Skin

(This page is on the mechanics of skins. For usable uploaded skin textures and the like, see Skins (Gallery)

Skins and Textures
Skins are a cosmetic unlockable for pre-purchasing Minecraft. A skin replaces the default character texture with a PNG file the user can upload on the Preferences page. Like many textures, the Minecraft texture is jumbled and distorted looking to save space.



Skins and Pre-purchase
To change your skin you must have pre-purchased Minecraft.

Make a Custom Skin
"Description on how to make a custom skin."

Skin helper in the forums.

Please add this picture: http://i39.tinypic.com/34qmpoj.png

Team Skins
In Capture the Flag, the team play version of Survival and the Minecraft sport Spleef you will find it useful to use Team Skins.