Minecraft/Unused graphics

Early Peony


This early version can be found in/blocks/flower_paeonia.png/.

Quiver


This was actually used in early Indev, but is no longer in use. As long as you can carry arrows without a quiver, it wouldn't be very useful.

Ruby


The original ruby texture. Rubies were going to serve the exact purpose that emeralds do now.

Snow Golem's true face


The snow golem mob has this goofy face as the front texture for its head. Since the snow golem's head is always obscured by a pumpkin, the face cannot be seen unless the player walks into the snow golem, or with mods.

Zombie Pigman


The zombie pigman has a full zombie face which is unseen during normal gameplay, the other part of the face is overwritten by the pig texture. However, the full zombie face is used by the Baby Zombie Pigman (see above). The image also contains the words "THX XAPHOBIA". This is credit to the original creator of the zombie pigman skin.

Zombie Villager


The zombie villager has all of the zombie textures. which are unused due to the game using zombie.png for zombies. Oddly enough, these zombie textures are greener than the actual zombie textures.

Purple Arrow


Bundled with the standard arrow graphics are these odd purple arrows. These are actually a leftover from Survival Test, where the Skeleton's arrows were purple. In all subsequent versions, Skeleton arrows use the same graphics as the player's arrows.

Footprint


A weird little square thing. The file name says it all.

Unused Map Icons


Some extra icons for the map item. The white and green arrows in the top left corner are the only ones used normally, though the colored arrows are used for multiplayer in the Xbox 360 version.

Chicken Trading Speech Bubble


A speech bubble in the container folder's villager.png, with 2 raw chicken in the balloon. Likely used for an early trading system. The graphic is partially overwritten with another graphic.

SEL and UN SEL


Squares labeled "SEL" and "UN SEL" (likely "SELECTED" and "UNSELECTED") can be found in tabs.png. Purpose unknown.

Blue Square


A blue square used to mark where the Nether portal texture is to be rendered by the game. This was replaced by the actual Nether portal animation in the Redstone Update, when block and item textures were moved into individual images.

Placeholder Fire Texture


Placeholder graphics for the fire texture, which is overwritten in VRAM with the true fire texture. Text reads "FIRE TEX! HNST", which means "Fire texture! Honest!". This was replaced by the actual fire animation as part of the the Redstone Update.

Old Lava Texture


The old lava texture from Alpha. This was replaced by a different lava animation in the Redstone Update.

Village Border


A texture previously used by Mojang to mark the borders of villages, as seen at PAX. This was removed in the Redstone Update.

Duplicate Cake


While this cake graphic is technically used, this duplicate in terrain.png isn't. This was removed in the Redstone Update.

Snow


Unknown, though it could be related to the snow weather effect. This was removed in the Redstone Update.

Horse Saddles


In 1.6 snapshots prior to 13w18a, horses used a unique saddle, separate from the pig saddle. This was changed in 13w18a, rendering this item unused.

Gray Enderdragon


The preliminary textures for the Enderdragon boss, seen in older screenshots. The used file is ender.png. The only difference between dragon.png and body.png is that the latter lacks the scales.

Skis


A texture for skis was added in 1.4.6 by Dinnerbone as a red herring.

Steve the Testificate
The default player skin remapped to fit the Villager model, presumably as a template. Actually loading it in-game produces a less than desirable appearance. Note that this texture is separate from the actual villager textures, which are in their own subfolder.

Pigman


A variation of the Zombie Pigman that...isn't a zombie. It was in the game for a while, but still wasn't used. The texture for the Pigman was removed in 1.6.

Windowless Door


A windowless door can be found with the rest of the game's graphics. It's unclear where this would have been used, unless Mojang wanted to add windowless doors to the game.