Splash

Splash texts are the yellow lines of text on the title screen. They are randomly chosen from the list below and often feature references to popular culture (e.g. websites, quotes, and video games). The splash pulsates on the title screen twice per second.
Splash texts are not translated and appear the same regardless of the language setting chosen. In , the splashes are defined in a plain-text file within the file (specifically, in ). , the splashes are defined in a file.
Splashes can be modified by editing the file via a resource pack.
== Complete list of splashes == 
#This is the line number of the splash in the "splashes.txt" file; splashes are not actually numbered in any way in splashes.txt itself.	Splash text 	Explanation 	Version addedThe exact version a splash was added is not always known. In such cases, the earliest version the splash is known to have appeared in is listed.	Version addedThe exact version a splash was added is not always known. In such cases, the earliest version the splash is known to have appeared in is listed.
#This is the line number of the splash in the "splashes.txt" file; splashes are not actually numbered in any way in splashes.txt itself.	Splash text 	Explanation 	 	
1 	As seen on TV! 	that is often lampooned. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
2 	Awesome! 	 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
3 	100% pure! 	A reference to some juices that use "100% pure" or a variant thereof as a selling point. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
4 	May contain nuts! 	A common warning. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
5 	More polygons!Less polygons! 	Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on . 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
6 	Moderately attractive! 	Prior to 1.16 Pre-release 3, this splash read, "Sexy!" 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
7 	Limited edition! 	. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
8 	Flashing letters! 	Referring to the flashing of the splash text itself. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
9 	It's here! 	Prior to Minecraft 1.0.0 RC1, this splash read "Coming soon!". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
10 	Best in class! 	A frequently-used catchphrase in car commercials. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
11 	It's finished! 	Prior to Minecraft 1.0.0 RC1, this read "When it's finished!". 	Indev 	
12 	Kind of dragon free! 	It may be a possible reference to a quote from Wurm Online, wherein Notch states that "we will never add dragons". Dragons were eventually added, however. The same thing happened in Minecraft with the addition of the ender dragon in Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4. Before RC1, this splash read "Absolutely dragon free!". 	Indev 	
13 	Excitement! 	 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
14 	More than 500 sold! 	In Indev 0.31 20100202, this splash originally read "More than 4000 sold!". In Indev 20100218, it was changed to read "More than 5000 sold!". In Alpha v1.0.4, it was changed to read "More than 25000 sold!". In Alpha v1.0.13, it was changed to the current splash, making it one of three splashes to be changed more than once. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
15 	One of a kind! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
16 	Heaps of hits on YouTube! 	Minecraft is among the most popular topics on , having received over one trillion views."One Trillion Minecraft Views on YouTube and Counting" – YouTube on YouTube, December 14, 2021 Notch's channel, which no longer has content, received over a million views, 33 million video views, and has 91,500+ subscribers. User-created tutorial and demonstration videos, "" series, s, and various other videos are also common. Prior to Alpha v1.0.4, this read "700+ hits on YouTube!". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
17 	Indev! 	Indev was the second major version of Minecraft, after Classic. It was succeeded by Infdev. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
18 	Spiders everywhere! 	There are a lot of spiders in Minecraft during the night. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
19 	Check it out! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
20 	Holy cow, man! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
21 	It's a game! 	Minecraft is a game. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
22 	Made in Sweden! 	A parody of the well-known phrase found attached to imported goods: "Made in _" (Country), based on Mojang being centered in . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
23 	Uses LWJGL! 	Minecraft uses LWJGL. 	Indev 	
24 	Reticulating splines! 	Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of and series by , and the fictional videogame SBURB from Homestuck. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
25 	Minecraft! 	The name of the game. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
26 	Yaaay! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
27 	Singleplayer! 	Minecraft was, at the time this splash was created, a one-player game. 	Indev 	
28 	Keyboard compatible! 	Minecraft is playable with a keyboard. This splash text still appears in versions that do not contain keyboard support, such as Legacy Console Edition. This issue was fixed in the New Nintendo 3DS Edition only, as the splash text was replaced with “Touch Compatible!” Which, this version, indeed, is touch compatible. 	Indev 	
29 	Ingots! 	Iron, gold, copper, and netherite ingots are obtainable in the game. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
30 	Exploding creepers! 	Reference to the beloved creeper in the game. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
31 	That's no moon! 	Famous quote from . The full quote is "That's no moon, it's a space station!". Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "That's not a moon!". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
32 	l33t! 	-|3110". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
33 	Create! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
34 	Survive! 	Survival was once the only given objective in the game, although more objectives were added with the inclusion of achievements, then advancements. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
35 	Dungeon! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
36 	Exclusive! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
37 	The bee's knees! 	A 1920s slang phrase of unknown etymology, though it possibly originated in Britain. Predates the addition of bees. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
38 	Closed source! 	Minecraft is currently , meaning the source code has not been publicly released. Before he sold the game to Microsoft, Notch mentioned this could change "once sales start dying and a minimum time has passed", at which point he would "possibly release it all as ".http://web.archive.org/web/20121014094057/https://minecraft.net/game 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
39 	Classy! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
40 	Wow! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
41 	Not on Steam! 	is an online service used to distribute many indie games, as well as . Both versions of Minecraft for PC, Minecraft: Java Edition and the Bedrock-based Minecraft for Windows, are not sold via Steam, but only on Xbox Store and the Minecraft website. However, three spin-offs released on Steam. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
42 	Oh man! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
43 	Awesome community! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
44 	Pixels! 	Everything in Minecraft is made out of pixels. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
45 	Teetsuuuuoooo! 	Refers to the Japanese anime film . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
46 	Kaaneeeedaaaa! 	Refers to the Japanese anime film . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
47 	Now with difficulty! 	Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard. 	Indev 	
48 	Enhanced! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
49 	90% bug free! 	 	Indev 20100206 	v0.7.3 alpha
50 	Pretty! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
51 	12 herbs and spices! 	A parody of 's secret chicken flavoring recipe containing 11 herbs and spices. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
52 	Fat free! 	Often an advertising point on food, directed at people attempting to lose or keep from gaining weight. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
53 	Absolutely no memes! 	 	Indev 20100206 	v0.7.3 alpha
54 	Free dental! 	Free dental is often a talking point about a job advertisement, and is similar to . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
55 	Ask your doctor! 	Similar to "As seen on TV", said at some point in almost every pharmaceutical advertisement. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
56 	Minors welcome! 	A pun on 'miners' being a homophone of 'minors', and the game is commonly played among children. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
57 	Cloud computing! 	is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
58 	Legal in Finland! 	May be a reference to the urban legend that is thought to have been illegal in Finland. May also be a reference to the fact that the sale of (Swedish tobacco) is illegal in Finland. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
59 	Hard to label! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
60 	Technically good! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
61 	Bringing home the bacon! 	"Bringing home the bacon" is a phrase that, similar to "breadwinner", refers to providing for a group of people or household. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
62 	Indie! 	Minecraft was a game developed independently, hence an . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
63 	GOTY! 	A common abbreviation for "Game of the Year". Minecraft has been nominated — and voted — by a number of gaming magazines and news sites. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
64 	Ceci n'est pas une title screen! 	"Ceci n'est pas une" is French for "This is not a"; the phrase refers to (La trahison des images), a painting by the Belgian , which depicts a pipe with the sentence "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." ("This is not a pipe.") written beneath it. The all-French version of this splash would be "Ceci n'est pas un texte d'accueil!" 	Indev 	
65 	Euclidian! 	Minecraft worlds are mostly made up of one of the simplest forms of , the cube. The splash contains a typo. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
66 	Now in 3D! 	Minecraft had a mode until 17w43a. Even though 3D Anaglyph was removed in 17w43a, the splash still exists. Additionally, Minecraft takes place in a 3D world. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
67 	Inspirational! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
68 	Herregud! 	Swedish for "Oh My God!". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
69 	Complex cellular automata! 	Both Minecraft and an earlier work of Notch's feature ; Notch has stated that he is fascinated by it. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
70 	Yes, sir! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
71 	Played by cowboys! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
72 	Now on OpenGL 3.2 core profile! 	Another technology used by Minecraft. This splash has been changed multiple times over time, previously being "OpenGL 2.1 (if supported!)" in versions prior to 1.17 (21w10a), "Open GL 1.2!" in versions prior to 1.8 (14w06a) and "OpenGL 1.1!" in versions prior to 1.0 RC1. 	Indev 	
73 	Thousands of colors! 	Alias for (16-bit), which can represent up to 65,536 colors, on a . Minecraft uses 32-bit colors (24 bits for color and 8 bits for opacity), which can represent around 16.7 million colors (16,777,216) with each color having 256 opacity values. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
74 	Try it! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
75 	Age of Wonders is better! 	is a PC turn-based strategy game. It is often to be compared with "", which is also a turn-based strategy game. 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	v0.7.3 alpha
76 	Try the mushroom stew! 	A reference to mushroom stew. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
77 	Sensational! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
78 	Hot tamale, hot hot tamale! 	Line from the song "Tamale". 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
79 	Play him off, keyboard cat! 	Refers to a meme in which a cat plays a piano. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
80 	Guaranteed! 	A common marketing term. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
81 	Macroscopic! 	Macroscopic is a word that means "visible," the way splash texts are. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
82 	Bring it on! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
83 	Random splash! 	Different splash texts appear randomly, just like this one. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
84 	Call your mother! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
85 	Monster infighting! 	Aggressive mobs can attack one another if the player can get one mob to accidentally attack another through a mechanic called Monster Infighting. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
86 	Loved by millions! 	Minecraft has millions of sales. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
87 	Ultimate edition! 	A common marketing term. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
88 	Freaky! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
89 	You've got a brand new key! 	Refers to the song "" by American folk singer . 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
90 	Water proof! 	A common marketing term. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
91 	Uninflammable! 	A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
92 	Whoa, dude! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
93 	All inclusive! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
94 	Tell your friends! 	 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
95 	NP is not in P! 	The is widely considered the most important unsolved problem in computer science. In layman's terms, the problem asks if certain problems are inherently much more difficult than others, measured by the computation time needed to solve them. 	Indev 	v0.7.3 alpha
96 	Music by C418! 	The large majority of Minecraft's music was composed by C418. 	Indev 	
97 	Livestreamed! 	Minecraft is livestreamed on many platforms. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
98 	Haunted! 	This splash predates the creation of Herobrine (the story of which was posted no earlier than the Alpha v1.0.16_02 update) and therefore has nothing to do with it. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
99 	Polynomial! 	s. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
100 	Terrestrial! 	 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
101 	All is full of love! 	"" is a song by Icelandic singer . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
102 	Full of stars! 	Part of a quote from ("The thing's hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it's full of stars!") and his last line before being pulled through the monolith, from the novel (while often attributed to the , the line does not actually appear on-screen until its sequel, ). However, Minecraft is full of stars. They are square pixels on the screen that appear at nighttime. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
103 	Scientific! 	 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
104 	Not as cool as Spock! 	is a popular character. Prior to 1.8.5, this splash read "Cooler than Spock!". , who played Spock, died on February 27, 2015, one week after the release of 1.8.3; 84 days after, the text was changed in Spock's favor. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
105 	Collaborate and listen! 	Lyrics to "" by American rapper . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
106 	Never dig down! 	Digging directly down is never recommended, since there could be a long drop, a dungeon, mobs or lava below the player. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
107 	Take frequent breaks! 	 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
108 	Not linear! 	As Minecraft is a sandbox game, there is to follow; the game's appeal instead lies in . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
109 	Han shot first! 	in . In the original version of the film, pulls out his blaster and shoots before he knows it. In , Greedo shoots and misses, followed by Han shooting him. This was one of many changes to the film that angered fans. In their plight, they adopted the phrase '!'. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
110 	Nice to meet you! 	A common phrase often used to greet others. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
111 	Buckets of lava! 	A bucket may be filled with lava. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
112 	Ride the pig! 	Pigs can be ridden with a saddle. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
113 	Larger than Earth! 	The theoretical maximum size of the map in Minecraft is roughly eight times the total surface area of the . However, technical restrictions mean that the actual maximum size is much smaller, though still larger than the Earth. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
114 	sqrt(-1) love you! 	Mathematical confession using . Imaginary numbers, including \sqrt{-1} are represented by the mathematical constant i, so this phrase translates to "i love you". 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
115 	Phobos anomaly! 	The final map of 's first episode. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
116 	Punching wood! 	While not strictly necessary, it is nearly impossible to start a new world without collecting wood, which, lacking tools, must be done by punching it. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
117 	Falling off cliffs! 	Often happened accidentally before sneaking was implemented. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
118 	1% sugar! 	"Sugar-free" is frequently used in food-related advertisements and packaging. Before Minecraft 1.9, this splash read "0% sugar!". Additionally, sugar is available as an item. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	
119 	150% hyperbole! 	A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to generate emphasis or humor. 150% is, naturally, an exaggeration. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
120 	Synecdoche! 	A synecdoche (Greek for "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech where an object or concept is represented by a part or subconcept. In the case of Minecraft, it is likely that the term "Synecdoche" refers to the different elements and features of the game, such as the blocks, mobs, and mechanics, which represent a larger part of the overall gaming experience. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
121 	Let's danec! 	A reference to a typo Notch made while working on . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
122 	Seecret Friday update! 	Before Minecraft went Beta, updates were released weekly, every Friday. Notch called these updates "Seecret Friday updates". 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
123 	Reference implementation! 	Refers to . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	
124 	Kiss the sky! 	A reference to the lyrics from "" by American guitarist . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
125 	20 GOTO 10! 	Refers to . When executed, this line would create an infinite loop, continuously re-executing whatever instruction was on line 10 (usually a PRINT statement). 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
126 	Verlet intregration! 	is a technique often used to calculate trajectories of particles. It contains a typo. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
127 	Peter Griffin! 	Head of the family from the animated TV show . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
128 	Do not distribute! 	Part of the Minecraft terms and conditions;https://account.mojang.com/documents/minecraft_eula referred to as "The one major rule" by Notch. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
129 	Cogito ergo sum! 	Latin for "I think, therefore I am." A quote from . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
130 	4815162342 lines of code! 	4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 are The Numbers that appear all over the television series . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
131 	A skeleton popped out! 	Reference to the "AND THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT" trollpastahttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/and-then-a-skeleton-popped-out 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
132 	The sum of its parts! 	Reference to the . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
133 	BTAF used to be good! 	is a comic strip that has been running since 1992. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
134 	I miss ADOM! 	Ancient Domains of Mystery is an old, but popular and unique rogue-like game, featuring a world made completely of characters for graphics, dungeons (random and infinite), and monsters, but also many (optional) storylines that help hold all the features together to stop it from becoming boring. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
135 	umop-apisdn! 	The phrase "upside-down", upside-down. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
136 	OICU812! 	When read aloud, "Oh, I see you ate one, too." Most likely a reference to the album "", but may also be a reference to . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
137 	Bring me Ray Cokes! 	Notch was a big fan of Ray Cokes and used to enjoy it when he was little. 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
138 	Finger-licking! 	"Finger-lickin' good" is a slogan of . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
139 	Thematic! 	 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
140 	Pneumatic! 	A word meaning "air-powered". 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
141 	Sublime! 	A term that flourished in the Romance period, used to describe a feeling of simultaneous wonder and terror at natural phenomena- quite apt for many a player's experience of the game. (Additionally, the German Romance painter 's "", frequently cited as a prototypical example of the sublime in art, is the source for an in-game painting.) 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
142 	Octagonal! 	 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
143 	Une baguette! 	Literally "a stick" in French, a is a kind of bread. Minecraft also features bread and sticks. This could also be a reference to the song "". 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
144 	Gargamel plays it! 	is the main antagonist of . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
145 	Rita is the new top dog! 	Refers to an old Australian TV show, . 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
146 	SWM forever! 	SWM stands for "Single White Male". 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
147 	Representing Edsbyn! 	is a village in with around 4000 residents; Notch lived in Edsbyn for the first years of his life.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBF2ugTzXqQ&t=133s 	Alpha v1.0.4 	v0.7.3 alpha
148 	Matt Damon! 	May refer to , in which is a simpleton who can say only his name. 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
149 	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! 	The famous from 's . Before Minecraft RC1, it read "Superfragilisticexpialidocious!"; Notch hinted it may have been a hidden message. 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
150 	Consummate V's! 	Refers to an episode of Homestar Runner. 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
151 	Cow Tools! 	Refers to a Far Side comic by . 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
152 	Double buffered! 	A common screen that Minecraft uses. 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
153 	Fan fiction! 	 	Alpha v1.0.11 	v0.7.3 alpha
154 	Flaxkikare! 	A reference to , a children's comic created by Swedish cartoonist , in which the title character had a magical spyglass called the Flaxkikare, which can be translated to English as "lucky spyglass" or "happiness/flash telescope". 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
155 	Jason! Jason! Jason!Jason! Jason! Jason! Jeison? 	Possibly a reference to a scene in the game "Heavy Rain". 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
156 	Hotter than the sun! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
157 	Internet enabled! 	This splash was added around the time when multiplayer was reintroduced to the game. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
158 	Autonomous! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
159 	Engage! 	Refers to the saying "Engage!" by , a signal to act on previously given orders. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
160 	Fantasy! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
161 	DRR! DRR! DRR! 	Refers to the Junji Ito manga , in particular the bonus story . 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
162 	Kick it root down! 	Lyrics from the song "" by American hip-hop band "". 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
163 	Regional resources! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
164 	Woo, facepunch! 	Facepunch was a game forum. It has since shut down, but this splash is still in the game. Facepunch is also the developer of Garry's Mod, another sandbox game (which also happens to have a "Minecraftity" texturizing option). 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
165 	Woo, somethingawful! 	SomethingAwful is an internet site. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
166 	Woo, tigsource! 	TIGSource is an indie game development forum where Notch originally posted Minecraft.http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.0 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
167 	Woo, worldofminecraft! 	World of Minecraft is yet another popular Minecraft forum. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
168 	Woo, reddit! 	Reddit is a popular online news and entertainment site driven by user-submitted content. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
169 	Woo, 2pp! 	A reference to , the company behind Minecraft: The Story of Mojang. 	Beta 1.3 	v0.7.3 alpha
170 	Google anlyticsed! 	A past-tense misspelling of Google Analytics, a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
171 	Now supports åäö! 	These characters are not part of the standard 26-character Latin alphabet, but are used in the Swedish alphabet (many Scandinavian languages use such extended versions of the Latin alphabet). Minecraft now supports these characters in in-game input fields. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
172 	Give us Gordon! 	Refers to Gordon Freeman. At the time of when splash was added, Notch expected for release of Half-Life 2: Episode Three / Half-Life 3.https://twitter.com/notch/status/15693556253 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
173 	Tip your waiter! 	A phrase commonly said by comedians at the end of their performances. Other variations are "Tip your waitress!" or "Try the veal!".http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/463.html 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
174 	Very fun! 	Lots of people would describe Minecraft as very fun. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
175 	12345 is a bad password! 	12345 is an easily guessable password. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
176 	Vote for net neutrality! 	is a principle that advocates no restrictions by internet service providers or governments on consumers' access to networks that participate in the internet. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
177 	Lives in a pineapple under the sea! 	Part of the opening line of the theme song for the animated series . 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
178 	MAP11 has two names! 	Reference to the level MAP11 in the game , which is called both "Circle of Death" and "O' of Destruction!" in-game. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	
179 	Omnipotent! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
180 	Gasp! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
181 	...! 	 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
182 	Bees, bees, bees, bees! 	A line from one of Weebl's works, "cup". Predates the addition of bees. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
183 	Jag känner en bot! 	Swedish for "I know a bot". Refers to the first line of the song "" by the Swedish dance artist, . 	Alpha v1.0.13 	v0.7.3 alpha
184 	This text is hard to read if you play the game at the default resolution, but at 1080p it's fine!	The splash text scales to fit, making this particular splash difficult to read at lower resolutions. 	Alpha v1.0.13 	
185 	Haha, LOL!Haha, LEL! 	 	Alpha v1.0.14 	v0.7.3 alpha
186 	Hampsterdance! 	is one of the popular music since early 2000s. 	Alpha v1.0.14 	v0.7.3 alpha
187 	Menger sponge! 	The is a fractal object constructed by dividing a cube into 27 smaller cubes and removing the smaller center cube from each of the larger cube's six faces and the smaller cube in the larger cube's center, and repeating this operation for each remaining smaller cube, and then for each of the even smaller cubes, and so on. A Menger sponge can be exactly represented in Minecraft up to the fifth iteration. A Menger sponge world can be found in the 2020 April Fools snapshot 20w14∞. 	Alpha v1.0.16 	v0.7.3 alpha
188 	idspispopd! 	The no-clip command for , which allows flying and passing through walls. Predates the addition of Spectator Mode. 	Alpha v1.0.16 	v0.7.3 alpha
189 	Eple (original edit)! 	Title of a piece by Norwegian electronic music duo . 	Alpha v1.0.16 	v0.7.3 alpha
190 	So fresh, so clean! 	"" is a song by American hip-hop duo . 	Alpha v1.0.16 	v0.7.3 alpha
191 	Slow acting portals! 	Portals to the Nether (but not the End) take a few seconds to activate, although in Creative mode, they are instant. In addition, it is satire on many claims about i.e. "Fast acting stain remover" or "Fast acting solvent". 	Alpha v1.2.0 	
192 	Try the Nether! 	A reference to the Nether. 	Alpha v1.2.0 	
193 	Don't look directly at the bugs! 	 	Alpha v1.2.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
194 	Oh, ok, Pigmen! 	Zombified Piglins, formerly known as Zombie Pigmen, may be found in the Nether. 	Alpha v1.2.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
195 	Finally with ladders! 	Ladders were added to the game in Infdev. 	Alpha v1.2.0 	
196 	Scary! 	Refers to the Halloween Update. 	Alpha v1.2.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
197 	Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig! 	Added during the yearly LRR Desert Bus charity drive.
References , a popular British motoring show. 	Alpha v1.2.3_02 	v0.7.3 alpha
198 	Twittered about! 	Notch often tweeted about Minecraft on his Twitter feed, as do many other people still. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
199 	Jump up, jump up, and get down! 	"" by American hip-hop group "". 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
200 	Joel is neat! 	May refer to Canadian electronic music composer deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
201 	A riddle, wrapped in a mystery! 	From a quote by ; "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
202 	This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! 	Reference to the "" from . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
203 	Welcome to your Doom! 	The boss quote from . The capitalization of "Doom" also hints at it being a reference to the game, . 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
204 	Stay a while, stay forever! 	A quote from Impossible Mission, a game for the . 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
205 	Stay a while and listen! 	A quote from Elder Deckard Cain from the series. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
206 	Treatment for your rash! 	A commonly-used phrase in medicine advertising. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
207 	"Autological" is! 	An is a word that describes itself. Prior to Minecraft 1.0.0 RC1, this read '"Noun" is an autonym!'. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
208 	Information wants to be free! 	A referring to the fact that keeping information contained tends to be more difficult than allowing it to disseminate. 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
209 	"Almost never" is an interesting concept! 	 	Beta 1.0 	v0.7.3 alpha
210 	Lots of truthiness! 	A reference to American late-night host 's favorite word "". 	Beta 1.3 	v0.7.3 alpha
211 	The creeper is a spy! 	"The […] is a spy!" is a common phrase used in to warn other players of enemy spies; the Spy is a class that is able to disguise as the enemy team and kill them from behind, which creepers tend to do. 	Beta 1.3 	v0.7.3 alpha
212 	Turing complete! 	is a term used in computer science for machines and programming languages that are able to perform all operations of a . The redstone mechanism is one of them. 	Beta 1.3 	
213 	It's groundbreaking! 	 	Beta 1.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
214 	Let our battle's begin! 	Probably a reference to Bob the Angry Flower. 	Beta 1.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
215 	The sky is the limit! 	A common phrase, meaning that there are few limits to projects. Also, no blocks can be placed above the map height. 	Beta 1.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
216 	Jeb has amazing hair! 	Referring to Mojang employee Jens Bergensten having long, red hair. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
217 	Ryan also has amazing hair! 	Referring to former Mojang employee Ryan Holtz having long, brown hair. 	1.7.4 	
218 	Casual gaming! 	 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
219 	Undefeated! 	 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
220 	Kinda like Lemmings! 	is a game which also features mining, digging and blowing things up. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
221 	Follow the train, CJ! 	A reference to the mission "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" in . 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
222 	Leveraging synergy! 	A common example of . 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
223 	This message will never appear on the splash screen, isn't that weird? 	This is the first splash that doesn't end with an exclamation point (!), other than the special "missingno" splash. As its text implies, the splash is never displayed in Java Edition (but displays in other editions). 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	
224 	DungeonQuest is unfair! 	is a board game whose gameplay relies on the players creating the playing board by randomly selecting tiles and placing them on a grid. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
225 	90210! 	is famous for being the for . 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
226 	Check out the far lands! 	The Far Lands were the "limit" of the infinite map, until Notch accidentally fixed them in Beta 1.8. Ironically, this splash was added to the game after the Far Lands were fixed. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	
227 	Tyrion would love it! 	Refers to , the dwarf from the book , in which he is forced to watch fellow dwarves belittled in a mock pig joust. Minecraft allows the player to ride pigs and perform such jousts. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Tyrian would love it!". 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
228 	Also try VVVVVV! 	is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on gravity manipulation. Both it and Minecraft were included in the Humble Indie Bundle 3. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
229 	Also try Super Meat Boy! 	is a 2D platformer game based on difficult levels. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
230 	Also try Terraria! 	Terraria is a 2D action-adventure, open-world sandbox / platformer game with a similar premise to Minecraft. Terraria features title messages similar to splashes; one of the messages reads "Terraria: Also try Minecraft!". 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
231 	Also try Mount And Blade! 	is a medieval-themed RPG for Microsoft Windows. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
232 	Also try Project Zomboid! 	is a zombie apocalypse-themed game. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
233 	Also try World of Goo! 	is a 2D physics-based puzzle game. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
234 	Also try Limbo! 	is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on avoiding ingenious traps. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
235 	Also try Pixeljunk Shooter! 	is a 2D shooter that is available only on the . 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
236 	Also try Braid! 	is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on time manipulation. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
237 	That's super! 	 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
238 	Bread is pain! 	This splash has two meanings: one related to translation ("pain" is French for "bread"), and one ironic (bread in Minecraft heals the player). 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
239 	Read more books! 	 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
240 	Khaaaaaaaaan! 	A reference to the scene in when screams 's name. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
241 	Less addictive than TV Tropes! 	TV Tropes is very addictive. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
242 	More addictive than lemonade! 	 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
243 	Bigger than a bread box! 	Refers to a question asked by , "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", during a game of on . 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
244 	Millions of peaches! 	Line from the song "" by 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
245 	Fnord! 	is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
246 	This is my true form! 	A common cliché stock phrase usually used by villains and godly figures in works of fantasy. It is mainly employed at the final battle of the game. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
247 	Don't bother with the clones! 	Relates to the numerous "clones" of Minecraft, such as Total Miner: Forge, and perhaps an ironic reference to the fact that Minecraft conceptually is itself a "clone" of Infiniminer, and therefore "clones" might not be negative remakes of other games. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
248 	Pumpkinhead! 	Pumpkins are wearable as helmets in Minecraft. 	Beta 1.8(Pre-release) 	v0.7.3 alpha
249 	Made by Jeb! 	Jeb became the lead Minecraft developer once Notch stepped down from developing it in 2011. This splash was added by Notch. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	
250 	Has an ending! 	A reference to the End. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	
251 	Finally complete! 	A reference to the fact that Minecraft has left Beta. While it may have been "officially released", it is (in reality) far from "complete" and continually being developed. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	
252 	Feature packed! 	 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
253 	Boots with the fur! 	Line from the song "" by , featuring . 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
254 	Stop, hammertime! 	A phrase from the song "" by . 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
255 	Testificates! 	In Beta 1.9 Prerelease, all villagers had the name "TESTIFICATE" over their head. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.9.0 alpha(build 1)
256 	Conventional! 	 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
257 	Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere! 	A "" is a mathematical property indicating that there is a continual topological mapping between two objects; in layman's terms, there exists a way to deform one into the other without cutting or gluing. A "" is a sphere in 3 dimensions, or the set of points equidistant from a given center in 4-space, a higher-dimensional analog of the "2-sphere" (what is thought of as an ordinary .) Possibly a reference to the . 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
258 	Doesn't avoid double negatives! 	A double negative is where two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. This sentence itself uses double negatives. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
259 	Place ALL the blocks! 	A just a particular text referring their own blocks. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
260 	Does barrel rolls! 	Refers to a move that can be performed by the Arwing in games. In , the humorous way in which Peppy Hare said "Do a barrel roll!" led to the creation of a meme. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
261 	Meeting expectations! 	 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
262 	PC gaming since 1873! 	The slogan of the UK-based PC gaming blog Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
263 	Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs! 	"s", using obscure rules of English pronunciation.http://www.economist.com/node/11920829 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
264 	Déjà vu! This splash is intentionally a duplicate, and is part of the ; see . 	is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
265 	Déjà vu! This splash is intentionally a duplicate, and is part of the ; see . 	is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
266 	Got your nose! 	Based on where one person grabs someone's nose, then moves their hand away with their own thumb through the middle of their two first fingers. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
267 	Haley loves Elan! 	A reference to the webcomic "", in which has a long-concealed crush on and eventually starts a relationship with him. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
268 	Afraid of the big, black bat! 	A quote from in the film : "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" Also, could be a reference to the ender dragon, as this splash was added around the same time. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
269 	Doesn't use the U-word! 	 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
270 	Child's play! 	A phrase used to imply something is easy, just like how Minecraft is easy to play. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
271 	See you next Friday or so! 	The release day (Friday, November 18, 2011) of the full release of Minecraft (1.0.0) during MineCon. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
272 	From the streets of Södermalm! 	is the district in where Mojang Studios' offices are located. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
273 	150 bpm for 400000 minutes! 	This is a reference to pregnancy: 400,000 minutes is approximately 9 months and 150 BPM is the average fetal heart rate. If BPM is instead interpreted as "blocks per minute", this would equal 60 million, the maximum size of a Java Edition world. However, this appears to just be a coincidence, as the fixed world border was not added until 1.7.2, nearly two years after this splash. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
274 	Technologic! 	Minecraft was made with technology. Also a possible reference to a Daft Punk song, Technologic. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
275 	Funk soul brother! 	A repeated lyric in a vocal sample in the song "The Rockafeller Skank". The sample comes from the beginning of the song "Vinyl Dog Vibe" by Vinyl Dogs. 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
276 	Pumpa kungen! 	"Pumpakungen" is Swedish for "(the) pumpkin king". It is intentionally misspelt as "pumpa kungen" as a joke, as it can be read as "pump the king". 	1.0.0(RC1) 	v0.7.3 alpha
277 	日本ハロー！ 	Japanese for "Hello, Japan!". 	1.1(11w50a) 	
278 	한국 안녕하세요! 	Korean for "Hello, South Korea!". 	1.1(11w50a) 	
279 	Helo Cymru! 	Welsh for "Hello, Wales!". 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
280 	Cześć Polsko! 	Polish for "Hello, Poland!". Before 1.3.2 Pre-release, the splash was "Cześć Polska". 	1.1(11w50a) 	
281 	你好中国！ 	Chinese Simplified for "Hello, China!". Actually, there must be a comma after the character "好". 	1.1(11w50a) 	
282 	Γεια σου Ελλάδα! 	Greek for "Hello, Greece!". 	1.1(11w50a) 	
283 	My life for Aiur! 	Aiur is the homeworld of the protoss in the video game series. The phrase is typically said by Protoss Zealots. 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
284 	Lennart lennart = new Lennart(); 	"" is a Swedish variant of the name "Leonard". This is code (the programming language that Minecraft is written in) that creates a new instance of "Lennart", named "lennart", of type "Lennart". 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
285 	I see your vocabulary has improved! 	A reference to "", a 1997 game by .http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2ao3dp/10_things_you_might_not_know_in_minecraft/cixd8pk 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
286 	Who put it there? 	A reference to the game . 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
287 	You can't explain that! 	Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly}}, with a misunderstanding of a standard occurrence followed by "you can't explain that!" 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
288 	if not ok then return end 	This is script code for exiting a function if the variable "ok" is false or unset. 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
289 	Colormatic 	This splash is stored as "§1C§2o§3l§4o§5r§6m§7a§8t§9i§ac" in splashes.txt; the "§" [section sign] and the character following are color codes that determine the color of the text following the code. 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
290 	FUNKY LOL 	(Obfuscated) This splash is stored as "§kFUNKY LOL" in splashes.txt; as with the "Colormatic" splash, the "§k" is a formatting code, but instead of changing the color of the following text, the code obfuscates the text, replacing it with random, rapidly-changing characters. 	1.1(11w50a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
291 	Big Pointy Teeth! 	"Big Pointy Teeth" is the name of a rabbit in Jeb's game Whispers in Akarra – this is a reference to a quote made by from the movie describing the as a terrible beast with "nasty, big, pointy teeth!"I thought that the Killer Bunny was a tired joke and it's been referenced in so many games, including a game I worked on before Minecraft, called Whispers in Akarra, where the abbit was named Big Pointy Teeth. (Which is also why that's a splash text in Minecraft!) – November 25, 2016	1.3.1(12w22a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
292 	Bekarton guards the gate! 	A reference to Bekarton the Gatekeeper, a character in Jeb's game Whispers in Akarra. 	1.3.1(12w22a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
293 	Mmmph, mmph! 	 	1.3.1(12w26a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
294 	Don't feed avocados to parrots! 	Avocados are poisonous to birds. This splash predates the parrot mob (a similar situation happened regarding music and axolotls). Also, avocados are not available in Minecraft. 	1.3.1(1.3) 	v0.7.3 alpha
295 	Swords for everyone! 	 	1.3.1(1.3-pre) 	v0.7.3 alpha
296 	Plz reply to my tweet! 	References how people on often request for a Mojangsta to reply to their tweet, often of a bug report, feature request, or question. 	1.3.1(1.3-pre) 	v0.7.3 alpha
297 	.party()! 	.party() was a party hosted at PAX that Notch hosted 	1.3.1(1.3-pre) 	v0.7.3 alpha
298 	Take her pillow! 	 	1.4.2(12w32a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
299 	Put that cookie down! 	Said by in the movie . 	1.4.2(12w32a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
300 	Pretty scary! 	References the Pretty Scary Update. 	1.4.2(12w36a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
301 	I have a suggestion. 	 	1.4.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
302 	Now with extra hugs! 	 	1.4.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
303 	Java 16 + 1 = 17! 	Support for was dropped in Minecraft 1.6.1. Before 1.7.2, this splash read "Almost java 6!". Before 1.12, this splash read "Now Java 6!". Before 1.17, this splash read "Now Java 8!". Before 1.18, this splash read "Now Java 16!". This splash is one of three splashes that were changed more than once, and the only one that has been changed five times. 	1.4.6 	
304 	Woah. 	 	1.4.6 	v0.7.3 alpha
305 	HURNERJSGER? 	A reference to a comment on Reddit about villager sounds. 	1.6.1(13w23a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
306 	What's up, Doc? 	Reference to Dinnerbone being killed by MindCrack member Docm77 during the first episode of MindCrack UHC Season 11,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlYoYxO0acc&t=10m25shttps://www.mojang.com/2013/06/minecraft-snapshot-13w23a/ Also based on character , who commonly greeted people by saying "What's up, Doc?" 	1.6.1(13w23a) 	v0.7.3 alpha
307 	Now contains 32 random daily cats! 	A reference to a user who sent pictures of s to Mojang every day until stained glass was added to Minecraft. There are 32 stained glass blocks. 	1.7.2(13w41a) 	
308 	That's Numberwang! 	A reference to British television show . 	1.8(14w02a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
309 	pls rt 	Shortened form of "please retweet", in relation to . 	1.8(14w05a) 	
310 	Do you want to join my server? 	Relates to people in the community asking others to join their multiplayer servers. 	1.8(14w05a) 	
311 	Put a little fence around it! 	Refers to the "" episode of the series . 	1.8(14w05a) 	
312 	Throw a blanket over it! 	Refers to the "" episode of the series "". 	1.8(14w05a) 	
313 	One day, somewhere in the future, my work will be quoted! 	 	1.8(14w05a) 	
314 	Now with additional stuff! 	Since the release of Minecraft, there have been many updates through subsequent updates that have added new features to the game. 	1.8(14w05a) 	
315 	Extra things! 	 	1.8(14w05a) 	
316 	Yay, puppies for everyone! 	 	1.8(14w06a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
317 	So sweet, like a nice bon bon! 	Refers to a line in the song "" by American hip-hop group the . 	1.8(14w10a) 	
318 	Very influential in its circle! 	A reference to a Comedy routine on done by , where he states "I'm very influential in my circle." 	1.8(14w17a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
319 	Now With Multiplayer! 	 	1.8(14w17a) 	
320 	Rise from your grave! 	Refers to the arcade game . 	1.8(14w20a) 	
321 	Warning! A huge battleship "STEVE" is approaching fast! 	Refers to the shoot'em up arcade game , where the message is displayed before encountering a boss. In the splash, the word "STEVE" is used as a placeholder for the name of the boss in the game. 	1.8(14w20a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
322 	Blue warrior shot the food! 	Refers to a line in the arcade game . 	1.8(14w20a) 	
323 	Run, coward! I hunger! 	Refers to the arcade game , which includes the lines "Beware, I live!", "I hunger, coward!", "Run! Run! Run!", "Beware, coward!", "I hunger!", and "Run, coward!". 	1.8(14w20a) 	
324 	Flavor with no seasoning! 	Line from the song "" by . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
325 	Strange, but not a stranger! 	Line from the song "" by the band . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
326 	Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream! 	Line from the song "" by , which was specifically written for film . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
327 	It swings, it jives! 	Line from the song "" by the band . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
328 	Cruising streets for gold! 	Line from the song "" by "". 	1.8(14w25a) 	
329 	Take an eggbeater and beat it against a skillet! 	Line from the song "Funkhauser" by . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
330 	Make me a table, a funky table! 	Line from the song "Funkhauser" by . 	1.8(14w25a) 	
331 	Take the elevator to the mezzanine! 	Line from the song "Super Bon Bon" by . 	1.8(14w25a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
332 	Stop being reasonable, this is the Internet! 	Searge posted this quote on . 	1.8(14w26a) 	
333 	/give @a hugs 64 	A reference to the command . If minecraft:hugs were an item, this would give all players 64 hugs. 	1.8(14w26a) 	
334 	This is good for Realms. 	Realms is a server-hosting service run by Mojang. 	1.8(14w32a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
335 	Any computer is a laptop if you're brave enough! 	 	1.8(1.8-pre1) 	
336 	Do it all, everything! 	 	1.8.2 	
337 	Where there is not light, there can spider! 	One of Ryan Holtz's "personal memes". According to a forum post on Mame World,http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=339376&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1 the phrase was "said by a mutual friend, drunk beyond belief, who had never played Minecraft." 	1.8.2 	
338 	GNU Terry Pratchett 	Refers to the internet tribute for , where the text "X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett" is added to the headers of websites.http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31907768 	1.8.5 	
339 	More Digital! 	 	1.9(15w33a) 	
340 	doot doot! 	The name was referencing a music of the same name is the debut studio album by the Welsh new wave and synth-pop band Freur, released in 1983 by CBS Records.[3] The cassette version of the album included four extra tracks. 	1.9(15w38b) 	
341 	Falling with style! 	Said to by in the 1995 film , "This isn't flying, this is falling with style!". Added soon after elytra were added to the game. 	1.9(15w42a) 	
342 	There's no stopping the Trollmaso 	From an October 6, 2015, tweet by Jens Bergensten: "I didn't want a hypetrain but there's no stopping "Trollmaso", right? ) Yes, new dramatic feature, likely out in the next snapshot."https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/651404271536209920 "Trollmaso" refers to the account @trollmasso, active since August 2015, whose name "Trollmasso ChiChi" was a play on former Pocket Edition developer Tommaso Checchi. Jeb was referring to elytra in that tweet. 	1.9(15w42a) 	
343 	Throw yourself at the ground and miss 	From the book : "'The Guide says there is an art to flying', said Ford, 'or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.'" This splash was added shortly after elytra were added. 	1.9(15w42a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
344 	Rule #1: it's never my fault 	Searge posted this on , in regards to the lava texture being blood-red in 16w21a. 	1.10(16w21b) 	
345 	Replaced molten cheese with blood? 	In snapshot 16w21a, there was a graphical bug making lava appear blood-red, and when that was fixed, Searge compared lava to molten cheese and blood. 	1.10(16w21b) 	
346 	Absolutely fixed relatively broken coordinates 	Changelog in the blog post for snapshot 16w20a contains puns about fixing broken absolute and relative coordinates. 	1.10(16w21b) 	
347 	Boats FTW 	 	1.10(16w21b) 	
348 	Javalicious edition 	Referring to . Also a portmanteau of "Java Edition" and "Delicious". 	1.11(16w32a) 	
349 	Should not be played while driving 	The August 8, 2016 update to the game included a new warning to players traveling above a certain speed: "You're going too fast! Pokémon GO should not be played while driving." Additionally, Minecraft or any other mobile game should never be played while driving or operating machinery. 	1.11(16w33a) 	
350 	You're going too fast! 	The August 8, 2016, update to the game included a new warning to players traveling above a certain speed: "You're going too fast! Pokémon GO should not be played while driving." 	1.11(16w33a) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
351 	Don't feed chocolate to parrots! 	Chocolate is poisonous to birds, so feeding a cookie to an in-game parrot mob kills it instantly.This splash was added during the same development updates as the parrot mob. 	1.12(17w15a) 	1.18.10(beta 1.18.10.20)
352 	The true meaning of covfefe 	Reference to a tweet by former U.S. President whose misspelling ("Despite the constant negative press ") went during the week of the release of 1.12. 	1.12(1.12-pre7) 	
353 	An illusion! What are you hiding? 	Reference to a meme (goes together with splash 355). It is also a reference to the 17w16a blog post on minecraft.net for the illusioner addition, saying "An Illusioner! What are you hiding?".https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-17w16b 	1.12(1.12-pre7) 	
359 	Something funny! 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
354 	Something's not quite right... 	Reference to a meme (goes together with splash 354). 	1.12(1.12-pre7) 	
355 	Thank you for the fish! 	Most likely a reference to from . 	1.13(18w15a) 	
356 	All rumors are true! 	Reference to a tweet by Michael Stoyke teasing the 18w20a snapshot. 	1.13(18w20b) 	
357 	Truly gone fishing! 	Lyrics from the song "" by British progressive rock band . 	1.13(1.13-pre8) 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
358 	Rainbow turtle? 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
360 	I need more context. 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
361 	Ahhhhhh! 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
362 	Don't worry, be happy! 	"" is a song by American jazz artist . 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
363 	Water bottle! 	A glass bottle can be filled with water to become a water bottle. 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
364 	What's the question? 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
365 	Plant a tree! 	Saplings become trees after a certain amount of time. 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
366 	Go to the dentist! 	It is recommended that people visit the dentist at least twice a year. 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
367 	What do you expect? 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
368 	Look mum, I'm in a splash! 	 	1.14(19w13a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
369 	It came from space. 	Reference to @zarawesome's tweet in which it's said that Minecraft comes from space. 	1.14(19w14a) 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
370 	Awesome game design right there! 	A reference to the video "Random Changes and Bad Game Design" by the _MethodZz_, where he repeatedly uses this phrase while demonstrating several bugs in Java Edition 1.14. 	1.14(1.14.1-pre1) 	
371 	Ph1lza had a good run! 	Refers to the and streamer Ph1lza (Phil Watson). He is best known for losing his record breaking hardcore world after surviving for over five years (2014 to 2019). 	1.14.1 	
372 	10 years of Mining and Crafting! 	Added on Minecraft’s tenth anniversary. 	1.14.1 	
373 	Ping the human! 	May be a reference to the act of "pinging" or mentioning someone on Discord, playing the notification sound. May also be a reference to Finn the Human, a protagonist of the animated series . 	1.14.4(1.14.4-pre3) 	
374 	In case it isn't obvious, foxes aren't players. 	Reference to the Mojira bug tracker ticket , in which foxes are referred to as players upon teleporting after eating chorus fruit. 	1.15(1.15-pre3) 	
375 	Buzzy Bees! 	Name of the Java Edition 1.15 update. 	1.15(1.15-pre3) 	
376 	Minecraft Java Edition presents: Disgusting Bugs 	Pun on the word "Bugs"; referring to both s, and actual living bugs. It is also a reference to the 1.15 Pre-Release article. 	1.15(1.15-pre3) 	
377 	Wash your hands! 	Washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is one of the most effective ways to kill harmful bacteria and viruses. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
378 	Soap and water! 	Washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is one of the most effective ways to kill harmful bacteria and viruses. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
379 	Support local businesses! 	Continued patronage is essential in order for most small businesses to remain open during challenging times. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
380 	Stay home and play games! 	Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
381 	Stay safe! 	Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
382 	Stay strong! 	Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
383 	Cough or sneeze into your elbow! 	Coughing or sneezing into your elbow helps to mitigate the spread of germs. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
384 	Don’t touch your face! 	Avoiding contact with your face can help mitigate the spread of germs. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
385 	Support elderly relatives and friends! 	Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
386 	Prepare, but don’t hoard! 	It is recommended to purchase necessities before and during a crisis, but as a courtesy, leaving enough for others is strongly encouraged. Related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
387 	Gamers unite – separately in your own homes! 	Playing multiplayer games separately helps maintain social distancing. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
388 	Save the world – stay inside! 	Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
389 	Shop for your elders! 	Shopping in place of those with compromised or weak immune systems, especially relatives over 60, helps to keep them safe from disease. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
390 	Hang out with your friends online! 	Spending time with friends online rather than in person helps promote social distancing. Related to the . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	
391 	Honey, I grew the bees!Honey, I grew the bees 	Reference to the 1989 film , as well as the mob added in 1.15. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
392 	Find your claw! 	 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
393 	Everybody do the Leif! 	"Leif" is a Scandinavian term that means "beloved." 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
394 	<3 Max & 99 & Ducky! 	 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
395 	Bushy eyebrows! 	Reference to the nickname given to by in the anime and manga. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
396 	Edit is a name!Edit is a name 	Edit is Scandinavian derivative of the English name Edith. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
397 	From free range developers! 	Reference to farm animals (particularly chickens) being raised "free-range," with space to roam freely without cages. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.0(beta 1.16.0.57)
398 	Music by Lena Raine! 	Refers to five tracks composed by Lena Raine for the Nether Update. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
399 	Aww man! 	A reference to the "Creeper, aww man" meme, originating from CaptainSparklez' Minecraft parody song, "Revenge". 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
400 	#minecraftfarms 	A hashtag Felix Jones wanted to get trending.; . 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
401 	And my pickaxe! 	From a quote by the dwarf in the film : "And my axe!" References the pickaxe, one of the most iconic items in the game. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
402 	Envision! Create! Share! 	The motto of the indie game dev group HBGames, which Felix Jones added as a splash to pay homage. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
403 	Fabulous graphics! 	Refers to the "Fabulous!" graphics setting. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
404 	Also try Minecraft Dungeons! 	Reference to the spin-off game. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
405 	Vanilla! 	If the game is unmodded, then it is called "vanilla". This splash can still appear if mods are installed. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
406 	May contain traces of citrus! 	A food allergen warning, as well as a play on developer and current tech lead of Java Edition, slicedlime. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
407 	Zoglin!? 	Related to the addition of Zoglins in 1.16. 	1.16(1.16-rc1) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.54)
408 	Black lives matter! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
409 	Be anti-racist! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
410 	Learn about allyship! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement (& extensible to other equality movements, e.g. trans rights). 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
411 	Speak OUT against injustice and UP for equality! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement (& extensible to other equality movements, e.g. trans rights). 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
412 	Amplify and listen to BIPOC voices! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
413 	Educate your friends on anti-racism! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
414 	Support the BIPOC community and creators! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
415 	Stand up for equality in your community! 	Statement in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement (& extensible to other equality movements, e.g. trans rights). 	1.16.2 (launcher update)1.16.4 (pre2) (game update) 	1.16.100(beta 1.16.100.58)
416 	[this splash text is now available] 	Prior to 1.18, this splash read "[this splash text has been delayed until part 2]", which referred to this announcement made by Mojang Studios which splits Caves & Cliffs into two parts. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
417 	Contains simulated goats! 	Referring to goats as well as Goat Simulator. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
418 	Home-made! 	 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
419 	There's <<a cat on ,my keyboard!~ 	 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
420 	The cutest predator you'll ever meet! 	Referring to axolotl and the advancement "The Cutest Predator" that the player gets by catching an axolotl in a bucket. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
421 	Now you are thinking with pistons! 	Refers to pistons. Also a parody of a catchphrase associated with : "Now you're thinking with portals!" 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
422 	Get to the coppah! 	Reference to a famous line from the film Predator, as well as the addition of copper in 1.17. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
423 	Board game version also available! 	 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
424 	Honey, I waxed the copper! 	Another reference to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, as well as the ability to wax copper blocks. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
425 	Plant-based light sources! 	Most likely refers to Glow Berries and Cave Vines. 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
426 	Made by "real" people! 	 	1.17(1.17-pre1) 	1.17.10(beta 1.17.10.23)
427 	Shriek like a Sculk Shrieker! 	A reference to the sculk shrieker. 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
428 	Who let the frogs out? 	Referring to frogs, and also the song 'Who Let The Dogs Out' by Anslem Douglas and Marvin Prosper 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
429 	RIBBIT! 	Referring to frogs. 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
430 	Croak team! 	 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
431 	Nooooooooooooo! 	A reference to the announcement video for the Minecraft Live 2021 vote, in which Jens Bergensten voiced the line, and subsequently went viral. 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
432 	Flower forest TM perfume 	References one of the teaser tweets leading up to the release of Java Edition Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1. 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
433 	Hat Fridays! 	 	1.19(22w11a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.19.0(beta 1.19.0.20)
434 	Technoblade never dies! 	Tribute to a Minecraft YouTuber, Technoblade, who passed away at the age of 23 after fighting cancer for almost a year. 	1.19.1(1.19.1-pre3) 	1.19.10
435 	You are valid! 	 	1.19.3(22w42a) 	1.19.10(beta 1.19.10.21)
436 	I'm glad you're here! 	 	1.19.3(22w42a) 	1.19.10(beta 1.19.10.21)
437 	You are welcome here! 	 	1.19.3(22w42a) 	1.19.10(beta 1.19.10.21)
438 	Your gender is valid! 	 	1.19.3(22w42a) 	1.19.10(beta 1.19.10.21)
439 	Contains infinite genders! 	 	1.19.3(22w42a) 	1.19.10(beta 1.19.10.21)
440 	Made with lave! 	Refers to a misspelling of "lava" in 22w44a. 	1.19.3(1.19.3-pre1) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
441 	This sand is sus 	Refers to suspicious sand 	1.20(23w16a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
442 	Remember to brush your... ...teeth 	Refers to brushes. 	1.20(23w16a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
443 	Has working bookshelves! 	Refers to chiseled bookshelves. 	1.20(23w16a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
444 	Sniff sniff... 	Refers to sniffers. 	1.20(23w16a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
445 	Place hanging sign here 	Refers to hanging signs. 	1.20(23w16a) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
446 	Joule is neat too! 	 	1.20(1.20-rc1) 	Bedrock Edition 1.20.0
447 	Educate your friends on anti-racism! 	 	1.21.1 	Java
=== Bedrock Edition exclusive splashes ===
Splash text 	Explanation 	Version added
Ported implementation! 	A reference to the port of features into , implementing them through gradual updates. 	v0.7.3 alpha
100% more yellow text! 	Implementation of Splash text. 	v0.7.3 alpha
flowers more important than grass 	All flowers can be crafted into dyes, while grass remains a mundane junk item. 	v0.9.0 alpha (build 1)
Dramatic lighting! 	Implementation of dynamic lighting and/or sunlight shading. 	v0.8.0 alpha (build 1)
Made in C++! 	is written in C++. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Almost C++14! 	 	v0.11.0 alpha
OpenGL ES 2.0+! 	runs on OpenGL ES. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Multithreaded! 	 	v0.9.0 alpha (build 1)
Quite Indie! 	was, at the time, an independently developed game. 	?
!!!1! 	A reference to a common typo when typing in several !s. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Hmmmrmm. 	References villagers' sounds. 	v0.9.0 alpha (build 1)
V-synched! 	uses V-sync. 	v0.7.3 alpha
0xffff-1 chunks 	0xffff is hexadecimal for 65535, so 65535-1 is 65534 chunks. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Endless! 	A reference to Minecraft's infinite terrain. However, at the time of addition, infinite terrain had not yet been implemented in . 	v0.7.3 alpha
Ask your mother! 	May be an alternate to Ask your doctor! or "Ask your parents", a piece of common advice in advertisements that are aimed toward children. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Episode 3! 	Probably in reference to Half-Life 2: Episode Three, which was announced, but doesn't actually exist. 	v0.9.0 alpha (build 1)
Cubism! 	 	v0.7.3 alpha
Astronomically accurate! 	 	v0.7.3 alpha
Made by Mojang! 	Mojang Studios develops Minecraft. 	v0.7.3 alpha
0% sugar! 	A common marketing term. Additionally, sugar is available as an item. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Now with skins! 	Reference to the addition of skins in v0.11.0. 	v0.11.0 alpha
Blame shogchips 	A reference to this joke site, which allows users to 'blame' bugs on Shoghi Cervantes.https://twitter.com/shoghicp/status/588665039000707072https://twitter.com/shoghicp/status/591625251798310912 	v0.11.0 alpha(build 7)
Glowing creepy eyes! 	Refers to endermen and spiders' glowing eyes. 	v0.7.3 alpha
& Knuckles! 	Refers to the Sega game Sonic & Knuckles, which could be combined with Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 to allow play of the Knuckles character in both games. When this is done, the games become Knuckles in Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles respectively.	1.0.0(alpha 0.17.0.2)
code.org/minecraft 	This is a reference of Minecraft Hour of Code. Putting in this address and checking out the website proves this. 	v0.16.2 alpha
discord.gg/minecraft 	This is a reference to the Minecraft Discord server. 	1.2.13(beta 1.2.13.5)
Machine learning! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Release the Snord! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Team Mystic! 	Team Mystic is one of the teams that can be joined in Pokémon Go. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Living, breathing world! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Innovating innovation! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
High-key! 	A play on the phrase, "low-key". 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Funding secured! 	Reference to a tweet by . 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
YANNY OR LAUREL??? 	Refers to a memetic audio clip which, due to poor recording quality, sounds like "yanny" to some listeners and "laurel" to others. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
So. You read splash text. 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Change my mind. 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
The Floor is Lava! 	Refers to a simple game in which the floor is imagined as lava and players must seek higher ground.
"<player> discovered floor was lava" is a death message due to players walking on magma blocks. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Make a viral video!!1 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
When it's ready! 	A reference to the infamous development cycle of the game Duke Nukem Forever, which was given an official release date of "when it's done", as well as a reference to the continually-updated nature of Minecraft itself. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Mostly harmless! 	Refers to Mostly Harmless of the serial book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 	v0.7.3 alpha
Pandamonium! 	A portmanteau of panda and pandemonium. Additionally, a free Minecraft map with the same name was added to the marketplace in the same update. 	1.8.0(beta 1.8.0.8)
Alexander Hamilton! 	Most likely refers to Hamilton, a sung-and-rapped-through multiaward Broadway musical based on the life of the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Thanks for the fish! 	Refers to So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish of the serial book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Take an egg beater and beat it against a skillet! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
#Blessed! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Have you finished your homework? 	Refers to Education Edition's splash 'The creeper ate my homework!' 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
We're working on it! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Like that smash button! 	The phrase "Smash that like button" (commonly used in videos) with "Smash" and "Like" reversed. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Minecraft 2 unconfirmed! 	Refers to a false rumor that Mojang Studios was working on a sequel to Minecraft. Mojang later debunked the rumor by adding the splash text. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
A circle-free environment! 	Minecraft does not have any circles. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Llama, llama, duck! 	A parody of the common children's game, Duck Duck Goose. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Artisinal! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Savage Dad jokes! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Protec but also attac 	A reference to a meme. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Potatoes gonna potate! 	A reference to the phrase "Haters gonna hate". 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Bananas! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
zhoolor 	Refers to the picture ZHOOlOr.png on Imgur. It bears the title "Good for Realms" within an obsidian border. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Oh geez! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Crush it! 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Keep your head down, there's two of us in here now. Remember?	A reference to the 2007 game .https://www.quotes.net/mquote/1013646 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
Sodium free! 	A common marketing term. 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
What DOES the fox say? 	Refers to Ylvis song The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?). 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
#gartzkebrokeit 	 	1.9.0(beta 1.9.0.0)
All blocks covered! 	 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
feedback.minecraft.net 	Minecrafts feedback site. 	1.12.0(beta 1.12.0.3)
=== Minecraft Education splashes ===
#This is the line number of the splash in the "splashes.json" file; splashes are not actually numbered in any way in splashes.json itself.	Splash text 	Explanation 	Version added 	
#This is the line number of the splash in the "splashes.json" file; splashes are not actually numbered in any way in splashes.json itself.	1 	Teachers gonna teach 	A reference to the phrase "Haters gonna hate" as well as the Minecraft parody, "Creepers gonna Creep"	v1.0.0(v0.14.2)
2 	An enderman stole my homework 	A reference to the phrase "the dog ate my homework" and relating to how endermen steal blocks. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
3 	Kid tested, teacher approved! 	A reference to Kix's slogan, "Kid tested, mother approved" 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
4 	The creeper ate my homework! 	A reference to the phrase "The dog ate my homework!" 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
5 	Diamonds! Nope, Lapis. 	In older versions, there was confusion between diamonds and lapis lazuli, as they looked similar. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
6 	22nd Century Skills! 	 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
7 	Make it rain! Now make it stop!	The player can use Code Builder to change the weather by pressing "C" to open Code Builder. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
8 	Education for the win! 	 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
9 	Not too cool for school! 	A parody of the phrase "Too cool for school", referencing to how Minecraft Education is used in schools.	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
10 	Play! Teach! Learn! 	The player can play on other Educational maps in the game and learn or play on their own worlds. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
11 	Get smarter! 	The player can learn knowledge while playing on worlds already in-game. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
12 	Smile for the camera! 	Cameras are exclusive to Minecraft Education. 	v1.0.0(v0.14.2) 	
13 	'C' is for Code Builder 	Pressing C opens the Code Builder 	v1.7.0 	
=== MinecraftEdu splashes ===
These are splashes that were found in MinecraftEdu.
Splash text 	Explanation 	Version added
Don't cross the Border Blocks 	A reference to the teacher placed and unpassable border blocks in MinecraftEdu 	
An enderman stole my homework 	A reference to the phrase "the dog ate my homework" and relating to how Endermen steal blocks	
Virtual Ecology 	 	
All paths lead to learning. 	 	
The evolution of education. 	 	
This really is my homework! 	 	
Kids tested, teacher approved! 	A reference to the advertising slogan, "Kid tested, mother approved" 	
A creeper blew up my homework 	A reference to the phrase "The dog ate my homework!" 	
Teachers gonna teach 	A reference to the phrase "Haters gonna hate" 	
Worlds of Wisdom 	A reference to the phrase "words of widsom" 	
Explore. Learn. Create. 	 	
Learning made fun 	 	
Virtual worlds, real learning 	 	
Thatsssss a nice lessssson you have there...	The repeated character 's' references the hissing noise of a creeper 	
== Special splashes ==
Occasionally, the game replaces all the regular splashes with a single splash or a set of splashes visible for a set time.
Splash text 	Occasion 	Version added 	Version added
Merry X-mas! 	Shown on December 24, Christmas Eve. 	Alpha v1.0.6_01	
Happy new year! 	Shown on January 1, New Year's Day. 	Alpha v1.0.6_01	
OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky!	Shown on October 31, Halloween. 	1.4.2 (12w36a) 	
<PLAYERNAME> IS YOU 	If there are n ≥ 43 splash texts provided by a resource pack, then the chance of this splash text appearing is 1/n. Reference to Baba Is You, a 2D puzzle game based around forming "rules" with word tiles. One rule is [Object] is you, which makes any object controllable. The player's name is entirely capitalized as well.	1.14 (19w12a) 	
== Changed splashes ==
:Note: the current versions of all splashes here are documented above; they do not need descriptions or explanations in this section.
==== Java Edition ====
Original splash 	Changed splash 	Version changed
[this splash text has been delayed until part 2]	[this splash text is now available]	1.18 (21w37a)
0% sugar! 	1% sugar! 	1.9 (15w42a)
700+ hits on YouTube! 	Heaps of hits on YouTube! 	Alpha v1.0.4
Absolutely dragon free! 	Kind of dragon free! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
Almost java 6! 	Now java 6! 	1.7.2 (13w36a)
Now java 6! 	Now Java 6! 	1.8 (1.8-pre1)
Now Java 6! 	Now Java 8! 	1.12 (17w14a)
Now Java 8! 	Now Java 16! 	1.17 (21w19a)
Now Java 16! 	Java 16 + 1 = 17! 	1.18 (Pre-release 2)
Coming soon! 	It's here! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
Cooler than Spock! 	Not as cool as Spock! 	1.8.5
Cześć Polska! 	Cześć Polsko! 	1.3.2 (1.3-pre)
More than 5000 sold! 	More than 25000 sold! 	Alpha v1.0.4
More than 25000 sold! 	More than 500 sold! 	Between Alpha v1.0.12 and Alpha v1.0.14
Notch <3 Ez! 	Notch <3 ez! 	Between Alpha v1.0.5_01 and Alpha v1.0.11
"Noun" is an autonym! 	"Autological" is! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
Now supports ÅÄÖ! 	Now supports åäö! 	Between Alpha v1.0.15 and Alpha v1.2.0
OpenGL 1.1! 	OpenGL 1.2! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
OpenGL 1.2! 	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)! 	1.8 (14w06a)
OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)! 	Now on OpenGL 3.2 core profile! 	1.17 (21w10a)
Rude with two dudes with food! 	Lewd with two dudes with food! 	Between Alpha v1.0.12 and Alpha v1.0.14
Sexy! 	Moderately attractive! 	1.16 (pre3)
SOPA means LOSER in Swedish 	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish! 	1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
Superfragilisticexpialidocious! 	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!	1.0.0 (RC1)
That's not a moon! 	That's no moon! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
This is good for realms. 	This is good for Realms. 	1.8 (14w33a)
Tyrian would love it! 	Tyrion would love it! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
When it's finished! 	It's finished! 	1.0.0 (RC1)
=== Bedrock Edition ===
Original splash 	Changed splash 	Version changed
Now with 100% more yellow text! 	100% more yellow text! 	v0.7.3 alpha
One star! Deal with it notch! 	1 star! Deal with it notch! 	v0.8.1 alpha
Haha, LOL! 	Haha, LEL! 	v0.9.0 alpha (build 1)
Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig! 	Play minecraftApp, Watch Topgear, Get Pig! 	v0.10.4 alpha
Play minecraftApp, Watch Topgear, Get Pig! 	Play Minecraft: PE, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	v0.11.0 alpha (build 1)
Play Minecraft: PE, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig! 	v0.15.0 alpha (build 1)
OpenGL ES 1.1! 	OpenGL ES 2.0+! 	v0.11.0 alpha (build 1)
Almost C++11! 	Almost C++14! 	v0.11.0 alpha (build 1)
Almost C++14! 	Almost C++11! 	?
minecraftApp! 	MCPE! 	v0.15.0 alpha (build 1)
Uses C++! 	Made in C++! 	v0.15.0 alpha (build 1)
The Work of Notch! 	The Work of Many! 	v0.15.0 alpha (build 1)
Jason! Jason! Jason! 	Jason! Jason! Jason! Jeison? 	v1.6.0
Verlet intregration! 	Verlet integration! 	v1.14.0
Not on steam! 	Not on Steam! 	?
== Removed splashes ==
When a splash is removed, the line it occupied in splashes.txt / splashes.json is deleted, meaning the line number of all subsequent splashes lowers by one.
== History ==
=== Java Edition ===
Splashes have been in Minecraft since Indev, with new ones regularly added, usually as part of major releases. Prior to Alpha v1.0.13, splashes were stored in an array of strings in the source code.
The following table summarizes splash changes per version:
Version 	Version 	Added	Changed	Removed	Total	Notes
Indev 0.31 20100131 	Indev 0.31 20100131 	1 	0 	0 	1 	First splash "Pre-beta!" has been added.
Indev 0.31 20100202 	Indev 0.31 20100202 	33 	0 	0 	34 	
Indev 20100206 	Indev 20100206 	35 	0 	0 	69 	
Indev 20100218 	Indev 20100218 	25 	1 	0 	94 	
Indev 20100219 	Indev 20100219 	12 	0 	0 	106 	
Alpha v1.0.4 	Alpha v1.0.4 	53 	2 	0 	159 	
Alpha v1.0.6_01 	Alpha v1.0.6_01 	11 	0 	0 	170 	Added first special splashes.
Alpha v1.0.12 	Alpha v1.0.12 	1 	0 	165 	6 	Removed all splashes, expect for special splashes. Added "missingno" special splash.
Alpha v1.0.13 	Alpha v1.0.13 	196 	1 	0 	202 	
Alpha v1.0.14 	Alpha v1.0.14 	2 	1 	0 	204 	
Alpha v1.0.14 (reupload)	Alpha v1.0.14 (reupload)	1 	0 	0 	205 	Added "Switches and ores!".
Alpha v1.0.16 	Alpha v1.0.16 	4 	0 	0 	209 	
Alpha v1.0.17 	Alpha v1.0.17 	0 	0 	1 	208 	Removed "Happy birthday! I love you! Alex x" special splash.
Alpha v1.2.0 	Alpha v1.2.0 	6 	0 	0 	214 	
Alpha v1.2.3_02 	Alpha v1.2.3_02 	1 	0 	0 	215 	Added "Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig".
Beta 1.0 	Beta 1.0 	13 	1 	0 	228 	
Beta 1.2 	Beta 1.2 	0 	0 	4 	218 	The removed splashes were about Alpha's price and state.
Beta 1.3 	Beta 1.3 	4 	0 	0 	222 	
Beta 1.6 	Beta 1.6 	3 	0 	0 	225 	
Beta 1.8 	pre 	35 	0 	1 	259 	The removed splash was the "Check it out!" duplicate on line 47.
1.0.0 	RC1 	28 	8 	0 	287 	
1.1 	11w50a 	15 	0 	0 	302 	
1.1 	1.1 	1 	0 	0 	303 	
1.3.1 	12w22a 	2 	0 	0 	305 	
1.3.1 	12w26a 	1 	0 	0 	306 	
1.3.1 	1.3 	4 	1 	0 	310 	
1.4.2 	12w32a 	2 	0 	0 	312 	
1.4.2 	12w36a 	1 	0 	0 	313 	
1.4.6 	pre 	4 	0 	0 	317 	
1.6.1 	13w23a 	2 	0 	0 	319 	
1.7.2 	13w36a 	0 	1 	0 	319 	Changed "Almost java 6!" to "Now java 6!"
1.7.2 	13w41a 	1 	0 	0 	320 	
1.7.4 	1.7.4 	1 	0 	0 	321 	
1.8 	14w02a 	1 	0 	0 	322 	
1.8 	14w05a 	7 	0 	0 	329 	
1.8 	14w06a 	1 	1 	0 	330 	
1.8 	14w10a 	2 	0 	0 	332 	
1.8 	14w17a 	2 	0 	0 	334 	
1.8 	14w20a 	4 	0 	0 	338 	
1.8 	14w25a 	14 	0 	0 	352 	
1.8 	14w26b 	2 	0 	0 	354 	
1.8 	14w32a 	1 	0 	0 	355 	
1.8 	14w33a 	0 	1 	0 	355 	
1.8 	pre1 	1 	1 	0 	356 	
1.8.2 	1.8.2 	2 	0 	0 	358 	
1.8.5 	1.8.5 	1 	1 	1 	358 	The splash removed was "Notch <3 ez!" – Notch had departed from Mojang at this time.
1.9 	15w33a 	1 	0 	0 	359 	
1.9 	15w38b 	1 	0 	0 	360 	
1.9 	15w42a 	3 	1 	1 	362 	The splash removed was "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!" – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the United States had not been an issue for several years.
The changed splash was "0% sugar", which was changed to "1% sugar"
1.10 	16w21b 	4 	0 	0 	366 	
1.11 	16w32a 	1 	0 	0 	367 	
1.11 	16w33a 	2 	0 	0 	369 	
1.12 	17w14a 	0 	1 	0 	369 	"Now Java 6!" changed to "Now Java 8!"
1.12 	17w15a 	1 	0 	0 	370 	
1.12 	pre7 	3 	0 	0 	373 	
1.12.1 	17w31a 	0 	0 	1 	372 	The splash removed was "Better than Prey!"
1.13 	18w15a 	1 	0 	0 	373 	
1.13 	18w20b 	1 	0 	0 	374 	
1.13 	pre8 	1 	0 	0 	375 	
1.14 	19w12a 	1 	0 	1 	375 	The splash removed was "Hobo humping slobo babe!"
1.14 	19w13a 	11 	0 	3 	383 	Removed splashes referencing Notch.
1.14 	19w14a 	1 	0 	0 	384 	
1.14.1 	pre1 	1 	0 	0 	385 	
1.14.1 	1.14.1 	2 	0 	0 	387 	
1.14.2 	pre4 	0 	0 	1 	386 	The splash "Woo, minecraftforum!" was removed as the forum announced it would be shutting down.
1.14.4 	pre3 	1 	0 	0 	387 	
1.15 	pre3 	3 	0 	0 	390 	
1.16 	pre3 	0 	1 	0 	390 	"Sexy!" changed to "Moderately attractive!"
1.16 	RC1 	32 	0 	13 	409 	Splashes relating to the COVID-19 pandemic were added to the normal set of splashes.
1.16.4 	pre2 	8 	0 	0 	417 	Splashes relating to the "Black Lives Matter" movement were added to the normal set of splashes.
1.17 	21w10a 	0 	1 	0 	417 	Changed "OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!" to "Now on OpenGL 3.2 core profile!"
1.17 	21w19a 	0 	1 	0 	417 	Changed "Now Java 8!" to "Now Java 16!"
1.17 	pre1 	11 	0 	1 	427 	The splash removed was "Woo, /v/!"
1.18 	21w37a 	0 	1 	0 	427 	Changed "[this splash text has been delayed until part 2]" to "[this splash text is now available]"
1.18 	pre2 	0 	1 	0 	427 	Changed "Now Java 16!" to "Java 16 + 1 = 17!"
1.19 	22w11a 	7 	0 	0 	434 	
1.19 	22w17a 	0 	0 	1 	433 	The splash removed was "Привет Россия!" ("Hello, Russia!")
1.19.1 	pre3 	1 	0 	0 	434 	The splash added was "Technoblade never dies!" for the commemoration of Technoblade.
1.19.3 	22w42a 	5 	0 	0 	439 	
1.19.3 	pre1 	1 	0 	0 	440 	Refers to #gartzkebrokeit who would stream for minecraft (unsure if s/he still does)
1.20 	23w16a 	5 	0 	0 	445 	
1.20 	RC1 	1 	0 	0 	446 	
Version 	Version 	Added	Changed	Removed	Total	Notes
=== Bedrock Edition ===
Splashes were added in Pocket Edition v0.7.3 alpha and the new splashes were added regularly into Pocket Edition(later Bedrock Edition) as well.
This following table summarizes splash changes per version:
Version 	Version 	Added	Changed	Removed	Total 	Notes
v0.7.3 alpha 	308 	0 	0 	308 	Added splashes 	
v0.7.4 alpha 	1 	1 	5 	304 	 	
v0.8.0 alpha 	build 1 	3 	0 	0 	307 	
build 5 	0 	0 	1 	306 	Removed splash "Redstone free!"	
v0.9.0 alpha 	build 1 	6 	1 	1 	311 	Removed splash "0xffff-1 chunks!"
build 12 	1 	0 	0 	312 	Added splash "DEK was here" 	
v0.10.4 alpha	0 	1 	0 	34 	 	
v0.11.0 alpha	3 	0 	3 	34 	 	
v0.12.1 alpha	7 	0 	0 	41 	 	
v0.12.2 alpha	1 	0 	1 	41 	 	
v0.15.0 alpha	1 	0 	0 	42 	 	
v0.16.2 alpha	1 	0 	0 	43 	 	
1.0 	alpha 0.17.0.2 	1 	0 	2 	42 	
1.2.0 	 	1 	0 	0 	43 	
1.2.13 	 	1 	0 	0 	44 	
1.6.0 	 	0 	1 	0 	44 	
1.8.0 	beta 1.8.0.8 	1 	1 	1 	44 	
1.9.0 	beta 1.9.0.0 	46 	0 	5 	85 	
1.12.0 	beta 1.12.0.3 	14 	1 	2 	97 	
1.14.0 	 	0 	1 	0 	97 	Fixed "Verlet intregration!" into "Verlet integration!"
1.16.0 	beta 1.16.0.57 	7 	0 	0 	104 	
1.16.100 	beta 1.16.100.54	10 	0 	1 	113 	"mixer.com/minecraft" was removed due to removal of Mixer support.
1.16.100 	beta 1.16.100.58	8 	0 	0 	121 	Splashes relating to the "Black Lives Matter" movement were added to the normal set of splashes.
1.17.10 	beta 1.17.10.23 	11 	0 	0 	132 	
1.18.10 	beta 1.18.10.20 	1 	1 	0 	133 	Changed "[this splash text has been delayed until part 2]" to "[this splash text is now available]"
1.19.0 	beta 1.19.0.20 	7 	0 	0 	373 	
1.19.10 	beta 1.19.10.21 	5 	0 	0 	378 	
1.19.10 	release 	1 	0 	0 	379 	The splash added was "Technoblade never dies!" for the commemoration of Technoblade.
Version 	Version 	Added	Changed	Removed	Total 	Notes
=== Education Edition ===
== Issues ==
== See also ==
* Crash comments
== Notes ==
== References ==
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