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During 2013, Mojang released a pre-release for a fake future version containing numerous joke features to various YouTubers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130401191346/http://mojang.com/2013/04/its-finally-coming-minecraft-2-0/|title=It’s finally coming – Minecraft 2.0!|website=Mojang.com|author=Dinnerbone|date=April 1, 2013}}</ref> The pink wither was peaceful and every mob was this was called love and hugs update.
During 2013, Mojang released a pre-release for a fake future version containing numerous joke features to various YouTubers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130401191346/http://mojang.com/2013/04/its-finally-coming-minecraft-2-0/|title=It’s finally coming – Minecraft 2.0!|website=Mojang.com|author=Dinnerbone|date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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Snapshot 20w14∞ (aka the best April fools snapshot) was released, adding 2,147,483,647 dimensions that can be accessed by throwing a [[book and quill]] that was not specially customized or [[written book]] into a nether portal.<ref>{{Mcnet|every-update-imaginable-coming-minecraft|Every update imaginable coming to Minecraft|April 1, 2020}}</ref>
Snapshot 20w14∞ was released, adding 2,147,483,647 dimensions that can be accessed by throwing a [[book and quill]] that was not specially customized or [[written book]] into a nether portal.<ref>{{Mcnet|every-update-imaginable-coming-minecraft|Every update imaginable coming to Minecraft|April 1, 2020}}</ref>


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Revision as of 23:21, 7 October 2023

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.
 

This is a list of April Fools' jokes along with summaries of their features and changes.

List of April Fools' jokes

2010

In 2010, Notch wrote that he had planned to make a video announcing "Minecraft 4D" for April Fools', but ran out of time due to moving into a new home.[1][2]

2011

Main article: Minecraft Store

In 2011, a fake "Minecraft Store" website was created. This was linked to by the locked chest, a block which was implemented for this purpose, as it was implied that keys had to be bought from said store to unlock these chests.

  • Message displayed upon opening the chest.

    Message displayed upon opening the chest.

  • The "Minecraft Store"

    The "Minecraft Store"

  • The store after it goes into "seizure-mode".

    The store after it goes into "seizure-mode".

  • The window popup about the "seizure-mode".

    The window popup about the "seizure-mode".

  • How the store appeared after April Fools'.

    How the store appeared after April Fools'.

2013

Main article: Java Edition 2.0

During 2013, Mojang released a pre-release for a fake future version containing numerous joke features to various YouTubers.[3]

  • The 2.0 version banner.

    The 2.0 version banner.

  • A pink wither.

    A pink wither.

  • A talking block of coal

    A talking block of coal

  • The "redstone bug" mob.

    The "redstone bug" mob.

  • 2.0's "super hostile" mode.

    2.0's "super hostile" mode.

2014

A post was added to Mojang Studios' blog[4] for the joke.

“

The long-nosed villagers introduced in Minecraft beta 1.9 have become sentient. They have taken over our skin servers and content delivery networks (CDN), so unfortunately you will not be able to change your skins until we fix the problem. We are desperately trying our best to pull the plugs, but we should prepare ourselves to serve under our new villager overlords. Singularity may be upon us.

 „
— The Minecraft Team

This caused all players' current skin to be replaced with the various villager skins, and caused users to be unable to change their skins unless they modified the launcher .json file. Different career villager skins were used, including the then-unused green robe of a nitwit villager.

In-game, villagers still acted the same, but they made different sounds. All noises were replaced with the sound effects of Element Animation's "T.E.A.V.S.R.P" (The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack). Mojang Studios also added in-game villager music. The title screen music contains a parody of the Game of Thrones theme, due to the new series starting in early April and also because of its being included in the original trailer for "T.E.A.V.S.R.P." Jeb also claimed the villager got his Twitter account.[5]

Grumm released the villager skins on Reddit on April 1, 2014. There were seven variants, including a base skin.

An updated version of T.E.A.V.S.R.P., complete with the new music, was released by Element Animation on April 2, 2014.

Soon afterward, Element Animation released this video, and the skins and the sounds were reverted to the way they were before on April 2, 2014.

  • One of the villager skins (at the time, this green-robed villager was unimplemented).

    One of the villager skins (at the time, this green-robed villager was unimplemented).

  • A server that had the villager prank.

    A server that had the villager prank.

  • The base villager skin.

    The base villager skin.

  • The butcher villager skin.

    The butcher villager skin.

  • The farmer villager skin.

    The farmer villager skin.

  • The librarian villager skin.

    The librarian villager skin.

  • The priest villager skin.

    The priest villager skin.

  • The smith villager skin.

    The smith villager skin.

  • The nitwit villager skin.

    The nitwit villager skin.

The image that Johan posted on April Fools' 2014.

One of the Pocket Edition developers, Johan Bernhardsson, also shared an image of the player bouncing a basketball in-game.[6]

2015

Main article: Java Edition 15w14a

15w14a was released as an April Fools' joke for version 1.10, when the next update was supposed to be 1.9. This "update" is called the Love and Hugs Update.[7] There was also a QR code written in the snow that generated in a superflat world that, when scanned, reads "Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update". Swords were replaced with "hearts". The only world name available was "There can only be one". Survival was called "Existence". Players were also unable to take damage from The Void.

  • Showing the modified menu screen. Note that the text reads "Play World" and "Reset World".

    Showing the modified menu screen. Note that the text reads "Play World" and "Reset World".

  • Banners, obsidian boat, normal boat, and diamond heart.

    Banners, obsidian boat, normal boat, and diamond heart.

  • An explosion of heart particles from an end crystal.

    An explosion of heart particles from an end crystal.

  • Zombie pigmen wielding heart swords.

    Zombie pigmen wielding heart swords.

  • Dungeons were replaced with "houses".

    Dungeons were replaced with "houses".

  • The pink wither returns.

    The pink wither returns.

  • The "Minescreeper" minigame.

    The "Minescreeper" minigame.

  • The hidden QR code.

    The hidden QR code.

2016

1.RV-Pre1 shows the tech items and the USB charger block.
Main article: Java Edition 1.RV-Pre1

1.RV-Pre1 was released as an April Fools' joke for the update 1.RV. This "update" was called the "Trendy Update".[8]

  • A player wearing this version's new equippable items.

    A player wearing this version's new equippable items.

  • Signs get a more modern appearance.

    Signs get a more modern appearance.

  • What signs look like while wearing reality vision goggles.

    What signs look like while wearing reality vision goggles.

  • Viewing a sign through reality vision goggles.

    Viewing a sign through reality vision goggles.

2017

The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device from April Fools 2017.

The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device, a "game console" resembling a Game & Watch, was announced on the Minecraft website.[9]

2018

A comparison of some textures.
See also: Texture Update

A version of Minecraft's textures was released for Java Edition. The new textures are available in versions of Java Edition 1.12.x and versions from Java Edition 17w43a to Java Edition 18w11a. It was announced that all editions of Minecraft would get the new version of textures.

The new textures are the original textures using 8-bit color, leading to a drastic reduction in detail.[10] The splash text for this day also shows any of the following:

  • Cleaner!
  • Simplified!
  • Perfected!amazing
  • Art directed! (by robots)
  • Machine learned textures!
  • Not blurry!
  • Not bubbly!
  • Not cartoony!
  • Photorealistic!
  • Hand-painted!

The textures and the splashes were reverted to the way they were before on April 2, 2018.[11] However, this update cannot be reactivated by setting the computer's date to April 1, 2018.

For block and item renders of these textures, see Category:April Fools 2018. Archive as a resource pack.

  • April Fools 2018 Title Screen

    The menu screen, featuring a unique splash.

  • April Fools 2018 Blocks

    Some of the textures used during the 2018 April Fools' event.

  • April Fools 2018 Desert. Sword and Shield

    An example of the way the world looks with these textures.

  • April Fools 2018 Village

    A village with these textures.

  • A ravine with these textures including the overlay.

    A ravine with these textures including the overlay.

  • A Java Edition 1.14 village with these textures.

    A Java Edition 1.14 village with these textures.

  • Underwater terrain with these textures.

    Underwater terrain with these textures.

  • The inventory with these textures.

    The inventory with these textures.

  • A desert pyramid and the sun with these textures.

    A desert pyramid and the sun with these textures.

  • The chest room in a desert pyramid with these textures.

    The chest room in a desert pyramid with these textures.

  • A jungle temple with these textures.

    A jungle temple with these textures.

  • A swamp hut with these textures.

    A swamp hut with these textures.

2019

Main article: 3D Shareware v1.34

An April Fools' version officially called "Minecraft 3D" was released,[12] containing many references to gaming in the 1990s, primarily Doom.

  • Cover art.

    Cover art.

  • The title screen.

    The title screen.

  • Difficulty options.

    Difficulty options.

  • Death screen.

    Death screen.

  • A nerd creeper.

    A nerd creeper.

  • The UI with the default resource pack.

    The UI with the default resource pack.

  • The UI with the programmer art resource pack.

    The UI with the programmer art resource pack.

  • Ingame image of the Minecraft dev team.

    Ingame image of the Minecraft dev team.

2020

Main article: Java Edition 20w14∞

Snapshot 20w14∞ was released, adding 2,147,483,647 dimensions that can be accessed by throwing a book and quill that was not specially customized or written book into a nether portal.[13]

  • The 20w14∞ Version banner.

    The 20w14∞ Version banner.

  • The ant dimension.

    The ant dimension.

  • The sponge dimension.

    The sponge dimension.

  • The library dimension.

    The library dimension.

  • The bridges dimension.

    The bridges dimension.

  • The isolation dimension.

    The isolation dimension.

  • The slime dimension.

    The slime dimension.

  • The skygrid dimension.

    The skygrid dimension.

2021

Main article: Minecraft Plus!

Minecraft Plus! for Windows, a screensaver collection that references screensavers from old versions of Windows, was announced on the Minecraft website.[14]

  • Box art.

    Box art.

  • A flying glow squid screensaver.

    A flying glow squid screensaver.

  • A flying creeper face screensaver.

    A flying creeper face screensaver.

  • A screensaver featuring random block textures.

    A screensaver featuring random block textures.

  • A screensaver featuring bouncing blocks.

    A screensaver featuring bouncing blocks.

  • A screensaver featuring bouncing items.

    A screensaver featuring bouncing items.

  • A screensaver featuring a rotating block.

    A screensaver featuring a rotating block.

  • A screensaver featuring liquid tiles.

    A screensaver featuring liquid tiles.

2022

Main article: Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime

The update was released on April 1, 2022. It removes the inventory, and players can right click a mob or block to pick it up and throw it.

  • Player wearing a glass block.

    Player wearing a glass block.

  • Footsteps.

    Footsteps.

  • Player holding a bee.

    Player holding a bee.

  • Player holding a spyglass.

    Player holding a spyglass.

  • Player holding a sugar cane.

    Player holding a sugar cane.

  • Player holding a sugar cane from a first-person perspective.

    Player holding a sugar cane from a first-person perspective.

  • Player holding a sheep.

    Player holding a sheep.

  • Player holding a skeleton.

    Player holding a skeleton.

  • Player riding the ender dragon.

    Player riding the ender dragon.

2023

Main article: Java Edition 23w13a or b

For April Fool's Day 2023, fire randomly appears on the Minecraft launcher. Passing the mouse cursor over the flames extinguishes them.

Mojang Studios also published snapshot 23w13a_or_b, titled "The Vote Update", a few hours later. The gameplay of this update revolves around a voting system, where the player chooses from many possible scenarios that will change the state of the world.

Additionally, on the Minecraft website, two chickens will appear on the bottom left and right of the page. Clicking on both of them will cause them to breed and spawn numerous chickens, covering the entire page.

  • The Minecraft launcher "on fire"

    The Minecraft launcher "on fire"

  • The Minecraft website before...

    The Minecraft website before...

  • ...and after breeding the two chickens

    ...and after breeding the two chickens

References

  1. ↑ "Stupid move cutting into my April fools time. I was going to announce minecraft in 4D. Just prentend like i did or something." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), March 31, 2010
  2. ↑ "Announcing the next step for minecraft." (archived) by Notch – Tumblr, April 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "It’s finally coming – Minecraft 2.0!" (archived) by Dinnerbone – Mojang.com, April 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Minecraft is Experiencing Some Problems" (archived) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang.com, April 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "They got to my twitter account too :S" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), April 1, 2014
  6. ↑ "The new controls work a lot better than the old one. Fun to play with one hand and in portrait. :)" – @jbernhardsson (Johan Bernhardsson) on X (formerly Twitter), April 1, 2014
  7. ↑ "Minecraft snapshot 15w14a – The Love and Hugs Update" (archived) by Dinnerbone – Mojang.com, April 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Minecraft 1.RV - The Trendy Update Pre-Release 1" (archived) by Jens Bergensten – Mojang.com, March 31, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Introducing: The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device" – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Java Edition Textures Finally Perfected" – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ "April fools! The new Minecraft textures have a few more colours than this ;) If you restart Minecraft: Java Edition then it should all go back to normal now!" – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), April 2, 2018
  12. ↑ "Minecraft 3D Rediscovered" – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Every update imaginable coming to Minecraft" – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Introducing Minecraft Plus" – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2021.
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