The standard Minecraft player skin.
A Skin refers to the texture that is placed onto a player model or mob.
The skin is divided into areas that act as the surface area of the character (For example, there's the front head area, left leg area, etc.). A skin will only allow solid color; transparency is not allowed on the skin file except on the second head area, which is transparent by default. The second head layer can be used to give the character glasses, hats, or other accessories (even a bigger head!).
World Textures
A skin can also refer to other textures in the game, such as block textures, item sprites, mob skins etc. A list of these can be found here. Modifying these is now supported since the Minecraft Version Alpha 1.2.2 Update on November 10, 2010.
It is worth noting that Pigmen, Zombie, and Zombie Pigmen mobs can use typical player skins (and vice-versa).
Changing Player Skins
A player can change their character's skin if they purchased Minecraft. This is done on the Preferences page by uploading a valid .PNG image file, which will then replace the default skin.
Creating a skin
Here is a zoomed-in template for creating skins.
A zoomed in skin with all texture faces labelled.
It is also possible to preview your custom skin and edit your skin with the community created Minecraft Skin Editor.
The skin has to be 64 x 32 pixels, or else it will not work.
Sharing skins
The following are skins uploaded by the Minecraft Wiki users. If a skin does not have a screenshot of it in use over the character, please contribute that. If you wish to post a skin:
- Upload it under a name other than char.png
- Paste it in alphabetical order by skin name
Gallery
Cloaks
Cloaks are similar to capes and are worn in addition to the player's skin.
| Name | Image | Original | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mojang Cloak | File:MojangCloak.PNG | File:Mojang.png | All Mojang AB employees have Mojang logo cloaks. |
| The Christmas Cloak | File:ChristmasCape.png | File:Xmas.png | On December 24/25, 2010; all users were given a Christmas cloak. |
| The New Year's Cloak | File:Newyearscloak.png | File:2011.png | On New Year's Eve, 2010; all users were given this cloak. |
| The Bacon Cloak | File:Miclee.JPG | File:BaconCape.png | Miclee was gifted this cape by Notch, presumably due to his idea of Pigmen. |
| One Million Cloak | File:1000000.png | File:1MCape.png | This cloak was made for akronman1, the lucky buyer of the 1,000,000th copy of Minecraft. |
| dannyBstyle's Cloak | File:Cloak DB.JPG | File:DBCape.png | This cloak was given to dannyBstyle.[1][2][3]. |
References
External links
- SkinCache: Browse, upload, download, rate, and comment on minecraft skins.
- The Skindex: A wide variety of user-uploaded skins.
- Minecraft Skins: Database of high-quality skins.
- Minecraft Skin Share: Find and share your favorite skins.
- Best Minecraft Skins: Share and vote on skins.
- Minecraft Skinner: Large skin database with a walking preview.
- Skincraft An unofficial editor
- Miners Need Cool Shoes A online skin designer.
- Minecraft Blueprint/Skins: Database of high-quality skins, previewer, editor.



