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Item format/Player Heads

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This page describes content that has been removed and was only present in earlier versions of Java Edition.
 
In Java Edition 1.20.5, this format has been replaced with the data component format.
    • [String] SkullOwner: The username of the player this is a skull of. This gets converted to the compound version on almost any action.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] SkullOwner: Different definition for the skull's owner.
      • [Int Array] Id: UUID of owner, stored as four ints. Optional. Used to update the other tags when the chunk loads or the holder logs in, in case the owner's name has changed.
      • [String] Name: Username of owner. If missing or empty, the head appears as a Steve head. Otherwise, used to store or retrieve the downloaded skin in the cache. Need not be a valid player name, but must not be all spaces.
      • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Properties
        • [NBT List / JSON Array] textures
          • [NBT Compound / JSON Object]: An individual texture.
            • [String] Value: A Base64-encoded JSON object.
              • [Boolean] isPublic: Optional.
              • [Boolean] signatureRequired
              • [String] profileId: Optional: The hexadecimal text form of the player's UUID, without hyphens.
              • [String] profileName: Optional: Player name.
              • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] textures
                • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] CAPE: Optional.
                  • [String] url: URL of a player cape (64x32 PNG).
                • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] SKIN
                  • [String] url: URL of a player skin on textures.minecraft.net.
                  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] metadata
                    • [String] model: The model of the player skin. Can be "classic" or "slim".
              • [Long] timestamp: Optional: Unix time in milliseconds.
            • [String] Signature: Optional.

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