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- ... that Minecraft was originally called "Cave Game "?
- ... that the Farther Lands existed before Java Edition Beta 1.8?
- ... that it is theoretically impossible for the head of a piston to fit inside its body in Java Edition?
- ... that the old texture for cobblestone is taken from Notch's unfinished game RubyDung?
- ... that C418's skin is the Steve skin, but with a jukebox head?
- ... that MC-4 is the oldest bug report that is still standing?
- ... that there was a hoax announcement about a Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device by Mojang?
- ... that some of the textures have signatures and credits in unused spaces?
- ... that the music disc "11" is exactly 1:11.111 long, emits power level 11 via comparator, and displays a Steve face and the text "12418" ("C418") at the end when viewed through a spectrogram?
- ... that there is a splash that is never displayed on the main menu?
- ... that in Minecraft Education and education-enabled Bedrock Edition, combining two units of the same chemical compound in a lab table still produces failed effects?
- ... that when in third-person view, the player appears to throw eyes of ender from their feet?
- ... that when the ambient sound 14 is put into a spectrogram, it appears to be a creeper face?
- ... that getting pushed by flowing water drains the player's hunger bar?
- ... that in Legacy Console Edition, breaking a damaged anvil and placing it again would completely repair it?
- ... that before Java Edition 1.8, chainmail armor used to be crafted from fire?
- ... that creepers were originally based on a failed pig model?
- ... that most of the ambience in the crimson forest was made with balloons?
- ... that the ghast sounds are actually sounds C418's cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping?
- ... that in Java Edition, a game crash can be forced by holding F3+C for 10 seconds?
- ... that feeding a cookie to a parrot kills it, because chocolate is poisonous to real-life parrots?
- ... that cookies don't have any sugar in their crafting recipe?
- ... that in Java Edition, there is a 0.01% chance that the main menu displays "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft"?
- ... that before the release of the bug tracker, bugs were originally reported on this wiki?
- ... that the End's original biome name was "Sky"?
- ... that there is a 10−10% (one in a trillion) chance of an end portal being activated upon generation?
- ... that the player's inventory can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using shulker boxes?
- ... that endermen see end stone as bluish cobblestone?
- ... that a dropped nether star cannot be destroyed by explosions, and in Bedrock Edition never despawns?
- ... that diamond blocks can generate in woodland mansions in secret rooms?
- ... that the first 3 tracks of Minecraft - Volume Alpha are connected together?
- ... that naming a vindicator "Johnny" causes it to attack any nearby mobs?
- ... that Minecraft: The Movie was originally going to be directed by Shawn Levy, the executive producer of Stranger Things?
- ... that leather armor can be dyed in 12,326,391 different ways?
- ... that Java Edition 1.13 was originally going to be called "Technically Updated" before it was combined with the Update Aquatic?
- ... that Java Edition 1.3.1 was the last major update to not have an official name?
- ... that February 29, 2020 was the first leap day to not have an update released?
- ... that from 12w19a to 13w01a, there existed a cocoa pod textured like a dragon egg?
- ... that as of The Wild Update, there are 98 (43,046,721) different ways to craft a chest, note block, or jukebox?
- ... that there are 264 (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) possible world seeds?
- ... that rabbits can also be bred with dandelions besides carrots?
- ... that there is no music played in the warped forest biome?
- ... that hoglins are afraid of nether portals and respawn anchors?
- ... that Bedrock Edition is written in the programming language C++?
- ... that walking and sneaking do not increase the food exhaustion level?
- ... that climbing up scaffolding costs the same exhaustion level as jumping up every block?
- ... that when saturation is not at zero, health regenerates much faster in Java Edition than in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that the normal jump height of the player is 1 ¼ blocks, instead of 1?
- ... that the player automatically stops sprinting after 30 seconds?
- ... that villagers made no sounds until Java Edition 1.6.1, almost two years after their introduction?
- ... that cakes were added as a response to Minecraft winning the 2010 Indie of the Year Awards?
- ... that the original iron sword texture was taken from Notch's abandoned game Legend of the Chambered?
- ... that the Nether's original biome name was "Hell"?
- ... that bastion remnants cannot generate in the basalt deltas biome?
- ... that despite the size of the ghast, it can be trapped in a minecart?
- ... that before Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4, the sun and the moon rose in the north and set in the south?
- ... that villagers can sleep in beds in the Nether and the End, when it is night time in the Overworld?
- ... that dead bushes and spore blossoms are the only non-renewable plant-like blocks?
- ... that the sound of a minecart falls into the category of "friendly creatures"?
- ... that in Java Edition, wither skeletons are the only mobs that can spawn inside wither roses?
- ... that red dye can also be crafted from beetroots?
- ... that cobblestone takes slightly longer to mine than stone?
- ... that strongholds try to generate under village meeting points in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that the nearest 3 strongholds are on average twice as far in Java Edition than in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that the top textures of grass block, dirt, sand, stone, netherrack, bedrock and TNT are randomly rotated?
- ... that signs and banners cannot be pushed by pistons in Java Edition?
- ... that the obsidian pillars of the End extend through the island all the way down to Y level 0?
- ... that there are exit gateways randomly generated across the outer islands in the End?
- ... that maps can be used normally in the End?
- ... that grass blocks take slightly longer to mine than dirt?
- ... that chorus flowers can be harvested by shooting an arrow at it, and the arrow is not consumed?
- ... that iron hoes can instantly break leaves?
- ... that stone hoes can instantly break moss blocks?
- ... that golden pickaxes can instantly break netherrack and nylium?
- ... that almost all paintings are based on actual paintings by artist Kristoffer Zetterstrand?
- ... that light gray stained glass pane is almost invisible in the inventory in Java Edition?
- ... that in Bedrock Edition, using an Overworld locator map in the Nether (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two dimensions?
- ... that the pattern of slime chunks are always the same regardless of world seed in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that the Channeling enchantment works on non-mob entities such as boats, minecarts and armor stands?
- ... that in Java Edition, a blaze has the exact same hitbox size as the player?
- ... that end rods can be crafted using blaze rods and popped chorus fruits?
- ... that smooth stone's existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other slab types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand?
- ... that the first version of Minecraft was created in just 6 days?
- ... that the belief that enderman sounds are English words played backwards is just speculation?
- ... that fishing in Minecraft is slower when the bobber is not directly under the sky?
- ... that the Nether was originally proposed to be called "The Nexus" or "The Slip"?
- ... that TNT slabs existed once, but only as an April Fools prank?
- ... that endermen originally dropped diamonds?
- ... that if endermen have no blocks to teleport to when projectiles fly to them, they reflect the projectiles?
- ... that there was hoglin meat as an unused texture in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that before rotten flesh was added, zombies used to drop feathers?
- ... that endermen are the only mobs that spawn in all 3 dimensions?
- ... that nether portals once could be spawned by pressing F4?
- ... that iron ingots take place in the most amount of crafting recipes in the game?
- ... that planks take place in the second highest amount of crafting recipes in the game?
- ... that crying obsidian was originally planned to set the spawn point, but beds were added instead?
- ... that ender dragons and withers are unable to go through portals?
- ... that the type of boat bought by fisherman villagers depends on their biome outfit?
- ... that one can afford a stack of arrows from a fletcher villager by selling it just 16 logs' worth of sticks?
- ... that unlike other horse armor, leather horse armor has a crafting recipe?
- ... that leaves placed by the player never decay?
- ... that dungeons are the earliest added generated structures that still exist in the game today?
- ... that the contents of an ender chest is stored as part of the player's own data?
- ... that buried treasure chests are always facing east?
- ... that buried treasure chests always generate in the same location in a chunk?
- ... that the player can jump and climb up vines even if they are not attached to blocks?
- ... that besides wool and glass, white carpets and glass panes can also be dyed directly?
- ... that there are armor stands equipped with iron armor in taiga villages?
- ... that water and lava used to spread infinitely?
- ... that the only place to find bamboo outside the jungle biomes is a shipwreck?
- ... that passengers of boats take no fall damage?
- ... that when used correctly, boats can be used to skip over lava?
- ... that dolphins can lead the player to shipwrecks if the player feeds them raw cod or raw salmon?
- ... that one can use dye on a sheep to continuously obtain colored wool?
- ... that basalt is generated when lava is above soul soil and next to blue ice?
- ... that soul soil can be renewably obtained through soul campfires?
- ... that bamboo is the fastest growing plant in Minecraft?
- ... that furnace minecarts are fully functional in Java Edition, but only exist as an unused texture in Bedrock Edition?
- ... that there was an unused texture for a wax block in the Buzzy Bees update?
- ... that there was an unused texture for crystallized honey in the Buzzy Bees update?
- ... that soul fire inflicts twice as much damage as normal fire?
- ... that endermen originally had green eyes before they were officially added?
- ... that when wool was added in Classic, it was called "cloth"?
- ... that before leather was added in Alpha, "leather armor" used to be called "cloth armor", and crafted using cloth?
- ... that wool in Classic had a different color pallette?
- ... that before Java Edition Beta 1.7, TNT was activated by punching it?
- ... that creepers initially had a melee attack, and exploded only when it is killed?
- ... that it takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 honey blocks?
- ... that pistons are based off of a Minecraft mod made by Hippoplatimus?
- ... that fletching table is the only villlager job site block that has no use for the player?
- ... that for April Fools 2014, every player got their skin changed to a villager?
- ... that there are four unused paintings?
- ... that the Overworld logs are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in furnaces?
- ... that crimson and warped planks cannot be crafted into boats?
- ... that bats do not drop anything, not even experience orbs?
- ... that iron golems and snow golems can be leashed?
- ... that planks were added before logs?
- ... that mobs do not try to walk over rails?
- ... that the sounds of dolphins and pandas are taken from the actual real-life animals?
- ... that a stack of coal blocks can fuel a furnace for over 42 Minecraft days?
- ... that the textures of prismarine and sea lanterns are animated?
- ... that the orange terracotta symbols on the outside of desert pyramids resemble the Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life?
- ... that the igloo is the earliest added structure to contain signs, trapdoors, beds, and carpets?
- ... that honey bottles are the only drinkable item that can stack and restore hunger?
- ... that nether bricks is the only block that has both a wall and a fence variant?
- ... that buried treasure is the smallest generated structure in the game, containing only a chest?
- ... that in Java Edition, fishing rods can pull items?
- ... that for a coding contest, Notch made Minecraft 4k, a version of Minecraft less than 4 kibibytes in size?
- ... that the beacon's texture went through five different designs before its current appearance?
- ... that although the texture of the bedrock block changed in the Texture Update, the bedrock portion of the end crystal stayed the same?
- ... that the old spawn eggs for the various fish in Bedrock Edition were supposed to look like actual fish eggs?
- ... that in Pocket Edition Demo/Lite, the name of the player was "Stevie" instead of "Steve"?
- ... that the range of the note block both starts and ends at the note F♯?
- ... that Notch had planned to make a video announcing "Minecraft 4D" for April Fools' 2010 but ran out of time due to moving into a new home?
- ... that smooth sandstone is more blast resistant, and takes longer to mine than normal sandstone?
- ... that smooth quartz blocks are more blast resistant, and takes longer to mine than normal quartz blocks?
- ... that beacon beams can go through bedrock?
- ... that drowneds are completely passive during daytime to players outside water or in a boat?
- ... that many stone-type slabs take slightly longer to mine than than their full-block counterparts?
- ... that polished blackstone takes slightly longer to mine than normal blackstone?
- ... that hoglins are afraid of warped fungi, even if they are in flower pots?
- ... that all variants of dirt can be converted to dirt path using a shovel?
- ... that dirt paths can be tilled with a hoe to create farmland?
- ... that dirt paths take longer to mine than any other block mined with a shovel?
- ... that snowballs and ender pearls have the exact same range when thrown?
- ... that in Java Edition, mobs inside boats and minecarts do not despawn?
- ... that by using bone meal on a moss block, then composting all the foliage created, one gains a profit on bone meal?
- ... that stone mason villagers can sell dripstone blocks, a stack at a time?
- ... that bees can pollinate flowering azalea and flowering azalea leaves?
- ... that axolotls can only be bred with buckets of tropical fish?
- ... that slimes and magma cubes cannot spawn in 2-block-high areas?
- ... that bone meal can be used on the seabed of warm oceans to create coral and coral fans?
- ... that cooked salmon has the same nutritional value as cooked mutton?
- ... that shears enchanted with Efficiency II can instantly break vines?
- ... that shears enchanted with Efficiency V can instantly break wool?
- ... that unlike normal glass, tinted glass can be retrieved with bare hands?
- ... that pillagers and crossbows were inspired by Minecraft Dungeons, even though they were added in the base game first?
- ... that precious blocks like beacons, conduits and shulker boxes can be retrieved by hand?
- ... that the carved pumpkin used to build a snow golem can be retrieved by using shears on the golem?
- ... that turtles drop a bowl when killed by lightning?
- ... that observers can detect the opening and closing of barrels, but not that of chests?
- ... that glow squids can only spawn in complete darkness?
- ... that lava cauldrons do not set fire to flammable blocks around them?
- ... that golems and withers can be built horizontally or upside-down?
- ... that the Frost Walker enchantment creates a special type of ice known as frosted ice?
- ... that baby pandas have a 0.1% chance to drop a slimeball when they sneeze?
- ... that 4 times as much cut copper can be obtained from copper blocks using a stonecutter?
- ... that it snows above certain altitudes in taiga, stony shore, old growth taiga and windswept hills biomes?
- ... that in frozen ocean biomes, it rains in some locations and snows in others?
- ... that arrows used to be crafted with iron ingots rather than flint?
- ... that an axolotl removes a player's Mining Fatigue if the player helps it defeat a mob?
- ... that a beacon takes the same amount of time to break, with or without a tool?
- ... that a melon slice and a glistering melon slice are facing opposite directions?
- ... that since 1.18.0, it is impossible to obtain wood without using the bonus chest in Bedrock Edition flat worlds?
- ... that the Bedrock Edition data values page of this wiki is referenced in Bedrock Edition source code?
- ... that ender dragons cannot destroy iron bars?
- ... that the chicken in a chicken jockey does not lay eggs, but can still be bred with regular chickens?
- ... that there is a 1 in 256 chance for a thrown egg to spawn 4 baby chickens?
- ... that honey bottles can be used to cure Poison?
- ... that dark forests, old growth taigas and bamboo jungles are almost guaranteed to have lush caves underneath them?
- ... that lush caves never generate below forests, plains and savannas?
- ... that a magma cube monster spawner can be disabled using as little as 9 solid blocks?
- ... that striders, magma cubes and blazes take extra damage from powder snow?
- ... that skeletons turn into strays after staying in powder snow for a while?
- ... that dripstone caves are never found near oceans?
- ... that dripstone caves are more likely to be found far away from oceans?
- ... that deep dark biomes are more likely to be found beneath mountainous areas?
- ... that wardens are less than 1 block wide?
- ... that mud is slightly shorter than a full block, but doesn't slow down movement like soul sand does?
- ... that the type of frog that eats a tiny magma cube determines the color of froglight that drops?
- ... that the color of a frog depends on the temperature of the biome it grows up in?
- ... that unlike other leaves, mangrove leaves do not drop saplings?
- ... that mangrove trees can be grown underwater?
- ... that during its development, reinforced deepslate used to be pushable by pistons?
- ... that allays cannot be hurt by the player that gives it an item?
- ... that pointed dripstone does not need a dripstone block above it to fill a cauldron with lava, or to convert mud into clay?
- ... that nether portals can be deactivated by using a water or lava bucket inside the frame?
- ... that bamboo cannot be composted?
- ... that poisonous potatoes are intentionally designed to be uncompostable?
- ... that brown mushrooms emit a light level of 1?
- ... that spiders can climb walls because they are programmed to treat the sides of blocks as ladders?
- ... that fish, axolotls and tadpoles can be renamed by catching them in buckets and renaming them in an anvil?
- ... that an ancient city contains a secret redstone tutorial lab in the center?
- ... that sculk sensors do not produce any sound if they are waterlogged, but can still detect vibrations?
- ... that sculk can replace the surface materials of most biomes in all three dimensions?
- ... that only naturally generated sculk shriekers can spawn wardens?
- ... that ancient cities always generate at the same Y-level of -51?
- ... that ancient cities contain skeleton skulls that can otherwise only be obtained from charged creeper explosions?
- ... that bamboo can be instantly broken with any type of sword?
- ... that ghasts only notice the player when they're about the same height as the player?
- ... that besides nether fortresses, nether wart can also be found in some bastion remnants?
- ... that besides amethyst geodes, calcite can also be found in stony peaks biomes?
- ... that horses can be led across rivers using a golden carrot or golden apple?
- ... that lightning rods prevent lightning from spawning skeleton trap horses?
- ... that 16 blocks of end stone under the exit portal regenerate each time the ender dragon is re-summoned?
- ... that end stone takes the exact same amount of time to break as deepslate?
- ... that baby piglins never grow up?
- ... that piglins get angry at a player that opens a chest only when they can see the player?
- ... that piglins can hear a player break chests and gold-related blocks behind walls?
- ... that pandas can only be bred if there is enough bamboo planted near them?
- ... that besides bamboo, pandas also eat cakes?
- ... that lush caves is the only cave biome that can generate beneath oceans?
- ... that deep dark biomes never generate under oceans, rivers and swamps?
- ... that besides oak and birch trees, mangrove trees also have a chance of growing bee nests?
- ... that from Indev 0.31 20100201-2, flint and steel could be dropped by mobs until flint was introduced in Indev 20100219?
- ... that lava's animated texture used to be darker?
- ... that cactus used to be a full block?
- ... that the first test recipe had an apple in the top right corner to make an arrow?
- ... that logs used to break faster than stone until Indev 20100219?
- ... that the Nether's original in-game name was The Slip?
- ... that tnt could be prevented from detonating by punching it again when detonated, but only in 0.30 (Survival)?
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"''[[Minecraft]]'' was originally called \"''Cave Game'' \"",
"[[Java Edition Far Lands/Infdev 20100327 to Beta 1.7.3#The Farther Lands|the Farther Lands]] existed before [[Java Edition Beta 1.8]]",
"it is theoretically impossible for the head of a [[piston]] to fit inside its body in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"the old texture for [[cobblestone]] is taken from [[Markus Persson|Notch]]'s unfinished game ''[[RubyDung]]''",
"[[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s [[skin]] is the Steve skin, but with a [[jukebox]] head",
"[[mojira:MC-4|MC-4]] is the oldest bug report that is still standing",
"there was a hoax announcement about a [[Easter eggs#2017|Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device]] by [[Mojang Studios|Mojang]]",
"some of the [[textures]] have signatures and credits in unused spaces",
"the [[Music Disc|music disc]] \"11\" is exactly 1:11.111 long, emits power level 11 via [[Redstone Comparator|comparator]], and displays a Steve face and the text \"12418\" (\"C418\") at the end when viewed through a spectrogram",
"there is a [[splash]] [[Easter eggs#Never displayed splash|that is never displayed]] on the [[main menu]]",
"in ''[[Minecraft Education]]'' and education-enabled [[Bedrock Edition]], combining two units of the same chemical [[compound]] in a [[Lab Table|lab table]] still produces failed effects",
"when in [[third-person view]], the [[player]] appears to throw [[Eye of Ender|eyes of ender]] from their feet",
"when the [[Ambience#Cave ambience|ambient sound]] 14 is put into a spectrogram, it appears to be a [[creeper]] face",
"getting pushed by flowing [[water]] drains the player's [[Hunger|hunger bar]]",
"in [[Legacy Console Edition]], breaking a damaged [[anvil]] and placing it again would completely repair it",
"before [[Java Edition 1.8]], chainmail [[armor]] used to be [[Crafting#Removed recipes|crafted from fire]]",
"[[creeper]]s were originally based [[Creeper#History|on a failed pig model]]",
"most of the [[Ambience#Crimson Forest ambience|ambience]] in the [[Crimson Forest|crimson forest]] was made with balloons",
"the [[ghast]] sounds are actually sounds [[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]'s cat makes when it is disturbed while sleeping",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a game crash can be forced by holding <kbd>F3</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> for 10 seconds",
"feeding a [[cookie]] to a [[parrot]] kills it, because chocolate is poisonous to real-life parrots",
"[[cookie]]s don't have any [[sugar]] in their crafting recipe",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', there is a 0.01% chance that the main menu displays [[Main menu#Minceraft|\"Minceraft\"]] instead of \"Minecraft\"",
"before the release of the [[bug tracker]], bugs were originally reported on [[MCW:Issues|this wiki]]",
"[[the End]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Sky\"",
"there is a 10<sup>−10</sup>% (one in a trillion) chance of an [[end portal]] being activated upon generation",
"the player's [[inventory]] can hold up to 999 stacks with 63,936 items using [[Shulker Box|shulker boxes]]",
"[[Enderman|endermen]] see [[End Stone|end stone]] as bluish [[cobblestone]]",
"a [[Item (entity)|dropped]] [[Nether Star|nether star]] cannot be destroyed by [[explosion]]s, and in [[Bedrock Edition]] never despawns",
"[[Block of Diamond|diamond block]]s can generate in woodland mansions in [[Woodland Mansion#Main and secret rooms|secret rooms]]",
"the first 3 tracks of ''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]'' are connected together",
"[[Name Tag|naming]] a [[vindicator]] \"Johnny\" causes it to attack any nearby [[mob]]s",
"''[[Minecraft: The Movie]]'' was originally going to be directed by [[wikipedia:Shawn Levy|Shawn Levy]], the executive producer of ''[[wikipedia:Stranger Things|Stranger Things]]''",
"leather armor can be [[Dye#Dyeing armor|dyed]] in 12,326,391 different ways",
"[[Java Edition 1.13]] was originally going to be called \"Technically Updated\" before it was combined with the [[Update Aquatic]]",
"[[Java Edition 1.3.1]] was the last major update to not have an official name",
"February 29, 2020 was the first [[wikipedia:February 29|leap day]] to not have an update released",
"from [[Java Edition 12w19a|12w19a]] to [[Java Edition 13w01a|13w01a]], there existed a [[Cocoa Beans#History|cocoa pod textured]] like a [[Dragon Egg|dragon egg]]",
"as of [[The Wild Update]], there are 9<sup>8</sup> (43,046,721) different ways to craft a [[chest]], [[Note Block|note block]], or [[jukebox]]",
"there are 2<sup>64</sup> (18,446,744,073,709,511,616) possible [[Seed (level generation)|world seeds]]",
"[[rabbit]]s can also be [[Breeding|bred]] with [[Flower#Breeding|dandelion]]s besides [[carrot]]s",
"there is no [[music]] played in the [[Warped Forest|warped forest]] biome",
"[[hoglin]]s are afraid of [[nether portal]]s and [[Respawn Anchor|respawn anchor]]s",
"[[Bedrock Edition]] is written in the programming language [[wikipedia:C++|C++]]",
"[[walking]] and [[sneaking]] do not increase the [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|food exhaustion level]]",
"climbing up [[scaffolding]] costs the same [[Hunger#Exhaustion level increase|exhaustion level]] as [[jumping]] up every block",
"when [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]] is not at zero, [[health]] regenerates much faster in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the normal [[Jumping|jump]] height of the player is 1 ¼ blocks, instead of 1",
"the player automatically stops [[sprinting]] after 30 seconds",
"[[villager]]s made no sounds until [[Java Edition 1.6.1]], almost two years after their introduction",
"[[cake]]s were added as a response to ''Minecraft'' winning the [[2010 Indie of the Year Awards]]",
"the original [[Sword|iron sword]] texture was taken from [[Markus Persson|Notch]]'s abandoned game ''[[Legend of the Chambered]]''",
"[[the Nether]]'s original [[biome]] name was \"Hell\"",
"[[Bastion Remnant|bastion remnant]]s cannot generate in the [[Basalt Deltas|basalt deltas]] biome",
"despite the size of the [[ghast]], it can be trapped in a [[minecart]]",
"before [[Java Edition Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4]], the [[sun]] and the [[moon]] rose in the north and set in the south",
"[[villager]]s can sleep in [[bed]]s in [[the Nether]] and [[the End]], when it is night time in the [[Overworld]]",
"[[Dead Bush|dead bushes]] and [[Spore Blossom|spore blossoms]] are the only [[non-renewable resource|non-renewable]] plant-like blocks",
"the sound of a [[minecart]] falls into the category of \"friendly creatures\"",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', [[Wither Skeleton|wither skeleton]]s are the only [[mob]]s that can spawn inside [[Flower|wither rose]]s",
"[[Red Dye|red dye]] can also be [[Red Dye#Crafting|crafted]] from [[beetroot]]s",
"[[cobblestone]] takes slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[stone]]",
"[[stronghold]]s try to generate under [[village]] meeting points in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the nearest 3 [[stronghold]]s are on average twice as far in ''[[Java Edition]]'' than in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the top textures of [[Grass Block|grass block]], [[dirt]], [[sand]], [[stone]], [[netherrack]], [[bedrock]] and [[TNT]] are randomly rotated",
"[[sign]]s and [[banner]]s cannot be pushed by [[piston]]s in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"the [[End spike|obsidian pillars]] of [[the End]] extend through the island all the way down to [[altitude|Y level 0]]",
"there are [[End gateway#Generation|exit gateways]] randomly generated across the [[The End#Outer Islands|outer islands]] in [[the End]]",
"[[map]]s can be used normally in [[the End]]",
"[[Grass Block|grass block]]s take slightly longer to [[breaking|mine]] than [[dirt]]",
"[[Chorus Flower|chorus flowers]] can be harvested by shooting an [[arrow]] at it, and the arrow is not consumed",
"[[Hoe|iron hoe]]s can [[Hoe#Harvesting|instantly break]] [[leaves]]",
"[[Hoe|stone hoe]]s can [[Hoe#Harvesting|instantly break]] [[Moss Block|moss blocks]]",
"[[Pickaxe|golden pickaxe]]s can instantly break [[netherrack]] and [[nylium]]",
"almost all [[painting]]s are based on actual paintings by artist [[Kristoffer Zetterstrand]]",
"light gray stained [[Glass Pane|glass pane]] is almost invisible in the [[inventory]] in ''[[Java Edition]]''",
"in [[Bedrock Edition]], using an Overworld [[Map#Player marker and pointer|locator map]] in [[the Nether]] (and vice versa) shows the player's corresponding location between the two [[dimension]]s",
"the pattern of [[Slime#\"Slime chunks\"|slime chunks]] are always the same regardless of [[Seed (level generation)|world seed]] in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"the [[Channeling]] enchantment works on non-mob entities such as [[boat]]s, [[minecart]]s and [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', a [[blaze]] has the exact same [[Hitbox#Entity|hitbox]] size as the [[player]]",
"[[End Rod|end rod]]s can be crafted using [[Blaze Rod|blaze rods]] and [[Popped Chorus Fruit|popped chorus fruit]]s",
"[[Smooth Stone|smooth stone]]'s existence was originally an unintentional side effect of other [[slab]] types, but was eventually officially reimplemented due to player demand",
"the first version of ''Minecraft'' was created in just 6 days",
"the belief that [[enderman]] sounds are English words played backwards [[Enderman#Trivia|is just speculation]]",
"[[fishing]] in ''Minecraft'' is slower when the bobber is not directly under the sky",
"[[the Nether]] was originally proposed to be called \"The Nexus\" or \"The Slip\"",
"[[Etho Slab|TNT slabs]] existed once, but only as an April Fools prank",
"[[enderman|endermen]] originally dropped [[diamond]]s",
"if [[enderman|endermen]] have no blocks to [[Teleportation|teleport]] to when projectiles fly to them, they reflect the projectiles",
"there was [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Hoglin meat|hoglin meat]] as an unused texture in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"before [[Rotten Flesh|rotten flesh]] was added, [[zombie]]s used to drop [[feather]]s",
"[[enderman|endermen]] are the only mobs that spawn in all 3 [[dimension]]s",
"[[nether portal]]s once could be spawned [[Java Edition Alpha v1.2.2|by pressing <kbd>F4</kbd>]]",
"[[Iron Ingot|iron ingot]]s take place in the most amount of crafting recipes in the game",
"[[planks]] take place in the second highest amount of crafting recipes in the game",
"[[Crying Obsidian|crying obsidian]] was originally planned to set the spawn point, but [[bed]]s were added instead",
"[[Ender Dragon|ender dragon]]s and [[wither]]s are unable to go through [[portal]]s",
"the type of [[boat]] bought by fisherman villagers [[Boat#Trading|depends on their biome outfit]]",
"one can afford a stack of [[arrow]]s [[Trading#Fletcher|from a fletcher villager]] by selling it just 16 [[log]]s' worth of [[stick]]s",
"unlike other horse armor, leather horse armor has [[Horse Armor#Crafting|a crafting recipe]]",
"[[leaves]] placed by the player never decay",
"[[dungeon]]s are the earliest added [[generated structures]] that still exist in the game today",
"the contents of an [[Ender Chest|ender chest]] is stored as part of [[Ender Chest#Inventory|the player's own data]]",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests are always facing east",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] chests always generate in the same location in a [[chunk]]",
"the player can [[Jumping|jump]] and climb up [[vines]] even if they are not attached to blocks",
"besides wool and glass, [[Carpet#Crafting|white carpets]] and [[Glass Pane#Crafting|glass panes]] can also be dyed directly",
"there are [[Armor Stand|armor stand]]s equipped with iron [[armor]] in [[taiga]] [[village]]s",
"[[water]] and [[lava]] used to spread infinitely",
"the only place to find [[bamboo]] outside the [[jungle]] biomes is a [[shipwreck]]",
"passengers of [[boat]]s take no [[Damage#Fall damage|fall damage]]",
"when used correctly, [[boat]]s can be used to skip over [[lava]]",
"[[dolphin]]s can lead the player to [[shipwreck]]s if the player feeds them [[Raw Cod|raw cod]] or [[Raw Salmon|raw salmon]]",
"one can use [[dye]] on a [[sheep]] to continuously obtain colored [[wool]]",
"[[basalt]] is generated when [[lava]] is above [[Soul Soil|soul soil]] and next to [[Blue Ice|blue ice]]",
"soul soil can be [[Soul Soil#Breaking|renewably obtained]] through soul campfires",
"[[bamboo]] is the fastest growing plant in ''Minecraft''",
"[[Minecart with Furnace|furnace minecarts]] are fully functional in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but only exist as an [[Bedrock Edition unused features#Minecart with Furnace|unused texture]] in [[Bedrock Edition]]",
"there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Wax block|unused texture for a wax block]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update",
"there was an [[History of textures/Unused textures#Crystallized honey|unused texture for crystallized honey]] in the [[Buzzy Bees]] update",
"[[Fire|soul fire]] inflicts twice as much damage as normal fire",
"[[Enderman|endermen]] originally [[:File:Enderman JE1.png|had green eyes]] before they were officially added",
"when [[wool]] was added in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]], it was called \"cloth\"",
"before [[leather]] was added in [[Java Edition Alpha|Alpha]], \"leather armor\" used to be called \"cloth armor\", and crafted using [[wool|cloth]]",
"[[wool]] in [[Java Edition Classic|Classic]] had [[Wool#History|a different color pallette]]",
"before [[Java Edition Beta 1.7]], [[TNT]] was activated by punching it",
"[[creeper]]s initially had a melee attack, and exploded only when it is killed",
"it takes 1 minute and 14 seconds to slide down 256 [[Honey Block|honey blocks]]",
"[[piston]]s are based off of a ''Minecraft'' [[Mods|mod]] made by Hippoplatimus",
"[[Fletching Table|fletching table]] is the only [[Villager#Job site blocks|villlager job site block]] that has no use for the player",
"for [[Easter eggs#2014|April Fools 2014]], every player got their [[skin]] changed to a [[villager]]",
"there are [[Painting#Unused_paintings|four unused painting]]s",
"the Overworld [[log]]s are the only blocks that can be used as both input and fuel in [[furnace]]s",
"crimson and warped [[planks]] cannot be crafted into [[boat]]s",
"[[bat]]s do not drop anything, not even [[Experience|experience orbs]]",
"[[Iron Golem|iron golem]]s and [[Snow Golem|snow golem]]s can be [[Lead#Leashing mobs|leashed]]",
"[[planks]] were added before [[log]]s",
"[[mob]]s do not try to walk over [[Rail (disambiguation)|rail]]s",
"the sounds of [[dolphin]]s and [[panda]]s are taken from the actual real-life animals",
"a stack of [[Block of Coal|coal blocks]] can [[smelting|fuel]] a furnace for over 42 ''Minecraft'' days",
"the textures of [[prismarine]] and [[Sea Lantern|sea lantern]]s are animated",
"the orange [[terracotta]] symbols on the outside of [[desert pyramid]]s resemble the [[wikipedia:Ankh|Ankh]], the Ancient Egyptian symbol for life",
"the [[igloo]] is the earliest added [[generated structures|structure]] to contain [[sign]]s, [[trapdoor]]s, [[bed]]s, and [[carpet]]s",
"[[Honey Bottle|honey bottle]]s are the only [[drinks|drinkable item]] that can stack and restore hunger",
"[[Nether Bricks|nether bricks]] is the only block that has both a [[wall]] and a [[fence]] variant",
"[[Buried Treasure|buried treasure]] is the smallest [[generated structures|generated structure]] in the game, containing only a [[chest]]",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', [[Fishing Rod|fishing rods]] can pull [[Item (entity)|items]]",
"for a coding contest, [[Markus Persson|Notch]] made ''[[Minecraft 4k]]'', a version of ''Minecraft'' less than 4 kibibytes in size",
"the [[beacon]]'s texture went through [[Beacon#History|five different designs]] before its current appearance",
"although the texture of the [[bedrock]] block changed in the [[Texture Update]], the bedrock portion of the [[End Crystal|end crystal]] stayed the same",
"the old [[Spawn Egg|spawn egg]]s for the various [[fish]] in [[Bedrock Edition]] were supposed to look like actual fish eggs",
"in ''[[Pocket Edition]] Demo''/''Lite'', the name of the player was \"Stevie\" instead of \"Steve\"",
"the range of the [[Note Block|note block]] both starts and ends at [[wikipedia:F♯ (musical note)|the note F♯]]",
"[[Markus Persson|Notch]] had planned to make a video announcing \"Minecraft 4D\" for [[Easter eggs#2010 (Minecraft 4D)|April Fools' 2010]] but ran out of time due to moving into a new home",
"[[sandstone|smooth sandstone]] is more [[Explosion#Blast resistance|blast resistant]], and takes longer to mine than normal sandstone",
"[[Smooth Quartz Block|smooth quartz blocks]] are more [[Explosion#Blast resistance|blast resistant]], and takes longer to mine than normal [[Block of Quartz|quartz blocks]]",
"[[beacon]] beams can go through [[bedrock]]",
"[[drowned]]s are completely passive during daytime to [[player]]s outside [[water]] or in a [[boat]]",
"many stone-type slabs take [[Slab#Breaking|slightly longer to mine]] than than their full-block counterparts",
"[[Polished Blackstone|polished blackstone]] takes slightly longer to mine than normal [[blackstone]]",
"[[hoglin]]s are afraid of [[fungus|warped fungi]], even if they are in [[Flower Pot|flower pots]]",
"all variants of [[dirt]] can be converted to [[Dirt Path|dirt path]] using a [[shovel]]",
"[[Dirt Path|dirt path]]s can be tilled with a [[hoe]] to create [[farmland]]",
"[[Dirt Path|dirt path]]s take longer to mine than any other block mined with a [[shovel]]",
"[[snowball]]s and [[Ender Pearl|ender pearl]]s have the exact same range when thrown",
"in ''[[Java Edition]]'', [[mob]]s inside [[boat]]s and [[minecart]]s do not [[Spawn#Despawning|despawn]]",
"by using [[Bone Meal|bone meal]] on a [[Moss Block|moss block]], then [[Composter#Composting|composting]] all the foliage created, one gains a profit on bone meal",
"stone mason [[villager]]s can [[Trading#Mason|sell]] [[Dripstone Block|dripstone block]]s, a stack at a time",
"[[bee]]s can pollinate [[azalea|flowering azalea]] and [[leaves|flowering azalea leaves]]",
"[[axolotl]]s can only be [[breeding|bred]] with [[Bucket of aquatic mob|buckets of tropical fish]]",
"[[slime]]s and [[Magma Cube|magma cube]]s cannot spawn in 2-block-high areas",
"[[Bone Meal|bone meal]] can be used on the seabed of [[Ocean#Warm Ocean|warm ocean]]s to create [[coral]] and [[Coral Fan|coral fan]]s",
"[[Cooked Salmon|cooked salmon]] has the same nutritional value as [[Cooked Mutton|cooked mutton]]",
"[[shears]] enchanted with [[Efficiency]] II can instantly break [[vines]]",
"[[shears]] enchanted with [[Efficiency]] V can instantly break [[wool]]",
"unlike normal [[glass]], [[Tinted Glass|tinted glass]] can be retrieved with bare hands",
"[[pillager]]s and [[crossbow]]s were inspired by ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]'', even though they were added in the base game first",
"precious blocks like [[beacon]]s, [[conduit]]s and [[Shulker Box|shulker box]]es can be retrieved by hand",
"the [[pumpkin|carved pumpkin]] used to build a [[Snow Golem|snow golem]] can be retrieved by using [[shears]] on the golem",
"[[turtle]]s drop a [[bowl]] when killed by [[Thunderstorm#Lightning|lightning]]",
"[[observer]]s can detect the opening and closing of [[barrel]]s, but not that of [[chest]]s",
"[[Glow Squid|glow squid]]s can only spawn in complete darkness",
"[[cauldron|lava cauldron]]s do not set fire to flammable blocks around them",
"[[golem]]s and [[wither]]s can be built horizontally or upside-down",
"the [[Frost Walker]] enchantment creates a special type of ice known as [[Frosted Ice|frosted ice]]",
"[[Panda|baby panda]]s have a 0.1% chance to drop a [[slimeball]] when they sneeze",
"[[Block of Copper#Stonecutting|4 times as much cut copper]] can be obtained from copper blocks using a [[stonecutter]]",
"it [[Snowfall#Behavior|snows above certain altitudes]] in [[taiga]], [[Beach#Stony Shore|stony shore]], [[Old Growth Taiga|old growth taiga]] and [[Windswept Hills|windswept hills]] biomes",
"in [[Ocean#Frozen Ocean|frozen ocean]] biomes, it [[rain]]s in some locations and [[snowfall|snows]] in others",
"[[arrow]]s used to be crafted with [[Iron Ingot|iron ingots]] rather than [[flint]]",
"an [[axolotl]] removes a player's [[Mining Fatigue]] if the player helps it defeat a mob",
"a [[beacon]] takes the same amount of time to break, with or without a tool",
"a [[Melon Slice|melon slice]] and a [[Glistering Melon Slice|glistering melon slice]] are facing opposite directions",
"since [[Bedrock Edition 1.18.0|1.18.0]], it is impossible to obtain [[wood]] without using the [[bonus chest]] in [[Bedrock Edition]] [[world type|flat world]]s",
"the [[Bedrock Edition data values]] page of this wiki is referenced in [[Bedrock Edition]] source code",
"[[Ender Dragon|ender dragons]] cannot destroy [[Iron Bars|iron bars]]",
"the [[chicken]] in a [[Chicken Jockey|chicken jockey]] does not lay [[egg]]s, but can still be [[breeding|bred]] with regular chickens",
"there is a 1 in 256 chance for a thrown [[egg]] to spawn 4 baby [[chicken]]s",
"[[Honey Bottle|honey bottle]]s can be used to cure [[Poison]]",
"[[Dark Forest|dark forests]], [[Old Growth Taiga|old growth taigas]] and [[Jungle#Bamboo Jungle|bamboo jungles]] are almost guaranteed to have [[Lush Caves|lush caves]] underneath them",
"[[Lush Caves|lush caves]] never generate below [[forest]]s, [[plains]] and [[savanna]]s",
"a [[Magma Cube|magma cube]] [[Monster Spawner|monster spawner]] can be disabled using [[:File:MagmaSpawnerGrid.png|as little as 9 solid blocks]]",
"[[strider]]s, [[Magma Cube|magma cubes]] and [[blaze]]s take extra damage from [[Powder Snow|powder snow]]",
"[[skeleton]]s turn into [[stray]]s after staying in [[Powder Snow|powder snow]] for a while",
"[[Dripstone Caves|dripstone caves]] are never found near [[ocean]]s",
"[[Dripstone Caves|dripstone caves]] are more likely to be found far away from [[ocean]]s",
"[[Deep Dark|deep dark]] biomes are more likely to be found beneath mountainous areas",
"[[warden]]s are less than 1 block wide",
"[[mud]] is slightly shorter than a full block, but doesn't slow down movement like [[Soul Sand|soul sand]] does",
"the type of [[frog]] that eats a tiny [[Magma Cube|magma cube]] determines [[Froglight#Obtaining|the color of froglight]] that drops",
"the color of a [[frog]] depends on the temperature of the [[biome]] it grows up in",
"unlike other [[leaves]], [[mangrove]] leaves do not drop [[sapling]]s",
"[[mangrove]] trees can be grown underwater",
"during its development, [[Reinforced Deepslate|reinforced deepslate]] used to be pushable by [[piston]]s",
"[[allay]]s cannot be hurt by the player that gives it an item",
"[[Pointed Dripstone|pointed dripstone]] does ''not'' need a [[Dripstone Block|dripstone block]] above it to fill a [[cauldron]] with [[lava]], or to convert [[mud]] into [[clay]]",
"[[nether portal]]s can be deactivated by using a [[Water Bucket|water]] or [[Lava Bucket|lava bucket]] inside the frame",
"[[bamboo]] cannot be [[Composter#Composting|composted]]",
"[[Poisonous Potato|poisonous potatoes]] are intentionally designed to be [[Composter#Composting|uncompostable]]",
"brown [[mushroom]]s emit a [[light]] level of 1",
"[[spider]]s can climb walls because they are programmed to treat the sides of blocks as [[ladder]]s",
"[[fish]], [[axolotl]]s and [[tadpole]]s can be renamed by catching them in [[Bucket of aquatic mob|bucket]]s and renaming them in an [[anvil]]",
"an [[Ancient City|ancient city]] contains a secret redstone tutorial lab in the center",
"[[Sculk Sensor|sculk sensors]] do not produce any sound if they are [[waterlogging|waterlogged]], but can still detect vibrations",
"[[sculk family|sculk]] can replace the surface materials of most biomes in all three dimensions",
"only naturally generated [[Sculk Shrieker|sculk shriekers]] can spawn [[warden]]s",
"[[Ancient City|ancient cities]] always generate at the same [[altitude|Y-level]] of -51",
"[[Ancient City|ancient cities]] contain [[head|skeleton skulls]] that can otherwise only be obtained from [[Creeper#Charged creeper|charged creeper]] explosions",
"[[bamboo]] can be [[instant mining|instantly broken]] with any type of [[sword]]",
"[[ghast]]s only notice the player when they're about the same height as the player",
"besides [[Nether Fortress|nether fortresses]], [[Nether Wart|nether wart]] can also be found in some [[Bastion Remnant|bastion remnants]]",
"besides [[Amethyst Geode|amethyst geodes]], [[calcite]] can also be found in [[Mountains#Stony peaks|stony peaks]] biomes",
"[[horse]]s can be led across rivers using a [[Golden Carrot|golden carrot]] or [[Golden Apple|golden apple]]",
"[[Lightning Rod|lightning rods]] prevent [[Thunderstorm#Lightning|lightning]] from spawning [[Skeleton Horse|skeleton trap horses]]",
"16 blocks of [[End Stone|end stone]] under the [[exit portal]] regenerate each time the [[Ender Dragon|ender dragon]] is re-summoned",
"[[End Stone|end stone]] takes the exact same amount of time to break as [[deepslate]]",
"baby [[piglin]]s never grow up",
"[[piglin]]s get angry at a player that opens a [[chest]] only when they can see the player",
"[[piglin]]s can hear a player break [[chest]]s and [[gold]]-related blocks behind walls",
"[[panda]]s can only be [[breeding|bred]] if there is enough [[bamboo]] planted near them",
"besides [[bamboo]], [[panda]]s also eat [[cake]]s",
"[[Lush Caves|lush caves]] is the only [[Biome#Cave biomes|cave biome]] that can generate beneath [[ocean]]s",
"[[Deep Dark|deep dark]] biomes never generate under [[ocean]]s, [[river]]s and [[swamp]]s",
"besides [[oak]] and [[birch]] trees, [[mangrove]] trees also have a chance of growing [[beehive|bee nests]]",
"from [[Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100201-2|Indev 0.31 20100201-2]], [[flint and steel]] could be dropped by mobs until [[flint]] was introduced in [[Java Edition Indev 20100219|Indev 20100219]]",
"[[lava]]'s animated texture used to be darker",
"[[cactus]] used to be a full block",
"the first test [[recipe]] had an [[apple]] in the top right corner to make an [[arrow]]",
"[[log]]s used to break faster than stone until [[Java Edition Indev 20100219|Indev 20100219]]",
"[[the Nether]]'s original in-game name was The Slip",
"[[tnt]] could be prevented from detonating by punching it again when detonated, but only in [[Java Edition Classic 0.30|0.30 (Survival)]]"
}
return p