Splash

The main menu 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 resource pack by editing the splashes.txt file in assets/minecraft/texts.

Complete list of splashes

#	Splash text	Explanation	Version added
190	...!		Alpha 1.0.14
311	.party()!	References Notch's party, named ".party()".	1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
122	0% sugar!	"Sugar-free" is frequently used in food-related advertisements and packaging.	Alpha 1.0.0
3	100% pure!	A reference to some juices which use "100% pure" or a variant thereof as a selling point.	Indev
234	110813!	Notch's and ez's wedding day, August 13, 2011.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
55	12 herbs and spices!	KFC's secret chicken flavoring recipe contains 11 herbs and spices.	Indev
183	12345 is a bad password!	12345 is an easily guessable password. This is also a reference to the film Spaceballs by Mel Brooks.	Alpha 1.0.14
285	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.	1.0 (RC1)
123	150% hyperbole!	A hyperbole is an exaggeration used to generate emphasis or humor. 150% is, naturally, an exaggeration.	Alpha 1.0.0
130	20 GOTO 10!	Refers to BASIC. 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
135	4815162342 lines of code!	4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 are The Numbers that appear all over the television series Lost.	Alpha 1.0.0
53	90% bug free!		Indev
235	90210!	90210 is famous for being the ZIP Code for Beverly Hills, California.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
136	A skeleton popped out!		Alpha 1.0.0
57	Absolutely no memes!		Indev
280	Afraid of the big, black bat!	A quote from The Riddler in the film Batman Forever: "Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?" Also could be a reference to the Ender Dragon.	1.0 (RC1)
79	Age of Wonders is better!	Age of Wonders is a PC turn-based strategy game.	Indev
97	All inclusive!		Indev
105	All is full of love!	"All Is Full of Love" is a song by Icelandic singer Björk.	Alpha 1.0.0
218	"Almost never" is an interesting concept!	Possible reference to the inverse of the mathematical concept of "almost surely".	Beta 1.0
246	Also try Braid!	Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on time manipulation.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
244	Also try Limbo!	Limbo is a 2D puzzle-platformer game based on avoiding ingenious traps.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
241	Also try Mount And Blade!	Mount&Blade is a medieval-themed RPG for Microsoft Windows.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
245	Also try Pixeljunk Shooter!	PixelJunk Shooter is a 2D shooter for only the PlayStation 3.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
242	Also try Project Zomboid!	Project Zomboid is a zombie apocalypse-themed game.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
239	Also try Super Meat Boy!	Super Meat Boy is a 2D platformer game based on very difficult levels.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
240	Also try Terraria!	Terraria is a 2D platformer game with a similar premise to Minecraft. Terraria features intro messages similar to splashes; one of the messages reads "Also try Minecraft!".	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
238	Also try VVVVVV!	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)
243	Also try World of Goo!	World of Goo is a 2D physics-based puzzle game.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
356	Any computer is a laptop if you're brave enough!		1.8 (1.8-pre1)
210	A riddle, wrapped in a mystery!	From a quote by Winston Churchill; "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma[...]".	Beta 1.0
1	As seen on TV!	A common marketing claim that is often lampooned.	Indev
59	Ask your doctor!	Similar to "As seen on TV", said at some point in almost every pharmaceutical advertisement.	Indev
216	"Autological" is!	An autological word is a word which describes itself. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read '"Noun" is an autonym!'.	Beta 1.0
164	Autonomous!		Alpha 1.0.14
47	Awesome community!		Indev
2	Awesome!		Indev
190	Bees, bees, bees, bees!	A line from one of Weebl's works, "cup".	Alpha 1.0.14
306	Bekarton guards the gate!	A reference to Bekarton the Gatekeeper, a character in Jeb's game Whispers in Akarra.	1.3.1 (12w22a)
12	Best in class!	A frequently-used catchphrase in car commercials.	Indev
5	Better than Prey!	Prey is a first person shooter that was well received by critics.	Indev
305	Big Pointy Teeth!	Refers to a quote made by Tim the Enchanter from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail painting the picture of a Rabbit as a terrible beast with "nasty, big, pointy teeth!"	1.3.1 (12w22a)
253	Bigger than a bread box!	Refers to a question asked by Steve Allen, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?", during a game of 20 Questions on What's My Line?.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
337	Blue warrior shot the food!	Refers to a line in the arcade game Gauntlet.	1.8 (14w20a)
265	Boots with the fur!	From the song "Low" by Flo Rida, featuring T-Pain.	1.0 (RC1)
248	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 (pre1)
86	Bring it on!		Indev
143	Bring me Ray Cokes!	Has to do with the incident when JulianClark was asked to bring Notch Ray Cokes.	Alpha 1.0.0
65	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
139	BTAF used to be good!	Bob the Angry Flower is a comic strip that has been running since 1992.	Alpha 1.0.0
115	Buckets of lava!	A bucket may be filled with lava.	Alpha 1.0.0
88	Call your mother!		Indev
227	Casual gaming!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
68	Ceci n'est pas une title screen!	"Ceci n'est pas une" is French for "This is not a"; the phrase refers to The Treachery of Images (La trahison des images), a painting by the Belgian René Magritte which depicts a pipe with the sentence "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." ("This is not a pipe.") written beneath it.	Indev
21	Check it out!		Indev
236	Check out the far lands!	The Far Lands were the "limit" of the infinite map, until Notch accidentally fixed them.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
282	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.	1.0 (RC1)
43	Classy!		Indev
42	Closed source!	Minecraft is currently closed-source proprietary software, 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 public domain".	Indev
61	Cloud computing!	Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product.	Indev
134	Cogito ergo sum!	Latin for "I think, therefore I am". A quote from Descartes.	Alpha 1.0.0
109	Collaborate and listen!	Lyrics to "Ice Ice Baby" by American rapper Vanilla Ice.	Alpha 1.0.0
302	Colormatic	This splash is stored as "§1C§2o§3l§4o§5r§6m§7a§8t§9i§ac" in splashes.txt; the "§" and the character following are color codes that determine the color of the text following the code.	1.1 (11w50a)
73	Complex cellular automata!	Both Minecraft and an earlier work of Notch's feature cellular automata; Notch has stated that he is fascinated by it.	Indev
156	Consummate V's!	Refers to an episode of Homestar Runner.	Alpha 1.0.11
268	Conventional!		1.0 (RC1)
108	Not as cool as Spock!	Spock is a very popular Star Trek character.	Alpha 1.0.0
157	Cow Tools!	Refers to a Far Side comic by Gary Larson.	Alpha 1.0.11
36	Create!		Indev
349	Cruising streets for gold!		1.8 (14w25a)
292	Cześć Polska!	Polish for "Hello, Poland!".	1.1 (11w50a)
276	Déjà vu!	A déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.	1.0 (RC1)
277	Déjà vu!	A déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation.	1.0 (RC1)
357	Do it all, everything!		1.8.2
133	Do not distribute!	Part of the Minecraft terms and conditions; referred to as "The one major rule" by Notch.	Alpha 1.0.0
323	Do you want to join my server?	Relates to people in the community asking others to join their multiplayer servers.	1.8 (14w05a)
272	Does barrel rolls!	Refers to a move that can be performed by the Arwing in Star Fox games. In Star Fox 64, the humorous way in which Peppy Hare said "Do a barrel roll!" led to the creation of a meme.	1.0 (RC1)
270	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".	1.0 (RC1)
281	Doesn't use the U-word!		1.0 (RC1)
258	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 (pre1)
308	Don't feed avocados to parrots!	Avocados are poisonous to birds.	1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
202	Don't look directly at the bugs!		Alpha 1.2.0
158	Double buffered!	A common screen rendering technique that Minecraft uses	Alpha 1.0.11
41	Down with O.P.P.!	Line from the song "O.P.P." by American hip hop trio "Naughty by Nature".	Indev
167	DRR! DRR! DRR!	Refers to the horror manga short story The Enigma of Amigara Fault.	Alpha 1.0.14
38	Dungeon!		Indev
233	DungeonQuest is unfair!	Dungeonquest 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)
165	Engage!	Refers to the Star Trek saying "Engage!" by Jean-Luc Picard, a signal to act on previously given orders.	Alpha 1.0.14
52	Enhanced!		Indev
198	Eple (original edit)!	Title of a piece by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp.
69	Euclidian!	Minecraft worlds are mostly made up of one of the simplest forms of Euclidian geometry, the cube.	Indev
15	Excitement!		Indev
39	Exclusive!		Indev
33	Exploding creepers!	Reference to the beloved creature in the game.	Indev
329	Extra things!		1.8 (14w05a)
121	Falling off cliffs!	Often happened accidentally before sneaking was implemented.	Alpha 1.0.0
159	Fan fiction!		Alpha 1.0.11
166	Fantasy!		Alpha 1.0.14
56	Fat free!	Often an advertising point on food, directed at people attempting to lose or keep from gaining weight.	Indev
264	Feature packed!		1.0 (RC1)
263	Finally complete!	A reference to the fact that Minecraft has finally left Beta. While it may have been "officially released" , it is (in reality) far from "complete" and continually being developed.	1.0 (RC1)
204	Finally with ladders!	Ladders were added to the game in Infdev.	Alpha 1.2.0
144	Finger-licking!	"Finger-lickin' good" was a previous slogan of KFC.	Alpha 1.0.0
9	Flashing letters!	Referring to the flashing of the splash text itself.	Indev
339	Flavor with no seasoning!		1.8 (14w25a)
160	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
255	Fnord!	Fnord is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
230	Follow the train, CJ!	A reference to the mission "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
92	Freaky!		Indev
58	Free dental!	Free dental is often a talking point about a job advertisement, and is similar to "As seen on TV".	Indev
284	From the streets of Södermalm!	Södermalm is the district in Stockholm where the Mojang offices are located.	1.0 (RC1)
106	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 2001: A Space Odyssey (while often attributed to the film of the same name, the line doesn't actually appear on-screen until its sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact). However, Minecraft is full of stars. They are square pixels on the screen that appear at nighttime.	Alpha 1.0.0
287	Funk soul brother!	A repeated lyric in a vocal sample in the Fatboy Slim song "The Rockafeller Skank".	1.0 (RC1)
303	FUNKY LOL	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)
150	Gargamel plays it!	Gargamel is the enemy of the Smurfs.	Alpha 1.0.0
188	Gasp!		Alpha 1.0.14
344	Getting ready to drop!		1.8 (14w25a)
346	Getting ready to freak!		1.8 (14w25a)
343	Getting ready to know!		1.8 (14w25a)
345	Getting ready to shock!		1.8 (14w25a)
342	Getting ready to show!		1.8 (14w25a)
347	Getting ready to speak!		1.8 (14w25a)
275	Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs!	"Potato chips", spelled phonetically using obscure rules of English pronunciation.	1.0 (RC1)
354	/give @a hugs 64	A reference to the command /give.	1.8 (14w26a)
180	Give us Gordon!	A possible reference to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of the Half-Life game, in which the military troops wrote "Give Us Gordon Freeman" in graffiti.	Alpha 1.0.14
359	GNU Terry Pratchett	Refers to the internet tribute for Terry Pratchett, where the text "X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett" is added to the headers of websites (see this article for more information).	1.8.5
178	Google anlyticsed!	A past-tense misspelling of Google Analytics, a service that provides statistics about visitors to a website.	Alpha 1.0.14
278	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.	1.0 (RC1)
67	GOTY!	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.	Indev
84	Guaranteed!		Indev
193	Haha, LOL!		Alpha 1.0.14
279	Haley loves Elan!	A reference to the webcomic The Order of the Stick, in which Haley Starshine has a long-concealed crush on Elan and eventually starts a relationship with him.	1.0 (RC1)
194	Hampsterdance!	Hampster Dance is one of the oldest internet memes.	Alpha 1.0.14
113	Han shot first!	A contentious scene 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
63	Hard to label!		Indev
262	Has an ending!	A reference to the The End.	1.0 (RC1)
102	Haunted!	This splash predates the creation of Herobrine (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
18	Heaps of hits on YouTube!	Minecraft is among the most popular topics on YouTube. Notch's channel 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, Machinimas and various other videos are also very common. Prior to Alpha 1.0.0(?), this read "700+ hits on YouTube!".	Indev
291	Helo Cymru!	Welsh for "Hello, Wales!".	1.1 (11w50a)
72	Herregud!	Swedish for "Oh My God!".	Indev
260	Hobo humping slobo babe!	"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" was the critically-acclaimed first single of the band Whale.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
22	Holy cow, man!		Indev
269	Homeomorphic to a 3-sphere!	A "homeomorphism" 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 "3-sphere" 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.)	1.0 (RC1)
82	Hot tamale, hot hot tamale!	Line from the Weebl song "Tamale".	Indev
162	Hotter than the sun!		Alpha 1.0.14
211	Huge tracts of land!	A quote from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, describing the "assets" of a bride-to-be. Also refers to the large areas of terrain present in Minecraft.	Beta 1.0
319	HURNERJSGER?	A reference to a comment on Reddit about villager sounds.	1.6.1 (13w23a)
315	I have a suggestion.		1.4.6
140	I miss ADOM!	Ancient Domains of Mystery 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
298	I see your vocabulary has improved!	A reference to "Lands of Lore 2", a 1997 game by Westwood Studios.	1.1 (11w50a)
197	idspispopd!	The no-clip command for Doom, which allows flying and passing through walls.
301	if not ok then return end	This is Lua script code for exiting a function if the variable "ok" is false or nil (not initialized/not set).	1.1 (11w50a)
19	Indev!	Indev was the second major version of Minecraft, after Classic. It was succeeded by Infdev.	Indev
66	Indie!		Indev
217	Information wants to be free!	Slogan referring to the fact that keeping information contained tends to be more difficult than allowing it to disseminate.	Beta 1.0
32	Ingots!	Iron and Gold Ingots are obtainable in the game.	Indev
71	Inspirational!		Indev
163	Internet enabled!		Alpha 1.0.14
348	It swings, it jives!		1.8 (14w25a)
23	It's a game!		Indev
13	It's finished!	Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "When it's finished!".	Indev
222	It's groundbreaking!		Beta 1.6
11	It's here!	Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this splash read "Coming soon!".	Indev
191	Jag känner en bot!	Swedish for "I know a bot". Refers to the first line of the song "Boten Anna" by the Swedish dance artist, Basshunter.	Alpha 1.0.14
161	Jason! Jason! Jason!	The main character of the game Heavy Rain yells "Jason!" repeatedly while looking for his son.	Alpha 1.0.14
225	Jeb has amazing hair!	Referring to Mojang employee Jens Bergensten having long, red hair.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
209	Joel is neat!	May refer to Canadian electronic music composer Deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman.	Beta 1.0
208	Jump up, jump up, and get down!	"Jump Around" by American hip hop group "House of Pain".	Beta 1.0
50	Kaaneeeedaaaa!	Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.	Indev
30	Keyboard compatible!		Indev
250	Khaaaaaaaaan!	A reference to the scene in The Wrath of Khan when Captain Kirk screams Khan's name.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
168	Kick it root down!	Lyrics from the song "Root Down" by American hip hop band "Beastie Boys".	Alpha 1.0.14
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 Ender Dragon in 1.9 Pre-release 4. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC 1, this splash read "Absolutely dragon free!".	Indev
229	Kinda like Lemmings!	Lemmings is a game which also features mining, digging and blowing things up.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
129	Kiss the sky!	A reference to the lyrics from "Purple Haze" by American guitarist Jimi Hendrix.	Alpha 1.0.0
35	l33t!	Leet 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".	Indev
117	Larger than Earth!	The theoretical maximum size of the map in Minecraft is roughly eight times the total surface area of the Earth. However, technical restrictions mean that the actual maximum size is much smaller, though still larger than the Earth.	Alpha 1.0.0
62	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.	Indev
297	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)
251	Less addictive than TV Tropes!	TV Tropes is very addictive.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
223	Let our battle's begin!	Probably a reference to Bob the angry flower.	Beta 1.6
125	Let's danec!	A reference to a typo Notch made while working on Wurm Online.	Alpha 1.0.0
231	Leveraging synergy!	A common example of business speak.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
128	Lewd with two dudes with food!	A line from "If You're Into It" by Flight of the Conchords. Prior to Alpha 1.0.14, this splash read "Rude with two dudes with food!".	Alpha 1.0.0
8	Limited edition!		Indev
185	Lives in a pineapple under the sea!	Part of the opening line of the theme song for the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.	Alpha 1.0.14
101	Livestreamed!		Alpha 1.0.0
219	Lots of truthiness!	A reference to Stephen Colbert's favorite word "truthiness".	Beta 1.3
90	Loved by millions!		Indev
85	Macroscopic!		Indev
261	Made by Jeb!	Jeb is the lead Minecraft developer now that Notch has stepped down from developing it. This splash was added by Notch.	1.0 (RC1)
10	Made by Notch!	Notch is the creator of Minecraft.	Indev
24	Made in Sweden!	A parody of the very well-known phrase "Made in _" (China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, etc.), based on Notch living in Sweden.	Indev
351	Make me a table, a funky table!	Line from the song "Funkhauser" by "Hard 'n Phirm".	1.8 (14w25a)
186	MAP11 has two names!	Doom II: Hell on Earth's MAP11.	Alpha 1.0.14
154	Matt Damon!	May refer to Team America: World Police, in which Matt Damon can only say his name.	Alpha 1.0.11
4	May contain nuts!	A common food allergen warning.	Indev
273	Meeting expectations!		1.0 (RC1)
196	Menger sponge!	The 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.
254	Millions of peaches!	A Possible reference to the "The Presidents of the United States of America" song Peaches, which features the line "Millions of peaches!".	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
27	Minecraft!	The name of the game.	Indev
60	Minors welcome!	A pun on the spelling of 'miners'.	Indev
307	Mmmph, mmph!		1.3.1 (12w26a)
89	Monster infighting!	Aggressive mobs can attack one another if the player can get one mob to accidently attack another.	Indev
252	More addictive than lemonade!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
6	More polygons!	Most of today's video games, including Minecraft, are visually based on polygons.	Indev
16	More than 500 sold!	In Indev and Infdev, this splash originally read "More than 5000 sold!". In Alpha 1.0, 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).	Indev
100	Music by C418!	All of Minecraft's music was composed by C418.	Indev
296	My life for Aiur!	Aiur is the homeworld of the protoss in the StarCraft video game series. The phrase is typically said by Protoss Zealots.	1.1 (11w50a)
110	Never dig down!	Digging directly under you is never recommended, since there could be a long drop, a dungeon, mobs or lava below you.	Alpha 1.0.0
114	Nice to meet you!		Alpha 1.0.0
112	Not linear!	As Minecraft is a sandbox game, there is no actual storyline to follow; the game's appeal instead lies in emergent gameplay.	Alpha 1.0.0
45	Not on steam!	Steam is an online service used to distribute many Indie games, as well as Valve games. Minecraft is not sold via Steam, but only on the Minecraft website.	Indev
320	Now contains 32 random daily cats!	A reference to a Twitter user who sent pictures of cats to Mojang every day until stained glass was added to Minecraft.	1.7.2 (13w41a)
70	Now in 3D!	Minecraft has a 3D Anaglyph mode.	Indev
317	Now Java 6!	Support for Java 5 was dropped in Minecraft 1.6.	1.4.6
179	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. Prior to (some version), this splash read "Now supports ÅÄÖ!".	Alpha 1.0.14
326	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)
51	Now with difficulty!	Difficulty may be set to Peaceful, Easy, Normal, or Hard.	Indev
316	Now with extra hugs!		1.4.6
334	Now With Multiplayer!	Does not reference the similar line "Updated for multiplayer" in the mod Wedge.	1.8 (14w17a)
99	NP is not in P!	The P versus NP problem 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
148	Octagonal!		Alpha 1.0.0
46	Oh man!		Indev
203	Oh, ok, Pigmen!	Zombie Pigmen may be found in the Nether.	Alpha 1.2.0
142	OICU812!	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
187	Omnipotent!		Alpha 1.0.14
327	One day, somewhere in the future, my work will be quoted!		1.8 (14w05a)
17	One of a kind!		Indev
76	OpenGL 2.1 (if supported)!	Another technology used by Minecraft. Prior to 1.8 (14w06a), this read “Open GL 1.2!”. Prior to Minecraft 1.0 RC1, this read "OpenGL 1.1!".	Indev
274	PC gaming since 1873!	The slogan of the UK-based PC gaming blog Rock, Paper, Shotgun.	1.0 (RC1)
132	Peter Griffin!	Head of the family from the animated TV show Family Guy.	Alpha 1.0.0
119	Phobos anomaly!	The final map of Doom's first episode.	Alpha 1.0.0
48	Pixels!		Indev
271	Place ALL the blocks!	A snowclone meme originating from a post on the blog "Hyperbole and a Half", which contained an image with the phrase "Clean ALL the things!".	1.0 (RC1)
83	Play him off, keyboard cat!	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".	Indev
206	Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	Added during the yearly LRR Desert Bus charity drive.	Alpha 1.2.3?
75	Played by cowboys!		Indev
323	pls rt	Shortened form of “please retweet”, in relation to Twitter.	1.8 (14w05a)
310	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)
146	Pneumatic!	A word meaning "air-powered". Possibly a reference to the Aldous Huxley novel, Brave New World, in which pneumatic was used to denote a good thing.	Alpha 1.0.0
103	Polynomial!	Polynomials.	Alpha 1.0.0
332	Popping tags!	A reference to Macklemore's "Thrift Shop".	1.8 (14w10a)
54	Pretty!		Indev
314	Pretty scary!	References the Pretty Scary Update.	1.4.2 (12w36a)
288	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.	1.0 (RC1)
259	Pumpkinhead!	Pumpkins are wearable as helmets in Minecraft.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
120	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
325	Put a little fence around it!	Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.	1.8 (14w05a)
313	Put that cookie down!	Said by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Christmas movie Jingle All the Way.	1.4.2 (12w32a)
87	Random splash!	Different splash texts appear randomly, just like this one.	Indev
249	Read more books!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
127	Reference implementation!	Refers to reference implementations.	Alpha 1.0.0
169	Regional resources!		Alpha 1.0.14
153	Representing Edsbyn!	Edsbyn is a village in Sweden with around 4000 residents, Notch lived in Edsbyn for the first years of his life.	Alpha 1.0.0
26	Reticulating splines!	Refers to a running gag during loading processes in many games of the Sim and Spore series by Maxis.	Indev
116	Ride the pig!	Pigs can be ridden with a saddle.	Alpha 1.0.0
335	Rise from your grave!	Refers to the arcade game Altered Beast	1.8 (14w20a)
151	Rita is the new top dog!	Refers to old Australian TV show, Prisoner.	Alpha 1.0.0
338	Run, coward! I hunger!	Refers to the arcade game Sinistar, which includes the lines "Beware, I live!," "I hunger, coward!," "Run! Run! Run!," "Beware, coward!", "I hunger!," and "Run, coward!".	1.8 (14w20a)
226	Ryan also has amazing hair!	Referring to Mojang employee Ryan Holtz having long, brown hair.	1.7.4
205	Scary!		Alpha 1.2.0
107	Scientific!		Alpha 1.0.0
283	See you next Friday or so!	MineCon started on Friday, November 18, 2011, a little less than a week after the release of the Minecraft 1.0 release candidates.	1.0 (RC1)
126	Seecret Friday update!	Before Minecraft went Beta, updates were released weekly, every Friday. Notch called these updates "Seecret Friday updates".	Alpha 1.0.0
81	Sensational!		Indev
7	Sexy!		Indev
29	Singleplayer!		Indev
200	Slow acting portals!	Portals to the Nether take a few seconds to activate, although in Creative mode, they are instant.	Alpha 1.2.0
199	So fresh, so clean!	"So Fresh, So Clean" is a song by American hip hop duo "Outkast".
331	So sweet, like a nice bon bon!	Refers to a line in the song "Body Movin'" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys.	1.8 (14w10a)
304	SOPA means LOSER in Swedish!	SOPA was a highly controversial antipiracy bill that made its way through the United States House of Representatives before it was rejected. In Swedish, "sopa" is a verb meaning "to sweep" and also commonly used as a slang insult (comparing someone or something to the dirt that you would sweep up). Prior to the 1.3 Pre-release, this splash read "SOPA means LOSER in Swedish", without an exclamation point.	1.1
20	Spiders everywhere!		Indev
118	sqrt(-1) love you!	Mathematical confession using imaginary numbers. Imaginary numbers, including sqrt(-1) are represented by the mathematical constant i, so this phrase translates to "i love you".	Alpha 1.0.0
213	Stay a while, stay forever!	A quote from Impossible Mission, a game for the Commodore 64.	Beta 1.0
214	Stay a while and listen!	A quote from Elder Deckard Cain from the Diablo series.	Beta 1.0
353	Stop being reasonable, this is the Internet!	Searge posted this quote on Twitter.	1.8 (14w26a)
266	Stop, hammertime!	A phrase from the song "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer. /stophammertime was also an example command used in the Minecraft 1.2.5 changelog.	1.0.0 (1.0RC1)
340	Strange, but not a stranger!		1.8 (14w25a)
147	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 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
155	Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!	The famous song from Disney's Mary Poppins. Before Minecraft 1.0 RC1, it read "Superfragilisticexpialidocious!"; Notch hinted it may have been a hidden message.	Alpha 1.0.11
37	Survive!	Survival was once the only given objective in the game, although more objectives were added with the inclusion of Achievements.	Indev
195	Switches and ores!	Redstone is used to create switches, and many types of ore can be found. Also a reference to the meme "Bitches and Whores".	Alpha 1.0.14
152	SWM forever!		Alpha 1.0.0
309	Swords for everyone!		1.3.1 (1.3-pre)
124	Synecdoche!	A 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
350	Take an eggbeater and beat it against a skillet!	Line from the song "Funkhauser" by "Hard 'n Phirm".	1.8 (14w25a)
111	Take frequent breaks!	A common warning found in health and safety booklets for electronic games.	Alpha 1.0.0
312	Take her pillow!		1.4.2 (12w32a)
352	Take the elevator to the mezzanine!		1.8 (14w25a)
64	Technically good!		Indev
286	Technologic!	Title of a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk.	1.0 (RC1)
49	Teetsuuuuoooo!	Refers to the Japanese anime film Akira.	Indev
98	Tell your friends!		Indev
104	Terrestrial!		Alpha 1.0.0
267	Testificates!	In the Beta 1.8 and 1.9 pre-releases, all villagers had the name "TESTIFICATE" over their head.	1.0 (RC1)
34	That's no moon!	Famous quote from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. 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
322	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)
247	That's super!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
40	The bee's knees!	A 1920's slang phrase of unknown etymology, though it possibly originated in Britain.	Indev
220	The creeper is a spy!	"The […] is a spy!" is a common phrase used in Team Fortress 2 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
224	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".	Beta 1.6
138	The sum of its parts!	Reference to the living systems theory.	Alpha 1.0.0
137	The Work of Notch!	Probably a reference to The Word of Notch, or Notch as the creator of Minecraft.	Alpha 1.0.0
145	Thematic!		Alpha 1.0.0
355	This is good for Realms.	Realms is a server-hosting service run by Mojang.	1.8 (14w32a)
256	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)
232	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.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
192	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
77	Thousands of colors!	Alias for highcolor (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.	Indev
326	Throw a blanket over it!	Refers to the “Catbug” episode of the YouTube series “Bravest Warriors”.	1.8 (14w05a)
181	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
257	Totally forgot about Dre!	Reference to the song Forgot about Dre by Dr. Dre.	Beta 1.8 (pre1)
341	Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream!		1.8 (14w25a)
215	Treatment for your rash!	A commonly-used phrase in medicine advertising.	Beta 1.0
78	Try it!		Indev
80	Try the mushroom stew!	Mushroom Stew.	Indev
201	Try the Nether!	The Nether.	Alpha 1.2.0
207	Twittered about!	Notch often tweets about Minecraft on his Twitter feed, as do many other people.	Beta 1.0
221	Turing complete!	Turing completeness is a term used in computer science for machines and programming languages that are able to perform all operations of a Turing machine. The redstone mechanism is one of them.	Beta 1.3
237	Tyrion would love it!	Refers to Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf from the George R. R. Martin book A Dance With Dragons, 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)
91	Ultimate edition!		Indev
141	umop-apisdn!	The phrase "upside-down", upside-down.	Alpha 1.0.0
228	Undefeated!		Beta 1.8 (pre1)
31	Undocumented!		Indev
149	Une baguette!	Literally "a stick" in French, a baguette is a kind of bread. Minecraft also features bread and sticks. Could also be a reference to the Flight of the Conchords song "Foux Du Fafa".	Alpha 1.0.0
95	Uninflammable!	A joke on the fact that "inflammable" is often mistaken to mean "not flammable" due to the "in-" prefix.	Indev
25	Uses LWJGL!	Minecraft uses LWJGL.	Indev
131	Verlet intregration!	Verlet integration is a technique often used to calculate trajectories of particles.	Alpha 1.0.0
182	Very fun!		Alpha 1.0.14
333	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)
184	Vote for net neutrality!	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
336	Warning! A huge battleship "STEVE" is approaching fast!	Refers to the shoot'em up arcade game Darius Gaiden, 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)
94	Water proof!		Indev
212	Welcome to your Doom!	The boss quote from Altered Beast.	Beta 1.0
320	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)
358	Where there is not light, there can spider!		1.8.2
299	Who put it there?		1.1 (11w50a)
96	Whoa, dude!		Indev
318	Woah.		1.4.6
172	Woo, /v/!	The video game board on 4chan, where Minecraft is frequently discussed (and was occasionally promoted by Notch).	Alpha 1.0.14
170	Woo, facepunch!	Facepunch is a game forum.	Alpha 1.0.14
174	Woo, minecraftforum!	MinecraftForum is the official Minecraft forum.	Alpha 1.0.14
176	Woo, reddit!	Reddit is a popular internet blog.
177	Woo, 2pp!	A reference to 2 Player Productions, the company behind Minecraft:The Story of Mojang.	Beta 1.3?
171	Woo, somethingawful!	SomethingAwful is an internet site.	Alpha 1.0.14
173	Woo, tigsource!	TIGSource is an indie game development forum where Notch originally posted Minecraft.	Alpha 1.0.14
175	Woo, worldofminecraft!	World of Minecraft is yet another popular Minecraft forum.	Alpha 1.0.14
44	Wow!		Indev
28	Yaaay!		Indev
330	Yay, puppies for everyone!		1.8 (14w06a)
74	Yes, sir!		Indev
300	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)
93	You've got a brand new key!	Refers to the song "Brand New Key" by American folk singer Melanie.	Indev
295	Γεια σου Ελλάδα!	Greek for "Hello, Greece!".	1.1 (11w50a)
294	Привет Россия!	Russian for "Hello, Russia!".	1.1 (11w50a)
289	日本ハロー！	Japanese for "Hello, Japan!".	1.1 (11w50a)
290	한국 안녕하세요!	Korean for "Hello, South Korea!".	1.1 (11w50a)
293	你好中国！	Chinese for "Hello, China!".	1.1 (11w50a)

Pocket Edition exclusive splashes

#	Splash text	Explanation	Version added
???	Ported Implementation!	A reference to the port the PC Edition into Pocket Edition, implementing features through gradual updates.	Alpha 0.7.3
???	100% dragon free!	The Ender Dragon is not present in Pocket Edition.	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 lighting and/or sunlight shading.	Alpha 0.8.0
???	Pocket!	Pocket Edition	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 touchscreen controls are awkward.	Alpha 0.7.3
???	Uses C++!	The Pocket Edition is written in C++.	Alpha 0.7.3
???	Almost C++11!		Alpha 0.7.3
???	OpenGL ES 1.1!		Alpha 0.7.3
???	Multithreaded!		Alpha 0.9.2
???	D		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 minecraftApp, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!	A variation of the original Splash "Play Minecraft, Watch Topgear, Get Pig!". It is wordplay referring to Pocket Edition's internal folder "minecraftApp".
???	Quite Indie!		Alpha 0.7.3
???	!!!1!	A reference to a common typo when typing in several !s.	Alpha 0.7.3
???	DEK was here		Alpha 0.9.2
???	Hmmmrmm.	References villagers' sounds.	Alpha 0.9.2
???	V-synched!		Alpha 0.7.3
???	0xffff-1 chunks		Alpha 0.7.3
???	It's alpha!	The game is in its Alpha version.	Alpha 0.7.3
???	Open-world alpha sandbox!		Alpha 0.9.2
???	Endless!	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 intensifies meme.	Alpha 0.9.2
???	Cubism!		Alpha 0.7.3
???	minecraftApp!		Alpha 0.10.4
???	Less polygons!
???	Blame shogchips!	A reference to this joke site, which allows users to 'blame' bugs on Shoghi Cervantes.	Alpha 0.11.0 Build 7

Special splashes

Occasionally Mojang will replace all the regular splashes with a single splash visible for a set time.

Splash text	Date/version displayed	Occasion
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 Halloween Update pre-release build given to PCGamer 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!	January 1	Shown on New Year's Day.
Merry X-mas!	December 24	Shown on Christmas Eve.
missingno	—	Shown when the splashes.txt file has been modified or deleted without also deleting the META-INF folder. References a glitch Pokémon found in Pokémon Red and Blue.
PC Gamer Demo!	—	This is the only splash in the PC Gamer Demo.
OOoooOOOoooo! Spooky!	October 31	Shown on Halloween.
Minecraft is love, Minecraft is life	15w14a	This is the only splash in the 2015 April Fools Snapshot.

The "Happy New Year!" splash as it appeared on January 1, 2013 (1.4.6)

Changed splashes

Note: the current versions of all splashes here are documented above; 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 ÅÄÖ!	Now supports åäö!	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!	1.8.5

Pocket Edition

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

Removed splashes

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.

Splash text	Explanation	Version added	Version removed	Pre-removal line number
Notch <3 ez!	Most likely because of Notch's departure from Mojang	Indev	1.8.5	100
9.95 euro!	The pricing of the Alpha version of Minecraft, which was less than half that of the final price.	Indev or earlier	Beta 1.2	48
Alpha version!	Alpha version of Minecraft.	Indev or earlier	Beta 1.2	30
Check it out!	Duplicate of "Check it out!" on line 21.	pre-Halloween Update	Beta 1.8-pre1	47
Half price!	The pricing of the Alpha version of Minecraft, which was about half that of the final price.	Indev or earlier	Beta 1.2	49
Pre-beta!	Alpha version of Minecraft.	Indev or earlier	Beta 1.2	1

Special splashes

Splash text	Explanation	Date/version displayed	Version removed
Happy birthday, ez!		November 9	Shown on ez's birthday.
Happy birthday, Notch!		June 1	Shown on Notch's birthday.

Pocket Edition

Splash text	Explanation	Version added	Version removed
Redstone free!	Until Alpha 0.8.0, there was no redstone, other than the ore.	Alpha 0.7.3	Alpha 0.8.0

History

Splashes have been in Minecraft since Indev, 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.

Version		Added	Changed	Removed	Total	Notes
Indev (February 23, 2010)		?	?	?	106	One splash, "Check it out!", was listed twice prior to this version, in spots 22 and 51.
Alpha 1.0.0		53	2	0	159
Alpha 1.0.6–Alpha 1.0.11		6	1	0	165
Alpha 1.0.12–Alpha 1.0.14		34	2	0	199
Alpha 1.2.0		6	0	0	211
Alpha 1.2.3		1	0	0	212
Beta 1.0		12	0	0	224
Beta 1.2		0	0	4	220	The removed splashes were about Alpha's price and state.
Beta 1.3		3	0	0	223
Beta 1.6		3	0	0	226
Beta 1.8-pre1		35	0	1	260	The removed splash was the "Check it out!" duplicate on line 47.
1.0.0-RC1		28	8	0	288
1.1	11w50a	15	0	0	303
1.1		1	0	0	304
1.3.1	12w22a	2	0	0	306
	12w26a	1	0	0	307
	1.3-pre	4	1	0	311
1.4.2	12w32a	2	0	0	313
	12w36a	1	0	0	314
1.4.6	1.4.6-pre	4	0	0	318
1.6.1	13w23a	2	0	0	320
1.7.2	13w41a	1	0	0	321
1.7.4		1	0	0	322
1.8	14w02a	1	0	0	323
	14w05a	7	0	0	330
	14w06a	1	1	0	331
	14w10a	2	0	0	333
	14w17a	2	0	0	335
	14w20a	4	0	0	339
	14w25a	14	0	0	353
	14w26b	2	0	0	355
	14w32a	1	0	0	356
	14w33a	0	1	0	356
	1.8-pre1	1	1	0	357
1.8.2		2	0	0	359
1.8.6		1	1	1	359

Issues

Issues relating to "Splash" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

• Crash comments