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(?)", including the question mark, and this is how Notch normally addresses him in his tweeter and blog. The question mark is there to symbolize that this is not necessarily the final name.

Health
Main article: Health and Damage

The player has 10 hearts. Most damage values on this wiki are comparative to the player's hearts. On all difficulties the player can heal himself by eating food, generally eating cooked food will heal more then eating it raw, but on some cases eating the food raw is impassible. In peaceful difficulty health is regenerating by half a hart per second.

Modes
In survival mode, the player is able to place and destroy blocks, and use all tools available. But in the classic creative mode the player has the ability to place infinite number of blocks, but with no use of crafting or tools.

Customizing
Main article: Skin

A player can change their character's skin This can be done on the Preferences page by uploading a valid .PNG image file, which will then replace the default skin.

While you can use a female custom skin, there is only one player model, and a male sound set. There are currently no official plans to implement female character models or sounds.

Trivia

 * After the Beta update, the default texture for the player was replaced with a beardless version.
 * The player is capable of carrying 27 578 880 kg if he fills the entire inventory with gold blocks and wears a full set of gold armour.