Minecraft:Java Edition 2.0

File:Minecraft 2.0 Spawn.png

Super Hostile mode.

On April 1, 2013, Minecraft:Mojang released a hoax announcement for Minecraft 2.0, a new game they had supposedly been working on for two years, describing how it would "bring blocky simulation games to the next level".<ref name="post">Template:Citation</ref> The post also contained a changelog comprised mostly of nonsensical changes, such as a new slab of Minecraft:TNT called the Minecraft:etho slab, and the addition of blocks of coal (which did not exist at the time).

Although lacking most of the promised additions, Minecraft 2.0 was produced and distributed to select celebrity individuals<ref name="post" /> to showcase to the public as part of the joke. Minecraft 2.0 is a fork of 1.5.1, and is the only joke release not available through the Minecraft:Minecraft Launcher.

A special preview edition of 2.0 was released to YouTubers earlier to prepare their April 1 videos.

Despite being a joke, some of the features in this version were implemented in subsequent release versions.

Versions

There were 3 versions of this update:

• Red
  • Has super hostile mode
• Blue
  • Has most of the features described here
• Purple
  • Contains everything in Red and Blue versions

Additions

Blocks

File:Invicon Etho Slab.png Minecraft:Etho slab

• Has a data value of 160.
  • Also has a double slab variant with the ID 159.
• Can be crafted with 3 Minecraft:TNT:

• Like other slabs, it can be placed on the lower or upper half of a block.
• Functions identically to normal TNT; however, when it explodes, it spawns an Minecraft:anvil over any mobs in its range, including players.
  • This and the block's name are references to EthosLab, who is a Minecraft Minecraft:YouTuber who often tries to kill players with falling anvils.

File:Invicon Torch (Burnt-out).png Minecraft:Torch (burnt-out)

• Has a data value of 161.
• Created when a lit torch burns out after a random amount of Minecraft:ticks.
• Can be relit with Minecraft:flint and steel.

File:Invicon Block of Coal Revision 1.png Block of coal

• Has a data value of 162.
• Just like the other mineral blocks, it is crafted with 9 Minecraft:coal:

• When crafted back into regular coal, the produced coal does not stack with other coal in the inventory, due to having a data value of 32767.
• Shows various speech bubbles when punched, and eventually strikes the ground with lightning if punched enough times.
• Was a joke, but Minecraft:blocks of coal were added in the next major update.

Template:AnimateSprite Tinted Glass

• Has a data value of 163.
• Is opaque.
• Crafted from Minecraft:glass with any color the dye exists for, and yields 8 tinted glass of the corresponding color:

• Contains block data values ranging from 0–15 that specify the color of the glass. Wool's block data values produce the same colors when used on tinted glass.
• In Minecraft:Java Edition 1.7.2, tinted glass was added to the game under the name Minecraft:stained glass.
  • At its first introduction, Minecraft:13w41a, it used the 2.0 textures, but it was changed in the next snapshot, Minecraft:13w42a.
• In Minecraft:Java Edition 1.17, Minecraft:tinted glass was added. It is unlikely that the identical naming of these blocks was intentional.

Mobs

File:Pink Wither.png

The pink wither compared to the regular wither.

File:Redstone bug glowing in the dark.jpg

A large swarm of redstone bugs.

Aside from the pink wither, the mobs added are variants of preexisting mobs.

File:Horse (cow).png File:Horse (pig).png Template:Visible anchor

• Textures are called cow_horse and pig_horse.
• These "horses" and "ponies" can sometimes be obtained when cows or pigs are spawned with Minecraft:spawn eggs.
• They follow a player holding an apple or sugar, but they breed like normal cows and pigs.
• Were a joke, but Minecraft:horses were added in the next major update, although with a completely different appearance compared to the "horses" in this version.

File:Friendly Wither.png Minecraft:Pink wither

• Attracted to Minecraft:sugar, restores health to all surrounding mobs, and applies Minecraft:bone meal to all eligible neighboring blocks.
• It also has the ability to grow Minecraft:roses, Minecraft:dandelions, Minecraft:grass and Minecraft:ferns on Minecraft:grass blocks, due to the bone meal.
• Starts off with one head. Feeding it sugar grows another head (up to three) and increases the range of these effects.
• Pink withers are spawned by placing pink wool with a Minecraft:flower pot containing a rose on top.
• Just like their evil counterpart, they drop Minecraft:nether stars.
• It is still classified as a hostile mob, though its behavior is not hostile.
• The pink wither is also considered undead, and is hurt by Minecraft:potions of Healing and healed by potions of Harming.
• Unlike the normal wither, the pink wither can't fly and has no health bar.
• In the version .jar file the texture is named wither_pink.
• Pink withers were also seen in Minecraft:15w14a, another April Fools snapshot.

File:Diamond Chicken.png Minecraft:Diamond chicken

• Spawns instead of a normal Minecraft:chicken in rare circumstances.
• Lays Minecraft:diamonds or Minecraft:lapis lazuli, or explodes, instead of laying Minecraft:eggs.

File:Redstone Bug.gif Minecraft:Redstone bug

• Has the appearance of a Minecraft:silverfish, but with a shade of red that is the same as the Minecraft:redstone it spawns over.
• Spawns when a redstone error is activated, on the spot of the error.
• Has the same AI as regular silverfish.

Changes

Blocks

Minecraft:Dropper

• Has been renamed to "Flopper". However, its interface still displays "Dropper".
• Changes anything it drops to a Minecraft:raw fish.

Minecraft:Furnace

• Has a new tag Template:Nbt that can reach from 0 to 700.
• The tag increases every Minecraft:tick the furnace is lit with a 50% probability.
• It decreases with a 25% probability every tick it is not lit.
• The furnace has a higher chance of spawning a large smoke particle the higher the Template:Nbt tag is.
• When Template:Nbt reaches 700 the furnace has a 25% chance of exploding every tick.
• The explosion has a power of 5 and creates fire.

Minecraft:Torches

• Burn out over time, turning into burnt-out torches.
• They can be relit with Minecraft:flint and steel.

Mobs

Minecraft:Chickens

• Are now a Minecraft:neutral mob, and spawn reinforcements with a 25% probability when hit.
• Like Minecraft:endermen, they attack when the player looks at them. This can be prevented by wearing a pumpkin. They have an attack strength of Template:Hp.

Minecraft:Pigs, Minecraft:mooshrooms, Minecraft:cows, Minecraft:sheep and Minecraft:chickens

• New tag Fatness with a default value of 0.
• Increases every time they are fed with the item to breed them.
• The size of body increases except for chickens.
• When the Fatness reaches 10 or higher the animal explodes without destroying any blocks.
• They drop up to two times their Fatness items.

Minecraft:Sheep

• Using a Minecraft:golden apple makes them fly.

Minecraft:Zombie pigmen

• Now carry "BattleMinecraft:signs".

General

Mobs

• "Super Hostile Mode" is an occasional event (every 2–5 minutes on purple version).
  • This mode consists of a shower of Minecraft:lightning bolts around the player (and usually striking the player at least once), while spawning a large number of powerful monsters in the area and applying the Minecraft:Blindness status effect to the player. These spawns include not only heavily armed and armored Minecraft:zombies and Minecraft:skeletons, and multiple Minecraft:charged creepers, but even the occasional Minecraft:blaze and other monsters that do not usually spawn in the Minecraft:Overworld. This is a reference to Vechs' Super Hostile series of maps. All of these are apparently triggered by "punching wood" or crafting anything. Naturally, these are some of the first things a Minecraft:Survival player needs to do.

Options

• Added a new option for "Super HD Graphics". When this option is turned on, it makes all textures monochrome except for recolored/secondary layer textures, such as grass side overlay or the colored glass. The "Super HD Graphics" mode does not affect the game's performance.

Speech bubbles

• Blocks and mobs can have speech bubbles containing text above their heads, simulating talking.
• List of all quotes:
  • That hurts :(
  • My eye!
  • ..zzZZZ
  • Why!?
  • I'll be back!
  • You didn't ....
  • Oof
  • (&%!@*#&%!@$#
  • Ouch
  • Hi there!
  • That tickles
  • Who's there!
  • I thought we were friends
  • You're mean!
  • Whiiii
  • Not dropping anything!
  • I like you!
  • I HATE you!
  • YOU NO TAKE .. COBBLE!
  • I'm diamond
  • You punched me
  • Stop punching me
  • I'm dirt
  • Mummy?
  • SSSSSSST
  • KABOOM?
  • BULLY!
  • I'm telling
  • Creeper behind you!
  • Did I do bad?
  • Hello

• An overfed sheep.
  An overfed sheep.
• A sheared overfed sheep.
  A sheared overfed sheep.
• A talking block of coal.
  A talking block of coal.
• A zombie pigman carrying a "Battle Minecraft:sign".
  A zombie pigman carrying a "Battle Minecraft:sign".
• Super Hostile mode.
  Super Hostile mode.
• Super Hostile mode again, featuring more mobs.
  Super Hostile mode again, featuring more mobs.
• Fighting the ender dragon in Super Hostile mode.
  Fighting the ender dragon in Super Hostile mode.
• Ditto.
  Ditto.
• Ditto, but the Ender Dragon is already defeated.
  Ditto, but the Ender Dragon is already defeated.

Videos

The update was intended to be given to the following YouTubers as trailer videos:<ref name="post" />

• SethBling – MindCrack SMP – Ep 1: MineCraft 2.0 Pre-Release Review
• BlameTheController – Minecraft 2.0 Beta Ep 1: Multiplayer Dungeon World first
• Guude – Minecraft MindCrack - S4E1 - Minecraft 2.0
• Xisumavoid – Minecraft 2.0 Update Preview
• Keralis – Wife vs. Minecraft - Episode 30: Minecraft 2.0!
• Biffa2001 – Minecraft 2.0 One Life - "Death By Blue Chickens" (April Fools Humor/Comedy!)
• Docm77 – Minecraft 2.0 Closed Beta - Exclusive First Look
• W92Baj – Minecraft 2.0 - You wont believe what has been added - Mindcrack prelease overview.
• Mhykol – Mhykol Mines - Mindcrack - Episode 259 - Minecraft 2.0
• Generikb – Minecraft 2.0 FIRST LOOK!
• Vechs – Ep01 Minecraft 2.0 LP - A Fresh Start
• Paul Soares Jr – Minecraft 2.0 - Mindcrack EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK!
• Pyropuncher – Minecraft 2.0 Footage!
• Pakratt0013 – Pakratt's Collections 55: First Impressions of 2.0
• AvidyaZen – MINECRAFT 2.0 - THE NDA HAS BEEN LIFTED!
• Joe Hills – Minecraft 2.0, now with more abominations!
• Millbee – Preview Of The Minecraft 2.0 Update!
• AnderZel – Minecraft 2.0 Update Pink Witter?
• ElRichMC – Minecraft Review, 2.0 (April Fools Day)

Issues

2.0 is not supported due to being an April Fools' joke, and therefore issues affecting it are closed as "Invalid" in the issue tracker.

• Minecraft:Mooshrooms use the Minecraft:cow texture instead of the normal one.

Trivia

File:2.0 (after 1 April 2013).png

"Template:Font color" splash

• Starting from 2 April 2013, 00:00, regardless of time zone, the only splash shown is "Template:Font color" in magenta letters and has a random size, but larger than normal.
• Lightning can strike mobs through blocks.
• The easier the Minecraft:difficulty, the more challenging Super Hostile mode is. However, if the player changes the difficulty to Peaceful, the Super Hostile mode is disabled. This is due to Peaceful difficulty despawning hostile mobs and not allowing them to spawn.
• Burnt-out torches were originally supposed to be added in the Minecraft:Halloween Update, where Minecraft:lanterns were supposed to be the new light source. However, this feature wasn't added to the Halloween Update before release and was later officially rejected.
• The textures for tinted glass, diamond chickens, and redstone bugs are all coded into the game, and are not found with the other mobs in the texture pack folders.
• The changelog contained a lot of seemingly nonsensical changes that were not included in the final release:
  • It said "Fixed a bug where skeletons would miss their targets on occasion".
  • It said that there were many things added to fishing, including new fish. It proceeded to note that fishing had been removed and if the player had fish in their inventory they would be damaged to discourage fishing.
• Java Edition 2.0 is the only April Fool's version that is unavailable in the launcher.

See also

• Minecraft:Java Edition 15w14a (2015)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 1.RV-Pre1 (2016)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34 (2019)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 20w14∞ (2020)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime (2022)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 23w13a_or_b (2023)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 24w14potato (2024)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 25w14craftmine (2025)
• Minecraft:Java Edition 26w14a (2026)