Skin pack

Skin Packs are available in Console Edition and Pocket Edition as downloadable content. Skin Packs add additional skins that players may choose from along with the 16 default skins packaged with the game (2 in Pocket Edition). They often feature characters from other video games, alongside original designs.

Default Skin Pack
The Default Skin Pack comes for free with Minecraft Console Edition and has 16 skins to choose from. In an online game each skin is assigned to player 1-8.

Skin Pack 1


Skin Pack 1 was released on July 16, 2012. It contains 45 different skins to choose from. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 1 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of the original design skins, but not the skins based on copyrighted game characters which include those based on Minecraft's own characters.

Skin Pack 2


Skin Pack 2 was released on August 24, 2012. It contains 45 different skins to choose from. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 2 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of the original design skins and some skins based on certain indie game characters.

Skin Pack 3


Skin Pack 3 was released on October 17, 2012. It contains 45 different skins to choose from, including figures from Valve's Half Life 2, Portal 2, and Left 4 Dead 2. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 3 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of the original design skins and skins based on indie game characters.

Skin Pack 4


Skin Pack 4 was released on March 13, 2013. It contains 45 different skins to choose from. Some of these skins include capes. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 4 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of some designs.

Skin Pack 5


Skin Pack 5 was released on July 31, 2013. It contains 45 different skins to choose from. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 5 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of some designs.

Skin Pack 6
Skin Pack 6 was released on June 26, 2014. It contains 40 different skins to choose from. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section and costs US$1.99. A trial version of Skin Pack 5 is available as a free download, which enables the full use of some designs.

Summer Of Arcade Promotional Skin Pack


The Summer of Arcade Free Promotional Skin Pack was available through July 18 and August 22, 2012. It was available through the Xbox home page, and was free. It contained 15 different skins to choose from, all from popular games in the "Summer of Arcade" XBLA event.

Halloween Skin Pack


The Halloween Skin Pack was downloadable from October 26, 2012 to November 26th, 2012. It contained 55 different skins to choose from. 7 skins included capes. It was purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section of the game and costs US$1.99. All proceeds went to charity.

Festive Skin Pack


The Festive Skin Pack was released on December 19, 2012 for Xbox and December 17, 2013 for PS3. It contains 24 different skins to choose from. 13 of the skins added extra pixels not available in the PC Version (ex. Santa's Hat). It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace/PlayStation Store or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section of the game and costs US$1. A trial version of The Festive Skin Pack is available as a free download, which enables the full use of 7 of the designs.

Battle & Beasts Skin Pack


The Battle & Beasts Skin Pack was released on May 8, 2013. It contains 45 different skins to choose from. It is purchasable through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section of the game and costs US$1.99. A trial version of The Battle & Beasts Skin Pack is available as a free download, which enables the full use of some of the designs. Each Battle Skin has a Male and Female Variation.

Minecraft 1st Birthday Skin Pack


The Minecraft 1st Birthday Skin Pack was available for a limited time, from May 9 until May 31, 2013. It contained 23 different skins to choose from. All the skins were original designs. It was available, for free, through the Xbox 360 Marketplace or directly in-game through the Downloadable Content section of the game. Note Herobrine underneath the "M" in Minecraft.

Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack


The Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack was released on October 9, 2013. It contains 45 different skins to choose from.

Marvel Avengers Skin Pack


The Marvel Avengers Skin Pack was released on December 23, 2013. It contains 35 different skins to choose from.

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Skin Pack
The Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Skin Pack was released on Sectrmber 5, 2014. It contains 24 different skins to choose from.

Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack
The Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack was released on April 30, 2014.

Doctor Who Skin Pack Volume I
A Doctor Who skin pack was released for the Xbox One edition on October, 8 2014.

Doctor Who Skin Pack Volume II
A second Doctor Who skin pack was released for the Xbox One edition on December, 18 2014.

Minecon 2015 Skin Pack


The Minecon 2015 Skin Pack was released on July 1 2015, and has 8 skins to choose from. It is downloadable until July 15 2015 and is free.

Pocket Edition

 * Note in all pocket edition skin packs the first five skins come for free, there are 20 skins in a pack, all the skins are original designs, and the skin packs cost $0.99USD

City Folk Skin Pack
One of two skin packs released in alpha 0.11.0

Town Folk Skin Pack
The second skin pack released in alpha 0.11.0