Community Vote
The community vote was an annual event and community poll that took place during or just before Minecraft Live events. It allowed viewers to vote for a new mob or biome to be added to the game in a future update. The winning option would be added into the game while the losing options got scrapped or shelved. Each option received its own video, explaining its impact on gameplay.
History
Starting from 2022, the vote took place before the show went live and players were able to cast their votes across three areas: a server on Bedrock Edition, via the Minecraft Launcher, and on minecraft.net. In 2023, players could also vote in the China Edition launcher. Previously, the vote was held on the official Minecraft page on Twitter during the livestream. The results of the votes were released during the livestream. The community vote was discontinued on September 9th, 2024, making Minecraft Live 2023 the last official Minecraft event to have a mob vote.[1]
The frog and the copper golem are the only mob vote mobs which have been selected to be introduced to the game despite losing their mob votes, reintroduced in the Wild Update and The Copper Age respectively. However, the devs have stated they are willing to rework old ideas if the theme of the update is right for the mob.[2]
Iterations
| Vote | Year | Event | Update | Version | Winning option | Losing options |
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| Mob Vote | 2017 | MINECON Earth 2017 | Update Aquatic | JE 1.13 BE 1.6 |
 Phantom[note 1]
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| Biome Chooser | 2018 | MINECON Earth 2018 | Village & Pillage | JE 1.14 BE 1.11 |
 Taiga
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| Biome Vote | 2019 | MINECON Live 2019 | Caves & Cliffs | JE (1.17, 1.18) BE (1.17, 1.18) |
 Mountains
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| Mob Vote | 2020 | Minecraft Live 2020 |  Glow Squid
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| 2021 | Minecraft Live 2021 | The Wild Update | JE 1.19 BE 1.19 |
 Allay
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| 2022 | Minecraft Live 2022 | Trails & Tales | JE 1.20 BE 1.20 |
 Sniffer
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| 2023 | Minecraft Live 2023 | Armored Paws | JE 1.20.5 BE 1.20.80 |
 Armadillo
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Trivia
- An unrelated prediction poll was also held in China, teasing the announcement at MINECON Earth 2018 of a Chinese "national treasure" coming to Minecraft. Options in the poll were the Giant panda, Chinese alligator, Golden monkey, White-lipped deer, and River dolphin.[3] The panda won the poll, was announced a few days later during the livestream, and subsequently added in Village & Pillage.
- Though not officially considered Mob Votes, there have been other occasions where players could vote to influence the game. These include Jens asking to add either llamas or alpacas,[4] and the cat vote featuring Jellie, Zach and Coco as options for a new cat skin.[5][6][7]
Gallery
Notes
- ↑ formally called as The Monster of the Night Skies
- ↑ Magma Block's bubble column functions the same way, and finally called as The Monster of the Ocean Depths
- ↑ formally called as The Hovering Inferno
- ↑ Got updated in The Wild Update in 2022
- ↑ Got added in The Copper Age in 2025
- ↑ Using the command /attribute <target> minecraft:generic.block_interaction_range base set <value> functions the same way as the crab's claw
References
- ↑ "The future of Minecraft’s development" by Ryan Cooper – Minecraft.net, September 9, 2024.
- ↑ https://x.com/_LadyAgnes/status/1311619804219019267
- ↑ https://mc.163.com/pe/client/activity/voteforanimalpc/index.html
- ↑ "A friend is in urgent need of your help to settle this matter" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), July 26, 2016
- ↑ "Your cat could be in Minecraft" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, October 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Jellie, Zach, and Coco – these are the three final felines that remain in our CAT CONTEST! 😻" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), November 16, 2018
- ↑ "Which cat do you want to see added to Minecraft? Cast your vote!" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), November 16, 2018
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