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 crossword. Minecraft features several easter eggs hidden within the game.
Holiday
April Fools 2011
The Minecraft store in seizure mode
The Locked chest was a naturally generated block used as the premise of Notch's 2011 April Fool's Day joke. Upon attempting to open the chest, a message would appear stating that a Steve Co. Supply Crate Key is needed , and that one could be purchased at the Minecraft store.
This concept is a reference to the Team Fortress 2 item drop system, where you can pick up an item while playing. One of the receivable items is called Mann Co. Supply Crate, which required a key purchased from the Mann Co. Store, a microtransaction system integrated into the Steam client.
Within the Minecraft store, there were many easter eggs:
- Clicking on the proceed to checkout button triggers a screamer in which a Velociraptor from the movie Jurassic Park will growl loudly and fly across the screen.
- Entering items totaling over $10,000 into the cart causes a window pop-up asking if you are prone to seizures. Entering OK makes the screen start flashing.
- The script that causes the Velociraptor to appear has a reference to the Konami Code in it.
//Determine Entrance
if(options.enterOn == 'timer') {
setTimeout(init, options.delayTime);
} else if(options.enterOn == 'click') {
_this.bind('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
if(!locked) {
init();
}
})
} else if(options.enterOn == 'konami-code'){
var kkeys = [], konami = "38,38,40,40,37,39,37,39,66,65";
$(window).bind("keydown.raptorz", function(e){
kkeys.push( e.keyCode );
if ( kkeys.toString().indexOf( konami ) >= 0 ) {
init();
$(window).unbind('keydown.raptorz');
}
}, true);
Halloween 2012
On October 31st, Zombies, Skeletons, and other mobs will sometimes wear Pumpkins or Jack 'o' Lanterns on their heads. They will occasionally drop these blocks if killed. This was added in version 1.4.2 for Halloween 2012.
Christmas 2012
From December 24th-26th, Chests and their larger counterpart have their textures changed to Xmas Chests. This was added in version 1.4.6 for Christmas 2012. A texture known in the game files as "skis.png", was also added in 1.4.6 in the same folder as the Xmas Chests. Its textures were added by Dinnerbone as a red herring.[1]
- Skis.png
Skis
- Xmas chest.png
Normal
- Xmas large chest.png
Large
April Fools 2013
Minecraft.jar Easter Eggs
Zombie Pigman
In an unused area for the Zombie Pigman's texture, the words "THX XAPHOBIA" can be seen. This was written by Notch to give credit to the texture's original creator, XaPhobia.[2][3]
- Pigzombie.png
Zombie Pigmen texture
Secret Splash
If you go into the file minecraft.jar and open the Titles folder, there will be a document labeled "splashes." The document contains all the splashes you see on the title screen. One of them is "this will never be shown on the splash screen, isn't that weird?" And, true enough, it will NEVER show up on the splash screen.
MissingNo.
If one were to delete the file splash.txt without deleting the META-INF folder, the splash text on the title screen would appear to be missingno. This is a reference to the infamous Glitch Pokémon, MissingNo.
Other
Minceraft
There is a one in 10,000 chance that the title screen will display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft". Also, the beginning of any crash log has a chance to have the phrase "You should try our sister game, Minceraft!"
Minceraft easter egg in 1.2.3.
Upside-down mobs
As of 1.6, naming any mob "Dinnerbone" or "Grumm"[4] using a Name Tag or a renamed spawn egg will cause it to turn upside-down.
Upside-down "Dinnerbone"[5]
External
Icon Alternative
As the new Launcher came around, It started as "MinecraftDev.exe" giving it a lighter texture than the original "Minecraft.exe," and either texture can be applied to either one. You can change the Minecraft Launcher .exe to have either a lighter texture, or the classic, darker icon. Naming it "Minecraft" without any extra characters will show the Icon as the original texture.
- Easter-Egg-Icon.png
Slight Differences
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/283392354851901440
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/28832121068
- ↑ http://pokeaddicted.deviantart.com/art/Zombie-Pigmen-183701798
- ↑ Two 'm's are needed, even though Grum's name only has one
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/350249543738212352
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![Upside-down "Dinnerbone"[5]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/8/8f/Minecraft_1.6_2013-06-27_15-48-39.J39858193.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20130628043943)

