easter eggs in Minecraft

Minecraft 26.3

Secrets hidden in the game code: mob names that flip and shimmer, rare logo, holiday chests. What each does and how to enable it.

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  • Minecraft 26.3
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At a glance

The main Easter eggs are named mobs. The rest is below, with each having its own team.

  • Rainbow sheep jeb_
    /summon minecraft:sheep ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"jeb_"}
  • Dinnerbone and Grumm
    /summon minecraft:pig ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"Dinnerbone"}
  • The Killer Bunny
    /summon minecraft:rabbit ~ ~ ~ {RabbitType:99}

How to give a mob a name

Almost all Easter eggs are activated by name. Names are given with a tag: sign it on the anvil and click it on an entity. The name is compared case-sensitively, while color and font do not matter.

Name Tag crafted from paper and one of: copper nugget, iron nugget, gold nugget

A ready name tag lies in chests and can be caught with a fishing rod — chance per chest or catch:

WhereWhat is it?ChanceCondition
Abandoned Mine Chest Chest 42% —
Chest Chest 25% —
Fishing fishing — —

And it's also sold by Wandering Trader — for 1 emerald, up to 5 times, if a name tag appears among its regular items.

Inverted creatures: Dinnerbone or Grumm

Entity named Dinnerbone or Grumm is drawn upside down. It walks, attacks, and behaves normally — only the image is flipped.

Give the mob a name tag on an anvil — exactly 'Dinnerbone' or 'Grumm', with capital letters: case matters, but color does not. This works on any entity with a name, and also on armor stands. The player will flip only if their account username matches and the 'Cloak' option is enabled in appearance settings.

  • /summon minecraft:pig ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"Dinnerbone"}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.LivingEntityRenderer

Rainbow sheep: jeb_

Sheep named jeb_ cycles through all 16 dye colors in a loop: 1.25 seconds per color, full cycle — 20 seconds. Colors transition smoothly.

Name — 'jeb_': lowercase with underscore at the end.

Only the image blends: sheared sheep will give wool of their true color.

  • /summon minecraft:sheep ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"jeb_"}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.SheepRenderer

Rabbit Toast

The Rabbit named Toast wears its own unique skin — no such coloring exists in rabbits in the wild. Otherwise, it is identical to regular rabbits.

Name — 'Toast', capitalized. The hatchling with this name also receives its skin.

  • /summon minecraft:rabbit ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"Toast"}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RabbitRenderer

The Killer Bunny

Malevolent White Rabbit: attacks players and wolves, deals 8 damage (3 from a normal rabbit plus 5 more), and has 8 armor points. Without its name, the game labels it as 'Rabbit Killer'.

The rabbit does not spawn in the world naturally — only through a command: rabbit variant 99 ("evil").

  • /summon minecraft:rabbit ~ ~ ~ {RabbitType:99}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.world.entity.animal.rabbit.Rabbit

Vindicator Johnny

The Vindicator named Johnny attacks nearly all living creatures nearby: villagers, animals, other mobs. It does not attack its own — pillagers, unless neither it nor they are on the same team.

The name 'Johnny' is tagged. The game remembers this permanently: the tag Johnny remains, even if the vindicator is later renamed. You can also set the tag directly—then the name is unnecessary.

  • /summon minecraft:vindicator ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"Johnny"}
  • /summon minecraft:vindicator ~ ~ ~ {Johnny:1b}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.illager.Vindicator

The evoker repaints blue sheep

The Evoker, unable to fight anyone, searches for a blue sheep within 16 blocks (and 4 blocks high), casts a spell with the sound 'wololo', and turns it red. Once every 7 seconds.

A blue sheep next to a spellcaster with no target and mob_griefing enabled is required. Without this setting, the focus does not work.

  • /summon minecraft:evoker ~ ~ ~
  • /summon minecraft:sheep ~ ~ ~ {Color:11b}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.illager.Evoker$EvokerWololoSpellGoal

deadmau5's ears

The player named deadmau5 has mouse ears above their crosshair, rendered from their own skin.

Only by the account username — exactly 'deadmau5'. The mob's name and banner do not count, mannequins don't have ears.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.player.AbstractClientPlayer

The 'Minceraft' logo

In the main menu, instead of MINECRAFT, MINCERAFT is written — two letters have been swapped.

It appears randomly, with a 1-in-10,000 chance each time the main menu or credits screen opens. You cannot enable it manually.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.gui.components.LogoRenderer

Splash with your username

Instead of the usual yellow text in the menu, your username appears in large letters: 'USERNAME IS YOU'.

Chance: 1 in 453 each time the main menu opens. This is the same location where other splashes spawn. All splash screens.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.resources.SplashManager

Pumpkins on Halloween

On October 31, all types of zombies and skeletons with empty heads have a 25% chance of wearing a pumpkin: usually carved, and in 10% of cases, Jack o'Lantern. This pumpkin never drops when the mob dies.

The date is taken from the clock of the computer running the world — on a server, it's the server's clock.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.zombie.Zombie

Christmas chests

From December 24 to 26, regular chests and trap chests look like gifts — both in the world and in hand. End chests and bronze chests do not change.

No action is needed: the date is taken from the computer's clock on which the game is opened.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.ChestRenderer

Command Block «Searge»

A command block with the Searge command does nothing and outputs "#itzlipofutzli" in the final line, considering the command successful.

Enter in the 'Searge' block without a slash; uppercase and lowercase letters don't matter here.

  • /setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:command_block{Command:"Searge"}

Where in the code: net.minecraft.world.level.BaseCommandBlock

The Border Poem and credits

After defeating the dragon, the "Border Poem" appears, and your username appears 3 times — the game automatically inserts it.

Spacebar speeds up cutscenes by 5x; Spacebar with Ctrl by 20x; Spacebar with both Ctrl by 35x. Up arrow reverses the cutscenes.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.client.gui.screens.WinScreen

Jokes from crash report

When the game crashes, it writes a crash report — a file in the crash-reports folder. The second line is a joke, one of 34; which one is determined by the computer's clock at the time of crash.

All crash report jokes (34)
  • Who set us up the TNT?
  • Everything's going to plan. No, really, that was supposed to happen.
  • Uh... Did I do that?
  • Oops.
  • Why did you do that?
  • I feel sad now :(
  • My bad.
  • I'm sorry, Dave.
  • I let you down. Sorry :(
  • On the bright side, I bought you a teddy bear!
  • Daisy, daisy...
  • Oh - I know what I did wrong!
  • Hey, that tickles! Hehehe!
  • I blame Dinnerbone.
  • You should try our sister game, Minceraft!
  • Don't be sad. I'll do better next time, I promise!
  • Don't be sad, have a hug! <3
  • I just don't know what went wrong :(
  • Shall we play a game?
  • Quite honestly, I wouldn't worry myself about that.
  • I bet Cylons wouldn't have this problem.
  • Sorry :(
  • Surprise! Haha. Well, this is awkward.
  • Would you like a cupcake?
  • Hi. I'm Minecraft, and I'm a crashaholic.
  • Ooh. Shiny.
  • This doesn't make any sense!
  • Why is it breaking :(
  • Don't do that.
  • Ouch. That hurt :(
  • You're mean.
  • This is a token for 1 free hug. Redeem at your nearest Mojangsta: [~~HUG~~]
  • There are four lights!
  • But it works on my machine.

Own jokes are present in other reports: 'Minecraft Profiler Results' — 15, 'Minecraft Test Report' — 8, 'Minecraft Network Protocol Error Report' — 19, 'Minecraft Chunk IO Error Report' — 14.

Where in the code: net.minecraft.ReportType

What is missing from the game

Herobrine is not in the game. The word 'Herobrine' does not appear in any of the 28,817 client files, data, or text files of Minecraft 26.3: not in any mob, string, or name check. More details about Herobrine — where 'Removed Herobrine' appears in the changelogs and how to set up your team.

Only the client was verified. Mods, plugins, and maps added are not visible here.

Frequently asked questions

How to make a flipped mob in Minecraft?

Name it with a tag like 'Dinnerbone' or 'Grumm' — exactly as written, with capital letters. The mob will be rendered upside down but will behave normally.

How to make a rainbow sheep?

Give the sheep the name 'jeb_' — lowercase with an underscore at the end. Its fur will shimmer in all sixteen colors, and the clipped fur will fall in its true color.

Where to find a rabbit killer?

It does not spawn naturally. Summon it with /summon minecraft:rabbit ~ ~ ~ {RabbitType:99}.

More in the wiki

Minecraft 26.3 data: strings, numbers, and dates — from client code and files; each Easter egg has its class name specified.