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This is a list of '''April Fools' Day jokes''' along with summaries of their features and changes.

== List of April Fools' jokes ==
=== 2010 ===
In 2010, [[Notch]] wrote that he had planned to make a video announcing "Minecraft 4D" for April Fools', but ran out of time due to moving into a new home.<ref>{{tweet|notch|11389547843|Stupid move cutting into my April fools time. I was going to announce minecraft in 4D. Just prentend like i did or something.|March 31, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228032721/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/487523309/announcing-the-next-step-for-minecraft|title=Announcing the next step for minecraft.|website=Tumblr|author=Notch|date=April 1, 2010}}</ref>

=== 2011 ===
{{main|Minecraft Store}}
In 2011, a fake "Minecraft Store" website was created. This was linked to by the [[locked chest]], a block that was implemented for this purpose, as it was implied that keys had to be bought from said store to unlock these chests. It is heavily inspired by the Mann Co. Store from Team Fortress 2.
<gallery>
Locked Chest Message.gif|Message displayed upon opening the chest.
Minecraft store april fool 1.png|The "Minecraft Store".
Minecraft store april fool 3.png|The store after it goes into "seizure-mode".
MinecraftStoreSeizurePopup.png|The window popup about the "seizure-mode". 
April Fools.png|How the store appeared after April Fools'.
</gallery>

=== 2012 ===
[[File:Mars Effect.gif|thumb|left|The logo from the Mars Effect site.]]
In 2012, for April Fools', Notch created a hoax website for a new game entitled ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120402231307/http://marseffect.net/ Mars Effect.]''<ref>{{tweet|notch|186155683677351937|Some information on my new game: http://marseffect.net|March 31, 2012}}</ref>{{Q|After several weeks of trying to come up with a good name for the game, we finally decided not to learn from previous experiences and pick a name that's already kind of in use by a huge existing franchise. After playing around with names like "Elight", "Wind Commander", and "Steve Online", we finally settled on the very catchy name "Mars Effect".|Notch}}This was a joke referencing a recent lawsuit by Bethesda, developers of ''The Elder Scrolls'' franchise, regarding the name of the Mojang game ''[[Scrolls]]''.
This game was later revealed to be an actual upcoming game, entitled ''[[0x10c|0x10<sup>c</sup>]]'', though it was cancelled the following year, and never released.

=== 2013 ===
{{main|Java Edition 2.0}}

During 2013, Mojang released a pre-release for a fake future version containing numerous joke features to various YouTubers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130401191346/http://mojang.com/2013/04/its-finally-coming-minecraft-2-0/|title=It’s finally coming – Minecraft 2.0!|website=Mojang.com|author=Dinnerbone|date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>
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Java Edition 2.0 banner.jpg|The 2.0 version banner.
Pink Wither.png|A pink wither.
Talking block.png|A talking block of coal.
Redstone bug glowing in the dark.jpg|The "redstone bug" mob.
Superhostile.png|2.0's "super hostile" mode.
</gallery>

=== 2014 ===
A post was added to Mojang Studios' blog<ref>{{citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401120035/https://mojang.com/2014/04/minecraft-is-experiencing-some-problems/|title=Minecraft is Experiencing Some Problems|website=Mojang.com|author=Jens Bergensten|date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> for the joke. 
{{Q|The long-nosed villagers introduced in Minecraft beta 1.9 have become sentient. They have taken over our skin servers and content delivery networks (CDN), so unfortunately you will not be able to change your skins until we fix the problem. We are desperately trying our best to pull the plugs, but we should prepare ourselves to serve under our new villager overlords. Singularity may be upon us.|The ''Minecraft'' Team}}

This caused all players' current skin to be replaced with the various villager skins, and caused users to be unable to change their skins unless they modified the [[launcher]] <code>.json</code> file. Different career villager skins were used, including the then-unused green robe of a nitwit villager.

In-game, villagers still acted the same, but they made different sounds. All noises were replaced with the sound effects of Element Animation's "T.E.A.V.S.R.P" (The Element Animation Villager Sounds Resource Pack). Mojang Studios also added in-game villager music. The title screen music contains a parody of the ''[[wikipedia:Game of Thrones|Game of Thrones]]'' theme, due to the new series starting in early April and also because of its being included in the original trailer for "T.E.A.V.S.R.P." Jeb also claimed the villager got his Twitter account.<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|450891696289902592|They got to my twitter account too :S|April 1, 2014}}</ref>

Grumm [{{reddit|21xg55/due_to_popular_demand_i_present_you_the_villager|cghdzve}} released the villager skins on Reddit] on April 1, 2014. There were seven variants, including a base skin.

An updated version of T.E.A.V.S.R.P., complete with the new music, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141118054421/https://www.elementanimation.com/TEAVSRP2.zip was released by Element Animation] on April 2, 2014.

Soon afterward, Element Animation released [{{ytl|rmM1wl2XQiE}} this video], and the skins and the sounds were reverted to the way they were before on April 2, 2014.
<gallery heights="80">
April fools 2014.png|One of the villager skins (at the time, the nitwit was unimplemented).
Villager2014EasterEgg.png|A server during the event.
Easter Egg Villager Base.png|The base villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager Butcher.png|The butcher villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager Farmer.png|The farmer villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager Librarian.png|The librarian villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager Priest.png|The priest villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager Smith.png|The smith villager skin.
Easter Egg Villager.png|The nitwit villager skin.
</gallery>
[[File:Pocket Edition Development April Fools 2014.png|thumb|left|upright=0.5|The image that Johan posted on April Fools' 2014.]]
One of the Pocket Edition developers, [[Johan Bernhardsson]], also shared an image of the player bouncing a basketball in-game.<ref>{{tweet|jbernhardsson|450932264042381312|The new controls work a lot better than the old one. Fun to play with one hand and in portrait. :)|April 1, 2014}}</ref>

=== 2015 ===
{{main|Java Edition 15w14a}}
[[15w14a]] was released as an April Fools' joke for version [[Java Edition 1.10|1.10]], when the next update was supposed to be [[Java Edition 1.9|1.9]]. This "update" is called the Love and Hugs Update.<ref>{{citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401075342/https://mojang.com/2015/04/minecraft-snapshot-15w14a-the-love-and-hugs-update/|title=Minecraft snapshot 15w14a – The Love and Hugs Update|website=Mojang.com|author=Dinnerbone|date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> There was also a QR code written in the snow that generated in a [[superflat]] world that, when scanned, reads "Minecraft 1.9: The [[Combat Update]]". Swords were replaced with "hearts". The only world name available was "There can only be one". Survival was called "Existence". Players were also unable to take damage from the [[void]].

<gallery heights="80px">
April Fools 2015 Menu.png|Showing the modified menu screen. Note that the text reads "Play World" and "Reset World".
April Fools New Items 2015.png|Banners, obsidian boat, normal boat, and diamond heart.
ExplosionHearts.png|An explosion of heart particles from an end crystal.
HeartSword.png|Zombie pigmen wielding heart swords.
House feature.png|Dungeons were replaced with "houses".
LoveWither.png|The pink wither returns.
Minecreeper.jpg|The "Minescreeper" minigame.
15w14a QR Code.png|The hidden QR code.
</gallery>

=== 2016 ===
[[File:Trendy update.png|thumb|1.RV-Pre1 shows the tech items and the USB charger block.]]
{{main|Java Edition 1.RV-Pre1}}
[[Java Edition 1.RV-Pre1|1.RV-Pre1]] was released as an April Fools' joke for the update 1.RV. This "update" was called the "Trendy Update".<ref>{{citation|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401063202/https://www.mojang.com/2016/03/minecraft-1rv-the-trendy-update-pre-release-1/|title=Minecraft 1.RV - The Trendy Update Pre-Release 1|website=Mojang.com|author=Jens Bergensten|date=March 31, 2016}}</ref>
<gallery>
TechGear.png|A player wearing this version's new equippable items.
1.RV-Pre1 signs.png|Signs get a more modern appearance.
OBEY sign in 1.RV-Pre1..png|What signs look like while wearing reality vision goggles.
OBEY.png|Viewing a sign through reality vision goggles.
</gallery>

=== 2017 ===
[[File:Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device.png|thumb|The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device from April Fools 2017.]]
The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device, a parody of Nintendo's [[wikipedia:Game & Watch series|Game & Watch]], was announced on the ''Minecraft'' website.<ref>{{Mcnet|introducing-mine-craft-digital-leisure-device|Introducing: The Mine & Craft Digital Leisure Device|April 1, 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018 ===
[[File:New joke textures compared to original textures.jpg|thumb|A comparison of some textures.]]
{{see also|Texture Update}}

A version of Minecraft's textures was released for {{el|je}}. The new textures are available in versions of [[Java Edition 1.12]].x and versions from [[Java Edition 17w43a]] to [[Java Edition 18w11a]]. It was announced that all editions of ''Minecraft'' would get the new version of textures.

The new textures are the original textures using 8-bit color, leading to a drastic reduction in detail.<ref>{{Mcnet|java-edition-textures-finally-perfected|Java Edition Textures Finally Perfected|April 1, 2018}}</ref> The [[splash text]] for this day also shows any of the following:

* Cleaner!
* Simplified!
* Perfected!amazing
* Art directed! (by robots)
* Machine learned textures!
* Not blurry!
* Not bubbly!
* Not cartoony!
* Photorealistic!
* Hand-painted!

The textures and the splashes were reverted to the way they were before on April 2, 2018.<ref>{{tweet|dinner|980718994956210176|April fools! The new Minecraft textures have a few more colours than this ;) If you restart Minecraft: Java Edition then it should all go back to normal now!|April 2, 2018}}</ref> However, this update cannot be reactivated by setting the computer's date to April 1, 2018.

For block and item renders of these textures, see [[:Category:April Fools 2018]]. Archived as a [https://archive.org/details/Minecraft-AprilFoolsDay2018TexturePack resource pack (taken down)].

<gallery heights="80">
2018 April Fools Menu Screen.png|alt=April Fools 2018 Title Screen|The menu screen, featuring a unique splash.
April2018.png|alt=April Fools 2018 Blocks|Some of the textures used during the 2018 April Fools' event.
Fools2018World.png|alt=April Fools 2018 Desert. Sword and Shield|An example of the way the world looks with these textures.
April Fool's textures.jpg|alt=April Fools 2018 Village|A village with these textures.
AF2018 Ravine - overlay.png|A ravine with these textures including the overlay.
AF2018 Village.png|A [[Java Edition 1.14]] village with these textures.
AF2018 Underwater.png|Underwater terrain with these textures.
AF2018 Inventory.png|The inventory with these textures.
AF2018 Desert Temple.png|A desert pyramid and the sun with these textures.
AF2018 Desert temple chest room.png|The chest room in a desert pyramid with these textures.
AF2018 Jungle Temple.png|A jungle temple with these textures.
AF2018 Witch Hut.png|A swamp hut with these textures.
</gallery>

=== 2019 ===
{{main|3D Shareware v1.34}}
An April Fools' version officially called "Minecraft 3D" was released,<ref>{{Mcnet|minecraft-3d-rediscovered|Minecraft 3D Rediscovered|April 1, 2019}}</ref> containing many references to gaming in the 1990s, primarily [[wikipedia:Doom (1993 video game)|''Doom'']].
<gallery>
File:Minecraft 3D Package.jpg|Cover art.
File:Mojang (Minecraft 3D).png|The loading screen.
File:3D Shareware 1994.jpg|The title screen.
File:Obligatory nightmare mode.png|Difficulty options.
File:AF2019 Death Message.png|Death screen.
File:Nerd Creeper.png|A nerd creeper.
File:3D Shareware Default Resource Pack.png|The UI with the default resource pack.
File:3D Shareware Programmer Art Resource Pack.png|The UI with the programmer art resource pack.
File:3D Shareware Mojang Team.png|Ingame image of the Minecraft dev team.
</gallery>

=== 2020 ===
{{main|Java Edition 20w14∞}}
Snapshot 20w14∞ was released, adding 2,147,483,647 dimensions that can be accessed by throwing a [[book and quill]] that was not specially customized or [[written book]] into a nether portal.<ref>{{Mcnet|every-update-imaginable-coming-minecraft|Every update imaginable coming to Minecraft|April 1, 2020}}</ref>

<gallery>
20w14infinite.png|The 20w14∞ version banner.
Ant2.png|The "ant" dimension.
MengerSponge.png|The "sponge" dimension.
Library biome.png|The "library" dimension.
Bridges biome.png|The "bridges" dimension.
Isolation biome.png|The "isolation" dimension.
Slime biome.png|The "slime" dimension.
Skygrid biome.png|The "skygrid" dimension.
</gallery>

=== 2021 ===
{{main|Minecraft Plus!}}
''Minecraft Plus! for Windows'', a screensaver collection that references screensavers from older versions of Windows, was announced on the Minecraft website. This April Fools joke was inspired by ''[[w:Microsoft_Plus!|Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP]]'' <ref>{{Mcnet|introducing-minecraft-plus|Introducing Minecraft Plus|April 1, 2021}}</ref>
<gallery>
Minecraft Plus! box.jpg|Minecraft Plus! (Box Art).
Minecraft Plus glow squids.png|A flying glow squid screensaver.
Minecraft Plus creeper faces.png|A flying creeper face screensaver.
Minecraft Plus all textures.png|A screensaver featuring random block textures.
Minecraft Plus lagging floating textures.png|A screensaver featuring bouncing blocks.
Minecraft Plus bouncing item.png|A screensaver featuring bouncing items.
Minecraft Plus rotating block.png|A screensaver featuring a rotating block.
Minecraft Plus liquid tiles.png|A screensaver featuring liquid tiles.
</gallery>

=== 2022 ===
{{main|Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime}}
For April Fools 2022, ''[[Mojang Studios]]'' released a "One Block At A Time" snapshot ([[22w13oneBlockAtATime]]), which replaces the inventory with holding blocks, items or mobs function directly.<ref>{{Mcnet|mojang-studios-release-new-astonishing-update|Mojang Studios release new astonishing update|April 1, 2022|Per Landin}}</ref>
<gallery>
Player wearing glass block.png|Player wearing a glass block.
Footprints in 22w13oneBlockAtATime.png|Footsteps when walking.
Player holding a bee.png|Player holding a bee.
22w13oneBlockAtATime 4.png|Player holding a spyglass.
22w13oneBlockAtATime 5.png|Player holding a sugar cane.
22w13oneBlockAtATime 6.png|Player holding a sugar cane from a first-person perspective.
22w13oneBlockAtATime 1.png|Player holding a sheep.
22w13oneBlockAtATime 3.png|Player holding a skeleton with spyglasses on its eyes.
Player riding enderdragon.png|Player riding the ender dragon in The End dimension.
</gallery>

=== 2023 ===
==== Minecraft website ====
On the [https://minecraft.net ''minecraft.net''] website, two [[chicken]]s appear on the bottom left and bottom right of the page. Clicking on both of them causes them to breed and spawn numerous chickens, covering and spamming across the entire screen, sometimes crashing the user's browser.

This joke feature toggled on or off and after breeding and spawning chickens, the "''Close"'' button on the bottom can be hit to return to minecraft.net home page.
<gallery>
MCWebsiteAprilFool20231.png|Minecraft website on April 1st, 2023 before...
MCWebsiteAprilFool20232.png|...and after breeding the two chickens.
</gallery>

==== Minecraft Launcher ====
The Minecraft Launcher was set on fire spreading across the screen. On the left sidebar of the launcher, players could click at the [[water bucket]] and then click on the [[fire]] to extinguish them.

This joke feature can be toggled on or off, players can also mute the fire cracking and water bucket sounds.
<gallery>
April Fool 2023.jpg|Minecraft Launcher "on fire" on April 1st, 2023
</gallery>

==== April Fools snapshot ====
{{main|Java Edition 23w13a_or_b}}
''[[Mojang Studios]]'' also published and released a joke snapshot - [[23w13a_or_b]], which was named ''"The Vote Update"'' a few hours later. The gameplay of this update revolves around a voting system, where the player chooses from many possible scenarios that change the state of the world.<ref>{{Mcnet|vote-update|Introducing: The Vote Update|April 1, 2023|Per Landin}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:ComposerLumos Moon Vote update screenshot.png|The surface of the Moon in snapshot 23w13a_or_b.
File:ComposerLumos Charged creeper morph Vote update screenshot .png|A player who has transformed into a charged creeper.
File:ComposerLumos Ender dragon morph Vote update screenshot .png|A player's inventory after transforming into an ender dragon.
File:ComposerLumos Giant moon Vote update screenshot.png|The Moon after it has been enlarged so much that it pulls mobs and players toward it.
File:ComposerLumos Overworld moon Vote update screenshot .png|The Overworld can be seen in the sky from the Moon.
File:ComposerLumos Aether portal Vote update screenshot .png|A glowstone portal, which was inspired by the Aether mod.
</gallery>

=== 2024 ===
==== Minecraft website ====
The ''[https://minecraft.net minecraft.net]'' website was updated to feature several intractable [[poisonous potato]]es across the home page. When clicked, they deplete the [[health]] bar below the Minecraft logo, losing 1.5 - 2 hearts per click. When health bar gets fully depleted, the user is greeted with a [[Death messages|"You Died!" screen]] saying ''"You awoke the Toxifin"'', showing the score ''(consuming a potato gives you 1500 score'' '''[?]''' '')'' and a big "Respawn" button. Clicking the "Respawn" button takes the user back to the minecraft.net and resets all the poisonous potatoes.

This joke feature can be toggled on or off by clicking ''"Turn off potatoes"'' on the top left corner.
<gallery>
Minecraft Website April Fools 2024.png|Minecraft website on April 1st, 2024.
Screenshot 2024-04-01 114312.png|... when zooming all the way out.
Minecraft Website April Fools 2024 - "You Died" Screen.png|"You Died" screen after consuming too many poisonous potatoes.
</gallery>

==== Minecraft Launcher ====
The loading animation has been changed to a spinning poisonous potato with poison effect particles. Rarely{{Info needed}}, however, the loading screen can appear as a regular potato instead. Additionally, when clicking in the launcher, 1 to 10{{Info needed}} potatoes fly out from where the mouse is clicked and fading out.

The Play & Install buttons, the menu tab, and the headline's text had been changed from "Noto-sans" to the handwritten-like potato font named "Potatis". Additionally, all the E's, R's, and N's have been drawn backward. This may or may not{{Info needed}} be intentional, but there has been no confirmation and there may not be.

These joke features can be toggled on or off by toggling the ''"Enable April Fools 2024"'' checkbox in the launcher settings.
<gallery>
Launcher Spinning Animation.png|Minecraft Launcher spinning animation on April 1st, 2024.
Launcher Clicking.png|When clicking on the Launcher on April 1st, 2024.
April Fools 2024 font for Minecraft Launcher.png|The new potato fonts for menu tab, headlines, and Play/Install button.
</gallery>

==== April Fools snapshot ====
{{main|Java Edition 24w14potato}}
''[[Mojang Studios]]'' released the snapshot [[24w14potato]], also called the "Poisonous Potato Update". The snapshot adds potato-related blocks, food, tools, armor and weapons, as well as the [[Potato dimension]]. Players can teleport to the dimension by going into a [[potato portal]]. The dimension consists of floating islands made of potato blocks and has naturally spawning potato mobs, animals and villagers in potato villages<ref name="potato-update">{{Mcnet|poisonous-potato-update|Poisonous Potato Update|April 1, 2024}}</ref>.They also added potato themed structures.

==== April Fools add-on ====
The [[Poisonous Potato Add-On]], created and released by Jigarbov Productions, was made available on the [[Marketplace]]. It adds new poisonous potato themed blocks, items and entities.<ref name="potato-update" />

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