Sunny

Sunny is one of the nine default player skins in Minecraft, and the fourth to be introduced. They first appeared in promotional material for The Wild Update, alongside Noor and Efe, and has since become a major recurring character in the franchise.

Sunny

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Details
Allies	Alex Ari Efe Kai Makena Noor Steve Zuri
First appearance	The Wild Update promotional material

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Appearance

Sunny is typically depicted with wide arms, and warm skin. They have a black short cut, white eyes, black pupils, and brown lips. Their outfit is a pair of blue overalls on top of a green flannel jacket with black and white shoes, but their signature feature is a prosthetic arm made of metal.

In the character creator, Sunny has approximately five unique items. Note that their arm is part of the base.

Character Creator pieces used by Sunny

Type	Category	Name	Image	Color			Rarity
Body	Bases	Sunny (Base)		Medium Light - Deep			Common
	Hairs	Sunny's Bowlcut		Soft Black
	Eyes	Standard Eyes		Iris	Eyebrows	Sclera
				MC Black	Soft Black	Minecraft White
	Mouths	Standard		Medium Dark - Cool
	Facial Hairs	None	—				—
	Arms	Default
	Legs
	Size	Height
		Medium
		Arm Size
		Wide
Style	Tops	Sunny's Buttonup					Common
	Bottoms	Sunny's Overalls
	Outerwears	None	—				—
	Headwears
	Gloves
	Footwears	Sunny's Shoes					Common
	Face Items	None	—				—
	Back Items

Variations

Name	Image	Texture	Description
Cinematic Sunny		N/A	Sunny as they appear in Mojang cinematics.
Sunny (15 Year Journey)			A more detailed version of Sunny, featured in 15 Year Journey.
Bee Sunny		N/A	Sunny wearing an outfit themed around bees, featured on the cover of Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book.
Advent Calendar Sunny		N/A	Sunny wearing a sweater with a pattern on it, featured on the cover of Minecraft Advent Calendar: Book Collection.
Eerie Sunny	File:EMOP Sunny render.png	File:Sunny EMOP (texture).png	Sunny as they appear in Eerie Mojang Office Party, noticeably with what appear to be organic fingers.

In official media

Mojang cinematics

Name	Screenshot	Description	Date
The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?		First appearance, exploring an ancient city with Efe.	June 5, 2022
The Wild Update: Craft Your Path		Gathers around a campfire alongside Noor, Efe, Steve and Alex, recounting the events of Where Will You Wander?	June 7, 2022
Introducing New Default Skins!		Chops down a birch tree, before going fishing and getting hit by Noor.	November 29, 2022
Minecraft Live is back for 2023!		Uncovers a pottery sherd, before being told of Minecraft Live returning and meeting up with the others in a cherry grove to prepare.	September 13, 2023
Minecraft x Marketplace Pass		Makes several cameo appearances as various background characters.	March 13, 2024
Minecraft is turning 15 | Come celebrate with us!		Makes a brief cameo near the end of the video.	May 14, 2024
Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer		Main protagonist of the trailer, getting separated from the other heroes during an adventure inside a trial chamber.	June 13, 2024

Marketplace

Name	Image	Description	Date
15 Year Journey		Appears several times throughout the map, including in the hub.	May 20, 2024
Trial Chamber Legends		Doesn't appear in the map itself, but is used alongside Noor in promotional images and the key art.	July 2, 2024

Event servers

Name	Image	Description	Date
Eerie Mojang Office Party		Appears several times alongside Kai, waiting in line to ride a roller coaster and marveling at a flying squid.	December 9, 2024

Books

Name	Image	Description	Release date
Minecraft Annual 2024		Dedicated on the 42nd page and featured on the 43rd protecting a village from a raid, with Noor.	September 26, 2023
Minecraft: Beginner's Guide		Emerges from a Nether portal on page 23.	March 5, 2024
Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book		Appears on the cover, wearing a unique outfit.	March 28, 2024
Minecraft Annual 2025		Dedicated on pages 12 and 13, which otherwise focus on Efe.	August 1, 2024
Minecraft Advent Calendar: Book Collection		Appears on the cover, wearing a unique sweater.	September 3, 2024
Minecraft Festive Ideas		Appears on page 14, Lantern Launch.	September 17, 2024
Minecraft Idea a Day		Appears on both the first page, a Llama Statue similar to the one featured in Introducing New Default Skins, and the 140th page, Roof Garden. On the latter, Sunny can be seen with Noor.	November 5, 2024
Minecraft Biome Adventure Sticker Book		Appears on the cover, holding a cherry sapling.	March 27, 2025

Games

Name	Image	Description	Ref.
Microsoft Mahjong		Sunny is one of many available tiles in the Minecraft 15th Anniversary theme.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.19.3			22w45a				Added Sunny.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.50			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added Sunny.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sunny" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Similar to Steve's beard being confused for a smile, many players mistake Sunny's hair for a hat, such as a beanie.
  • By extension, it is also commonly called a bowler cut, which wasn't the intention. Despite this, it is referred to as one in the character creator.
• Of all nine default skins, Sunny is Jasper Boerstra's personal favorite.
• Although not usable in the map itself, Sunny and Noor are used to promote the map Trial Chamber Legends.
• Despite there being an arm category, Sunny's prosthetic is actually a part of their base in Bedrock Edition.
• In a Minecraft Monthly video announcing the Beyond the Pale Garden event, Sunny can briefly be seen without their overalls, before suddenly regaining them. This is due to the fact that they are wearing different pants instead of their normal overalls.
• In the YouTube short FRIEND WITH TOO MUCH FREE TIME, Sunny is depicted with a masculine voice.

Gallery

Textures

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  Sunny's texture.

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  Slim version of Sunny's texture.

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  Untinted version of Sunny's Buzzcut.

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  Untinted version of Sunny (base)'s head.

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  Untinted version of Sunny (Base)'s body.

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  Untinted version of Sunny's Buttonup.

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  Untinted version of Sunny's Overalls.

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  Untinted version of Sunny's Shoes.

Screenshots

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  Sunny on a skeleton horse at the bottom of the ocean.

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  Sunny swimming upwards.

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  Sunny luring various striders with warped fungus on a stick.

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  Sunny beside a ruined portal.

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  Sunny using daylight detectors in a savanna village.

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  Sunny with two beehives.

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  Makena, Alex, and Sunny entering a lush cave through a mountain crevice.

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  Sunny in a mine.

Mojang images

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  Sunny using a lectern.

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  A zombie charging at Sunny whiling burning.

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  Sunny looking at a hanging sign belonging to an unseen character named Eric.

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  Sunny getting attacked in a lush cave.

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  Sunny from the perspective of a wolf.

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  Sunny and a horse in diamond armor.

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  Sunny using a crafter.

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  Sunny platforming across polished blackstone bricks.

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  "Noor is standing on a balcony putting items into Decorated Pots, while Sunny is interacting with a horse below."

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  "A very large Sunny is walking up 3-block-tall steps in a Cherry Grove biome, making use of the step height and scale attributes."

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  "Sunny is using Wind Charges to jump across rocky formations in Badlands."

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  Sunny and Noor heading into the Nether.

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  Sunny driving into the Nether.

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  Sunny and Makena in a trial chamber.

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  All seven of the characters introduced in 2022.

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  Sunny rides a minecart into a mineshaft, near Ari.

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  Noor joins them by mining through a wall.

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  Sunny in a base.

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  Sunny in Minecraft National Park.

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  Sunny is stalked by Creakings through a Pale Garden.

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  Sunny strikes a Creaking to figure out where the Creaking Heart is.

Development images

• Storyboard animatic of Sunny fighting several of the bogged.

• Storyboard animatic of Sunny discovering their friends in danger.

Official artwork

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  Sunny's first appearance on the key art for the Wild Update.

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  Sunny in a mangrove boat.

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  Profile of Sunny.

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  Artwork of Sunny with the rest of the cast, pictured beside Makena.

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  Sunny highlighted.

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  Sunny on the key art for the Trails & Tales update.

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  Sunny and Alex riding a camel together.

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  Sunny in artwork for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft.

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  Wallpaper of Sunny evading a zombie and creeper.

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  Sunny fighting several zombies on the cover for Minecraft.

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  Sunny riding a tram car from the Universal Studios Event, promoting the 2023 New Year's Celebration.

Social media

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  Sunny on artwork for Arbor Day.

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  Sunny and Efe in artwork for Minecraft Education.

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  A cross-section of characters, including Sunny, enjoying the summer heat.

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  An iron golem raising up Sunny to catch a ball.

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  Sunny and several snow golems looking at a gingerbread house.

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  Sunny throwing a snowball at Steve across multiple biomes.

Pixel art

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  Sunny claiming a sniffer egg from an ocean ruin.

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  Sunny placing a sniffer egg on sand.

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  Sunny watching a sniffer egg hatch.

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  A snifflet hatching to Sunny's amazement.

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  Sunny and Ari in a trial chamber, as husks spawn.

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  Sunny holding a trial key.

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  Pixel art of Sunny building a Nether Portal with Steve and Ari.

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  Sunny and Alex during the Allayday promotion.

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  Pixel art of Sunny entering a cave with Kai.

Animated content

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  Sunny with Noor.

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  Sunny riding a pig, in an advertisement for Crocs.

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  Sunny charging on a pig.

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  Sunny in armor in front of several beacons.

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  Sunny fiddling with a piglin head.

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  Sunny in powder snow.

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  Sunny getting shot by a poison arrow.

Merchandise

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  Lego Sunny.

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  Action figure of Sunny with a mule.