New Thing Banner Pattern

This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.

 

This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.

New Thing Banner Pattern

Rarity tier	Epic
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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A new thing banner pattern is a joke banner pattern from Java Edition 23w13a_or_b. It is used to customize banners with a symbol that is based on an orientation of the M from the Mojang logo, which resembles an abstraction of a crewmate from Among Us.

Obtaining

New thing banner patterns can be obtained only after voting for the rule minecraft:special_recipe with value minecraft:m_banner_pattern.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Paper + Suspicious Stew

Usage

Loom ingredient

New thing banner patterns are used in looms to add customization to banners. The pattern must be combined with 1 banner and 1 dye. Upon usage in the loom, the new thing banner pattern is not consumed.

Ingredients	Loom recipe	Description
Any Banner + Matching Dye	SlotSprite New Thing.png: Sprite image for New Thing in MinecraftInvicon White New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for White New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: White New Thing BannerInvicon Light Gray New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Light Gray New Thing BannerInvicon Gray New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Gray New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Gray New Thing BannerInvicon Black New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Black New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Black New Thing BannerInvicon Brown New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Brown New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Brown New Thing BannerInvicon Red New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Red New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Red New Thing BannerInvicon Orange New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Orange New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Orange New Thing BannerInvicon Yellow New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Yellow New Thing BannerInvicon Lime New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Lime New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Lime New Thing BannerInvicon Green New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Green New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Green New Thing BannerInvicon Cyan New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Cyan New Thing BannerInvicon Light Blue New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Light Blue New Thing BannerInvicon Blue New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Blue New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Blue New Thing BannerInvicon Purple New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Purple New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Purple New Thing BannerInvicon Magenta New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Magenta New Thing BannerInvicon Pink New Thing Banner.png: Inventory sprite for Pink New Thing Banner in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Banner with description: Pink New Thing Banner	Emblazons a new thing (based on a crewmate from Among Us)

Data values

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ID

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Banner Pattern New Thing	m_banner_pattern	Item	item.minecraft.m_banner_pattern item.minecraft.m_banner_pattern.desc

Issues

Issues relating to "New Thing Banner Pattern" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Gallery

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  the "new thing" as seen in the Meet Mojang Studios article (top left)

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