Minecraft Custom Heads Generator

A ready-to-use /give command for a head in the syntax of your Minecraft version. For Notch's head, it looks like this in Java 1.21.5+: /give @p minecraft:player_head[profile={name:"Notch"}] 1. For 1.16–1.20.4, it becomes /give @p minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:"Notch"} 1. With a texture value instead of a name, the command includes the value under properties or SkullOwner.Properties.

In Java Edition, player heads are only available through commands, not in Survival Mode. Enter the player's name in the generator—for your own head, enter your Java username. “Load head” checks the name with Mojang and corrects its spelling. Choose your version and copy the command. Then press T in Minecraft to open chat, paste the command and press Enter. You need OP permissions or cheats enabled.

A player head stores only the name. Minecraft then loads the skin from Mojang and shows the new skin if the player changes it. A texture head includes the texture value directly in the command. It always looks the same, needs no existing account, and is how you get decorative heads from head databases, such as globes, chests, or food.

Head databases show a value (“Value”) for each head: a long string starting with eyJ. Paste it in Texture head mode. The generator also accepts a textures.minecraft.net URL, just its hash, or a full command containing the value, and builds the command for your version.

Usually, the version is the problem: a command in 1.20.5+ format won't work on a 1.20.4 server, and before 1.16, a texture head needs the ID as text instead of an Int array. For a player head, the name must belong to a Java account because Minecraft fetches its skin from Mojang. A texture head includes its own skin and doesn't depend on that.

Java Edition limits chat input to 100 characters through 1.10 and 256 characters from 1.11 onward. Commands for textured heads contain a long texture value and may exceed that limit. If chat cuts off the command, use a command block: switch to Creative Mode (/gamemode creative), as you can only place and edit the block there. Get one with /give @p minecraft:command_block, right-click it to paste in the command, and activate it with redstone, such as a button. On a server, enable-command-block must be enabled in server.properties.

After you click “Load head”, the generator knows the player's current skin. Enable the option to embed that skin as a texture value in the command, along with the player's UUID. The head will stay the same even if the player changes their skin later.

Yes. Enter a name of up to 64 characters in the “Custom name” field. The generator adds it to the command as custom_name or under display. For colors, lore and enchantments, use the Give Command Generator; the Custom Heads Generator handles the head.

No. Bedrock Edition doesn't support heads with custom skins or texture values; it only has mob heads. The generator creates commands for Java Edition.