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This article documents an April Fools' Day joke version.
 
There is no proper release version or development version of Java Edition called Minecraft 2.0 or Java Edition 2.0.
This page documents a version of the game that was initially only released privately.
 
This version was never intended to be released to the public, but it is available in archived copies.
Minecraft 2.0
Java Edition 2.0 banner.jpg: Infobox image for Minecraft 2.0 the version in Minecraft
Minecraft 2.0.png: Infobox image for Minecraft 2.0 the version in Minecraft
Edition

Java Edition

Release date

April 1, 2013

Downloads

Blue[note 1]
Client (.json)
Server
Red[note 2]
Client (.json)
Server
Purple[note 3]
Client (.json)
Server

Protocol version

Blue: 90
Red: 91
Purple: 92

Minimum Java version

Java SE 5

2.0 15w14a ►► 
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Super Hostile mode.

On April 1, 2013, 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"[1]. The post also contained a changelog comprised mostly of nonsensical changes, such as a new slab of TNT called the Etho slab, and the addition of coal blocks (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[1] 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 launcher.

Despite being a joke, some features added in this version were implemented in subsequent updates.

Additions[edit | edit source]

2.0 block and item additionsInvicon Etho Slab.png: Inventory sprite for Etho Slab in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Etho Slab with description: Etho SlabInvicon Torch (Burnt-out).png: Inventory sprite for Torch (Burnt-out) in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Torch (Burnt-out) with description: Torch (Burnt-out)Invicon Block of Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of CoalInvicon White Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for White Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Tinted Glass with description: White Tinted GlassInvicon Light Gray Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Tinted Glass with description: Light Gray Tinted GlassInvicon Gray Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Tinted Glass with description: Gray Tinted GlassInvicon Black Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Black Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Tinted Glass with description: Black Tinted GlassInvicon Brown Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Tinted Glass with description: Brown Tinted GlassInvicon Red Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Red Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Tinted Glass with description: Red Tinted GlassInvicon Orange Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Tinted Glass with description: Orange Tinted GlassInvicon Yellow Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Tinted Glass with description: Yellow Tinted GlassInvicon Lime Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Tinted Glass with description: Lime Tinted GlassInvicon Green Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Green Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Tinted Glass with description: Green Tinted GlassInvicon Cyan Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Tinted Glass with description: Cyan Tinted GlassInvicon Light Blue Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Tinted Glass with description: Light Blue Tinted GlassInvicon Blue Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Tinted Glass with description: Blue Tinted GlassInvicon Purple Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Tinted Glass with description: Purple Tinted GlassInvicon Magenta Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Tinted Glass with description: Magenta Tinted GlassInvicon Pink Tinted Glass.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Tinted Glass in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Tinted Glass with description: Pink Tinted Glass

Blocks[edit | edit source]

Etho slab

  • Has a data value of 160.
    • Also has a double slab variant with the ID 159.
  • Can be crafted with 3 TNT:
Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
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 anvil over any mobs in its range, including players.
    • This and the block's name are references to EthosLab, who is a Minecraft YouTuber who often tries to kill players with falling anvils.

Torch (burnt-out)

Block of coal

  • Has a data value of 162.
  • Just like the other mineral blocks, it is crafted with 9 coal:
Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
Coal
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
Invicon Block of Coal Revision 1.png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Block of Coal with description: Block of Coal
  • When recrafted back into regular coal, the coal does not stack with other coal due to having a data value of 32767.
  • Showed various speech bubbles when punched, and eventually struck the ground with lightning if punched enough times.
  • Was a joke, but block of coal was added as authentic block in the next update.

Invicon White Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for White Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Light Gray Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Light Gray Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Gray Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Gray Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Black Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Black Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Pink Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Pink Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Red Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Red Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Orange Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Orange Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Yellow Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Yellow Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Lime Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Lime Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Green Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Green Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Light Blue Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Light Blue Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Cyan Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Cyan Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Blue Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Blue Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Purple Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Purple Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Magenta Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Magenta Tinted Glass in MinecraftInvicon Brown Tinted Glass.png: Sprite image for Brown Tinted Glass in Minecraft Tinted glass

  • Has a data value of 163.
  • Is opaque.
  • Crafted from glass with any color the dye exists for, and yields 8 tinted glass of the corresponding color:
Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
Glass +
Bone Meal or
Light Gray Dye or
Gray Dye or
Ink Sac or
Pink Dye or
Red Dye or
Orange Dye or
Yellow Dye or
Lime Dye or
Green Dye or
Light Blue Dye or
Cyan Dye or
Lapis Lazuli or
Purple Dye or
Magenta Dye or
Cocoa Beans

Mobs[edit | edit source]

The pink wither compared to the regular wither.
A large swarm of redstone bugs.

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

Horses and ponies

  • Textures are called cow_horse and pig_horse.
  • These "horses" and "ponies" can sometimes be obtained when cows or pigs are spawned with spawn eggs.
  • They follow a player holding an apple or sugar, but they breed like normal cows and pigs.
  • Were a joke, but horses were added as authentic mobs in the next update.

Pink wither

  • Attracted to sugar, restores health to all surrounding mobs, and applies bone meal to all eligible neighboring blocks.
  • It also has the ability to grow roses, dandelions, grass and ferns on 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 flower pot containing a rose on top.
  • Just like their evil counterpart, they drop 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 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 15w14a, another April Fools snapshot.

Diamond chicken

Redstone bug

  • Has the appearance of a silverfish, but with a shade of red that is the same as the redstone they spawned over.
  • Same behaviour as silverfish.
  • Spawns when a redstone error is activated, on the spot of the error.

Changes[edit | edit source]

Blocks[edit | edit source]

Dropper

  • Has been renamed to floppers.
  • Change anything they drop to a raw fish.

Furnace

  • Has a new tag [Short] Heat that can reach from 0 to 700.
  • The tag increases every 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 [Short] Heat tag is.
  • When [Short] Heat reaches 700 the furnace has a 25% chance of exploding every tick.
  • The explosion has a power of 5 and creates fire.

Torches

Mobs[edit | edit source]

Chicken

  • Are now a neutral mob, and spawn reinforcements with a 25% probability when killed.
  • Like endermen, they attack when the player looks at them. This can be prevented by wearing a pumpkin. They have an attack strength of 4.

Pigs, mooshrooms, cows, sheep and 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.

Sheep

Zombie pigmen

  • Now carry "Battle signs".

General[edit | edit source]

Mobs

  • "Super Hostile Mode" is an occasional event (every 2–5 minutes on purple version).
    • Consisting of a shower of 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 Blindness status to the player. These spawns include not only heavily armed and armored zombies and skeletons, and multiple charged creepers, but even the occasional blaze and other monsters that don't usually spawn in the 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 Survival player needs to do.

Options

  • 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. Super HD Graphics mode does not, however, make the game more laggy or glitchy.

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 sign".

    A zombie pigman carrying a "Battle 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 dead.

    Ditto, but the Ender Dragon is already dead.

Videos[edit | edit source]

The update was intended to be given to the following YouTubers as trailer videos:[1]

Issues[edit | edit source]

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.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

"APRIL FOOLS!” splash
  • Starting from 2 April 2013, 00:00, regardless of time zone, the only splash shown is "APRIL FOOLS!” in light purple letters and has a random size, but larger than normal.
  • Tinted glass uses filters.
  • Lightning can strike mobs through blocks.
  • The easier the 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.
      • Lightning still strikes.
  • Burnt-out torches were originally supposed to be added in the Halloween Update, where 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 unavailable in the launcher.

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Includes all the announced features without Super Hostile mode.
  2. ↑ Super Hostile mode only.
  3. ↑ Includes all announced features, including Super Hostile mode.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Jump up to: a b c http://web.archive.org/web/20130401191346/http://mojang.com/2013/04/its-finally-coming-minecraft-2-0/

Navigation[edit | edit source]

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ItemSprite book-and-quill.png: Sprite image for book-and-quill in Minecraft Development cycle
EnvSprite chunk.png: Sprite image for chunk in Minecraft Asset updates
EntitySprite diamond-chicken.png: Sprite image for diamond-chicken in Minecraft Joke updates
ItemSprite iron-sword.png: Sprite image for iron-sword in Minecraft Combat Tests
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