Minecraft: Java Edition

November 18, 2011

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Emeralds were originally supposed to be rubies, but they were changed to emeralds due to Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) being color-blind, making him not able to easily tell the difference between redstone ore and ruby ore.

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person Kingperson24 calendar_month March 26, 2013

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The game was partly inspired by an earlier game by Notch called RubyDung. It was more of a Base-Building type game, like Dwarf Fortress. The old Cobblestone texture came from this game.

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person Shadowmane calendar_month March 22, 2013

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One achievement in Minecraft is called "The Lie", which includes making a cake. This is a nod to Portal's famous meme, "The Cake Is A Lie". Also, the achievement for entering the nether in the PC version is called "We Need To Go Deeper", which is a reference of the multi-layered dream based plot of "Inception".

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person ORWELL6 calendar_month March 21, 2013

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When Soul Sand is directly placed over an ice block, its slow effect is greatly increased, affecting both mobs and players.

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person AussieYak calendar_month March 20, 2013

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"Herobrine Removed" has been added to a number changelogs. Herobrine is a character from a Minecraft "creepypasta" who looks exactly like the player, but has white eyes. It is said that Herobrine is Notch's dead brother, although Notch said himself that he does not have a dead brother. Herobrine never appeared in the game, and it's likely that this line being added to the changelogs is just a joke with the community.

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person ecylisis calendar_month March 20, 2013

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Steve once had a beard, but it was removed in the beta update.

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person pyoro64 calendar_month March 19, 2013

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The in-game NPC Villagers, often referred to as Testificates, were originally planned to be Pigmen, much like the Nether mobs. (Except not undead.) They would have the standard player model like Zombies and Zombie Pigmen, but with a Pig's skin. The second Skin Pack for the Xbox 360 version contains a Pigman skin as a slight nod to this.

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person Ancel3 calendar_month March 18, 2013

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Originally, zombies used to drop feathers when killed. This was the result of Notch, the developer of Minecraft at the time, not knowing what zombies should drop.

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person ummwat calendar_month March 18, 2013

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The Creepers were based on a failed model of a pig. The length and the height of the pig model were accidentally inverted, resulting in a tall mid section with small legs.

"I don't have any modeling programs to do the models, I just write them in code. And I accidentally made them (the creepers) tall instead of long, so it was like a tall thing with four little feet. And that became the creeper. As opposed to a pig." - Minecraft creator 'Notch'

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person pyoro64 calendar_month March 17, 2013

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When enchanting an item, the strange symbols used to describe the kind of enchantment is actually a direct usage of the Standard Galactic Alphabet from the Commander Keen series for DOS.

The texts respectively read "Well Played Internets You Are Good", "These Names Will Be Random And Confusing" and "Each Spell Costs Experience Levels" describing the function of the enchantment table.

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person kagemaru calendar_month March 17, 2013

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Diamonds were originally called Emeralds. Because of the light blue color they had, Notch decided to change the name to diamonds. In the code of Minecraft, Diamonds were still referred to as emeralds until 1.3, which introduced the current item known as Emeralds.