Player

The player is the main character in Minecraft whose actions are controlled by a real person, and not by the game. The nine default player skins are known as Alex, Ari, Efe, Kai, Makena, Noor, Steve, Sunny, and Zuri, with all unchanged skins being split between these nine skins.

Player

• Alex
• Ari
• Efe
• Kai
• Makena
• Noor
• Steve
• Sunny
• Zuri

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Health points	20HP × 10
Armor points	Depends on armor
Behavior	Controlled
Attack strength	Fist: 1HP‌ 2HP​ Items: Varies
Hitbox size	Height: 1.8 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks While sneaking: Height: 1.5 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks While gliding/swimming: Height: 0.6 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks While sleeping: Height: 0.2 blocks Width: 0.2 blocks
Speed	0.1
Spawn	Player spawn point (if set using a bed, a respawn anchor, or commands) Or world spawn

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        "Efe (slim) JE1.png",
        "Kai (classic) JE1.png",
        "Makena (slim) JE1.png",
        "Noor (slim) JE1.png",
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Appearance

The player can choose from Steve, Alex, Zuri, Sunny, Noor, Makena, Kai, Efe, or Ari as their main skin. They can also customize it by setting the skin from an image file, either from external websites or their own creation. They can choose between "classic" and "slim" shapes, which makes their arm models wide or slim.

In Bedrock Edition, the game allows the usage of skin packs, each of which has a selection of free skins. The game also features a character creation system with free and purchasable apparel and features from the Marketplace. On console devices, these are the only equippable skin models, and players cannot choose custom skin models imported from image file.

In Java Edition, playing in the demo or offline makes the game randomly choose any of the nine skins as the current skin.

The player's appearance can be obscured by equipping armor, such as turtle shell, helmets, chestplates, leggings, and boots, as well as other equippable items such as elytra, carved pumpkin, and heads of mobs and other players. Players are also the only entity capable of having capes, as well as other cosmetics from their character creation.

In Java Edition, if the player is shot with an arrow or stung by a bee, the arrow or stinger appears physically embedded inside of the player for a given time. These do not apply to other mobs.

Unlike their Java Edition counterparts, Bedrock Edition players periodically blink; this feature does not apply to custom skin models set from image file.

Drops

• Contents of their inventory and armor unless /gamerule keepInventory has been set to true.
• Current XP level multiplied by 7, which is then the amount of points dropped. Capped at a total of 100 XP points, which corresponds to a bit above level 7. If /gamerule keepInventory has been set to true, no XP is dropped.

Interaction range

The attack reach area of 3 blocks is indicated by the red circle.

A player's interaction range (reach) differs. The area forms a three-dimensional cylinder because it encompasses vertical and horizontal distances:

Default interaction range

Type	In other game modes	In Creative mode
Java Edition block	4.5 blocks	5 blocks
Java Edition entity	3 blocks	5 blocks
Bedrock Edition keyboard/controller	5 blocks
Bedrock Edition touch	6 blocks	12 blocks

Health and hunger meters

The player has 10 full hearts or 20 health points. One full heart represents two health points. When the player's hunger bar is at 18 ( × 9) or higher, health slowly regenerates by 1HP every four seconds, but when it is at 20 ( × 10) with saturation remaining, health regenerates by 1HP every half second.‌ The hunger bar depletes faster from energy-intensive activities like sprinting, jumping, attacking mobs, and mining, and it can be refilled by eating food. If the hunger bar is at 17 ( × 8.5) or lower, the player does not regenerate health unless in Peaceful difficulty (or under the effect of certain potions). While the hunger bar is at 0 (), the player is starving and proceeds to lose health. On Hard and Hardcore difficulties, starvation kills the player. On Normal difficulty, it brings health down to 1HP. On Easy difficulty, it brings health down to 10HP. On Peaceful difficulty, the health bar recovers regardless of hunger, but still depletes from starvation damage, and the hunger bar does not lose any points even when under the effect of hunger.

Movement

Walking

The most basic movement the player can perform is walking. The player can walk at a reasonable speed rate of 4.317 blocks per second, all while taking no hunger impact. This means that the player can walk a total of 5181 blocks in one Minecraft day, in a straight line, without sprinting or sneaking.

Sprinting

The player can move faster by sprinting, but at the cost of draining the hunger bar considerably while doing so. The player sprints approximately 5.612 blocks per second, as opposed to the regular pace of 4.317 blocks per second. The maximum distance a player can jump when sprinting is approximately 4.225 blocks. The Speed effect increases momentum. The player cannot sprint if the hunger bar is at 6 () or less. Sprinting is activated by double-tapping the forward key (default W), then holding it, or by holding the sprint key (Ctrl by default, ⌘ Cmd if using a Mac) while pressing the forward key. Holding the sprint key in Creative mode while flying causes the player to fly faster.

Sneaking

Sneaking is a feature activated by pressing and holding the sneak key (default is ⇧ Shift). Sneaking prevents players from falling more than half a block, making it highly useful for building horizontally outward over space. Going past the edge of a block and stopping sneaking does not result in falling off that block. The player can still dismount blocks while sneaking by jumping over the block's edge. In Multiplayer Mode, a player's name tag is grayed out in Java Edition or completely disappears in Bedrock Edition when they sneak, to relate to the fact that sneaking makes them harder to see.

Jumping

The maximum height a player can jump without the Jump Boost effect is about 1.2522 blocks in Java Edition. The jump height on Bedrock Edition is shorter (similar to the pre-Combat Update) with the value of 1.24919 blocks.

Swimming

Swimming occurs when the player is sprinting (by double pressing W or pressing Ctrl/Cmd) while the player is submerged underwater. Swimming has the same animation as crawling.

Crawling

Crawling occurs when the player is in an area less than 1.5 blocks high and prevents suffocation.

Movement speed

There isn't a simple hard-coded maximum velocity for walking, sprinting, etc. The maximum is a result of a base acceleration countered by "friction" or air resistance. The base acceleration for walking is 0.098, and sprinting is 30% faster than that. Velocity is increased by this acceleration value every tick (1/20th of a second), then the player is moved by the resulting velocity, then the velocity is multiplied by the friction value of the block they are walking on. For most blocks, the friction value is 0.546. As the player walks forward, each tick their velocity goes +0.098, *0.546, +.098, *0.546, +0.098, and so on. The result is that eventually, the 0.546 multiplier counteracts the 0.098 increase, so the player doesn't go any faster. The formula for this "terminal velocity" is a/(1-r), where a is the acceleration, and r is the block's friction. 0.098/(1-0.546) ≈ 0.2159 meters/tick = 4.317 meters/second. Sprinting is 30% faster than that, at about 5.612 meters/second. Flying is similar, but the base acceleration is 0.049 and the "friction" is 0.91, which comes out to ~10.89 m/s.

Movement Mode	Speed (m/s)	Speed (km/h)	% of Walking Speed
Walking	4.317	15.54	100%
Sprinting	5.612	20.20	130%
Sneaking	1.295	4.663	30%
Flying	10.79	38.85	250%
Sprint Flying	21.58	77.71	500%
Falling	77.71	279.75	1800%

Gameplay HUD

The onscreen heads-up display (HUD) consists of the player's health bar, hunger bar, experience bar, and hotbar. The armor rating bar appears above the health bar if the player is wearing armor and the oxygen bar appears if the player is submerged in water or is suffocating in a block‌. The HUD also contains the crosshair and a held object or fist. The HUD can also be toggled by F1.

As mentioned in the Gamemodes section, if the player is in Creative mode the health, hunger, and experience bars including armor rating and oxygen bubbles are hidden and only the hotbar is visible. Despite this, the player can still collect experience, wear armor, and still displays the screen tilting animation when dying from /kill or the void. In Spectator mode even the hotbar, crosshair, and held object/fist are hidden and the hotbar appears as a player spectating list when a number is pressed or the mouse is scrolled.

Experience

Experience points (XP) can be gained via experience orbs when killing mobs or mining certain minerals. The current level is indicated by a green number above the HUD, and the experience points can be used to enchant weapons, tools, or armor with different useful attributes and skills (see enchanting table.) Anvils require experience to use.

The level increases by obtaining enough experience points. All levels and points are lost upon death but can be partially restored by picking up the experience orbs at the place of death.

Experience is also obtained through activities such as mining, fishing, mob breeding, killing certain mobs, trading, or smelting.

Game modes

• In Survival mode, the player can place and destroy most blocks, and use all tools available. The player has limited health (HP icons), hunger ( icons), and oxygen (bubble icons)
• In Creative mode, the player can fly by double-tapping the jump key (default Space) and place an infinite number of blocks, but with limited use of crafting and tools. No mobs attack the player. The player cannot take damage (at all in Bedrock Edition, and in Java Edition only when falling into the Void or typing the command /kill), has no hunger and has unlimited oxygen, and breaking blocks is instantaneous.
• In Hardcore mode, the player can respawn only in Spectator mode, and the difficulty level is locked on Hard mode.
• In Adventure mode, there are no changes from Survival mode aside from being unable to break or place blocks unless they possess a tool with the can_break item component for that block, or have a block with the can_place_on component. This game mode can be played only by having cheats enabled and typing the command /gamemode adventure, or by opening a multiplayer or LAN world.
• In Spectator mode, the player can spectate almost all mobs, ride them as if the player were in a minecart, fly through blocks, and open inventories, but cannot break blocks or change inventories. Along with Adventure, it can be accessed by typing in /gamemode spectator, pressing F3+F4 until Spectator mode (the eye of ender) is selected or F3+N while cheats are enabled, or dying in Hardcore mode. However, with the Debug Mode world type, the gamemode is locked as Spectator mode unless changed with cheats enabled.

Username

Players in-game are referred to by a username. These are used to target the player with commands and differentiate other players.

In Java Edition, usernames must be 3-16 characters, although there are exceptions for players with under 3 characters, who bought the game early in its development. Players can change their username no more than once every 30 days on minecraft.net. When the player changes their username, the previous username is available for other users to claim after 37 days. Because players can change usernames every 30 days, a player can manage two usernames without anyone being able to take either of them. If the player has a username under 3 characters and changes it, the old sub-3-character username is permanently unable to be obtained again. This also applies for symbol names. The username can be changed on the preferences page of minecraft.net.

In Bedrock Edition, usernames chosen in-game must be 3-32 characters. Users can choose a username and change it any time in the Profile settings. Alternatively, users signed in with a Microsoft account have the username set to match their Gamertag. Gamertags can be changed on the change gamertag page in the Xbox website for a fee of US$9.99, though changing it for the first time is free.

Player names appear above their head as nameplates, typically in white letters within a dark transparent rectangle. Player nameplates can also be seen through solid blocks and other obstructions, although a player can sneak to dim the nameplate's visibility when in sight in Java Edition, or hide it completely when out of sight in Bedrock Edition.

Customization

The player height options in Bedrock Edition.

In Java Edition, players can change skins in the preferences page on minecraft.net, or in the Minecraft Launcher by uploading a PNG image file. Players also have the option to have wide or slim arms on the character model.

In Bedrock Edition, players are given five character slots which they can customize their appearances by selecting pre-made apparels, altering their heights, changing their looks, and more. They are available on the Character Creator menu, accessible under the title screen or pause menu. These characters are syncronized between devices signed-in using Microsoft account. Alternatively, players have option to select from classic skins with skin packs obtained from the Marketplace. They can select or remove a cape for classic skins. Classic skins obtained from importing image file are not available on console devices, and cannot be syncronized between devices.

Players can also choose four emotes per character slot.

Sounds

Java Edition:
Players use the Players sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Eating	Players	While a player is eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	varies	0.8-1.2	16
	​Sipping	Players	While a player is drinking something	entity.generic.drink	subtitles.entity.generic.drink​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16
	​Gulping	Players	While a player is drinking a honey bottle	item.honey_bottle.drink	subtitles.item.honey_bottle.drink​	0.5	varies	16
	​Eating	Friendly Creatures	When a player finishes eating something	entity.generic.eat	subtitles.entity.generic.eat​	1.0	0.6-1.4	16
	​Burp	Players	When a player finishes eating or drinking	entity.player.burp	subtitles.entity.player.burp​	0.5	0.9-1.0	16
	​Strong attack	Players	When a player deals an attack that does not trigger any other attack sounds	entity.player.attack.strong	subtitles.entity.player.attack.strong​	varies	1.0	16
	​Critical attack	Players	When a player deals a critical hit	entity.player.attack.crit	subtitles.entity.player.attack.crit​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Knockback attack	Players	When a player deals a sprinting attack	entity.player.attack.knockback	subtitles.entity.player.attack.knockback​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Sweeping attack	Players	When a player deals a sweep attack	entity.player.attack.sweep	subtitles.entity.player.attack.sweep​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Weak attack	Players	When a player deals an attack with no damage	entity.player.attack.nodamage	subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Weak attack	Players	When a player attempts to attack without sufficient cooldown	entity.player.attack.weak	subtitles.entity.player.attack.weak​	0.7	1.0	16
	​Player dings	Players	When a player levels up to a multiple of 5	entity.player.levelup	subtitles.entity.player.levelup​	0.75	1.0	16
	​Player dies	Players	When a player dies	entity.player.death	subtitles.entity.player.death​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Player hurts	Players	When a player is damaged from a generic source	entity.player.hurt	subtitles.entity.player.hurt​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Player drowning	Players	When a player is damaged by running out of breath	entity.player.hurt_drown	subtitles.entity.player.hurt_drown​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Player burns	Players	When a player is damaged by fire	entity.player.hurt_on_fire	subtitles.entity.player.hurt_on_fire​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Player freezes	Blocks	When a player is damaged by freezing in powder snow	entity.player.hurt_freeze	subtitles.entity.player.freeze_hurt​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Player hurts	Players	When a player is damaged by touching a sweet berry bush	entity.player.hurt_sweet_berry_bush	subtitles.entity.player.hurt​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Something trips	Players	When a player falls from 4 to 7 blocks high in Survival or Adventure mode	entity.player.small_fall	subtitles.entity.generic.small_fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Something fell	Players	When a player falls from 8 or more blocks high in Survival or Adventure mode	entity.player.big_fall	subtitles.entity.generic.big_fall​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Splashing	Players	When a player enters water at low speed	entity.player.splash	subtitles.entity.generic.splash​	0.0-0.25	0.6-1.4	16
	​Splashing	Players	When a player enters water at high speed	entity.player.splash_high_speed	subtitles.entity.generic.splash​	0.25-1.0	0.6-1.4	16
	​Swimming	Players	While a player is moving through water	entity.player.swim	subtitles.entity.generic.swim​	0.0-1.0	0.6-1.4	16
	​Player teleports	Players	When a player teleports using an ender pearl	entity.player.teleport	subtitles.entity.player.teleport​	1.0	1.0	16
	​None	None	Unused sound event	entity.player.breath	None​	None	None	None

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	While a player is eating something	random.eat	0.5-1.1	0.8-1.2
	Players	While a player is drinking something	random.drink	0.35	0.9-1.1
	Players	While a player is drinking a honey bottle	random.drink_honey	varies	0.9-1.0
	Players	When a player finishes eating or drinking	random.burp	0.5	0.9-1.0
	Players	When a player deals an attack with damage	game.player.attack.strong	0.2	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player deals an attack with no damage	game.player.attack.nodamage	0.2	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player reaches a level multiple of 5	random.levelup	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a player dies	game.player.die	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player is damaged from a generic source	game.player.hurt	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Players	When a player is damaged by running out of breath	mob.player.hurt_drown	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a player is damaged by fire	mob.player.hurt_on_fire	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a player is damaged by freezing in powder snow	mob.player.hurt_freeze	1.0	1.0
	Players	When a player falls from 4 to 7 blocks high in Survival or Adventure mode	damage.fallsmall	0.75	1.0
	Players	When a player falls from 8 or more blocks high in Survival or Adventure mode	damage.fallbig	0.75	1.0
	Ambient/Environment	When a player enters water	entity.generic.splash	?	0.6-1.4
	Players	When the player's eye level goes underwater	ambient.underwater.enter	?	1.0
	Players	When the player's eye level exits underwater	ambient.underwater.exit	?	1.0
	Players	While a player is moving through water	random.swim	?	0.6-1.4

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Players	When a player dies	entity.player.death	0.5	0.9-1.0	16
	Players	When a player is damaged from a generic source	entity.player.hurt	varies	0.8-1.2	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Player	player	entity.minecraft.player

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Player	player	63	entity.player.name

Entity data

Players have entity data associated with them that contain various properties.

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] The root tag. In level.dat files, this tag is called Player.
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • except for the tags: CustomName, CustomNameVisible, and Glowing.
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • except for the tags:, CanPickUpLoot, PersistenceRequired, Leash, drop_chances.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] abilities: The abilities this player has.
    • [Byte] flying: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the player is currently flying.
    • [Float] flySpeed: The flying speed, set to 0.05.
    • [Byte] instabuild: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If true, the player can place blocks without depleting them. This is true for Creative mode, and false for other game modes.
    • [Byte] invulnerable: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Behavior is not the same as the invulnerable tag on other entities. If true, the player is immune to all damage and harmful effects except for void damage and /kill. Also, all mobs, whether hostile or not, are passive to the player. true when in Creative or Spectator mode, and false when in Survival or Adventure mode.
    • [Byte] mayBuild: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If true, the player can place blocks. true when in Creative or Survival mode, and false when in Spectator or Adventure mode.
    • [Byte] mayfly: 1 or 0 (true/false) - If true, the player can fly and doesn't take fall damage. true when in Creative and Spectator modes, and false when in Survival and Adventure modes.
    • [Float] walkSpeed: The walking speed, set to 0.1.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] current_explosion_impact_pos: Position where the player was when the last explosion happened. Used for wind charge fall damage reduction.
  • [Int] DataVersion: Version of the player NBT structure. Is increased with every new snapshot and release. See Data version.
  • [String] Dimension: The ID of the dimension the player is in. Used to store the players last known location along with Pos.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] EnderItems: Each compound tag in this list is an item in the player's 27-slot ender chest inventory. When empty, list type may have unexpected value.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] An item in the inventory.
      • Includes the [Byte] Slot tag - slots are numbered 0–26, inclusive.
      • See Item_format § NBT_structure.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] entered_nether_pos: May not exist. A list of 3 doubles, describing the Overworld position from which the player entered the Nether. Used by the nether_travel advancement trigger. Set every time the player passes through a portal from the Overworld to the Nether. When entering a dimension other than the nether (not by respawning) this tag is removed. Entering the Nether without using a portal does not update this tag.
    • [Double] x: The X coordinate in the Overworld.
    • [Double] y: The Y coordinate in the Overworld.
    • [Double] z: The Z coordinate in the Overworld.
  • [Float] foodExhaustionLevel: See Hunger § Mechanics.
  • [Int] foodLevel: The value of the hunger bar. Referred to as hunger. See Hunger.
  • [Float] foodSaturationLevel: Referred to as saturation. See Hunger § Mechanics.
  • [Int] foodTickTimer: See Hunger.
  • [Boolean] ignore_fall_damage_from_current_explosion: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the current explosion should apply a fall damage reduction. Only used by explosions from wind charges.
  • [NBT List / JSON Array] Inventory: Each compound tag in this list is an item in the player's inventory. (Note: when empty, list type may have unexpected value.)
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] An item in the inventory.
      • See Item_format § NBT_structure.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] LastDeathLocation: May not exist. Location of the player's last death.
    • [String] dimension: Dimension of last death.
    • [Int Array] pos: Coordinates of last death.
  • [Int] playerGameType: The current game mode of the player. 0 means Survival, 1 means Creative, 2 means Adventure, and 3 means Spectator.
  • [Int] previousPlayerGameType: The previous game mode of the player.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] recipeBook: Contains a JSON object detailing recipes the player has unlocked.
    • Tags related to the recipe book see Template:Nbt inherit/Recipe Book/template[show]
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] RootVehicle: May not exist. The root entity that the player is riding.
    • [Int Array] Attach: The UUID of the entity the player is riding, stored as four ints.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity: The NBT data of the root vehicle.
      • See Entity format.
  • [Int] Score: The score displayed upon death.
  • [Byte] seenCredits: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the player has entered the exit portal in the End at least once.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] SelectedItem: Data of the item currently being held by the player, excluding the Slot tag. Only exists when using the /data command, this value is not saved in the player.dat format.
    • See item format.
  • [Int] SelectedItemSlot: The selected hotbar slot of the player.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] ShoulderEntityLeft: The entity that is on the player's left shoulder. Always displays as a parrot.
    • See Entity format.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] ShoulderEntityRight: The entity that is on the player's right shoulder. Always displays as a parrot.
    • See Entity format.
  • [Short] SleepTimer: The number of game ticks the player had been in bed. 0 when the player is not sleeping. When in bed, increases up to 100 ticks, then stops. Skips the night after enough players in beds have reached 100 (see Bed § Passing the night). When getting out of bed, instantly changes to 100 ticks and then increases for another 9 ticks (up to 109 ticks) before returning to 0 ticks.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] respawn: May not exist. The respawn information of the player. Removed when the player attempts to respawn with no valid bed or respawn anchor to spawn at at these coordinates. They are unaffected by breaking a bed or respawn anchor at these coordinates, and are unaffected by the player's death.
    • [Int Array] pos: block position to spawn at
    • [Float] angle: angle to spawn with (default: 0.0)
    • [String] dimension: dimension id to spawn in (default minecraft:overworld)
    • [Boolean] forced: true if this spawn was set through commands (default: false)
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] warden_spawn_tracker: Contains data about the warden spawning process for this player.
    • [Int] warning_level: A warning level between 0, and 3 (inclusive). The warden spawns at level 3.
    • [Int] cooldown_ticks: The number of game ticks before the warning_level can be increased again. Decreases by 1 every tick. It is set to 200 game ticks (10 seconds) every time the warning level is increased.
    • [Int] ticks_since_last_warning: The number of game ticks since the player was warned for warden spawning. Increases by 1 every tick. After 12000 game ticks (10 minutes) it resets to level 3, and the warning_level decreases by 1 level.
  • [Int] XpLevel: The level shown on the experience bar.
  • [Float] XpP: The progress across the experience bar to the next level, stored as a percentage.
  • [Int] XpSeed: The seed used for the next enchantment in enchanting tables.
  • [Int] XpTotal: The total amount of experience the player has collected over time; used for the score upon death.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.

History

[hide]Java Edition pre-Classic
Cave game tech test							The player currently has no visible model. Their hitbox is 1.7 blocks tall.
rd-132328							Mobs were added with their skin and model ported from Zombie Town. These are later used for the player.
[hide]Java Edition Classic
0.0.15a (Multiplayer Test 1)							Added the player model for the newly introduced multiplayer mode. Its model and texture are both taken from the mob.
							The player's arms flail wildly when walking.​
August 13, 2009							Notch shows a test skin with a hat layer.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							The texture was changed.
0.28							The texture was changed, once again, removing the beard.
December 19, 2009							Player shadow test.
December 22, 2009							Notch shows concept art of a new player model, appearing similar to the base "Steve" model, but with a miner hat and different clothes.
[hide]Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414							Players logged in as Notch now drop an apple upon death.
20100327							The player now drops their inventory and respawns at the spawn location upon death, rather than having to reload the last save.
[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4							The player can jump only two blocks horizontally, instead of three.
v1.0.6							Held items now appear in third person.
v1.0.9							The player's arms no longer flail wildly when walking.
v1.0.15							The player model is made visually smaller when seen in third person; the hitbox is unaffected.
							Players now have an arm swinging animation when attacking or mining, visible in third person.
v1.1.1							Added ability to sneak with ⇧ Shift by default.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.5							Unarmed damage was increased from 1HP to 2HP.
1.8			Pre-release				The player now has an experience and hunger bar.
							The player can now jump four blocks horizontally by sprinting.
							Unarmed damage was decreased from 2HP to 1HP.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			RC1				Changed the sounds the player makes. Any physical damage plays a "tick" sound, and damage from falling would play sounds like bones breaking.
							Before this version, when the player was damaged, they would make a deep "Ooh!" sound that represented the player's response when hurt. However, this sound suggested that the player was male, which was not consistent with/representative of female player skins, so Mojang changed the sound to make it more gender-neutral.
1.3.1			12w18a				Players no longer drop apples when killed while logged in as Notch.
							As a result of internal changes, players in singleplayer worlds are immune to all damage except void and the /kill command for 3 seconds when spawning, respawning, or joining the world.
1.4.2			12w38a				Changed hurt sounds for player.
1.8			pre1				Added a new player model with smaller arms, and a new default player skin named Alex.
February 4, 2015							Players can now change usernames.
1.9			15w42a				Player's hitbox (usually 1.8 blocks tall) is now shorter (1.65m) when crouching, is a 0.6-block cube when gliding with elytra, and is a 0.2-block cube while laying in bed.
			15w45a				Jump height increased from 1.24919 blocks to 1.2522 blocks.
1.12			17w13a				Players walking backwards now use the same animation as moving forward instead of rotating the model to the side as if they are going sideways.
1.13			18w07a				Added the ability to sprint while in water, which causes the player to dive to the ground and swim much faster.
			18w15a				Sprinting at the surface of water no longer makes the player swim, instead the player stays at the same altitude constantly.
							Swimming through 1 block holes is now possible.
1.14			19w12a				The player's hitbox height while sneaking is now 1.5 blocks instead of 1.65.
			19w14a				The player now crawls when they are in a space less than 1.5 blocks tall.
1.15			19w34a				Fixed the slim model being a half-pixel lower than the torso of the player. This had been an issue since the introduction of the slim skin model in 1.8.
August 20,2022							New skin textures for Steve and Alex were added in the Minecraft Launcher beta, including classic and slim versions.
1.19.3			22w45a				Integrated player skin now stored separately by wide and slim model.
							Updated integrated skins of Steve and Alex.
							Integrated 7 new skins: Ari, Efe, Kai, Makena, Noor, Sunny and Zuri.
							The 7 new skins can be assigned to offline players now.
1.21.2			24w33a				The slim player model has changed.
			24w34a				The slim player model has been reverted to the pre-24w33a shape.
1.21.4			24w45a				Players no longer receive 3 seconds of damage immunity when spawning, respawning, or joining a world or server.
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
Combat Tests			Combat Test 5				Players now get knockback from hits that deal less than half a heart of damage, including no damage.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release							Added the player.
v0.8.0			build 1				The player skin was changed.
v0.10.0			build 1				The player skin was changed, once again. Removed hole from head bottom.
v0.11.0			build 1				The player's skin can now be customized.
							Added a new player model with smaller arms, and a new default player skin named Alex.
							Changed Steve's skin to match Java Edition.
v0.12.1			build 10				Changed the sounds the player makes. Any physical damage plays a flesh impact sound, and damage from falling would play sounds like bones breaking.
							Before this version, when the player was damaged, they would make a deep "ooh!" sound that represented the player's response when hurt. However, this sound suggested that the player was male, so Mojang changed the sound to make it more gender-neutral.
?							Alex's shoulders lowered by half a pixel.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.13			beta 1.2.13.8				Added the ability to sprint while in water, which causes the player to dive to the ground and swim much faster.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Players can now swim through 1x1 gaps.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.0				Improved player swimming at the surface of water.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.13				The player left leg no longer slightly bob when the player is idle or looking around.
			beta 1.13.0.15				Player height is now customizable in 4 different sizes in the Character creator: tall, medium, small, smaller, though have the same hitbox. Also, player eyes (Steve, Alex, and custom Character creator skins) can now blink.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Players can now sprint on top of water instead of being able to swim.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.30.20				Unarmed damage has been decreased from 2HP to 1HP to match Java Edition.
1.19.50			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added 7 new skins: Ari, Efe, Kai, Makena, Noor, Sunny and Zuri.
1.19.70			Preview 1.19.70.20				The player’s hitbox height now reduces to 1.5 blocks while sneaking.
1.19.80 Experiment Short Sneak			Preview 1.19.80.20				Sneaking is now behind the "Short Sneak" experimental toggle.
1.20.10 Experiment Short Sneaking and Crawling			Preview 1.20.10.20				The "Short Sneak" experimental toggle has been renamed to "Short Sneaking and Crawling".
1.20.10 Experiment Crawling			Preview 1.20.10.23				Renamed the "Short Sneaking and Crawling" experimental toggle to "Crawling".
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.23				Sneaking under 1.5 block gaps is no longer behind experimental gameplay.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.22				Crawling is no longer behind experimental gameplay.
							Removed the "Crawling" toggle.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				When the player enters water, the splashing sound is now changed to match Java Edition.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the player.
TU3		1.04					Added skin packs.
TU5		1.00					The sound of the player taking damage is changed from a man's grunt to be more gender-neutral.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			Added the Alex skin.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Player's hitbox (usually 1.8 blocks tall) is now shorter (1.65m) when crouching, is a 0.6-block cube when gliding with elytra, and is a 0.2-block cube while laying in bed.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Players walking backwards now use the same animation as moving forward instead of rotating the model to the side as if they are going sideways.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Changed hurt sounds for player again.

Gallery

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  The first image of mobs.

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  First screenshot of a player model with hat layer.

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  Character concept art for Minecraft by Dock.

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  Height comparison of the player model before (left) and in/after (right) Java Edition Alpha v1.0.15

Historical sounds

Sound	Added in	Removed in	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation Distance
Hurt	Java Edition Classic 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST	Java Edition 1.0.0 (RC1) Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha (build 10)	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
Hurt flesh	Java Edition 1.0.0 (RC1)	Java Edition 1.4.2 (12w32a)	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
Landing from a small fall			1.0	1.0	16
Landing from a big fall			1.0	1.0	16

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				Changed entity ID from Player to player.
1.13			17w47a				Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.​
1.21.5			25w06a				The armor and off-hand equipment of players is now also stored in the equipment field.
			25w07a				The SpawnX, SpawnY, SpawnZ, SpawnAngle, SpawnDimension, and SpawnForced fields have been collected into a single respawn field.
							The enteredNetherPosition field has been renamed to entered_nether_pos, and is now formatted as a list of doubles.

Issues

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

Java Edition

• MC-296358 – A player in Spectator mode on top of a happy ghast makes it stop moving
• MC-295690 – Players stay on fire for a while after barely touching fire
• MC-296494 – The player sometimes falls from a happy ghast when reconnecting to a world
• MC-197201 – The Ender Dragon does not dive toward the player (missing "diving" attack)
• MC-164171 – When the player is killed by the wither skull, the player's inventory drop will be deleted
• MC-279013 – When falling, the player takes damage before hitting the ground, making it impossible to clutch from certain heights
• MC-296458 – Player heads in the inventory don't show the right skin
• MC-8959 – The player automatically jumps when pressing against a block while in water
• MC-58715 – Sounds become too quiet when player isn't facing sound source
• MC-103171 – Selectors in written books require player to be operator to work
• And 728 other open issues.

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-45311 – Ghast holding onto its fire charge till the player re-enters it’s vicinity.
• MCPE-190681 – Player randomly being pushed around by an invisible force or snapping back to previous position.
• MCPE-189501 – Attacking a mob or player while sprint jumping randomly removes all of the player's momentum, sometimes even teleporting the player backwards
• MCPE-190671 – Monsters/players can push you into blocks by attacking
• MCPE-157125 – Non-player entities teleport to the void when transported from the End to the Overworld
• MCPE-190819 – The number of players joining a hosted multiplayer game via Xbox Live is limited to 28
• MCPE-194927 – A Minecraft Movie Live Event - Steve's Lava Chicken can clip the Player out of bounds on Outer Wall map
• MCPE-176172 – Elytra flight animation is showing incorrectly to other players
• MCPE-180268 – When you open a world, simulation begins before chunks, entities, redstone, and player controls finish loading
• MCPE-47877 – Player hand position no longer matches Java Edition
• And 374 other open issues.

Trivia

• The original Steve skin and player model was originally created for another one of Notch's games called Zombie Town.
• The player's eye level (according to coordinates on the debug screen) is 1.62m when standing, 1.27m when sneaking and 0.4m when swimming, crawling or gliding.
• The player's actual size doesn't match the hitbox. Their model is as tall as 2 blocks, but is scaled down by a factor of 0.9375, making them 1.875m tall and 0.9375m wide, exactly 2 texels shorter than the height of 2 blocks.
• The player's legs do not line up perfectly with the torso to prevent z-fighting when wearing armor.
• In Bedrock Edition, a dead player can still collect experience orbs near their death location until they choose to respawn.
• Before Java Edition 1.14, the camera was located at the player's feet; the world is therefore rendered 1.8 blocks below what it should be at to counteract this.
  • Likewise, when the player slept in a bed, the world revolved around the player during the animation instead of the player's camera rotating, which led to some visual bugs.
• With a length of 3 to 16 characters and 63 characters to choose from, the total number of possible player usernames in Java Edition is $\sum _{n=3}^{16}63^n\approx 6.257\times 10^{28}$ or more than 62 octillion.
• In one Twitter post, players were referred to as Earthlings.

Gallery

Renders

Idle

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  Alex.

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  Alex with wide arms.

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  Ari.

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  Ari with slim arms.

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  Efe.

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  Efe with wide arms.

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  Kai.

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  Kai with slim arms.

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  Makena.

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  Makena with wide arms.

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  Noor.

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  Noor with wide arms.

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  Steve.

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  Steve with slim arms.

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  Sunny.

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  Sunny with slim arms.

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  Zuri.

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  Zuri with slim arms.

Animated

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  Alex's eyes blinking in Bedrock Edition.

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  Steve's eyes blinking in Bedrock Edition.

Textures

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  Alex.

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  Alex with wide arms.

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  Ari.

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  Ari with slim arms.

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  Efe.

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  Efe with wide arms.

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  Kai.

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  Kai with slim arms.

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  Makena.

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  Makena with wide arms.

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  Noor.

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  Noor with wide arms.

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  Steve.

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  Steve with slim arms.

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  Sunny.

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  Sunny with slim arms.

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  Zuri.

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  Zuri with slim arms.

Screenshots

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  Several players looking at an axolotl.

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  Ari looks at Efe from afar.

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  Noor looking at Prairie Ride. Unsurprisingly, Noor is seen in the painting.

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  Five of the default skins customized using the Character Creator.

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  Players around a campfire.

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  Steve and alex at the beach.

See also

• Character
• Mob
• Mob (entity)
• Skin
• Cape
• Dungeons:Cape
• Earth:Mob of Me

External links

• "Introducing New Default Minecraft Skins" by Sophia Dankis – Minecraft.net, October 19, 2022.