Player

The Player is the character played by the players. He is seen wearing a blue, tied up shirt and a pair of jeans, but this can be changed (see customizing). He is unofficially known as "Steve" or "Steve?".

Health
The player has 10 hearts. On all difficulties the player can heal himself by eating food. Cooked food will heal more than eating it raw overall, but due to large quantities of health may not have an added bonus. On peaceful difficulty, health regenerates by half a heart per second.

Sprinting
As of Beta 1.8 the player will be able to sprint.

Modes
In survival mode, the player is able to place and destroy blocks, and use all tools available. In creative mode the player has the ability to place infinite number of blocks, but without crafting, tools, or mobs.

Customizing
A player can change their character's skin; this can be done on the Preferences page of Minecraft.net by uploading an appropriate image file, which will replace the default skin.

While you can upload a feminine skin, the basic player model cannot be changed, nor can the male sound set. There are currently no plans to implement other character models or player sounds.

Trivia

 * After the Beta update, the default texture for the player was replaced with a beardless version.
 * Given that the densest substance available in the game is gold, the player is capable of carrying 27,578,880 kg if the inventory is filled with gold blocks and wears a full set of gold armor.
 * The player's height is 1.62 blocks.
 * The player can jump about one block high, and about two blocks long.
 * The player skin file is named "char.png" for character.