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This article is about the April Fool's joke snapshot. For the actual snapshot released that week, see Java Edition 23w13a.
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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 has no function
Copper Sink
Copper Spleaves
  • Generates in Moon Rovers
  • Player standing near it/standing on it causes it to break
Cheese
  • Generates on the moon
  • Can be eaten, causing one eighth of the block to disappear
Packed Air
  • Can be crafted from 9 airs
  • This block has no function
Pickaxe Block
  • Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:pickaxe_block
  • Craftable
  • Place a block facing the observer's face, use a lever to activate it and Pickaxe Block will break that block
Place Block
  • Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:place_block
  • Craftable
  • Place a block facing the observer's face, use a lever to activate it and Place Block will break that block


Items

Playerbig

A player using a big potion

Playersmall

A player using a small potion

Bottle of Void
  • Has to get unlocked by vote minecraft:drink_air
  • Bottle of Void can be obtained using a empty glass bottle

Bottle of Mobs

  • Use a Bottle of Void on mobs to pick up the mob and get a Bottle of Mob based on the mob you've picked up
  • Players and mobs can morph into a mob contained in the bottle
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.

Le Tricolore

  • A flag of French
  • Can only be obtained through command or enable the "French Mode"

La Baguetee

  • A French bread
  • Inedible but can be used as a weapon
    • 4 attack damage
    • 1.6 attack speed
Tag (item)
  • Added tags

Mobs

Moon Cow
  • Spawns on the moon
  • You can create your own Moon Cow by splashing 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 Tracer

  • Humanoid mob
  • Can be spawned by splashing a Splash Potion of Ray Tracing

World generation

The freaky abomination that the machine makes

The freaky abomination that the machine makes.

The Moon
  • A new dimension
  • Can be accessed by ascending to Y=700 in the overworld.
  • There is a different gravity compared to the overworld
  • Entities and particles will float
  • Moon Rovers generate there

Gameplay

Advancement
  • Added following 2 new advancements:
    • I Voted!
      • Vote for the first time.
    • Pro Voter
      • Vote 256 times.
Thirst
  • Added the thirst bar
  • Sometimes you may feel thirsty, you need to drink water to fill the bar
Vote
  • 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.
/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. You can't approve 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 Unlocks the recipes for "Air" and "Packed Air"
always_flying All entities are constantly in Flying (as with an elytra)
anonymize_skins All players have a default skin
attack_knockback Multiplies knockback by a random percentage between 0 and 200
auto_jump_alternatives Enables auto-jump
basalt_gen_replace Replaces basalt with a random block when generated using blue ice, soul soil and lava
bed_pvp
bedrock_shadows Renders shadows as dodecagons instead of circles
beds_on_banners Banners use Bed-like model
beeloons Bees fly much higher when on leads, if you leash 3 or more, the bees will drag the player up
beta_entity_ids Shows numeric ids above every entity
big_head_mode Player head size increases
big_moon The moon enlarges and all entities move towards it along the X axis
binary_gamerule_rule Changes the bool variable of a random gamerule
biome_fog_color Changes fog color in a random biome
biome_foliage_color Changes Oak Leaves color in a random biome
biome_sky_color Changes sky color in a random biome
biome_water_color Changes water color in a random biome
biome_water_fog_color Changes water fog color in a random biome
boat_collisions Makes boat explode when collide to block at high speed
bouncy_castle 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
buttons_on_things Buttons can be placed on more transparent blocks
caep Gives players a specified cape The ID of the cape (see section below)
charged_creepers All creepers are charged
cobblestone_gen_replace Replaces cobblestone with another block when generated using water and lava The block to replace with
codepoint_replace Replaces a random displayed character with another
codepoint_style Changes a random displayed character's style
colored_light Changes the color of light sources to a random color
copper_sink Adds copper sink
copy_skin Changes all players' skins to the player's skin
damage_modifier Multiplies a random damage type by a multiple of 2 (higher multiples are less common)
day_beds Beds don't work at night; during the day you can sleep to set the time to night (13000)
day_length Changes the day length
dead_bush_renewability
default_sheep_color
dinnerbonize 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_shield
dream_mode
drink_air Empty Glass bottles can be consumed to obtain Bottle Of Void
dupe_hack_break_chance
dupe_hack_occurrence_chance
egg_free
endermen_block_update
endermen_pick_up_anything
entity_collisions
evil_eye
exploding_phantoms
explosion_power
fast_hoppers
fire_sponge
fish_anything Allows any item to be fished
fix_piston Pistons and sticky pistons explode when activated
fix_qc Disables quasiconnectivity
flailing_level
flintsploder
floating_head_mode
fog_off
food_restriction
footprints
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
global_pitch
glow_bees
glowing_glow_squids
god_of_lightning
grapping_fishing_rods
grummize
haunted_world
infinite_cakes
inflammability
instacheese
integer_gamerule_rule
invisible_armor
item_despawn
item_despawn_time
item_use_speed
keep_friends_close
lava_spread_tick_delay
less_gravity The Overworld Gravity will be reduced, increasing jump height and decreasing fall speed
less_interaction_updates
loot_double_or_half
mbe Enables movable block entities
midas_touch When the player touches any block it will turn into a block of gold. It will also make mobs golden when you touch them.
milk_every_mob Makes every mob milkable
minecart_collisions
minecart_lies
minime
morrowind_power_player_movement
natural_spawn_disable
natural_spawn_replacement
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
optize
optimize_light_engine
other_portal
parent_trap
perma_effect
persistent_parrots
phantom_phantom
pickaxe_block
place_block
player_head_drop
pot_gems
potion_of_big
potion_of_small
president
prevent_floating_trees
push_limit Changes piston push limit
quorum_percent
rain
random_tnt_fuse Primed TNT will be given a random fuse
ray_tracing
recipe_double_or_half
recipe_flip
remove_phantoms
replace_block_model 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 Replaces the Emerald item with a Ruby
silent_vote
sneaking_name_visibility
snitch
sound_replace
spawn_egg_chance
special_recipe
stack_size_double_or_half
sticky
stone_gen_replace
swap_sky
test_rule_please_ignore
the_joke
thunder
tie_strategy
tnt_tennis
trails_and_tails
transform_entity
transform_scale
transparent_players
ultra_realistc_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_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 Fireworks will shoot from the player upon voting
wheels_on_minecarts Adds rectangular wheels to minecarts
wipwipwi-_-pwipwip The only vote option will be to "Remove Herobrine". Does not seem to have any effect.
world_of_giants
world_shape
zombie_apocalypse

General

Capes
  • Added the following capes:
    • Squid Cape (ID squid)
    • Veterenarian Cape (ID veterinarian)
    • Awesom caep (ID awesom)
    • No round shapes allowed (ID no_circle)
    • Nya, nya, nya, UwU! (ID nyan)
  • The capes are activated with a vote.
Splashes
  • The original splash texts have been replaced with the following entries:
  • 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.[2]

Video

Gallery

Screenshots

References

  1. "Introducing: The Vote Update" by Per Landin. Minecraft.net, April 1, 2023
  2. if? "1283415852348571648"@0x00716F62 on XExpression error: Unrecognized word "what".
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