{{about|the April Fool's joke snapshot|the actual snapshot released that week|Java Edition 23w13a}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:Java Edition 23w13a_or_b}} {{April Fools|v=je|je=the '''Vote Update''', '''Java Edition 23w13a_or_b''' or '''Snapshot 23w13a_or_b'''}} {{Infobox version | title = Minecraft 23w13a_or_b | name = The Vote Update | edition = Java | image = 23w13a_or_b.jpg | image2 = Java Edition 23w13a_or_b.png | type = Snapshot | date = April 1, 2023 | jsonhash = | jsonfile = 23w13a_or_b | downloads = '''Original:'''
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Re-start your launcher and game to get the new version of the snapshot|April 1, 2023}} == Additions == {{additions table |Packed Air |Cheese |Copper Sink |Copper Spleaves |Pickaxe Block |Place Block |Bit |Bottle of Entity |Bottle of Void |La Baguette |Le Tricolore |Longer String |New Thing Banner Pattern |Potion of Big |Potion of Small |Name |Tag |Short Tag |Long Tag |Int Tag |Double Tag |Float Tag |String Tag |Left Curly |Right Curly |Left Square |Right Square |List Tag |Compound Tag |Sssyntax Error |Dupe Hack |Moon Cow Spawn Egg }} === Blocks === ; [[File:Blank.png|32px]] [[Air (April Fools joke)|Air]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:air_blocks. * Can be crafted from 4 empty [[glass bottle]]s. * Can be used to refill air underwater or on [[the Moon]]. * This block can be used to fill cows or moon cows with air to become "balloon cows", which take the player to the Moon once filling it with enough air. ; [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] * Generates on the moon. * Can be [[Food|eaten]] and is the second block in Minecraft that the player can eat, after [[cake]]. * When eaten, causes one eighth of the block to disappear, depending on where the player clicks. ; [[File:Copper Sink.png|32px]] [[Copper sink]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:copper_sink. * Can be crafted from 7 [[blocks of copper]]. * Can be used to store [[water]] like a regular [[cauldron]]. [[File:Filled Copper Sink.png|32px]] * Unlike cauldrons, it cannot store [[lava]] or [[powder snow]]. * When there is no water inside, if an item with the minecraft:copper item tag is dropped inside, it is deleted. [[Copper Spleaves]] were not added to the minecraft:copper item tag, but copper sinks were. ; {{Animate|Copper Spleaves.png; Falling Copper Spleaves.png|32px}} [[Copper spleaves]] * Generates as a part of the [[lunar base]] structure. * Touching it causes the block to break. ; [[File:Golden Chest.png|32px]] [[Golden chest]] * A [[chest]] variant that can be obtained through the /setblock command with the tag "gold" /setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:chest{gold:1b}. * Created by activating the minecraft:midas_touch vote, then opening a chest or a [[trapped chest]]. * Stored items randomly convert into gold. * Golden trapped chests will still function as trapped chests, but have no identifier like in regular ones. * [[Ender chest]]s are not affected. ; [[File:Other Portal (block).png|32px]] [[Other Portal (block)|Other portal]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:other_portal. * Can be placed using /setblock [[command]]s, or created a part of the {{EnvLink|other portal}} structure. * If the minecraft:other_portal vote is unlocked, player can build an other portal with [[glowstone]] and activate it with a [[water bucket]]. * When entered, it [[Teleportation|teleports]] the player 500 blocks up in the air, and returns the message '''''"Error 404 Terrain Not Found"'''''. ** If an other portal is created above Y = 150, it teleports the player to Y = 650, so the player is not teleported to the Moon. * Drops nothing when broken, similar to the other portal blocks in the game. * A reference to the mod [https://aether.wiki.gg/wiki/The_Aether The Aether], as well as numerous memes of people trying to unsuccessfully create an Aether portal in vanilla Minecraft. ; [[File:Blank.png|32px]] [[Packed Air|Packed air]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:air_blocks. * Can be crafted from 9 [[Air (April Fools joke)|air]]. * Permanently fills the player's breath bar when standing in it. * Can be placed in closed rooms on [[the Moon]]. * Disappears like [[water]] in [[the Nether]] when placing it in an open space on the moon, anywhere in another dimension or when the closed room is opened (either when a block in the wall gets removed or a [[door]] is opened). ; [[File:Pickaxe Block (S).png|32px]] [[Pickaxe block]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:pickaxe_block. * Can be crafted from 6 pieces of [[cobblestone]], a [[redstone dust]] and any [[pickaxe]]. * When activated, it can break blocks in front of it and drop them, like if a player broke it. * It can break any block instantly, including bedrock, although the bedrock would not drop. ; [[File:Place Block (S).png|32px]] [[Place block]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:place_block. * Can be crafted from 6 pieces of [[cobblestone]], a [[redstone dust]], a [[bow]] and a [[hopper]]. * When activated, it can place blocks in front of it. * It takes blocks from a container such as a chest placed behind it (against the blank face). * It will also place dropped from items behind its back face. * The block's texture references the [https://twitter.com/alivejy_/status/1642536161200463874 old menus] from [[Pocket Edition|Minecraft: Pocket Edition]]. === Items === ; [[File:Bit.png|32px]] [[Bit]] * Can be obtained by using a [[Tag (item)|tag]] or a [[Tag (item)|name]] item on a [[stonecutter]]. * Can be used to craft items such as [[Tag (item)|left curly, right curly, left square and right square]]. :{{Crafting |A1= Bit; ; Bit; Bit |B1= ; Bit; Bit; Bit |A2= ; Bit; Bit; |B2= Bit; ; ; Bit |A3= Bit; ; Bit; Bit |B3= ; Bit; Bit; Bit |Output= Right Curly; Left Curly; Left Square; Right Square |ignoreusage=1 }} ; [[File:Bottle of Entity.png|32px]] [[Bottle of entity]] * Obtained when using a [[bottle of void]] on a [[mob]], damaging the mob, or by drinking a Bottle of Void while being transformed into another mob. * Has a [[splash potion]] variant but neither a [[lingering potion]] nor a [[tipped arrow]] variant. * Players and mobs can morph into the mob contained in the [[glass bottle]]. * Taking fatal damage while having the appearance of another mob will result in the mob's appearance to die, and the player's health to be set back to full. ; [[File:Bottle of Void.png|32px]] [[Bottle of void]] * Must be unlocked by vote minecraft:drink_air. * Can be obtained by drinking from an empty [[glass bottle]], which gets called ''glass bottle filled with air'' instead. * Does not have [[splash potion]], [[lingering potion]] and [[tipped arrow]] variants. * Can be used to get a [[bottle of entity]] by using it on a [[mob]], damaging the mob. Using it on a player or [[Ray Tracing (mob)|Ray Tracing]] results in a bottle of pig. * Can be used to reverse the effects of the bottle of entity, damaging the player. * Drinking it when the player have an active status effect turns it into a potion relating to that status effect and removes the effect from the player. * On occasion, drinking it will kill the player with the death message " fell out of the world" as if the player fell into the [[void]]. ; [[File:La Baguette.png|44px]] [[La baguette]] * A French bread. * Can only be obtained through [[commands]] or activating the vote minecraft:french_mode. * Inedible but can be used as a [[weapon]], functionally identical to a wooden sword. ** {{hp|4}} attack damage. ** 1.6 attack speed. * Can be repaired using any wooden [[planks]]. * Can be enchanted with sword enchantments, even in the [[enchanting table]]. * The item is likely a reference to various baguette in Minecraft memes, the origin of which would be hard or impossible to trace. ; [[File:Le Tricolore.png|32px]] [[Le tricolore]] * The French flag. * Can only be obtained through [[commands]] or activating the vote minecraft:french_mode. * Has no functionality. ; [[File:Longer String.png|32px]] [[Longer string]] * Must be unlocked by vote {{cd|minecraft:special_recipe}}. * Can be crafted from 2 [[string]]. * Has no functionality. ; [[File:New thing banner pattern.png|64px|thumb|A "New thing" banner pattern]][[File:Banner Pattern JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[New Thing Banner Pattern|New thing banner pattern]] * Applying the pattern to the banner will create a "Mojang" based off various ''Among Us'' memes. * Can be crafted by using a [[paper]] and any [[suspicious stew]] when vote minecraft:special_recipe with value minecraft:m_banner_pattern is approved. [[File:Playerbig.png|thumb|300px|A player using a [[potion of Big]]|right]] ; [[File:Potion of Big.png|32px]] [[Potion of Big]] * Gives the [[Big]] status effect to [[entities]], which increases their size. * Has a level II variant. * If rule {{cd|minecraft:potions_of_big}} is approved, adding a [[bottle o' enchanting]] to an awkward potion in a brewing stand brews this potion. [[File:Playersmall.png|thumb|300px|A player using a [[potion of Small]]|right]] ; [[File:Potion of Small.png|32px]] [[Potion of Small]] * Gives the [[Small]] status effect to [[entities]], which decreases their size. * Has a level II variant. * If rule {{cd|minecraft:potions_of_small}} is approved, adding a [[rabbit hide]] to an awkward potion in a brewing stand brews this potion. ; [[File:Skis (texture) JE1.png|64x64px]] [[History of textures/Unused textures#Skis|Skis]] * This is not an actual item in the game but can be found in the game files '''''(skis.png)'''''. * Reference to the [[History of textures/Unused textures#Skis|skis]] texture added to [[12w50a]], a snapshot for [[Java Edition 1.4.6|Minecraft Java Edition 1.4.6]], as a [[wikipedia:red herring|red herring]]. ;{{Animate|Tag.png; Byte Tag.png; Double Tag.png; Float Tag.png; Int Tag.png; Short Tag.png; Long Tag.png; Name (23w13a or b).png; Left Curly.png; Right Curly.png; Left Square.png; Right Square.png; Compound Tag.png; String Tag.png; Sssyntax Error.png|32px}} [[Tag (item)|Tags]] *Added 15 new tag items: **[[File:Name (23w13a or b).png|32px]] Name. **[[File:Tag.png|32px]] Tag. **[[File:Short Tag.png|32px]] Short Tag. **[[File:Long Tag.png|32px]] Long Tag. **[[File:Int Tag.png|32px]] Int Tag. **[[File:Double Tag.png|32px]] Double Tag. **[[File:Float Tag.png|32px]] Float Tag. **[[File:String Tag.png|32px]] String Tag. **[[File:Left Curly.png|32px]] Left Curly. **[[File:Right Curly.png|32px]] Right Curly. **[[File:Left Square.png|32px]] Left Square. **[[File:Right Square.png|32px]] Right Square. **[[File:List Tag.png|32px]] List Tag. **[[File:Compound Tag.png|32px]] Compound Tag. **[[File:Sssyntax Error.png|32px]] Sssyntax error. *Once the {{cd|minecraft:nbt_crafting}} rule is approved, the player can use an [[anvil]] to rename the Name item to set the name of the tag and use a [[crafting table]] to combine the tag items to make an in-game NBT data example. **If the player makes a mistake in the NBT structure, a Sssyntax error item will appear in the result slot with one of the following error messages in the tooltip: ***Expected { or [ ***Expected either single or double ***Unexpected entries in when casting to float ***Unexpected value after closing bracket ***OH NO INTERNAL ERROR ***Can't add element of type <''type''> to list <''type''> ***Unexpected value in list: expected either tag or closing bracket ***Expected closing bracket ***Expected tag after name ***Expected name ***INTERNAL ERROR OH NO ***Unexpected value in compound tag: expected either name, tag or closing bracket ***Total number of bytes (<''number''> exceeds 8 ***Can't concatenate <''type''> with <''type''> [[File:Missing Texture JE4.png|32px|class=pixel-image]] [[Dupe Hack|'''minecraft:dupe_hack''']] *Has an item name minecraft:dupe_hack *Has a random chance of dropping when killing an entity with a chest. *When placing it on the [[crafting table]] with other blocks, it will duplicate that block. *This process can be repeated to duplicate more blocks. *Has the appearance of the [[Missing textures and models|Missing Texture]]. === Mobs === ;[[File:Moon Cow.png|32px]] [[Moon cow]] *Spawns on [[the Moon]]. *Can be bred using [[wheat]]. *Drops [[glass bottle]]s, [[bone]]s and [[cheese]] when killed. *They wear a block of [[glass]] on their heads. *Unlike the other mobs, they walk backwards as if {{w|Moonwalk (dance)|moonwalking}}. *The player can ride the moon cow without using a [[saddle]], but cannot control its direction, like riding a [[llama]]. ;[[File:Ray Tracing (mob).png|24px]] '''[[Ray Tracing (mob)|Ray Tracing]]''' *A [[Player|humanoid]] mob. *Can be spawned only by activating the vote minecraft:ray_tracing and waiting for the message "Ray Tracing joined the game". *Can't be spawned by the {{cmd|summon}} command and does not have a spawn egg. *Sends a random chat message 4-30 seconds after it spawns. *Wanders randomly in the world, sending a random chat message every 30-180 seconds. *Can be tempted by using a [[diamond]]. *Death messages are displayed in the chat when this mob dies. *Sends a random chat message after it dies. *When the vote minecraft:ray_tracing is repealed, a random chat message is sent, along with "Ray Tracing left the game" being sent in the chat and the mob despawning. *If the vote minecraft:french_mode is approved, all chat messages sent by this mob, including messages after death, logging in and logging out, are replaced by this message: "Omelette du fromage" === World generation === ;[[The Moon]] *A new [[dimension]]. *Can be accessed by ascending to Y=700 in the [[Overworld]] or teleporting with /execute as @s in minecraft:the_moon run tp @s ~ ~ ~. *Ascending to Y=700 on the Moon will bring the player back to the Overworld. *The gravity is lower compared to the other three dimensions. *[[Entities]] and [[particles]] will float, being affected by the lower gravity as well. *[[Lunar base]]s generate there. *Instead of [[Moon]], the Earth is visible on the sky. There are 4 variants of the Earth shapes when viewed from the moon: [[File:Square Earth.png|32px]] square, [[File:3D Square Earth.png|32px]] cube, [[File:Round Earth.png|32px]] round, [[File:Tea Pot Earth.png|32px]] teapot. *The square Earth is the default shape. The variant can be changed by vote minecraft:world_shape. *The teapot Earth is the rarest variant of Earth shape. *On the Moon, player can build blocks from Y=0 up to Y=255, like in [[the End]]. *A player suffocates on the Moon like underwater, albeit much slower. They need to consume [[Air (April Fools joke)|air]], eat [[cheese]] or stand in [[packed air]] to stay alive. [[Water Breathing]] effect does not prevent suffocation on the Moon. *Both [[bed]]s and [[respawn anchors]] explode, like in the End. ;[[File:Lunar Base.png|32px]] [[Lunar base]] *A new [[feature]], spawning on [[the Moon]]. *Pressing the golden pressure plate located on the rover will start building an enormous structure out of different variants of [[blocks of copper]], at the end covering them with [[copper spleaves]], [[soul lantern]]s, [[chain]]s and [[polished blackstone buttons]]. *The base will have several [[chest]]s named "Moon Mission Resupply Crate" and green [[shulker box]]es named "Lunar Laboratory Equipment", with greatly varying loot, including items not obtainable in survival normally, like [[spawn egg]]s. === Gameplay === ;[[Advancement]]s *Added 2 new advancements: **I Voted! ***Vote for the first time. **Pro Voter! ***Vote 256 times! ;Thirst *Must be unlocked by vote {{cd|minecraft:ultra_realistic_mode}}. *Exists as a new bar, placed over the [[hunger]] bar. *Decreases as the player performs certain actions, similar to hunger. *Can be refilled by drinking water bottles, or by swimming underwater for long periods of time. ;Voting system *About every 2 minutes, a "proposal" will be created, and can be accessed and voted on by pressing {{key|V}}. **This will bring up a prompt to change how the world works, in which the player voting has some options. ***One of these options will be "Do Nothing" unless {{Cd|minecraft:new_vote_no_opt_out}} has been voted. ***Whichever change was voted for the most will be executed, unless another vote has changed the way the winning option is chosen. ***Proposals are either approving or repealing. The former prompt the players to add new rules and the latter prompt them to deactivate the active ones. === Commands === ; NBT tags *wob **Items with this tag will have a flipped sprite and name. **Items with this tag will have reversed knockback (mobs are knocked towards the player) **If the item makes a projectile, it will be shot behind the player. ;{{cmd|transform|link=none}} *Syntax: **{{Cd|transform clear}} - Clears all transforms from the executer. **{{Cd|transform into []}} - Transforms the executer into {{Cd|entity}}. **{{Cd|transform into player }} - Transforms the executer into the player form, applying the skin of {{Cd|player}}. **{{Cd|transform scale }} - Multiplies the scale of the executer by {{Cd|scale}} from the default size. *It is possible to transform other mobs or players by using {{cd|execute as run transform ...}}. *Has the same effect on entities as [[bottles of entity]], including death of the transformation but not the actual entity. ;{{cmd|vote|link=none}} *Syntax: **{{cd|vote dump_all [short{{!}}long]}} - Returns the message "Whew! That was scary!" as command feedback. ***{{cd|short}} - {{info needed}} ***{{cd|long}} - {{info needed}} **{{cd|vote io (flush{{!}}reload)}}. ***{{cd|flush}} - Forces all voting data to be saved to their file and removes them from temporary memory. Also prints the message {{cd|ThreadedAnvilChunkStorage: Hey, how are you?}} to the console. ***{{cd|reload}} - Reloads the file that contains all voting data. If the file was edited before reloading, all changes made to the voting data will be applied to the world. **{{cd|vote pending (start{{!}}repeal{{!}}finish{{!}}discard{{!}}vote)}}. ***{{cd|start }} - Starts voting for activation of the specified rule. Arguments for the rule are random. ***{{cd|repeal }} - Starts voting for repeal of the specified rule. ***{{cd|finish <vote>}} - Finishes ongoing votes and activates the rules in response to the voting results. {{cd|vote}} must be a [[UUID]] of a ongoing vote. Specifying {{cd|*}} finishes all ongoing votes. ***{{cd|discard <vote>}} - Rejects existing proposals. {{cd|vote}} must be a UUID of a ongoing vote. Specifing {{cd|*}} rejects all ongoing votes. ***{{cd|vote <vote>