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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.
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).
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.
Once the nbt_crafting rule is approved, the player can use an anvil to rename the Name item to set the name of the tag and use a crafting table to combine the tag items to make an in-game NBT data example.
If the player do something wrong in crafting NBTs, a Sssyntax error item will appear with a error message in the tooltip.
If the syntax error is unknown, the message will show as "OH NO INTERNAL ERROR" or "INTERNAL ERROR OH NO."
In 12w50a, a snapshot for Minecraft Java Edition 1.4.6, a texture named skis.png was added to the game file. 1.4.6 was released close to Christmas of 2012, meaning this texture was likely decided upon due to the time of this update's release. The texture was never actually intended to be used.
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
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 (when value equals 1) Buff the Moon to be even bigger and stronger! (when value equals 2)MOON TO THE MAX! (when value is 3 or greater)
The moon enlarges and all entities move towards it based on the time of day. The higher the value of the rule, the larger and stronger the moon will become.
Values higher than 3 will further increase the size and attraction force, despite the message being the same.
The value must be passed in nbt format to be properly decoded. For example: /vote rule big_moon approve {value: 1
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
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
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].
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.
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][7]
The No Round Shapes Allowed cape may be a reference to the YouTuber Mysticat, who is known for a circle using only command blocks in Minecraft. This is mainly supported due to the background of the cape matching the YouTuber's skin.
Rule uncontrolable_lave and fire_sponge contain a misspelling of lava, based off a bug happened in 22w44a.[8]
Rule codepoint_replace can be "Replace 'k' with 'K'", which causes the misspelling of "block" into "blocK", based off a bug happened in 20w45a.[9]
Video
Gallery
Screenshots
The Moon with the Overworld seen in the background