Minecraft Player Head Generator

A head of any player, to wear or to place. Build it from a name and it follows their skin, or from a texture and it keeps that skin forever.

The command
/give @s minecraft:player_head[profile="Notch"]

Paste it into chat. You need cheats in a single player world, or operator rights on a server.

The skin

A head built from a name is looked up by the server, so there is nothing to show here until it exists in the game.

Open the skin viewer

How it works

  • Choose how to pick the head: by the player's name, or by a skin texture.
  • Type the name, or paste the texture hash. A hash is a long run of letters a to f and digits.
  • Choose who gets the head. @s is yourself.
  • Copy the command and paste it into chat. You need cheats or operator rights.
  • To see a skin in full before you use it, open the skin viewer.

A head built from a texture carries the picture inside the command, so it works on a server with no connection to Mojang.

Questions

Which of the two should I use?
Use the name if you want that player's head and you are happy for it to show whatever skin they wear. Use the texture if you want a head that never changes, or if your server has no connection to Mojang.
Why is my head blank?
A head built from a name is looked up when it is created, so it comes out blank if the server cannot reach Mojang or if nobody owns that name. The texture version does not have that problem, because the picture travels inside the command.
Where do I find a texture hash?
It is the long hexadecimal name at the end of a skin file's address on Minecraft's texture server. Any skin on this site has one, and skin sites generally show it somewhere on the skin's page.
Which versions does this work on?
1.20.5 and later. That is when items moved to the square bracket component form, which is what this tool writes.
Can I place the head as a block?
Yes. A player head is an ordinary item, so you can put it in your inventory and place it on a wall or a floor like any other block. You can also wear it.
Does the head change if the player changes their skin?
Only if it was made from a name, and only when a new head is created. A head already sitting in a chest keeps what it had. A head made from a texture never changes at all.