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of Minecraft with random splash text.
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 splashes are defined in a plain-text file within the Minecraft .jar file (versions/(Minecraft version)/(Minecraft version).jar/assets/minecraft/texts/splashes.txt). The splash pulsates on the title screen at a frequency of 2 Hz (120 BPM).
Splash texts are not translated and appear the same regardless of the language setting chosen.
Splashes can be edited to the player's liking with a
by editing the splashes.txt file in assets/minecraft/texts.
Splash text
Explanation
Version added
Alpha 1.0.14
1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
"Sugar-free" is frequently used in food-related advertisements and packaging. Before Minecraft , this splash read "0% sugar!".
Alpha 1.0.0
100% pure!
A reference to some juices which use "100% pure" or a variant thereof as a selling point.
Notch's and 's wedding day, August 13, 2011.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
12 herbs and spices!
A parody of
secret chicken flavoring recipe containing 11 herbs and spices.
12345 is a bad password!
12345 is an easily guessable password. This is also a reference to the film
by Mel Brooks.
Alpha 1.0.14
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.
150% hyperbole!
A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to generate emphasis or humor. 150% is, naturally, an exaggeration.
Alpha 1.0.0
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 1.0.0
lines of code!
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 are
that appear all over the television series .
Alpha 1.0.0
90% bug free!
is famous for being the
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
A skeleton popped out!
Alpha 1.0.0
Absolutely fixed relatively broken coordinates
Change log in
for snapshot 16w20a contains puns about fixing broken absolute and relative coordinates.
1.10 (16w21b)
Absolutely no memes!
Afraid of the big, black bat!
A quote from The Riddler in the film : "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" Also could be a reference to the .
Age of Wonders is better!
is a PC turn-based strategy game.
All inclusive!
All is full of love!
"" is a song by Icelandic singer Bj?rk.
Alpha 1.0.0
"Almost never" is an interesting concept!
Possible reference to the inverse of the mathematical concept of "".
Also try Braid!
is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on time manipulation.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Limbo!
is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on avoiding ingenious traps.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Mount And Blade!
is a medieval-themed RPG for Microsoft Windows.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!
is a 2D shooter for only the PlayStation 3.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Project Zomboid!
is a zombie apocalypse-themed game.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Super Meat Boy!
is a 2D platformer game based on very difficult levels.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Also try Terraria!
is a 2D platformer game with a similar premise to Minecraft. Terraria features
one of the messages reads "Also try Minecraft!".
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
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 (pre1)
Also try World of Goo!
is a 2D physics-based puzzle game.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Any computer is a laptop if you're brave enough!
1.8 (1.8-pre1)
A riddle, wrapped in a mystery!
As seen on TV!
that is often lampooned.
Ask your doctor!
Similar to "As seen on TV", said at some point in almost every pharmaceutical advertisement.
"Autological" is!
is a word which describes itself. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read '"Noun" is an autonym!'.
Autonomous!
Alpha 1.0.14
Awesome community!
Bees, bees, bees, bees!
A line from one of
works, "".
Alpha 1.0.14
Bekarton guards the gate!
A reference to Bekarton the Gatekeeper, a character in Jeb's game .
1.3.1 (12w22a)
Best in class!
A frequently-used catchphrase in car commercials.
Better than Prey!
is a first person shooter that was well received by critics.
Big Pointy Teeth!
"Big Pointy Teeth" is the name of a rabbit in 's game
– this is a reference to a quote made by
from the movie
painting the picture of a
as a terrible beast with "nasty, big, pointy teeth!"
1.3.1 (12w22a)
Bigger than a bread box!
Refers to a question asked by , "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", during a game of
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Blue warrior shot the food!
Refers to a line in the arcade game .
1.8 (14w20a)
1.10 (16w21b)
Boots with the fur!
From the song "" by , featuring .
Bread is pain!
This splash has two meanings: one related to translation ("pain" is French for "bread"), and one ironic ( in Minecraft heals the player).
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Bring it on!
Bring me Ray Cokes!
Has to do with the incident when player JulianClark was asked to bring Notch the TV presenter and actor .
Alpha 1.0.0
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.
BTAF used to be good!
Bob the Angry Flower is a comic strip that has been running since 1992.
Alpha 1.0.0
Buckets of lava!
may be filled with .
Alpha 1.0.0
Call your mother!
Casual gaming!
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
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.
Check it out!
Check out the far lands!
were the "limit" of the infinite map, until Notch accidentally fixed them in .
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Child's play!
A children's charity that organizes donations and worldwide toy drives to children's hospitals. Also a phrase used to imply something is easy.
Closed source!
Minecraft is currently , meaning the source code has not been publicly released. However, 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 ".
Cloud computing!
is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.
Cogito ergo sum!
Latin for "I think, therefore I am". A quote from .
Alpha 1.0.0
Collaborate and listen!
Lyrics to "" by American rapper Vanilla Ice.
Alpha 1.0.0
Colormatic
This splash is stored as "§1C§2o§3l§4o§5r§6m§7a§8t§9i§ac" in splashes. the "§" and the character following are
that determine the color of the text following the code.
1.1 (11w50a)
Complex cellular automata!
Both Minecraft and an
of Notch' Notch has stated that he is fascinated by it.
Consummate V's!
Alpha 1.0.11
Conventional!
Cow Tools!
Refers to a
by Gary Larson.
Alpha 1.0.11
Cruising streets for gold!
Line from the song "" by ""
1.8 (14w25a)
Cze?? Polska!
Polish for "Hello, Poland!".
1.1 (11w50a)
Déjà vu!
is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.
Déjà vu!
Do it all, everything!
Do not distribute!
P referred to as "The one major rule" by Notch.
Alpha 1.0.0
Do you want to join my server?
Relates to people in the community asking others to join their multiplayer servers.
1.8 (14w05a)
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.
Doesn't avoid double negatives!
A double negative is where two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. This sentence is ironic in that it uses double negatives, meaning the sentence could also read "Uses double negatives".
Doesn't use the U-word!
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 , and therefore clones might not be negative remakes of other games.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Don't feed avocados to parrots!
Avocados are poisonous to birds.
1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
Don't look directly at the bugs!
Alpha 1.2.0
"doot-doot, thank mr skeltal" is a phrase
meme. The splash was added at the time
were added to the game.
1.9 (15w38b)
Double buffered!
A common screen
that Minecraft uses
Alpha 1.0.11
Down with O.P.P.!
Line from the song "" by American hip hop trio "Naughty by Nature".
DRR! DRR! DRR!
Refers to the horror manga short story .
Alpha 1.0.14
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 (pre1)
Refers to the Star Trek saying "Engage!" by Jean-Luc Picard, a signal to act on previously given orders.
Alpha 1.0.14
Eple (original edit)!
Title of a
by Norwegian electronic music duo R?yksopp.
Euclidian!
Minecraft worlds are mostly made up of one of the simplest forms of , the cube.
Excitement!
Exclusive!
Exploding creepers!
Reference to the beloved
in the game.
Extra things!
1.8 (14w05a)
Falling off cliffs!
Often happened accidentally before
was implemented.
Alpha 1.0.0
Falling with style!
Said by Woody about Buzz Lightyear in
(1995), "That wasn't flying, that was falling with style!". Added soon after
were added to the game.
1.9 (15w42a)
Fan fiction!
Alpha 1.0.11
Alpha 1.0.14
Often an advertising point on food, directed at people attempting to lose or keep from gaining weight.
Feature packed!
Finally complete!
A reference to the fact that Minecraft has finally left . While it may have been "officially released", it is (in reality) far from "complete" and continually being developed.
Finally with ladders!
were added to the game in .
Alpha 1.2.0
Finger-licking!
"Finger-lickin' good" was a previous slogan of .
Alpha 1.0.0
Flashing letters!
Referring to the flashing of the splash text itself.
Flavor with no seasoning!
Line from the song "" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Flaxkikare!
A reference to Bobo, a children's comic created by Swedish cartoonist Lars Mortimer, in which the title character had a magical spyglass called the Flaxkikare, which can be translated to English as "lucky spyglass".
Alpha 1.0.14
is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Follow the train, CJ!
A reference to the mission "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" in .
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Free dental!
Free dental is often a talking point about a job advertisement, and is similar to .
From the streets of S?dermalm!
is the district in
offices are located.
Full of stars!
Part of a quote from Dr. David Bowman ("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 doesn't 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 1.0.0
Funk soul brother!
A repeated lyric in a vocal sample in the Fatboy Slim song "The Rockafeller Skank".
This splash is stored as "§kFUNKY LOL" in splashes. as with the "Colormatic" splash, the "§k" is a , 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)
Gargamel plays it!
is the enemy of the Smurfs.
Alpha 1.0.0
Alpha 1.0.14
Getting ready to drop!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Getting ready to freak!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Getting ready to know!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Getting ready to shock!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Getting ready to show!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Getting ready to speak!
Line from the song "Skeletons" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs!
"Potato chips",
using obscure rules of English pronunciation.
/give @a hugs 64
A reference to the
/give. If minecraft:hugs were an item, this would give all players 64 hugs.
1.8 (14w26a)
Give us Gordon!
A possible reference to , the protagonist of the
game, in which the military troops wrote "Give Us Gordon Freeman" in graffiti.
Alpha 1.0.14
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 (see
for more information).
Google anlyticsed!
A past-tense misspelling of , a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website.
Alpha 1.0.14
Got your nose!
Most probably based on an old joke where one person grabs someone's nose, then moves their hand away with their own thumb though the middle of their two first fingers.
A common abbreviation for "Game of the Year". Minecraft has been nominated — and voted — Game of the Year by a number of gaming magazines and news sites.
Guaranteed!
Haha, LOL!
Alpha 1.0.14
Haley loves Elan!
A reference to the webcomic , in which Haley Starshine has a long-concealed crush on Elan and eventually starts a relationship with him.
Hampsterdance!
is one of the oldest internet memes.
Alpha 1.0.14
Han shot first!
in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the original version of the film, Han Solo pulls out his blaster and shoots Greedo before he knows it. In the special edition, 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 'Han shot first'.
Alpha 1.0.0
Hard to label!
Has an ending!
A reference to the .
This splash predates the creation of
(the story of which was posted no earlier than the Alpha 1.0.16_02 update) and therefore has nothing to do with it.
Alpha 1.0.0
Heaps of hits on YouTube!
is among the most popular topics on YouTube. Notch's
is rarely updated, but has received over a million views, 16 million video views, and 67,000 subscribers. User-created tutorial and demonstration videos, "Let's Play" series,
and various other videos are also very common. Prior to Alpha 1.0.0(?), this read "700+ hits on YouTube!".
Helo Cymru!
Welsh for "Hello, Wales!".
1.1 (11w50a)
Swedish for "Oh My God!".
Hobo humping slobo babe!
"" was the critically-acclaimed first single of the band .
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Holy cow, man!
Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!
A "" is a mathematical property indicating that there is a continual topological mapping 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 analogue of the "2-sphere" (what we think of as an ordinary sphere.)
Hot tamale, hot hot tamale!
Line from the Weebl song "".
Hotter than the sun!
Alpha 1.0.14
Huge tracts of land!
A quote from , describing the "assets" of a bride-to-be.
refers to the large areas of terrain present in Minecraft.
HURNERJSGER?
A reference to a
about villager sounds.
1.6.1 (13w23a)
I have a suggestion.
I miss ADOM!
is a very old, but popular and unique roguelike game, featuring a world made completely of ASCII 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 1.0.0
I see your vocabulary has improved!
A reference to "Lands of Lore 2", a 1997 game by Westwood Studios.
1.1 (11w50a)
idspispopd!
The no-clip command for , which allows flying and passing through walls.
if not ok then return end
script code for exiting a function if the variable "ok" is false or nil (not initialized/not set).
1.1 (11w50a)
was the second major version of Minecraft, after . It was succeeded by .
Information wants to be free!
referring to the fact that keeping information contained tends to be more difficult than allowing it to disseminate.
Ingots are obtainable in the game.
Inspirational!
Internet enabled!
Alpha 1.0.14
It swings, it jives!
Line from the song "" by the band .
1.8 (14w25a)
It's a game!
It's finished!
Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "When it's finished!".
It's groundbreaking!
It's here!
Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Coming soon!".
Jag k?nner en bot!
Swedish for "I know a bot". Refers to the first line of the song "" by the Swedish dance artist, Basshunter.
Alpha 1.0.14
Jason! Jason! Jason!
The main character of the game
yells "Jason!" repeatedly while looking for his son. Also possibly a reference to the famous Friday the 13th slasher movies, in which the background music usually includes the echoing voice of Jason's mother wispering "Jason! Jason! Jason! Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Alpha 1.0.14
Javalicious edition
1.11 (16w32a)
Jeb has amazing hair!
Referring to Mojang employee
having long, red hair.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Joel is neat!
May refer to Canadian electronic music composer , whose real name is Joel Zimmerman.
Jump up, jump up, and get down!
"" by American hip hop group "House of Pain".
Kaaneeeedaaaa!
Refers to the Japanese anime film .
Keyboard compatible!
Khaaaaaaaaan!
A reference to the scene in
screams 's name.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Kick it root down!
Lyrics from the song "" by American hip hop band "Beastie Boys".
Alpha 1.0.14
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
in . Before Minecraft , this splash read "Absolutely dragon free!".
Kinda like Lemmings!
is a game which also features ,
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Kiss the sky!
A reference to the lyrics from "" by American guitarist .
Alpha 1.0.0
is a type of symbolic spelling in which letters are replaced by lookalike numbers, punctuation, other symbols, and even characters from other languages. For example, "hello" is written as "|-|3110".
Larger than Earth!
The theoretical maximum size of the
in Minecraft is roughly eight times the total surface area of the Earth. However,
mean that the actual maximum size is much smaller, though still larger than the Earth.
Alpha 1.0.0
Legal in Finland!
May be a reference to the urban legend that Donald Duck was illegal in Finland. More likely a reference to the fact that snus (Swedish tobacco) is illegal in Finland.
Lennart lennart = new Lennart();
"Lennart" is a Swedish variant of the name "Leonard". This is a bit of pseudocode declaring a new Lennart, named "lennart", of type "Lennart". Also is valid Java (which is what Minecraft was made in)
1.1 (11w50a)
Less addictive than TV Tropes!
is very addictive.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Let our battle's begin!
Probably a reference to .
Let's danec!
A reference to a typo Notch made while working on .
Alpha 1.0.0
Leveraging synergy!
A common example of .
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Lewd with two dudes with food!
A line from "" by Flight of the Conchords. Prior to Alpha 1.0.14, this splash read "Rude with two dudes with food!".
Alpha 1.0.0
Limited edition!
Lives in a pineapple under the sea!
Part of the opening line of the theme song for the animated series .
Alpha 1.0.14
Livestreamed!
Alpha 1.0.0
Lots of truthiness!
A reference to Stephen Colbert's favorite word "".
Loved by millions!
Macroscopic!
Made by Jeb!
because the lead Minecraft developer once
stepped down from developing it in 2011. This splash was added by Notch.
Made by Notch!
is the creator of Minecraft.
Made in Sweden!
A parody of the very well-known phrase "Made in _" (China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, etc.), based on Notch living in Sweden.
Make me a table, a funky table!
Line from the song "Funkhauser" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
MAP11 has two names!
Alpha 1.0.14
Matt Damon!
May refer to , in which Matt Damon can only say his name.
Alpha 1.0.11
May contain nuts!
A common food allergen warning.
Meeting expectations!
Menger sponge!
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.
Millions of peaches!
A Possible reference to the "The Presidents of the United States of America" song , which features the line "Millions of peaches!".
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
The name of the game.
Minors welcome!
A pun on the spelling of 'miners'.
Mmmph, mmph!
1.3.1 (12w26a)
Monster infighting!
Aggressive
can attack one another if the player can get one mob to accidently attack another.
More Digital!
1.9 (15w33a)
More addictive than lemonade!
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
More polygons!
Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on .
More than 500 sold!
and , this splash originally read "More than 5000 sold!". In , it was changed to read "More than 25000 sold!", and between Alpha 1.0.12 and Alpha 1.0.14 it was changed to the current splash, making it one of the only splashes to be changed more than once (another being #76).
Music by C418!
All of Minecraft's music was composed by .
My life for Aiur!
is the homeworld of the
video game series. The phrase is typically said by Protoss Zealots.
1.1 (11w50a)
Never dig down!
directly under you is never recommended, since there could be a long drop, a ,
below you.
Alpha 1.0.0
Nice to meet you!
Alpha 1.0.0
Not as cool as Spock!
is a very popular Star Trek character. Prior to 1.8.5, this splash read "Cooler than Spock!". Leonard Nimoy who played Spock died on February 27, 2015, one week after the release of 1.8.3 and 84 days before the text was changed in Spock’s favor.
Alpha 1.0.0
Not linear!
As Minecraft is a sandbox game, the game's appeal instead lies in .
Alpha 1.0.0
Not on steam!
is an online service used to distribute many Indie games, as well as Valve games. Minecraft is
via Steam, but only on the .
Now contains 32 random daily cats!
A reference to a Twitter user who sent pictures of cats to
every day until
was added to Minecraft. There are 32 stained glass blocks.
1.7.2 (13w41a)
Now in 3D!
Minecraft has a 3D Anaglyph mode.
Now Java 6!
Support for Java 5 was dropped in Minecraft . Before , this splash read "Almost java 6!".
Now supports ???!
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. Prior to (some version), this splash read "Now supports ???!".
Alpha 1.0.14
Now with additional stuff!
Since the release of Minecraft, there have been many updates through subsequent updates which have added new features to the game.
1.8 (14w05a)
Now with difficulty!
Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.
Now with extra hugs!
Now With Multiplayer!
Does not reference the similar line "Updated for multiplayer" in the mod Wedge.
1.8 (14w17a)
NP is not in P!
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.
Octagonal!
Alpha 1.0.0
Oh, ok, Pigmen!
may be found in the Nether.
Alpha 1.2.0
When read aloud, "Oh, I see you ate one, too." Most likely a reference to the Van Halen album "OU812," but may also be a reference to text messaging.
Alpha 1.0.0
Omnipotent!
Alpha 1.0.14
One day, somewhere in the future, my work will be quoted!
1.8 (14w05a)
One of a kind!
OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!
used by Minecraft. Prior to
(), this read “Open GL 1.2!”. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "OpenGL 1.1!".
PC gaming since 1873!
The slogan of the UK-based PC gaming blog .
Peter Griffin!
Head of the family from the animated TV show .
Alpha 1.0.0
Phobos anomaly!
of Doom's first episode.
Alpha 1.0.0
Reference of Minecraft's texture.
Place ALL the blocks!
A snowclone meme originating from
on the blog "Hyperbole and a Half", which contained an image with the phrase "".
Play him off, keyboard cat!
is an internet meme wherein after someone makes an embarrassing mistake a cat is shown playing a keyboard, frequently accompanied by the phrase "play him off, keyboard cat".
Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
Added during the yearly
charity drive.
Alpha 1.2.3?
Played by cowboys!
Shortened form of “please retweet”, in relation to Twitter.
1.8 (14w05a)
Plz reply to my tweet!
References how people on Twitter 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)
Pneumatic!
A word meaning "air-powered". Possibly a reference to the Aldous Huxley novel, , in which pneumatic was used to denote a good thing.
Alpha 1.0.0
Polynomial!
Alpha 1.0.0
Popping tags!
A reference to Macklemore's "Thrift Shop".
1.8 (14w10a)
Pretty scary!
References the Pretty Scary Update.
1.4.2 (12w36a)
Pumpa kungen!
"Pumpa kungen" is Swedish for "pump the king". It might also be interpreted as "the pumpkin king", though if so it's slightly misspelled with a very common Swedish spelling error.
Pumpkinhead!
are wearable as helmets in Minecraft.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Punching wood!
While not strictly necessary, it is nearly impossible to start a new game without collecting wood, which, lacking tools, must be done by punching it.
Alpha 1.0.0
Put a little fence around it!
Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.
1.8 (14w05a)
Put that cookie down!
Said by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Christmas movie .
1.4.2 (12w32a)
Random splash!
Different splash texts appear randomly, just like this one.
Read more books!
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Reference implementation!
Refers to .
Alpha 1.0.0
Regional resources!
Alpha 1.0.14
Replaced molten cheese with blood?
In snapshot , 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)
Representing Edsbyn!
is a village in Sweden with around 4000 Notch lived in Edsbyn for the first years of his life.
Alpha 1.0.0
Reticulating splines!
Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of the Sim and Spore series by .
Ride the pig!
can be ridden with a .
Alpha 1.0.0
Rise from your grave!
Refers to the arcade game
1.8 (14w20a)
Rita is the new top dog!
Refers to old Australian TV show, .
Alpha 1.0.0
Rule #1: it's never my fault
Searge posted this on Twitter in regards to the lava texture being blood-red in .
1.10 (16w21b)
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)
Ryan also has amazing hair!
Referring to Mojang employee
having long, brown hair.
Alpha 1.2.0
Scientific!
Alpha 1.0.0
See you next Friday or so!
started on Friday, November 18, 2011, a little less than a week after the release of the Minecraft 1.0 release candidates.
Seecret Friday update!
Before Minecraft went , updates were released weekly, every Friday. Notch called these updates "".
Alpha 1.0.0
Sensational!
Should not be played while driving
The August 8, 2016 update to the game Pokémon GO
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)
Singleplayer!
Slow acting portals!
to the Nether take a few seconds to activate, although in , they are instant. In addition, it is satire on many claims about cleaning products i.e. "Fast acting stain remover" or "Fast acting solvent".
Alpha 1.2.0
So fresh, so clean!
"" is a song by American hip hop duo "Outkast".
So sweet, like a nice bon bon!
Refers to a line in the song "" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys.
1.8 (14w10a)
Spiders everywhere!
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 1.0.0
Stay a while, stay forever!
A quote from , a game for the Commodore 64.
Stay a while and listen!
A quote from
from the Diablo series.
Stop being reasonable, this is the Internet!
posted this quote on Twitter.
1.8 (14w26a)
Stop, hammertime!
A phrase from the song "" by . /stophammertime was also an example command used in the Minecraft
changelog.
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Strange, but not a stranger!
Line from the song "" by the band .
1.8 (14w25a)
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 Friedrich's "The Wanderer over the Sea of Fog", frequently cited as a prototypical example of the sublime in art, is the source for an in-game painting.)
Alpha 1.0.0
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
The famous
from Disney's Mary Poppins. Before Minecraft , it read "Superfragilisticexpialidocious!"; Notch hinted it may have been a hidden message.
Alpha 1.0.11
Survival was once the only given objective in the game, although more objectives were added with the inclusion of .
Switches and ores!
is used to create switches, and many types of
can be found. Also a reference to the meme "".
Alpha 1.0.14
SWM forever!
SWM stands for "Single White Male"
Alpha 1.0.0
Swords for everyone!
1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
Synecdoche!
(Greek for "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech where an object or concept is represented by a part or subconcept.
Alpha 1.0.0
Take an eggbeater and beat it against a skillet!
Line from the song "Funkhauser" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Take frequent breaks!
A common warning found in health and safety booklets for electronic games.
Alpha 1.0.0
Take her pillow!
1.4.2 (12w32a)
Take the elevator to the mezzanine!
Line from the song "Super Bon Bon" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Technically good!
Technologic!
Title of a
by French electronic music duo .
Teetsuuuuoooo!
Refers to the Japanese anime film .
Tell your friends!
Terrestrial!
Alpha 1.0.0
Testificates!
In the Beta 1.8 and 1.9 pre-releases, all
had the name "TESTIFICATE" over their head.
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!".
That's Numberwang!
A reference to “That Mitchell and Webb Look”, a British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb
1.8 (14w02a)
That's super!
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
The bee's knees!
of unknown etymology, though it possibly originated in Britain.
The creeper is a spy!
"The […] is a spy!" is a common phrase used in
to warn oth the Spy is a class that is able to disguise as the enemy team and kill them from behind, which
tend to do.
The sky is the limit!
A common phrase, meaning that there are very few limits to projects. Also, no blocks can be placed above the map height, commonly referred to as the "sky" or "sky box".
The sum of its parts!
Reference to the .
Alpha 1.0.0
The Work of Notch!
Probably a reference to , or Notch as the creator of Minecraft.
Alpha 1.0.0
Alpha 1.0.0
There's no stopping the Trollmaso
From an Oct 6, 2015
by : "I didn't want a hypetrain but there's no stopping "Trollmaso", right? =) Yes, new dramatic feature, likely out in the next snapshot."
"Trollmaso" refers to the Twitter account , active since August 2015, whose name "Trollmasso ChiChi" was a play on
developer .
was referring to
in that tweet.
1.9 (15w42a)
This is good for Realms.
is a server-hosting service run by Mojang.
1.8 (14w32a)
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 (pre1)
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 "" splash.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
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 1.0.14
Thousands of colors!
(16-bit), which can represent up to 65,536 colors, on a Macintosh. Minecraft uses 32-bit colors, which can represent around 16 million colors.
Throw a blanket over it!
Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.
1.8 (14w05a)
Throw yourself at the ground and miss
From the Douglas Adams book Life, the Universe and Everything: "'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
were added.
1.9 (15w42a)
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!".
Alpha 1.0.14
Totally forgot about Dre!
Reference to the song Forgot about Dre by Dr. Dre.
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream!
Line from the song "" by .
1.8 (14w25a)
Treatment for your rash!
A commonly-used phrase in medicine advertising.
Try the mushroom stew!
Try the Nether!
Alpha 1.2.0
Twittered about!
Notch often tweeted about Minecraft on his , as still do many other people.
Turing complete!
is a term used in computer science for machines and programming languages that are able to perform all operations of a . The
mechanism is one of them.
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 you to ride pigs and perform such jousts. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Tyrian would love it!".
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Ultimate edition!
umop-apisdn!
The phrase "upside-down", upside-down.
Alpha 1.0.0
Undefeated!
Beta 1.8 (pre1)
Undocumented!
Une baguette!
Literally "a stick" in French, a baguette is a kind of bread. Minecraft also features
and . Could also be a reference to the Flight of the Conchords song "Foux Du Fafa".
Alpha 1.0.0
Uninflammable!
A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix.
Uses LWJGL!
Minecraft uses .
Verlet intregration!
is a technique often used to calculate trajectories of particles.
Alpha 1.0.0
Alpha 1.0.14
Very influential in its circle!
A reference to a Comedy routine on Russell Howard's Good News done by Hannibal Buress, where he states "I'm very influential in my circle."
1.8 (14w17a)
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 1.0.14
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)
Water proof!
Welcome to your Doom!
The boss quote from .
What's up, Doc?
Reference to Dinnerbone being killed by MindCrack member Docm77 during the first episode of MindCrack UHC Season 11, based on Looney Tunes character Bugs Bunny, who commonly greeted people by saying "What's Up Doc?"
1.6.1 (13w23a)
Where there is not light, there can spider!
One of 's "personal memes". According to the , the phrase was "said by a mutual friend, drunk beyond belief, who had never played Minecraft."
Who put it there?
1.1 (11w50a)
Whoa, dude!
on 4chan, where Minecraft is frequently discussed (and was occasionally promoted by Notch).
Alpha 1.0.14
Woo, facepunch!
is a game forum.
Alpha 1.0.14
Woo, minecraftforum!
is the official Minecraft forum.
Alpha 1.0.14
Woo, reddit!
is a popular online news and entertainment site driven by user-submitted content.
A reference to 2 Player Productions, the company behind .
Woo, somethingawful!
is an internet site.
Alpha 1.0.14
Woo, tigsource!
is an indie game development forum where Notch originally posted Minecraft.
Alpha 1.0.14
Woo, worldofminecraft!
is yet another popular Minecraft forum.
Alpha 1.0.14
Yay, puppies for everyone!
1.8 (14w06a)
You can't explain that!
A reference to a popular image macro series using an image of Bill O'Reilly, with a misunderstanding of a standard occurrence followed by "YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT"
1.1 (11w50a)
You're going too fast!
The August 8, 2016 update to the game Pokémon GO
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)
You've got a brand new key!
Refers to the song "" by American folk singer Melanie.
Γεια σου Ελλ?δα!
Greek for "Hello, Greece!".
1.1 (11w50a)
Привет Россия!
Russian for "Hello, Russia!".
1.1 (11w50a)
日本ハロー！
Japanese for "Hello, Japan!".
1.1 (11w50a)
Korean for "Hello, South Korea!".
1.1 (11w50a)
你好中国！
Chinese for "Hello, China!".
1.1 (11w50a)
Splash text
Explanation
Version added
Ported Implementation!
A reference to the port the PC Edition into , implementing features through gradual updates.
Alpha 0.7.3
100% more yellow text!
Implementation of Splash text
Alpha 0.7.3
flowers more important than grass
All flowers can be crafted into dyes, while grass remains a mundane junk item.
Alpha 0.9.2
Dramatic lighting!
Implementation of dynamic
Alpha 0.8.0
Alpha 0.8.0
Touch compatible!
Most platforms that play Pocket Edition use touchscreen.
Alpha 0.7.3
Annoying touch buttons!
A common complaint when people who start playing Pocket Edition that are experienced with the PC version is that the
are awkward.
Alpha 0.7.3
The Pocket Edition is written in C++.
Alpha 0.7.3
Almost C++14!
Alpha 0.11.0
OpenGL ES 2.0+!
Alpha 0.7.3
Multithreaded!
Alpha 0.9.2
Alpha 0.7.3
Haha, LEL!
A variation of the original splash “Haha, LOL!”. Lel is a common phonetic variation on the word lol, originating in the practice of substituting random vowels when using the acronym.
Alpha 0.9.2
Play Minecraft: PE, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
A variation of the original Splash "Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!".
Quite Indie!
Alpha 0.7.3
A reference to a common typo when typing in several !s.
Alpha 0.7.3
DEK was here
Alpha 0.9.2
References villagers' sounds.
Alpha 0.9.2
V-synched!
Alpha 0.7.3
0xffff-1 chunks
Alpha 0.7.3
Open-world alpha sandbox!
Alpha 0.9.2
A reference to Minecraft's infinite terrain. However, at the time of addition, infinite terrain had not yet been implemented in the Pocket Edition.
Alpha 0.7.3
1 star! Deal with it notch!
Alpha 0.8.1
Ask your mother!
May be an alternate to Ask your doctor! or "Ask your parents", a common advice in advertisements that are aimed toward children.
Alpha 0.7.3
Episode 3!
Alpha 0.9.2
Toilet friendly!
A mobile game is easier to play on a toilet than one on a bulky PC system.
Alpha 0.7.3
[snapshot intensifies]!
A reference to the
Alpha 0.9.2
Alpha 0.7.3
minecraftApp!
Alpha 0.10.4
Less polygons!
Now with skins!
Reference to the addition of skins in .
Alpha 0.11.0
Blame shogchips
A reference to , which allows users to 'blame' bugs on .
Alpha 0.11.0 build 7
Glowing creepy eyes!
Alpha 0.12.1
Also try Monument Valley!
is a 3D puzzle game based on impossible objects.
Alpha 0.12.2
Abbreviation for Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
Alpha 0.15.0?
Occasionally Mojang will replace all the regular splashes with a single splash visible for a set time.
Splash text
Date/version displayed
1K in 24h!
July 29, 2010
Alpha 1.0.13_02
Shown to celebrate the 1000 sales in the last 24 hours before the release.
[DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!]
Shown on the
pre-release build given to
as a preview.
Finally beta!
December 20, 2010–January 14, 2011
Beta 1.0–Beta 1.2
Excluding "Merry X-Mas!" and "Happy New Year!", this was the only splash from Beta 1.0 to Beta 1.2. Beta 1.2_01 reinstated random splashes.
Happy new year!
Shown on New Year's Day.
Merry X-mas!
December 24
Shown on Christmas Eve.
Shown when the splashes.txt file has been modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder. References a
found in .
PC Gamer Demo!
This is the only splash in the .
OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky!
October 31
Shown on Halloween.
Minecraft is love, Minecraft is life
This is the only splash in the .
APRIL FOOLS!
At 1:00 GMT, the splash text in the
is huge and says "APRIL FOOLS!" in pink letters and obstructs the title screen.
The "Happy New Year!" splash as it appeared on January 1, 2013 ()
2.0 April Fools splash ()
Note: the current versions of all splashes here
they do not need descriptions or explanations in this section.
Original splash
Changed splash
Version changed
700+ hits on YouTube!
Heaps of hits on YouTube!
Alpha 1.0.0?
Absolutely dragon free!
Kind of dragon free!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Almost java 6!
Now java 6!
1.7.2 (13w36a)
Now java 6!
Now Java 6!
1.8 (1.8-pre1)
Coming soon!
It's here!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
More than 5000 sold!
More than 25000 sold!
Alpha 1.0.0?
More than 25000 sold!
More than 500 sold!
Between Alpha 1.0.12 and Alpha 1.0.14
Notch &3 Ez!
Notch &3 ez!
Between Alpha 1.0.5_01 and Alpha 1.0.11
"Noun" is an autonym!
"Autological" is!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Now supports ???!
Now supports ???!
Between Alpha 1.0.15 and Alpha 1.2.0
OpenGL 1.1!
OpenGL 1.2!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
OpenGL 1.2!
OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!
1.8 (14w06a)
Rude with two dudes with food!
Lewd with two dudes with food!
Between Alpha 1.0.12 and Alpha 1.0.14
SOPA means LOSER in Swedish
SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!
1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
Superfragilisticexpialidocious!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
That's not a moon!
That's no moon!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
Tyrian would love it!
Tyrion would love it!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
When it's finished!
It's finished!
1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
This is good for realms.
This is good for Realms.
1.8 (14w33a)
Cooler than Spock!
Not as cool as Spock!
1.9 (15w42a)
Original splash
Changed splash
Version changed
Now with 100% more yellow text!
100% more yellow text!
Alpha 0.7.3
One star! Deal with it notch!
1 star! Deal with it notch!
Alpha 0.8.1
Haha, LOL!
Haha, LEL!
Alpha 0.9.2
Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
Play minecraftApp, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
Alpha 0.10.4
Play minecraftApp, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
Play Minecraft: PE, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!
Alpha 0.11.0
OpenGL ES 1.1!
OpenGL ES 2.0+!
Alpha 0.11.0
Almost C++11!
Almost C++14!
Alpha 0.11.0
Main article:
When a splash is removed, the line it occupied in splashes.txt is deleted, meaning the line number of all subsequent splashes lowers by one.
Splashes have been in Minecraft since , with new ones regularly added, usually as part of major releases. Prior to Alpha 1.0.14, splashes were stored in an array of strings in the source code.
The following table summarizes splash changes per version.
One splash, "Check it out!", was listed twice prior to this version, in spots 22 and 51.
The removed splashes were about 's price and state.
The removed splash was the "Check it out!" duplicate on line 47.
The splash removed was "Notch &3 ez!" –
had departed from Mojang at this time.
The splash removed was "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!" – the Stop Online Piracy Act () in the United States had not been an issue for several years.
The changed splash was "0% sugar", which was changed to "1% sugar"
Issues relating to “Splash” are maintained on the . Report issues there.
This is the line number of the splash in the "splashes.txt" splashes are not actually numbered in any way in splashes.txt itself.
The 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 splash is intentionally a duplicate, and is part of the , see
– @notch, Mar 19, 2011
– November 25, 2016
– @TheMogMiner, Nov 5, 2013
– @jeb_, Nov 14, 2011
– @notch, Oct 15, 2010
– @notch, Apr 11, 2012
– @TheMogMiner, Apr 25, 2014
– @notch, Nov 14, 2011
– @TheMogMiner, Apr 25, 2014
– @SeargeDP, May 26, 2016
– @SeargeDP, May 26, 2016
– @SeargeDP, Jun 10, 2014
– @notch, May 19, 2011
– @TheMogMiner, Apr 25, 2014
– @TheMogMiner, Apr 25, 2014
– @_tomcc, Jul 23, 2013