Minecraft Earth:Unused features

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Since the beginning of Minecraft Earth's development, there were a number of features added to the game that had no actual use in-game, and other features which were announced or hinted at but were never implemented. Some of these features were removed in an update, or were left over from removed features, or were only mentioned in teasers, trailers, or promotional materials, or were simply placeholders for other features. The features are as follows:

Mobs[]

Goodbye poster[]

Minecraft Earth The End — Minecraft Earth's goodbye poster, which shows many base game mobs that went unused due to Earth's discontinuation. Notable examples include an enderman, a ghast, and cats with the Jellie and Tuxedo coats.

These mobs appear on the goodbye poster^[1] from the Minecraft Earth twitter account, but were not present in the game. Three of them, the Teacup Pig, Mossy Sheep, and Zombie Rabbit, are brand-new mobs never seen anywhere else, which presumably would have been implemented into Minecraft Earth if the game had not been discontinued.

Pink moobloom[]

The pink moobloom was an earlier version of the moolip that was later removed from the game files. The pink moobloom is, like its name suggests, a pink recolor of the moobloom. Nothing else is different, with even the flowers on the back being the same except for color.

Magma cow[]

The magma cow is a scrapped mob that only has a few concept art pieces^[2] to prove its existence. It did not appear in the game files.

Hyper rabbit[]

The hyper rabbit is a scrapped mob that, like the magma cow, only has a few concept art pieces to prove its existence. It also did not appear in the game files.

Reverse chicken jockey[]

The reverse chicken jockey is a scrapped jockey or mob. It was part of Mattel Minecraft Earth series 19. It also appeared in an image in the files, alongside normal chicken jockeys.

Concept mobs[]

In three images that the Minecraft Earth developer Flexology shared on the Minecraft Earth discord server, there are concept sketches for several unimplemented Minecraft Earth mobs, including the Mooboom, the Fish in Chaps, a sheep, and a reindeer-like mob.

Not present in the journal[]

These items could be obtained, but they did not appear in the Journal.

Textures[]

Spawn Eggs[]

The wooly cow spawn egg can be found next to the Wooly Cow texture in the game files. It is the only inventory icon representing a spawn egg that can be found.

Spawn egg textures for Cluckshrooms, Horned Sheep, Jumbo Rabbits and Mooblooms can also be found next to each mob's texture in the game files.

One of the game's artists also shared the inventory icons of several unimplemented spawn eggs:

Old Experience reward[]

This is the old icon for the experience orb. It was replaced but remained present in the game files.

Menu icons[]

Three unused menu icons are present in the game files. The first two are the old icons for Settings and Adventures, but the third, Skilltree, seems to be a placeholder for the Seasons.

Planned items[]

Due to Minecraft Earth shutting down, a lot of items never made it into the game. Some already had an inventory texture that went unused.

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Minecraft Earth: Apple WWDC Gameplay Reveal[]

During the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference of 2019^[3], an early version of Minecraft Earth was showcased. Some of the items or mobs that were shown didn't make their way into the game or were changed between the presentation and release.

Player head[]

MCE WWDC — A player head in the inventory.

A player head is present in Saxs Persson's inventory. It is unknown who the head belongs to, though it somewhat resembles Merl.

Villager[]

A blacksmith villager can be seen on the top of the tower. They couldn't be obtained in the retail game and were absent from the files.

Baby mobs[]

A baby muddy pig can be seen at the end of the presentation. In the released version of Minecraft Earth you cannot spawn a baby mob, even if you throw a chicken egg an adult chicken will hatch instead of a baby one.

One of the game's artists also shared the inventory icons of several unimplemented baby mobs:

Other items[]

Other smaller items seen in the events are:

Texture changes[]

Mob of Me[]

The mob of me summoned in the event has the agent spawn egg texture instead of its inventory icon.

Planned Seasons[]

There are mentions of seasons 18, 19, and 20 in the language files, however, these never occurred in-game due to the last season before Minecraft Earth was shut down being season 17. Season 18 and season 20 are repeats of previous seasons, however season 19 is completely new.

Season 18: Dark Forest[]

"Welcome to the dark forest! We are heading out on a 2-week adventure to find treasure deep within the darkness. Come along and have some fun! Simply pick your path and complete the challenges to win some amazing prizes. There are tales of untold riches, and if you're lucky you may even discover exclusive character customizations. So be brave and travel far to discover the treasure of the trees. What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Season 19: Cooking[]

"Welcome to the Cooking! For the nest 2 weeks we are celebrating all different ways to cook in the world and discover some rewards along the way. Come along and have some fun! Simply pick your path and complete the challenges to win some amazing prizes. There are tales of untold riches, and if you're lucky you may even discover exclusive character customizations. Dive in to all the fun and unique ways there are to cook. What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Season 20: Badlands[]

"Welcome to the badlands! Let's head out on a 2-week adventure to explore the depths of the badlands. Come along and have some fun! Simply pick your path and complete the challenges to win some amazing prizes. The badlands contain untold riches, and if you’re lucky you may even discover exclusive character customizations. What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

Gallery[]

A baby muddy pig seen in the Minecraft Earth gameplay reveal from Apple WWDC 2019.
Artwork of several types of cows, including baby variants.
Artwork of several types of mobs, including baby variants and an unknown rabbit.
Artwork of several types of unimplemented spawn eggs.
Artwork of a melon golem alongside a snow golem, which was not implemented into the game.
A snow golem inventory icon.
One of the Minecraft Earth artists created this animation of a brown rabbit, a rabbit variant which was not in the game.
An image of a baby cluckshroom from the Minecraft Earth twitter.