The wonderful thing about Minecraft is Minecraft’s a wonderful thing. Its code is made out of Java, and its players have customized skins. Minecraft really wouldn’t be Minecraft if you couldn’t customize your own skin. In fact, personalized skins are such a central feature of the game that wearing the default skins is universally considered a sign of noobishness.
Have you ever been bullied for wearing the default Minecraft skins? Well it’s your own fault because only an absolute noob would do that. Cast off the cloak of the uninitiated and pick one of these top 25 rockin’ Minecraft skins. After you’re done reading this article, your friends will beg you for great skin tips.
25. Rainbow Cow
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I can haz cow?
Now, I know the whole barfing up rainbow thing stopped being cool way back in the Adventure Time days, but I mean look at this thing. MLG gamer glasses, headphones with the mic, fingerless (hoofless?) gloves. This thing is the complete package. Give in to your 2012 side and taste the rainbow.
ONWARD MY NOBLE STEED! This skin is both hilarious and ingenious. It cleverly makes you look like a tiny little Steve riding on top of a strider. The effect is ruined a tiny bit by the movement of your arms, but honestly at any point it looks fantastic. I know I said that wearing a Steve skin would likely get you bullied, but this is one skin that will only garner compliments.
Now I know, I know. Weeb skins are overdone and you see them everywhere. If you have to express your love for anime, though, this is the way to do it. This skin takes the basic Naruto skin everyone used when they were 12 and upgrades it to a whole new level. The detailing is downright insane and the color scheme has been made much warmer. If you’re wearing this skin and someone calls you a cringe weeb, at least you can rest in the knowledge that you’re a cringe weeb with an awesome sense of style.
You can’t beat the classics. Unless, of course, you take an existing classic and make it fifty times better. That’s what the creator of this skin has done. When you wear this skin, you make your intentions loud and clear. You’re here to have fun, just not the kind of fun everyone else was hoping for.
You can tell something wasn't right in the creation of this skin
They say that insanity is the source of true art. Well they might be right because the creator of this skin claims that this was born out of sleep deprivation and failing sanity. The result was something unique and beautiful. Everything about this skin is just different enough to be interesting without being so outlandish as to overwhelm. The greatest point, of course, being the slashes of color across an otherwise monochromatic skin.
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for skins that have well-made gradients, and boy does this skin have one. Good Morning shows a happy little tree in front of a beautiful dawn sky, complete with a cloud illuminated by the rising sun. The cherry on top is that the skin actually has a face, which many people consider a necessity in a skin.
Hey, I’m not the one who named it. But seriously, there’s nothing wrong with a joke skin, and this one rides the line between funny and useful beautifully. I could see several of my friends using this thing for years and nobody would question it. Not once.
If your friends don't get the reference, they don't deserve to be your friends.
Unlike the vast majority of other joke skins, this one has actual value beyond the novelty factor. The colors, shading, details, and overall construction are genuinely really well made. If you want a skin that’s really funny but still looks good, this is the one for you.
A humanoid skin based on the weirdest soda ever that has phenomenal layer work and my favorite color of all time? Sign me up! Normally, monochromatic skins have the tendency to be boring or difficult to see, but the creator of this skin has done a fantastic job of using the different shades of purple to make a spectacular skin.
Tally ho, young ward! There is no time for jiggery-pokery when there are diamonds to be mined and tools to be crafted. Equip this skin and claim every village you see for king and country. Huzzah!
There comes a time when we all want to shut ourselves away from society and live on our own. But what if you did it for so long that your body became overgrown with moss? What if you merged with nature so completely that all that was visible of you was a Skobeloff green (yes that’s a color) figure? This skin really is intriguing, and even without knowing the name you feel like there’s some sort of backstory.
Not often you can make skin look so warm and yet avoid looking sunburnt
Now, I’m not a huge fan of realistic girl skins (as the rest of this list attests to), but of all the ones I’ve seen this is easily the best. Not only is it actually well designed with a unique appearance and 3D features, but the clothing actually resembles something a girl would wear in real life. Pick this if you want a realistic girl skin but want to have an actual sense of style. Actually.
I would say I don’t know what I’m looking at, but the genius of this skin is that I immediately know what I’m looking at. It’s an abomination for sure, but it’s a cool abomination. The use of layers to make the objects look 3D is way more successful than a Minecraft skin should allow. Not to mention the artist took the time to add shadows that add to the illusion.
Okay, I get it. Some of you want a well-made, realistic boy Minecraft skin with no frills or gimmicks. Don’t worry, I gotchu. This skin looks great, is easy on the eyes, and is made with enough talent that everyone will at least respect the craftsmanship of your skin. Plus, as an added bonus, it would only take a few easy changes to make it into Colourful Girl.
Guys with this skin have a 100% chance of stealing your loot
I’m not a gnoblin… Oh wait, yes I am. A gnoblin holding a basket of goodies that may or may not have been acquired by illegal means. That’s right, you filthy beast I stole this. And if you want it back, then I’ll just have to stick a shank through your ribs. Hehehehehehe!
Because who doesn't like a little eternal suffering
The soul sand valley is one of the coolest things ever to be added to Minecraft, and this skin perfectly recreates that. The chunks of netherrack and blue flame showing are cool enough, but the icing on the cake is the use of the faces within the soul sand to give the skin a 3D face. This truly is a skin for those at home in the nether.
This is quite possibly the first slime skin I have seen that genuinely looks really good. All of the others always end up looking horribly fake. This one does not. This one looks like someone poured hours of love and care into this skin, and out came a work of art. Also, how many buff slimes do you see around anyways? The world needs more buff slimes.
Contrary to the name, everything about this name feels right.
Generic eboy and egirl skins are everywhere to be found in Minecraft. While I understand if you want to stick with the normal human look, why not at least stand out from the crowd with some orange drip? Seriously, putting on this skin instantly elevates your swag levels into the stratosphere. If someone disrespects you when you’re wearing this skin, you have my full permission to simply respond with “L + ratio + cry about it + cope” and walk away.
Never has a chicken looked so ferocious before. If you put on this skin, you’ll have the confidence to defeat any foe (except for Peter Griffin). The only possible downside to wearing this awesome chicken-dragon is having to convince your friends that you’re not a brony.
What’s this? A creative Minecraft skin that takes an original concept and finds a unique way to express it? This is unheard of! Jokes aside, this truly is a creative skin, and even with the limited number of pixels you can practically feel the light emanating from underneath the netherite armor. With actual lore behind it and multiple eye-grabbing features, there’s no reason not to choose this skin.
Youtube showcase (start at 3:38): youtube.com/watch?v=awuRMq1YMXg
After the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the idea of shattering the stability of reality has never been more popular. Why not encapsulate that feeling within a single ingeniously designed skin? And why not make that skin have a face and a pleasing color pallet so that you can enjoy yourself while you ponder your existential dread?
If this skin were a video game character, it would be at least level 80
We’ve all seen those skins everywhere that have a generic gamer boy with fire coming out of his hands. You can either let the abundance of such poor skins ruin your perception, or you can show them how it’s really done with this skin. Nobody will laugh at you for having a “fire-coming-out-of-your-hands” skin when the hands belong to a beautifully detailed pyrokinetic wizard.
I’ve seen a lot of spaceman skins in my day. (Especially after the popularity of a certain game in 2020 that I will neglect to mention.) But this one takes the cake, easily. With an ingenious design, beautifully contrasting colors, and layer work to die for, this is a skin I would be proud to call my own.
It’s been three hours since you’ve had sight of civilization. The wind blows around you in uncaring gusts, dragging you this way and that as you make your way across the barren landscape. The only thing keeping you going through the darkness is the knowledge that your destination lies step after step in front of you, and the luminescent edge of your cloak lighting the way.
Just as with Pyromancer, Fallen Barbarian is a skin that takes a tired and overdone concept and elevates it to another dimension. Not only is the detailing absolutely phenomenal, but the contrast between red and greyscale is captivating. If I were playing Skywars and someone with this skin invaded my island, I would feel a potent mix of fear and respect for this jaded warrior.
Writers are like onions. They have layers. This particular author is layered with a love for the beach, his Father, retro games of the more obscure type, and spending hours on a customization screen.
Gamer Since:
2008
Favorite Genre:
RPG
Currently Playing:
Minecraft, Pokémon Shield, Pokémon Ruby, Harvest Moon: Animal Parade, Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Beat Saber
