Tool

Player Head Generator

Build a /give command for a player_head with any username's skin. Uses the modern profile component (1.20.5+). Mojang's session servers will resolve the skin when the command runs.

Names like Dinnerbone and Grumm also flip mobs and entities upside-down when used as their custom name.

/give command

/give @p minecraft:player_head[minecraft:profile="Notch"]

Variant — drop the profile component for a default skin:

/give @p minecraft:player_head

Famous heads

Click any name to load it into the builder.

How it works

  • The profile component accepts a username string. The Minecraft server resolves it to a player UUID via Mojang's session servers at runtime — so the same command produces an up-to-date skin even if the player changes theirs.
  • For fully custom textures (e.g., from minecraft-heads.com), you'd pass a structured profile with an embedded base64 texture URL. That's a heavier command and beyond this simple generator.
  • Offline servers won't resolve usernames against Mojang and will show a default head — pre-cache the skin while online if needed.