Java Edition 23w13a_or_b

Minecraft 23w13a_or_b
Edition	Java Edition
Official name	Vote Update
Release date	April 1, 2023
Type	Snapshot
Downloads	Client (.json); Server
Obfuscation maps	Client; Server
Protocol version	dec: 1073741953; hex: 40000081
Data version	3444
Resource pack format	13
Data pack format	13
Minimum Java version	Java SE 17

This article documents an April Fools' Day joke version.

There is no actual "Vote Update" version of Minecraft in development.

This article is a work in progress.

Please help expand and improve it. The talk page may contain suggestions.

23w13a_or_b is an April Fools' joke snapshot, supposedly the first and only snapshot for the "Vote Update", released on April 1, 2023,^[1] which adds a system where players vote for gameplay features or mechanics to be implemented. This snapshot is a fork of 23w13a.

Additions

Blocks

Air

Can be crafted from 4 empty glass bottles only if enabled through voting
This block can be used to fill cows with air to become "balloon cows" which take you to the moon once filling it with enough air.
Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:air_blocks
Can be used to refill air on the moon

Packed Air

Can be crafted from 9 airs
Permanently fills player's breath bar when standing in it
Can be placed in closed rooms on the moon
Disappears like water in the nether when placing it in an open space on the moon, anywhere in another dimension or when the closed room is opened (either a block in the wall gets removed or a door is opened)

Cheese

Generates on the moon
Can be eaten and this is the first block in Minecraft that the player can eat directly besides cake.
When eating causes one eighth of the block to disappear

Copper Sink

Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:copper_sink
Can be crafted from 7 copper blocks
Can be used to storage water like a regular cauldron
Unlike cauldrons, it cannot store lava and powder snow.
If an item with the minecraft:copper item tag is dropped inside, it is deleted. Something to note is that Copper Spleaves were not added to the minecraft:copper item tag, but Copper Sinks were.

Copper Spleaves

Generates as a part structure the Moon Rovers create
Player touching it causes it to break

File:Other Portal.webpOther Portal

Can be placed using the /setblock command.
When entered, teleports the player 500 blocks up in the air, and says the message "Error 404 Terrain Not Found".
Drops nothing when broken, similar to the other portal blocks in the game.
Has a blue color, a reference to the mod The Aether.

Pickaxe Block

Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:pickaxe_block
Can be crafted from 6 cobblestones, a redstone dust and a pickaxe
When activated, it can break blocks in front of it

Place Block

Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:place_block
Can be crafted from 6 cobblestones, a redstone dust, a bow and a hopper
When activated, it can place blocks in front of it.
Insert blocks using a hopper connected to the back.

Items

Bit A player using a big potion

Can be obtained by using a Tag or a Name item on a stonecutter.
Can be used to craft items such as Left Curly, Right Curly, Left Square, Right Square

Bottle of Mob

Obtained when using a Bottle of Void to pickup a mob
Players and mobs can morph into a mob contained in the bottle

Bottle of Void

Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:drink_air
Bottle of Void can be obtained using a empty glass bottle
Can be used to reverse the effects of the Bottle of Mob

Potions

Potion of Small
- Gives the small size effect to entities, which decreases their size.
Potion of Big
- Gives the big size effect to entities, which increases their size.

La Baguette

A French bread
Can only be obtained through commands or activating the vote minecraft:french_mode
Inedible but can be used as a weapon
- 4HP attack damage
- 1.6 attack speed

Le Tricolore

The French flag
Can only be obtained through commands or activating the vote minecraft:french_mode
Has no functionality

Ruby

Re-added rubies to Minecraft after 10 years (In 2013, this was a mentioned feature by Jeb)
Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:rubies
When activated, emeralds will replaced with rubies and villager trading system will be updated

Longer String

Can be crafted from 2 strings
Has no functionality

Tag (item)

Added 10 new tag items:
- Tag
- Short Tag
- Long Tag
- Int Tag
- Float Tag
- End Tag
- String Tag
- List Tag
- Double Tag
- Compound Tag

Has no functionality

Mobs

Moon Cow

Spawns on the moon.
Created by throwing a Splash Potion of Moon Cow Water on a normal cow.
Drops glass bottles, bones and cheese when killed..
They wear a block of glass on their heads.
Unlike the other mobs, they walk backwards.

Ray Tracing

A humanoid mob.
Can be spawned by activating the vote minecraft:ray_tracing and waiting for the message "Ray Tracing has joined the game."
Wanders randomly in the world, Sending random chat messages
- Also sends a random chat message after it dies

World generation

The Moon

A new dimension
Can be accessed by ascending to Y=700 in the Overworld or teleporting with '/execute as @s in minecraft:the_moon run tp @s ~ ~ ~'
There is a different gravity compared to the Overworld
Entities and particles will float
Moon Rovers generate there

Gameplay

Advancements

Added following 2 new advancements:
- I Voted!
  - Vote for the first time
- Pro Voter
  - Vote 256 times

Thirst

Added the thirst bar
Sometimes the player may feel thirsty, so it's needed to drink water to fill the bar.

Voting system

About every 2 minutes, a "proposal" will be created, and can be accessed and voted on by pressing V.
- This will bring up a prompt to change a Gamerule, in which the player voting has some options.
  - One of these options will most likely be "Do Nothing."
  - Whichever change was voted for the most, will change.

Commands

/transform

Turns the player into a mob, change its size, or clear both.
It's possible to transform other mobs or players by using execute as <selector> run transform ...

/vote

Syntax:
- vote dump_all [short|long]
- vote io (flush|reload)
- vote pending (start|repeal|finish|discard|vote)
  - start <rule> - Starts voting for activation of the specified rule. Arguments for the rule is random.
  - repeal <rule> - Starts voting for repeal of the specified rule.
  - finish <vote> - Finishes ongoing votes and activates the rules in response to the voting results. vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote. Specifing * finishes all ongoing votes.
  - discard <vote> - Rejects existing proposals. vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote. Specifing * rejects all ongoing votes.
  - vote <vote> <option> <count> - Votes specified voting option with count votes.vote must be an uuid of a ongoing vote..
- vote rule (<rule>|?|*) (approve|repeal) (arguments corresponding to each rule)
  - Manipulate rules that are usually decided by vote. ? uses a random rule and * regards all the rules. Players can't approve the vote using *.
  - Specifing ? for arguments corresponding to each rule activates the rules with random arguments.
  - Valid rules and their arguments:

ID	Proposal	Result	Note
`ai_attack`	Replace player <PLAYERNAME> with advanced AI bot	The player will be marked as a robot, and a "blip-blop" message will randomly sent in the chat.
`air_blocks`	Unlock edible Air Blocks, Packed Air to survive on moon and rideable baloon cows to get there	Unlocks the recipes for "Air" and "Packed Air"	"baloon" is misspelled in-game
`always_flying`	According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a mob should be able to walk	All entities are constantly in Flying (as with an elytra)	The proposal text is a reference to the first line of The Bee Movie, "According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly"
`anonymize_skins`	Anonymize player skins	All players have a default skin
`attack_knockback`	Multiply knockback by <NUMBER>%	Multiplies knockback by a random percentage between 0 and 200	/vote can be used to set the value to a specific number. To get the required input value for the multiplier, divide the percent by 100. For example, to multiply knockback by 128%, the value would be 1.28. The percent can be any integer from -2147483648 to 2147483647.
`auto_jump_alternatives`	Auto jump off Auto jump? Yes Auto jump on Auto jump: true Auto jump? Of course Auto jump on. Also set default value of auto jump in vanilla to true	Enables or disables auto-jump
`basalt_gen_replace`	Spawn <BLOCK> instead of Basalt when lava interacts with blue ice	Replaces basalt with a random block when generated using blue ice, soul soil and lava
`bed_pvp`	Bed PVP	Gives beds 7 attack damage, and 1.6 attack speed, the same as a diamond sword
`bedrock_shadows`	Minecraft Bedrock Edition style entity shadows	Renders shadows as dodecagons instead of circles
`beds_on_banners`	Beds on Banners	Banners use Bed-like model
`beeloons`	Enable Beeloons	Bees fly much higher when on leads, if the player leash 3 or more, the bees will drag the player up
`beta_entity_ids`	Show id above every entity	Shows numeric ids above every entity
`big_head_mode`	Big Head Mode	Player head size increases
`big_moon`	Big Romantic Moon. Be careful what you wish for, our scientists have warned us about unintended consequences.	The moon enlarges and all entities move towards it along the X axis
`binary_gamerule_rule`	Flip game rule '<GAMERULE>'	Changes the bool variable of a random gamerule
`biome_fog_color`	Set fog color in <BIOME> to <COLOR>	Changes fog color in a random biome
`biome_foliage_color`	Set foliage color in <BIOME> to <COLOR>	Changes Oak Leaves color in a random biome
`biome_sky_color`	Set sky color in <BIOME> to <COLOR>	Changes sky color in a random biome
`biome_water_color`	Set water color in <BIOME> to <COLOR>	Changes water color in a random biome
`biome_water_fog_color`	Set water fog color in <BIOME> to <COLOR>	Changes water fog color in a random biome
`boat_collisions`	Boats explode on high-speed collisions	Makes boat explode when collide to block at high speed
`bouncy_castle`	Super bouncy Slime blocks	Makes entity bounce back higher than its original height when fall on slime block. The increase in altitude stops at about 650 blocks. Thus, can be used to reach the Moon if placed on Y=50 or higher.
`buff_fishing`	Buff fishing	Fishing yields items and experience constantly without player input and treasure items can be fished in any kind of water
`buttons_on_things`	You can place buttons (and much more stuff), on much more stuff	Buttons can be placed on more transparent blocks
`caep`	Give everyone one of the 6 new capes, apart from the blonk cape.	Gives players a specified cape	The ID of the cape (see section below)
`charged_creepers`	All creepers are charged	All creepers are charged
`cobblestone_gen_replace`	Spawn <BLOCK> instead of Cobblestone when lava interacts with water	Replaces cobblestone with another block when generated using water and lava	The block to replace with
`codepoint_replace`	Replace '<CHARACTER>' with '<CHARACTER>'	Replaces a random displayed character with another
`codepoint_style`	Change '<CHARACTER>' to always render as <STYLE>	Changes a random displayed character's style
`colored_light`	Add <COLOR> colored light	Changes the color of light sources to a random color
`copper_sink`	Add Copper Sink	Adds copper sink
`copy_skin`	Everyone Copies <PLAYERNAME>!	Changes all players' skins to the player's skin
`damage_modifier`	Multiply damage type '<DAMAGETYPE>'	Multiplies a random damage type by a multiple of 2 (higher multiples are less common)
`day_beds`	Bed skip days instead nights	Beds don't work at night; during the day the player can sleep to set the time to night (13000)
`day_length`	Change day length from <TIME> to <TIME>	Changes the length of the day
`dead_bush_renewability`	Dead Bushes are now renewable, but saplings need much more water not to dry out	Saplings now become dead bushes instead of growing into trees
`default_sheep_color`	Set spawn sheep color to <COLOR>	All sheep that spawn become the color specified. It also changes default varients like gray and black, to spawn as different colors as well
`dinnerbonize`	Dinnerbonize <ENTITY>	Render all entities of the specified type upside down, just as if they are named Dinnerbone.	Specify the type of entity to dinnerbonize.
`disable_item_tooltips`	Disable item tooltips	Disables the ability to read an items name and stats when hovering over it
`disable_shield`	Disable shield blocking	Disables the ability to block with a shield
`dream_mode`	Life's a Dream	Some elements in the world will have a bloom effect.
`drink_air`	Bottle of Void: obtained by drinking from empty Bottles. May have side-effects.	Empty glass bottles can be consumed to obtain Bottle Of Void.	Right clicking a mob with the bottle of void will give you a morph potion of that mob.
`dupe_hack_break_chance`	Set chance of dupe hack breaking to <NUMBER>%
`dupe_hack_occurrence_chance`	Set chance of dupe hack occuring to <NUMBER>%
`egg_free`	Chickens lay <ITEM>	Makes chickens lay random items instead of eggs
`endermen_block_update`	Teach Endermen how to place blocks correctly
`endermen_pick_up_anything`	Endermen Pick Up Anything	Allows endermen to pick up any block
`entity_collisions`	Entities collide with each other	Makes all entities have full collision, preventing the player from walking through them, but allowing it to stand on top of them
`evil_eye`	Get evil eyes	In survival, reach extends to render distance, empty hand can instantly kill any entity or mine any breakable block.
`exploding_phantoms`	Phantoms explode on contact	Makes phantoms explode when they attack the player.
`explosion_power`	Set extra explosion power to <NUMBER>
`fast_hoppers`	Fast Hoppers, but hopper minecarts are now slow	Makes hoppers move items 10x faster	makes hopper minecarts slower, about as fast as normal hopperspeed
`fire_sponge`	Sponges can be used to remove lave	Makes sponges absorb lava instead of water
`fish_anything`	Polluted Oceans: Fish Anything!	Allows any item to be fished
`fix_piston`	Pistons explode when powered	Pistons and sticky pistons explode when activated
`fix_qc`	Quasi-fix Connectivity	Disables quasiconnectivity
`flailing_level`	Stop all that flailing Mild flailing Wild flailing Limbs all over the place WINDMILL MODE ON!!!	Controls how the players limbs move in a third person view
`flintsploder`	Flint and Steel can explode any block	Makes Flint and Steel be able to light up any block, similar to a TNT.
`floating_head_mode`	Floating Head Mode	Makes all but the head of the player invisible
`fog_off`	Remove fog from the game where there was fog before. Anv vice versa.	Removes fog where it was and adds it where it wasn't
`food_restriction`	A Nugget Time Diet A Soup Kitchen Diet A Witching Diet Bringing Home the Bacon Diet sliceddiet	Limits the type of food the player can eat to one kind of item, depending on the prefix
`footprints`	Footprints? What footprints? Start process for restoring footprint particles Re-evaluate footprint principles Pre-estimate footprint timeline research existing footprint solutions in competing products Acquire buy-in from parties relevant to footprint initiative Research results from footprint focus groups Iterate on footprint look and feel Ask a wider forum about gameplay impact of footprints Q&A footprint pass Go-no go meeting Enable footprints	Displays "status updates" regarding the implementation of footprints, requiring it to be voted for 11 times before enabling footprint particles when walking
`french_mode`	French Mode	Gives every player a La Baguette and Le Tricolore, adds a beret and mustache to every player and changes the language to French
`give_item`	Give every online player <NUMBER> of <ITEM>
`global_pitch`	Change pitch of every sound by <NUMBER>%
`glow_bees`	Glow Bees	Causes bees to let off glow squid particles
`glowing_glow_squids`	Make Glow Squids actually glow	Gives Glow Squids a glow effect.
`god_of_lightning`	Aquire more than just the power of thunder	Gives the player the ability to summon lightnings, by left clicking on a block or an entity.
`grapping_fishing_rods`	Grappling Fishing Rods	Makes Fishing Rods launch players when they retrieve the bobber.
`grummize`	Grummize <ENTITY>	Turns whichever mob it applies to on its head, as if it were named dinnerbone
`haunted_world`	The World is Haunted
`infinite_cakes`	Infinite cakes	Cakes won't be consumed when eaten
`inflammability`	Change flammability of <BLOCK> to low Change flammability of <BLOCK> to medium Change flammability of <BLOCK> to high Change flammability of <BLOCK> to literally 'dry grass'
`instacheese`	Instacheese from Buckets	Buckets of milk can be used to place a block of cheese in the world
`integer_gamerule_rule`	Change value of game rule '<GAMERULE>' to <NUMBER>
`invisible_armor`	Make armor invisible
`item_despawn`	Don't despawn items dropped by player Never despawn items on ground
`item_despawn_time`	Change item despawn timer from <TIME> to <TIME>
`item_use_speed`	Multiply tool speed by <NUMBER>%
`keep_friends_close`
`lava_spread_tick_delay`
`less_gravity`		The Overworld Gravity will be swaped with the moon gravity
`less_interaction_updates`
`loot_double_or_half`
`mbe`		Enables movable block entities	Items inside will be spat out when moved
`midas_touch`		When the player touches any block it will turn into a block of gold. It will also make mobs golden and frozen when the player touch them.
`milk_every_mob`	Every mob can be milked	Makes every mob milkable
`minecart_collisions`
`minecart_lies`
`minime`
`morrowind_power_player_movement`
`natural_spawn_disable`
`natural_spawn_replacement`	Replace natural spawns of <ENTITY> with <ENTITY>
`nbt_crafting`	Enable NBT crafting
`new_vote_approve_option_count`
`new_vote_chance_per_tick`
`new_vote_cost`
`new_vote_disable_out_opt`
`new_vote_more_duration_minutes`
`new_vote_extra_effect_chance`
`new_vote_extra_effect_max_count`
`new_vote_max_approve_vote_count`
`new_vote_max_repeal_vote_count`
`new_vote_repeal_option_count`
`new_vote_repeal_vote_chance`
`normal_name_visibility`
`obfuscate_player_names`
`obsidian_gen_replace`
`only_mending_trades`		All villagers, regardless of profession, will sell Mending books.
`optize`
`optimize_light_engine`
`other_portal`
`parent_trap`
`perma_effect`
`persistent_parrots`
`phantom_phantom`	Phantom phathoms
`pickaxe_block`
`place_block`
`player_head_drop`
`pot_gems`
`potion_of_big`	Brew Potion of Big with Bottle O' Enchanting
`potion_of_small`	Brew Potion of Small with Rabbit Hide
`president`	<PLAYERNAME> for president
`prevent_floating_trees`
`push_limit`	Piston Push Limit: <NUMBER>	Changes piston push limit
`quorum_percent`
`rain`	Applied Always rain Applied Never rain\|\| It rains constantly or never\|\|Changing the weather with commands will have no effect unless with thunder and Always rain\|\|
`random_tnt_fuse`	TNT fuse timer is random	Primed TNT will be given a random fuse
`ray_tracing`
`recipe_double_or_half`
`recipe_flip`
`remove_phantoms`
`replace_block_model`	Replace block model for <BLOCK> with <BLOCK>	Swaps the block model of two blocks
`replace_items`
`replace_items_with_bottle_of_void`
`replace_loot_drop`
`replace_recipe_output`
`replace_ridable_entities`
`rowing_up_that_hill`
`rubies`	Replace emerald item with ruby (and only that - we are too lazy to do it properly)	Replaces the Emerald item with a Ruby
`silent_vote`
`sneaking_name_visibility`
`snitch`	Announce player votes in chat	Announces publicly in the chat which option each player voted for for each proposal.
`sound_replace`
`spawn_egg_chance`	Set chance of entity dropping spawn egg to <PERCENT>
`special_recipe`	Enable wob^[2] recipe (when value equals wob) Enable suspicious banner pattern (when value equals m.banner_pattern) Enable string concatenation (when value equals string_concatenation) Enable diamond drows (when value equals diamond_drows)	(wob) Enables a recipe to create a wob: kind of bow that shoots backwards. The recipe is the same as for the bow, but with strings and sticks swapped. (m.banner_pattern) Enables the recipe for Banner Pattern (New Thing). The recipe is 1 paper and 1 suspicious stew. (string_concatenation) Enables the recipe to combine 2 strings into a longer string (diamond_drows) Enables the recipe to create a diamond drows: a diamond sword with a mirrored texture.	Rules using values other than listed here will do nothing
`stack_size_double_or_half`
`sticky`		Chains attached to sticky pistons will stay connected, functioning like one directional slime blocks.	This behavior functions identically to how chainStone from Gnembon's Carpet mod works. This rule was likely added by Gnembon himself as he was recently hired by Mojang as a developer for Minecraft.
`stone_gen_replace`
`swap_sky`
`test_rule_please_ignore`	TEST RULE PLEASE IGNORE	Adds the text "TEST VOTE PLEASE IGNORE" on the top-left area of the screen.
`the_joke`	Keep ignoring Mobbo	Plays a kazoo-like sound. Rule will not be listed in the approved rules.
`thunder`	Always thunders Never thunders
`tie_strategy`
`tnt_tennis`
`trails_and_tails`	Get the Trails & Tails Update	Player creates path blocks by walking on dirt and is given a tail^[3].
`transform_entity`
`transform_scale`
`transparent_players`
`ultra_realistic_mode`
`uncontrolable_lave`
`undead_players`
`universal_jeb`
`unstable_tnt`		TNT will be primed when punched
`villager_gem`
`vote_result_pass_without_players`
`vote_result_pass_without_votes`
`vote_result_pick_random_if_vote_fails`
`vote_result_reverse_counts`
`vote_result_show_tally`
`vote_result_show_voters`
`votes_to_win_percent`
`voting_fireworks`	Celebrate voting!	Fireworks will shoot from the player upon voting
`wheels_on_minecarts`	Wheels-4-Minecarts!	Adds rectangular wheels to minecarts
`wipwipwi-_-pwipwip`		The only vote option will be to "Remove Herobrine". Approving the proposal will cause all players to be kicked from the world with the message "Nice try."
`world_of_giants`		All mobs are much bigger and drop more items on death	Creeper explosions are larger, but mobs do teh same amount of damage
`world_shape`	Change <WORLD> shape
`zombie_apocalypse`	It's the zombie apocalypse! Watch out for mushrooms. And zombies.	Zombies, zombie villagers, and husks will target, attack, and infect any non-zombie mob. When infected, they will turn into regular zombies.

General

Capes

Added the following capes:

Name	ID	Texture
Awesom caep	`awesom`
Blonk Cape
No round shapes allowed	`no_circle`
Nya, nya, nya, UwU!	`nyan`
Squid Cape	`squid`
Veterinarian Cape	`veterinarian`

Splashes

The original splash texts have been replaced with the following entries:

181 Choices!^[4]
Choose Your Own Adventure!
Choice Edition!
Democratic!
People's Choice!
Vote!
I Voted!
Picking and Choosing!
Freedom of Choice!
Make Your Voice Heard!
Choose Wisely!
As You Wish!
Community Choice!
Vote-Driven Development!
Mob Votes! Biome Votes! Food Votes! Moon Votes!
The Chosen Challenge!
To the Moon!
The Golden Vote!
Voted Game of the Year!
By Popular Vote!
A/B Voting!
Fair Votes Guaranteed!
Multiple Choice Gaming!
Vote With Your Gaming!
Game-Changing Votes!
Your Call!
You Decide!
I Demand a Recount!
Vox Populi, Vox Dei!
Machine Voting!
Online Voting!
Voting About Voting!
Can't Blame The Developers For Your Choices!
✅
❎

Changes

Mobs

Wolf

Wolf given name tags with "kingbdogz" will give them a golden crown with a diamond in the middle referencing kingbdogz.

Trivia

Bartek Bok showed a video of a minecart with 3d wheels 3 years ago.^[5]
The Wob item either appears to be a reference to a common crafting misconception. A post about this was made on Twitter that tagged the YouTuber PhoenixSC, who made a concept for this and seems to be the inspiration for the feature.^[2]
The Trails & Tails rule could also be a reference to a PhoenixSC video based off a mispelling of the update's title in an article on the official website. The typo since has been fixed.^[6]