (upside-down English).

Minecraft is also translated into tlhIngan Hol, the Klingon language from Star Trek; Quenya, one of the Elvish languages from Lord of the Rings; Lojban, a conlang created by the Logical Language Group; and Esperanto, a conlang created by L.L. Zamenhof.

If a player types "excitedze" into the search bar in the Minecraft:recipe book, their language is automatically switched to Pirate Speak. "ExcitedZe" is the username of Minecraft:Maria Lemón, a former Mojang Studios staff member.<ref>Template:Tweet
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Names

Naming mobs

Several mobs can be renamed by using a Minecraft:name tag to create an effect. These names are all case sensitive.

Upside-down mobs

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An example of 2 pigs and a creeper being named "Dinnerbone".

Any mob (with the exception of the Minecraft:ender dragon, Minecraft:squid and Minecraft:glow squid) named "Minecraft:Dinnerbone" or "Minecraft:Grumm" through Minecraft:name tags, commands, or any other method, is rendered upside-down. The mob's behavior does not change.

This also applies to players, allowing Dinnerbone and Grumm's avatars to be rendered upside-down. This can be toggled using the "Cape" button from the "Skin Customization" menu.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> Template:IN, if the player names themselves Dinnerbone or Grumm, they are rendered upside-down. This works only if the player did not sign into Xbox Live.Template:Verify

Rainbow sheep

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A sheep named "jeb_"

Naming a sheep "jeb_" using a Minecraft:name tag or a renamed Minecraft:spawn egg causes it to continually cycle through all colors a sheep can be dyed. When sheared using shears, however, the sheep drops wool of the original color of the sheep rather than the color that currently appears on the sheep. If a sheep is named jeb_, and then sheared, the leftover wool on its skin continues to cycle through all the colors.

"Toast the Bunny"

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A rabbit named "Toast"

When Ryan Holtz was developing Minecraft:rabbits, user xyzen420 asked him to make a skin that would look like his girlfriend's lost rabbit, Toast.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/27hjog/to_themogminer_my_bunny_is_missing_please_help_me/</ref> Now, naming a rabbit with a name tag or a rabbit spawn egg called "Toast" causes the rabbit's skin pattern to look like Toast as a memorial. This also works if the player attempts to name The Killer Bunny; although while the rabbit's appearance uses the Toast skin, it can still attack as it would without the given name. When the player is killed by the renamed Minecraft:Killer Bunny, the Minecraft:death message says "<playername> was slain by Toast". "Toast" is re-textured to have black spots on its fur.

"Johnny"

Template:Main If a Minecraft:vindicator is named "Johnny" or has its Johnny tag set to 1b, it attacks any nearby mobs except other Minecraft:illagers, Minecraft:agentsTemplate:Only, and Minecraft:ghasts. It will also try to attack Minecraft:creakings while also running away from them. This references the movie The Shining.

Players

deadmau5's ears

File:Deadmau5 blue.png File:Deadmau5 RED.png

With the addition of Minecraft:capes, Notch also added ears for Minecraft:deadmau5. The ears are additional geometry attached to the player's head, with the texture contained within deadmau5's skin file. deadmau5 cannot disable his ears; erasing the ear texture from the skin file would still render them with a solid black color. deadmau5's name tag is also programmed to render ten pixels higher to be above the ears. The ears are set to show up based on the username, rather than the UUID of the player, meaning that if deadmau5 were to change his name, he would not keep his ears.

Splashes

Never displayed splash

Within the "texts" folder, there is a text file named splashes.txt. The text file contains all the Minecraft:splashes that appear on the title screen. One of them is "This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird?" If the text file is modified to only contain this string of text the game will crash. As its text implies, the splash is never displayed. However, in Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition it does display, but it has never been confirmed if it is a bug or an intentional feature.

Coronavirus

Special splashes were displayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They include "Wash your hands!" and "Support elderly relatives and friends!"

Tributes to Technoblade

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The crown on the pig.

Following the announcement on June 30, 2022 that popular Minecraft Minecraft:YouTuber Minecraft:Technoblade passed away from stage 4 metastatic sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, Mojang added his skin's crown to the pig on the Template:JE art in memory of him. A splash text "Technoblade never dies!" was also added in his honor in 1.19.1. The launcher art was later changed to reflect Minecraft:The Wild Update, removing the pig and the crown from the launcher.

A Technoblade pig also appears in Template:AMCM. Henry asks “is he some kind of king?”, to which Steve responds “No, that’s a legend”.

References to other franchises

Portal

Half-Life

Team Fortress 2

Counter-Strike

Super Mario

The Shining

Star Fox

2001: A Space Odyssey

  • Before 1.13, using Template:Cmd in a command block displays one of a few joke messages, one of which is "Oh my god, it's full of stats", a reference to a quote from the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the witty comments of a crash report, there are two other quotes, "I'm sorry, Dave." and "Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that."

Age of Empires

  • If an Minecraft:evoker sees a blue sheep, it turns the sheep into a red sheep while uttering "wololo". This is a reference to the Priest unit from the Age of Empires real-time strategy game series, which would utter "wololo" while converting enemy units to their side, changing their color. The evoker specifically uses the sound sample from the 1997 title Age of Empires.<ref>Template:Tweet
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Grim Fandango

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  • One of the games splash texts recommends the game Terraria. "Also try Terraria!"

Project Zomboid

  • One of the games splash texts recommends the game Project Zomboid. "Also try Project Zomboid!"

Pokémon

Quake

  • The "Minecraft:Quake Pro" FOV option is likely a reference to the Quake series of first-person shooter games, specifically the fact that pro players often use an extremely high FOV to see as much around them as possible.

Doctor Who

  • The name of the Regeneration effect when the Minecraft:LOLCAT: Kingdom of Cats language option is selected is "Time Lordz Buffeh", a likely reference to the television series Doctor Who, particularly the fact that the race of Time Lords can regenerate into a new body.

World Of Goo

  • One of the games splash texts recommends the game World of Goo. "Also try World Of Goo!"

Others

Minceraft

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There is a 0.01% chance for the title screen to display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft". The beginning of crash logs can have the phrase "You should try our sister game, Minceraft!".

"Someone is closing me!"

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The "Someone is closing me!" easter egg.

After a crash, the second-to-last line of text on the game output launcher tab says "Someone is closing me!"

Enchanting symbols

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The enchanting symbols shown on the enchantment selection contain random words using the standard galactic alphabet from Template:W games, but the words in enchanting tables are randomized and do not correlate with any enchantments. This language shows up in Minecraft:10 Years of Minecraft, as a puzzle.

Sounds

Cave sound 14

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The creeper face in the ambient sound 14 spectrogram

When ambient sound 14 is put into a spectrogram, a creeper face can be seen. Samuel Åberg said that he made this sound with a spectrogram program.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Cave sound 21
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"BEHIND" being spelt in Morse code in the ambient sound 21 spectrogram

If ambient sound 21 is listened to closely or put in a spectrogram, it spells out Morse code: "-... . .... .. -. -.." , which translates to "behind". When Samuel Åberg was asked about this, he responded with "Creepy 👀".<ref>[1]</ref>

Crimson forest ambience

Many of the sounds were created using balloons.<ref>https://youtu.be/BPJOs8nFMv0?t=44s</ref>

Music Disc 11

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The static at the end of Disc 11 viewed in a spectrogram. Steve's face can be seen here as well as the numbers 12418.
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The numbers 12418.

If the .ogg file for "11" is turned into a Template:W in an audio editor, the static at the end displays an image of Minecraft:Steve's face and the numbers 12418. The numbers are a visual signature, where "C" is hexadecimal for "12", and combined with "418" creates "C418".

The killer bunny

The Minecraft:killer bunny is a variant of the rabbit that is hostile to all players. This is a reference to the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It can be spawned only by using commands, and only Template:In.

Crash screens

Template:Main When the game runs into a fatal error and crashes, the crash log includes a message such as "Who set us up the TNT?" or "Hi. I'm Minecraft, and I'm a crashaholic."

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Debug profile results

Debug profile results (triggered via Template:Cmd) contain witty comments at the top, much like with crash reports.

  • I'd Rather Be Surfing
  • Shiny numbers!
  • Am I not running fast enough? :(
  • I'm working as hard as I can!
  • Will I ever be good enough for you? :(
  • Speedy. Zoooooom!
  • Hello world
  • 40% better than a crash report.
  • Now with extra numbers
  • Now with less numbers
  • Now with the same numbers
  • You should add flames to things, it makes them go faster!
  • Do you feel the need for... optimization?
  • *cracks redstone whip*
  • Maybe if you treated it better then it'll have more motivation to work faster! Poor server.

Item models

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Several items when worn on the head (using Template:Cmd) have unique placements. The Minecraft:end rod and Minecraft:spyglass protrude from the head like a horn, the Minecraft:lightning rod sits at the side like a snorkel, Minecraft:fish look like an ear and mic piece, Minecraft:banners display similar to how raid captains wear them, Minecraft:fence gates are worn like glasses, Minecraft:bones are held in the mouth like a dog, Minecraft:leads go around the eye like a monocle, and Minecraft:feathers stick up at the back of the head.

Command blocks

Searge

Running "Minecraft:Searge" as the command in the command block without a preceding "/" sets the previous output to "#itzlipofutzli". This Easter egg is case insensitive.

autoexec.bat

In the language files, the key for the command block’s “Always Active” feature is advMode.mode.autoexec.bat, a tribute to DOS-based operating systems that made use of the file "AUTOEXEC.BAT" to run commands upon startup of the system.

Removed Easter eggs

Several Easter eggs have been removed from Minecraft.

Command blocks

Command blocks have various Easter eggs with messages being added to the previous output.

Searge says

If the command Template:Cmd is run via a Minecraft:command block, it gave various messages prefixed with "Searge says: " as the previous output when activated. The following messages existed:

  • "Yolo"
  • "/achievement take achievement.understandCommands @p"
  • "Ask for help on twitter"
  • "/deop @p"
  • "Scoreboard deleted, commands blocked"
  • "Contact helpdesk for help"
  • "/testfornoob @p"
  • "/trigger warning"
  • "Oh my god, it's full of stats"
  • "/kill @p[name=!Searge]"
  • "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
  • "Sorry, no help today".

This no longer works in 1.13 or above (Template:Bug); instead the Template:Cmd command now runs normally, but the previous output gives only the last line ("/xp -> experience") due to there being space for just one line.

Java Edition launcher

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Some launcher Easter eggs. The shrugging emoticon has been clicked, causing it to turn white. A witch has also appeared after the player hovered over the play button.

Before the release of the Java Edition launcher version 2.1.497x, the launcher contained multiple Easter eggs. If the player hovered their cursor over the "Play" button for a few seconds, a random mob would appear in the bottom right corner of the launcher. In the top left corner of the launcher, the player could see a translucent creeper face. There was about a Template:Frac chance of the creeper face being replaced with a shrugging emoticon, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. When the player clicked on either of these, they turned solid white. Clicking them again would return them to their translucent state. In addition, if the player pressed ctrl+b, the Minecraft:experience orb pickup sound plays. These no longer work since the launcher has since been updated.

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Legacy Console Edition tutorial world

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Tower of Pimps

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In the old Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition TU12-TU13 Tutorial World, on the top floor of the sandstone pyramid, there are four blocks of gold on top of a block of obsidian. This is the "Tower of Pimps". It was created by Gavin Free of Achievement Hunter in their video "Let's Play Minecraft Part 2 - On a Rail!" and has become a symbol of the group's Let's Play Minecraft series, mainly as a trophy of their competitions in their Achievement City world within Xbox 360 Edition and Java Edition.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsKDtf72u-0</ref>

Stampylonghead reference

In the Legacy Console Edition TU19/CU7/1.12 Tutorial World, there was an island in the northeast side of the world and it had a remake of several buildings from Minecraft Minecraft:YouTuber Minecraft:Stampylonghead, including his house along with his boat, the S.S. Stumpy.<ref>not the S.S. Stampy, see: Template:Ytl</ref>

Additionally, the boat was seen in the trailer for Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition TU19/CU7.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

A world based on the map, containing all of his creations, would later be released by Minecraft:4J Studios on the Minecraft Marketplace in 2024 as "Stampy's Lovely World".<ref>[2]</ref>

1K IN 24h

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1K IN 24h logo.

In July 29, 2010, after Minecraft:Minecraft got over 1000 sales in 24 hours, Minecraft:Notch decided to celebrate by reuploading Alpha v1.0.13_01 with the Minecraft logo being replaced by "1K IN 24h".

It was since been removed in Alpha v1.0.14 by reverting it to the previous version.

Notch's birthday

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Notch's birthday splash text in early alpha.
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Notch's birthday splash text in 1.7.9.

On June 1, Notch's birthday, the only splash displayed is "Happy Birthday, Notch!"

This splash was removed in Minecraft:Java Edition 1.8.5, since Notch no longer works for Mojang.

Player Notch's death

Template:Exclusive When the account Minecraft:Notch died in-game, he dropped an additional Minecraft:apple along with his inventory. However, this feature never worked in multiplayer due to a bug.Template:Cn From Infdev 20100327 until snapshot 11w48a, this was the only way to legitimately obtain apples.<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/s2oqp/i_am_erik_broes_aka_grum_developer_of_minecraft/c4aoo35</ref> This feature no longer occurs.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgYFN1FRKYg&t=2173</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgYFN1FRKYg&t=2289</ref>

"Super Secret" settings

In snapshot Minecraft:13w36a for Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2, Dinnerbone added a Super Secret Settings button, which could be viewed in the options screen. Clicking it would blare a random game sound with a lower pitch and change the Minecraft:shader of the screen. These effects would not necessarily work on computers without a graphics card that supported OpenGL 2.1. This was removed in snapshot Minecraft:15w31a for 1.9.

missingno splash

In older versions, if one were to delete the file splashes.txt without also deleting the META-INF folder, the splash text on the title screen would appear as "missingno". This is a reference to the infamous glitch Pokémon Template:W found in the first generation of Pokémon games. This was later changed to a Template:W, which was originally displayed in MinecraftTemplate:'s Unicode font as a box with the letters "ZWNBSP" within it.

The splash was added in Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha v1.0.12 and it's the only vanilla version with this splash by default since all splashes were temporarily removed.

Cake

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In 1.14.2-pre2 and for the occasion of the 10 years of MinecraftTemplate:'s release on May 17, 2019, the Minecraft:cake had a big "10" placed like candles, and the only Minecraft:splash text that appeared was "Turning 10 years old!"<ref>https://resources.download.minecraft.net/8b/8b4ff4e0937149a16bc246116bb92d1f3c638e73</ref> This was reverted to the way they were before on May 20, 2019, and is unable to be seen again in-game even when going back to 1.14.2-pre2 and changing the time of the device to May 17-20 of 2019.

Models
Full cake
1 slice eaten
2 slices eaten
3 slices eaten

Guardian

Before the Minecraft:Texture Update, in the Minecraft:guardian and Minecraft:elder guardian textures, there was an unused area saying "jeb".

Zombie pigman

Before the Texture Update, in an unused area for the Minecraft:zombie pigman texture, the words "THX XAPHOBIA" could be seen. This was written by Minecraft:Notch to give credit and thanks to the original creator of the texture, XaPhobia.<ref>Template:Tweet
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References

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