Splash/Special splashes
< Splash
The following table is a list of special splashes that are/were only visible on certain dates, or are only visible in certain versions of Minecraft.
| Splash text | Date/version displayed | Occasion |
|---|---|---|
| Merry X-mas! | December 24 | Shown on Christmas Eve. |
| Happy new year! | January 1 | Shown on New Year's Day. |
| PC Gamer Demo! | — | This is the only splash in the PC Gamer Demo. |
| OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky! | October 31 | Shown on Halloween. |
| Minecraft is love, Minecraft is life | 15w14a | This is the only splash in the 2015 April Fools Snapshot and is a reference to the meme Shrek is love, Shrek is life. |
| APRIL FOOLS! | 2.0 | Starting from 2 April 2013, the only splash and has a random size, but larger than normal. |
| Beta!!! | Bedrock Edition Beta builds | This is the only splash in Minecraft Beta. |
| Preview!!! | Bedrock Edition Preview builds | This is the only splash in Minecraft Preview. |
| Cleaner! | April 1, 2018 (1.12.x and versions from 17w43a to 18w11a) | These splashes were displayed with the 2018 April Fools asset changes, in reference to the new and "improved" textures. |
| Simplified! | ||
| Perfected! | ||
| Art directed! (by robots) | ||
| Machine learned textures! | ||
| Not blurry! | ||
| Not bubbly! | ||
| Not cartoony! | ||
| Photo realistic! | ||
| Hand painted! | ||
| mov ax, 13h | 3D Shareware v1.34 | Most splashes in "3D Shareware v1.34" are related to 1990s popular culture. mov is a command in x86 assembly language. More specifically it refers to setting Mode 13h via the Video Bios software interrupt (A very common mode for video games) |
| int 10h | ||
| Thousands of colors! | Only 2019 April Fools splash same as release versions. | |
| No co-processor required! | Co-processors were used to assist 1990s CPUs for complex computing, such as float calculation and graphic processing. Modern CPUs can calculate float directly and graphic processing is done by the GPU. | |
| MIDI support coming soon! | MIDI is a computer music format, most popular in 1990s. | |
| Available on most BBSes! | BBS is the predecessor of internet forums. | |
| Too big for tape! | Tape was one of early data media. | |
| Don't copy that floppy! | Floppy disks were most popular data medium in 1990s. | |
| Only 6 years until future! | 3D Shareware v1.34 was 'released' in 1994, so 6 years before 2000. | |
| 16-bit! | Most 1990s computers were 16-bit. | |
| Powered by Turbo Pascal! | Turbo Pascal was one of programming language popular in 1990s. | |
| Program MineCraft; | Pascal style program header. | |
| Memory protected! | ||
| Not Windows 3.11 compatible! | Windows 3.11 was the newest version of Windows in 1994 outside Mainland China. | |
| TCP/IP is just fad! | Ironically, TCP/IP became the basis of internet and hence mainstream web protocols. | |
| IPX forever! | IPX was a web protocol popular in the 1990s. | |
| AT! | AT was the earliest form factor of IBM compatible personal computers. | |
| September got longer! | A reference to the Eternal September in 1993. | |
| Woo rec.games.computer.minecraft! | rec.games.computer.minecraft is a supposed Minecraft Usenet newsgroup name. | |
| As seen on teletext! | Teletext was one of the interactive TV technologies popular in the 1990s. | |
| Polyphonic (when supported) | The PC speaker was often used to create the impression of polyphonic music or sound effects in the 1990s. | |
| Watch out for MineCraft for Workgroups! | 1990s software often had versions for personal use and workgroups, notably Windows 3.1's Windows for Workgroups. | |
| "LINUX is obsolete"! | Ironically, Linux is still used to this day. Linux debuted in late 1991 and gained popularity in the mid-1990s. | |
| Photorealistic rendering! | 1990s graphic technology was relatively poor, so "Photorealistic rendering" could be advertising at that time. | |
| FMVs! (CD-ROM version only) | Full motion video was a video game narration technique popular in the 1990s. | |
| Degauss you monitor now! | CRT monitors are able to be magnetized and affect display. "Degauss your CRT now!" also about this. | |
| Perfect for LAN Party! | Early online gaming was on LAN networks. | |
| Compatible with most phones! | Smartphones were not popular in 1994. This would be referring to phones using Java. | |
| Visit as at gopher://minecraft.net | Gopher was a web protocol popular in the 1990s. | |
| Send us a postcard with your highscore! | Snail mail was still popular in the 1990s. | |
| Patented exploding barrel technology! | Barrels would explode in 3D Shareware v1.34. | |
| Kibo-free! | Means "Keyboard-free". Ironically, even 3D Shareware v1.34 is mainly controlled by a keyboard. | |
| Check out my geek code! | Geek Code was a language style popular in the 1990s. | |
| 31337! | Leet of "elite". | |
| Clbuttic! | Over censored "Classic", caused by the Scunthorpe problem. | |
| VIRTUAL REALITY! | Virtual reality already existed in 1994. | |
| Also try Another World! | Another World was a platform game released in 1991. | |
| More dynamic than Myst! | Myst was a graphic adventure game released in 1993. | |
| Serious Doom competitor! | Doom was a popular videogame in the 1990s. | |
| Dune II, but fantasy? Booooring! | Dune II is widely seen as the first RTS in the world. It is refencing Warcraft: Orcs & Humans indirectly, what is also a early RTS but with a fantasy setting. | |
| Really? What's next, SimChopper? | Parody of SimCity. | |
| Juice may be bad for you! | ||
| More impact than Shoemaker–Levy! | Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in July 1994. | |
| From country that brought you Ace of Base! | Ace of Base is a Swedish band. | |
| I saw the sign! | Song by Ace of Base, released in late 1993. | |
| Woo, third place | ||
| Two gold, one silver! | ||
| Mir is still up there! | Mir was a Soviet space station that was built in low Earth orbit from 1986-1996, which was later destroyed after falling into the atmosphere in 2001. | |
| Spielberg on the roll! | Steven Spielberg is a famous director. | |
| Clever girl! | A quotation from the 1993 movie Jurassic Park. | |
| Square Of Life! | ||
| Blocky and Blockier! | ||
| Somebody stop me! | A quotation from the 1994 movie The Mask. | |
| Lord of the Rings movie sucks! | The Lord of the Rings live action movie (the most well-known one) aired in 2001, other less-well known movies had been made by 1994. | |
| Wind of Change! | Song by Scorpions. | |
| Superman is dead! | The Comic book event of The Death of Superman was related between the years of 1992 & 1993 | |
| Look at that mullet! | Mullets were a popular hairstyle in the 1980s and 1990s. | |
| What if Greedo shot first? | There was no "Han shot first" meme in 1994; the remake of A New Hope with the scene came out in 1997. | |
| Ewoks? What next, talking seahorse!? | Ewoks is a race from Star Wars. | |
| My mom says it's nice! | ||
| Smells Like Teen Spirit! | A reference to the Nirvana song of the same name from 1991. | |
| By the power of Grayskull! | Grayskull is god in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. | |
| Over 50mph! | ||
| The most annoying sound in the world! | A quotation from the 1994 movie Dumb and Dumber. | |
| Spared no expense! | Another quotation from the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park”. | |
| A whole new world! | A Whole New World is a song from the 1992 film Aladdin. | |
| You can't handle the truth! | A quotation from the 1992 movie A Few Good Men. | |
| Party time! Excellent! | ||
| Rufio! Rufio! | ||
| Cowabunga! | Catchphrase of Michelangelo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (since 1987), as well as Bart Simpson in The Simpsons (since 1990). | |
| The Year of the Cartridge! | Cartridges were a popular form of storage media in 1990s. | |
| Now rated by the ESRB! | ESRB was founded in 1994. | |
| Rated Kids to Adults! | The ESRB's Everyone rating was previously known as Kids to Adults from 1994-1998. Minecraft is rated Everyone. | |
| Now on Atari Lynx! | Atari Lynx was a portable game device sold in the early 1990s. | |
| Creepy babies! Highly collectable! | ||
| You've got mail! | A common message from an e-mail client. | |
| As seen on the World-Wide Web! | ||
| Rainbow unicorns! | ||
| Welcome to Illager Mansion! | ||
| Stay out of the Nether! | ||
| Creeper Blood! | ||
| Talk to the hand! | Slang term popularised in the 1990s. | |
| Psyche! | ||
| Woo, frosted tips! | Frosted tips was a hairstyle popular in the 1990s. | |
| Have a cow, man! | "Don't have a cow, man!" is a catchphrase of The Simpsons character Bart Simpson (first used in 1990). | |
| Degauss your CRT now! | ||
| Turning 10 years old! | 18w30a–1.14.2-pre2 May 17, 2019 |
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the first public version of Minecraft, 0.0.11a, being released. |
| Wash your hands! | 19w34a–1.16-rc1 March 18 – June 18, 2020 |
These splashes offer advice about the COVID-19 pandemic, replacing all other splashes from March 18 to June 18, 2020, in 1.15 and 1.16 as well as their development versions. In 1.16-rc1, these splashes were integrated into the normal set of splashes. However, splashes in 1.15 do not show the normal set of splashes. |
| Soap and water! | ||
| Support local businesses! | ||
| Stay home and play games! | ||
| Stay safe! | ||
| Stay strong! | ||
| Cough or sneeze into your elbow! | ||
| Don’t touch your face! | ||
| Support elderly relatives and friends! | ||
| Prepare, but don’t hoard! | ||
| Gamers unite – separately in your own homes! | ||
| Save the world – stay inside! | ||
| Shop for your elders! | ||
| Hang out with your friends online! | ||
| One! | 22w13oneBlockAtATime | These splashes refer to the phrase "One Block at a Time", the aforementioned name of the snapshot, and the update "associated" with it. The first five are the words of the phrase as separate splashes, while the rest are variations of the eponymous phrase. |
| Block! | ||
| At! | ||
| A! | ||
| Time! | ||
| One block at a time! | ||
| One block at time a! | ||
| One block a at time! | ||
| One block a time at! | ||
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| One at block a time! | ||
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| One at a block time! | ||
| One at a time block! | ||
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| One at time a block! | ||
| One a block at time! | ||
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| Block one at a time! | ||
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| Time a at one block! | ||
| Time a at block one! | ||
| Choose Your Own Adventure! | Java Edition 23w13a or b | These splashes refer to "The Vote Update". |
| 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! | ||
| ✅ | ||
| ❎ | ||
| Stick 'em in a stew! | Java Edition 24w14potato | These splashes refer to the "Poisonous Potato Update". |
| You know what they call a potato in Paris? | ||
| The starch must flow! | ||
| By potatoes, for potatoes | ||
| Optimized for potato PC's | ||
| Potato quality! | ||
| Faster than other brands of potatoes | ||
| My life is potato | ||
| I have potato blood in my veins | ||
| Who says you can't mine a potato? | ||
| Fear the Mega Spud | ||
| Po-tech-toes from the future! | ||
| Whatever you do, don't parboil | ||
| Become one with the spud | ||
| Can you eat the skin? | ||
| Old spud, new tricks | ||
| Don't be a hater, have a tater | ||
| Somewhat starchy | ||
| Try eating it raw | ||
| They grow underground, like diamonds | ||
| Potato, potato? | ||
| Dude, Where's My Potato? | ||
| Solanum tuberosum | ||
| Potato! Potato! My kingdom for a 'tato! | ||
| It's a perennial, duh | ||
| The french fry was invented by Steve in 1805 | ||
| It's tater time! | ||
| A potato a day keeps the doctor away | ||
| Oh hi! So, how are you holding up? BECAUSE I'M A POTATO! | ||
| Sliced potatoes and limes | ||
| Crispy | ||
| Boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a Suspicious Stew | ||
| You seem to have a potato chip on your shoulder | ||
| Dinnerpotato | ||
| Banners and mash | ||
| Food for thought | ||
| eau de potato[note 1] | ||
| I love the smell of potatoes in the morning | ||
| We got feels for the peels | ||
 ! (🥔![note 2])
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| ! (🥔🥔![note 2])
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| ! (🥔🥔🥔![note 2])
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| Mine, you fools! | Java Edition 25w14craftmine | These splashes refer to "The CraftMine Update". |
| As a large language model... | ||
| Has working fletching tables! | ||
| Craftable Mines! | ||
| Secret Tuesday update! | ||
| Now with magic! | ||
| You [sic] RAM is the limit! | ||
| Now with sphere-like objects! | ||
| Working as intended! | ||
| Talent trees! | ||
| Clearly not made with AI! | ||
| Unlockable! | ||
| Participation awards! | ||
| Copyright Mojang AB. Do not distribute! | ||
| The sum of its parts! | ||
| Slow acting portals! | ||
| Download more RAM! | ||
| Enter The Mine! | ||
| Craft mines in Minecraft! | ||
| Check out this mine of mine! | ||
| Infinity 2.0: Now more finite! | ||
| Minecraftlike! | ||
| Deleting Overworld! | ||
| Now with even less realism! | ||
| How do I dig for mine? | ||
| Contains collectibles! | ||
| Famously unfinished! | ||
| Reduced quality! | ||
| Craft the Earth! In Minecraft! | ||
| Minecraft À La Carte! | ||
| Comparable with leading brands! | ||
| Screens full of excitement! | ||
| <loud portal sounds> | ||
| Programmer Art without extra packs! | ||
| Now with many more Mines! | ||
| Unlock ALL the things! | ||
| We joked every other year, but this time we are FOR REAL! | ||
| Over 3 new items! | ||
| Is that... is that a sphere!? | ||
| 99% less starch! | ||
| And they call it a Mine? A MINE! | ||
| Mine your own business | ||
| Do you Mine? | ||
| Craft a Mine and then Mine and Craft! | ||
| Just one more Mine | ||
| Splash text | Date/version displayed | Occasion |
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The "Happy new year!" splash as it appeared on January 1, 2013 (1.4.6). -
April Fools splash (2.0). -
One of the splashes from the 2018 April Fools.
Notes
- ↑ Seems like French of "water of potato", but the actual French should be "eau de pomme de terre" or "eau de patate".
- ↑ a b c The potato emoji (🥔) uses the texture of a poisonous potato in-game. "🥔" is used in
splashes.txt.