Rana

It has been suggested that this page be merged with Human. ^[discuss]

If this merge affects many pages or may potentially be controversial, do not merge the page until a consensus is reached.
Reason: This mob is actually the same mob as the Human, just that the model was changed during Indev before becoming the Human again. (The Human page itself is pending a split, though, so it'd be better to wait and then merge this into either Mob or Monster, depending on which entity it corresponds to.)

Rana was a passive mob that existed for the majority of Java Edition Indev 0.31.

Spawning[]

Rana spawned randomly in the world in groups with other Ranas. They could spawn at any light level as long as there was enough space.

Behavior[]

Rana was a passive mob. It had no animation, so it aimlessly glided and jumped around the world in the same, still pose, and never stopped moving around. Rana, along with Beast Boy, Steve, and Black Steve acted in this identical manner. Depending on the version, upon death, Rana would not fall over to the ground or flash red or white and appear to die, as most mobs do. It would just disappear shortly thereafter, and drop no items or the items it was designated to drop.

Data values[]

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History[]

Java Edition Indev
December 19, 2009					Rana is shown in a screenshot posted by Notch.
0.31		20091223-1			Added Rana.
		20091231-1			Rana is now shown in the inventory screen as a placeholder model.
		20100113			Rana is no longer the player model in the inventory.
		20100129			Rana has been removed from the game.
					The Mob ID is now given to Black Steve and Steve, who replaced Rana.

Trivia[]

• Rana was created by Dock for a project of his own years ago. When he joined the Minecraft development team, he recreated her in a new style for the game as a test. She was never intended to be a permanent addition. ^{[citation needed]}
• Rana means "frog" in Latin, and, through linguistic evolution, Spanish and Italian.
  • Rana is actually the name of a genus including 50 to 100 extant species of frogs, commonly known as Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs, or brown frogs.
• The filename for Rana's model was test2.md3.

Gallery[]

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  A color sample texture used for Rana. The unused colors suggest an intention for potential future characters to draw from. The entire palette is the same one used in the Nintendo Entertainment System.

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  Rana in the Indev inventory (from January 4, 2010, to January 13, 2010).

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  How Rana's animation was supposed to play.

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  The earliest image of Rana, posted on Notch's blog.

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  A group of Ranas.

Artwork[]

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  Artwork Dock made of Rana and her cat.^[1]

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  A part of a sketch Dock made of Rana. The full image wasn't archived, but the link name indicates that it had Rana standing in a puddle. This was a redesign from the original character.^[2]

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  A work-in-progress model Dock made of Rana.^[3]

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  A colored work-in-progress model Dock made of Rana.^[4]

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  A montage of the Rana model by Dock.^[5]

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  Another montage of the Rana model.^[6]

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  Rana placed in a 3D environment.^[7]

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  Another 3D environment with Rana.^[8]

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  Artwork Dock made of Rana with her cat.^[9]

See also[]

• Steve
• Black Steve
• Beast Boy

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