Easter eggs: Difference between revisions

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]]'' features several Easter eggs hidden in the game.

From December 24–26, [[chest]]s, 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 [[Dinnerbone]] as a [[wikipedia:red herring|red herring]]. This was re-added for Christmas 2013,<ref>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283385906587652096|Enjoy your fancy gift-chests, minecrafters! They'll look great under a giant tree. (And those skis? They're attached to a rouge fish.)|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283386906950119424|@Le_flobi I wouldn't consider them christian, just fun. If you still don't like them; two days.|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283392354851901440|@Crimson5M Bingo.|December 24, 2012}}<br>{{tweet|Dinnerbone|283387224194707460|@MCTheWatershed Certainly not rogue.|December 24, 2012}}</ref> along with a new "rain feature"—[[pig]]s riding [[chicken]]s (this is not planned to be fully implemented). This also happened again in 2014 with a new splash reading, "Merry X-Mas!" and repeated in every Christmas since. The change doesn't apply to [[boats with chests]].<ref>{{bug|MC-249378}}</ref>

=== WithersMobs on blocksChiseled Blocks ===

In the texture for the [[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 [[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, [[Jappa]], who was in charge of the [[Texture Update]]. Another name was by Chiwi, who updated the Smooth Stone base plate texture.

Armor Stand (texture) JE1.png|Armor stand texture before 1.14.

Armor_Stand_(Armor stand texture) 1.14.png|Armor stand texture afterbefore the texture update1.18.

Before the [[Texture Update]], in an unused area for the [[zombie pigman]] texture, the words "THX XAPHOBIA" could be seen. This was written by [[Notch]] to give credit and thanks to the original creator of the texture, XaPhobia.<ref>{{tweet|notch|28832121068|@Micleee thank you!|October 26, 2010}}<br>{{tweet|Kiina_RS|1693649559983980858|i happened to read the mc wiki and ended up on capes page. and poor micleee.his cape got removed according to wiki when other users asked Notch for personal capes.since then there has been 8 more personal capes. and 6 unique capes that more than 1 person has.micleee lost theirs:(|August 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>http://pokeaddicted.deviantart.com/art/Zombie-Pigmen-183701798</ref>

The first released texture of the [[creeper]]. The old leaf texture is overlaying a lighter version of the pig test texture with some green added. Areas for arms and long legs are seen, which were never used.

[[File:Upsidedownskele.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|An example of a pig and a creeper being named "Dinnerbone".]]Any mob (with the exception of the [[ender dragon]], [[squid]] and [[glow squid]]) named "[[Dinnerbone]]" or "[[Grumm]]" (case sensitive) through [[name tag]]s, commands, or any other method, is rendered upside-down. The mob's behavior does not change.

In [[Java Edition]] [[Java Edition 1.7.4|1.7.4]] namingNaming a sheep "[[Jens Bergensten|jeb_]]" using a [[name tag]] or a renamed [[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. {{IN|be}}, ifIf a sheep is named jeb_, and then sheared, the leftover wool on its skin continues to cycle through all the colors.

With the addition of the cape, Notch also added ears for the player [[deadmau5]]. The ears are "vanity items and are worn in addition to the player's skin"{{Citation needed}}, with the texture contained within [http://textures.minecraft.net/texture/48db3fbf18e5f0ef266b47f5e6b54126a55f331558ff34cb17468753d84d096 deadmau5's skin]. deadmau5 cannot disable his ears, as a translucent part of the skin is automatically converted into a black color. His 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.{{Verify}}

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

The splash was added in [[Java Edition Alpha v1.0.12]] and it's the only vanilla version with this splash by default since splashes.txt was nottemporarily added yetremoved.

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

==== 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 YouTuber [[Stampylonghead]], including his house along with his boat, the S.S. Stumpy.<ref>''not'' the S.S. Stampy, see: {{ytl|2w4zzVPJ4WU|t=13m48s}}</ref>

A world based on the map, containing all of his creations, would later be released by [[4J Studios]] on the [[Marketplace|Minecraft Marketplace]] in 2024 as "Stampy's Lovely World".<ref>[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/pdp?id=2cac624e-2f90-4b3c-aa62-6dd0493ad20e]</ref>

* The painting '[[List of painting textures|Mortal Coil]]' is partly a reference to the character [https://twitter.com/Zetterstrand/status/1636072391607480323?s=20 Bruno Martinez] from [https://twitterGrim Fandango.com/<ref>{{tweet|_MightyPotato|1636021966997164035|I wanted to get a print of the skeleton in the paper boat, or conch shell? Never knew what he was in but I couldn't find it on your website. Is there a story behind that one?|March 15, 2023}}<br>{{tweet|Zetterstrand/status/|1636072391607480323?s=20|The painting is called "Mortal coil"<br>I'll see if I can add it to my print shop.<br>The inspiration was partly Bruno Martinez from Grim Fandango]|March 15, 2023}}</ref>

* The translation key in {{el|be}} for invalid structures is {{cd|feature.missingno}}, likely a reference to the famous glitch [[w:Pokémon|Pokémon]] [[w:MissingNo.|MissingNo.]] in the [[w:Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow|first generation of ''Pokémon'' games]].

Running "[[Searge]]" as the command in the command block without a preceding "<code>/</code>" now sets the previous output to "#itzlipofutzli". This Easter egg is case insensitive.

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