Is the Minecraft skin render API free?

Yes. No account or API key is needed. Use https://whiscey.net/render/skin/ / in any website, Discord bot or plugin.

Does it work for Bedrock players?

Yes. Use the name as Floodgate shows it: a leading dot and underscores for spaces, for example .whisceymc. Floodgate UUIDs work too.

Can I replace Starlight Skins links?

Yes. Starlight Skins shut down. Swap the domain to whiscey.net and links like /render/head/ /full or /render/reading/ /full keep working.

How often do renders update?

Renders are cached for 6 hours, so a newly changed skin can take up to 6 hours to show.

What render types are there?

default, full, bust, head, face/avatar, raw skin, 18 poses, sticker, chibi, plushie, baker, tulip, sunflower, furry, profile card, an animated waving GIF and a mermaid icon, with options for size, outer layer, flip, emotes and accessories.

Minecraft Skin Renderer

Free 3D renders of any Minecraft player's skin, Java or Bedrock: heads, full bodies, busts, avatars, poses and more. Type a name below, or use the API in your website, Discord bot or plugin. No key needed, and old Starlight Skins links work by swapping the domain. Read the Minecraft Skin API docs → · All free Minecraft APIs →

API CALLS –

Size Outer layer Flip Tail Sparkles Sticker outline

Emote Hold Card title

Accessories:

Styles

Poses

Crop

API

GET https://whiscey.net/render/skin/<name>/<type>

default	Full body in 3D, turned about 30°, seen from slightly above.
full	Full body, straight from the front.
bust	Head, shoulders and chest in 3D.
head	The head in 3D.
face / avatar	The flat face with the hat layer.
skin	The raw skin PNG.
<pose>	A posed 3D render: reading, running, walking, waving, sitting, sleeping, dancing, cheer, hugging, crossed, relaxed, pointing, sit_on_edge, heart_hands, peace, lying_down_stomach, hug_plushie, crisscross. Add `?crop=bust` or `?crop=face` for the upper body or the head.
sticker	The full-body render with a thick white outline and a soft shadow, like a Discord sticker. `?sticker=true` adds the outline to any render.
baker	The default 3D render in a chef hat holding a spatula (same as `default?acc=chefhat&hold=spatula`).
tulip	Sitting cross-legged holding a pink tulip (same as `crisscross?hold=tulip`).
sunflower	Sitting holding a big sunflower (same as `sitting?hold=sunflower`).
furry	Waving with fox ears, a fluffy tail and a little plushie (same as `waving?acc=foxears,fluffytail&hold=plushie`).
chibi	Big head, small body, in 3D.
plushie	A chibi with soft shading, a seam and a little tag.
card	A small profile card: 3D head, name and `?title=`. `?size=` is the width (600 by default).
wave.gif	An animated GIF (8 frames) of the player waving. `?size=` is the height (256 by default, up to 512).
mermaid	A 16x20 mermaid icon like TulipSMP's: the player's real face, their shirt, and a fish tail made from their own legs and pants, scaled up crisp (320 tall by default).

Names

whiscey	Java username
c763766d9fcb40deb58e9692031ea044	Java UUID, with or without dashes
.whisceymc	Bedrock player as Floodgate shows them: a leading "." and "_" for spaces. Floodgate UUIDs work too.

Players who can't be found get Steve or Alex. Names that can't be a player return a 404 with a JSON error.

Options

?size=	Height for `default` and `full` (512 by default), side for the square ones (256 by default). 16 to 1024.
?overlay=false	Hide the outer layer (hat, jacket, sleeves, pants).
?flip=true	Turn the other way.
?tail=5bc4a5	Mermaid only: a flat tail in that color. By default the tail is made from the player's own legs and pants (or their shirt, for bare legs).
?tailstyle=flat	Mermaid only: a single-color tail picked from the outfit, instead of the skin-textured one.
?sparkles=false	Mermaid only: no sparkles.
?emote=	A face expression painted on the player's face: blush, hearteyes, happy, cry, angry, wink, sleepy, shock, stareyes, tongue. Works on every render.
?acc=	Accessories, comma separated: crown, halo, catears, bunnyears, flowercrown, bow, partyhat, glasses, sunglasses, headphones, wings, heart, chefhat, foxears, fluffytail. 3D in 3D renders, pixels on face and mermaid (fluffytail is 3D only). Presets: `baker` (chefhat and a spatula) and `furry` (foxears, fluffytail and a plushie).
?hold=	An item in the hand: spatula, tulip, plushie or sunflower. In the right hand, or the left when the right arm is up (waving, peace). Shown on 3D renders where the arm is drawn (default, full, bust, poses, chibi) and beside the hand on mermaid. Left out of head and face renders.

Starlight-style links

Old Starlight links work by swapping the domain. Starlight's pose names map to the closest pose here (cheering, relaxing, criss_cross, marching, lunging, kicking, dead...); poses we don't have show the standing render.

/render/head/<name>/full       3D head
/render/default/<name>/full    full body
/render/reading/<name>/full    any pose, full body
/render/reading/<name>/bust    any pose, upper body
/render/reading/<name>/face    any pose, head
/render/mojavatar/<name>/full  head and shoulders, steeper angle
/render/mermaid/<name>/full    mermaid icon

Renders are cached for 6 hours, so a new skin can take that long to show.

Examples

<img src="https://whiscey.net/render/skin/whiscey/head">              3D head
<img src="https://whiscey.net/render/skin/whiscey/default?size=256">  full body
<img src="https://whiscey.net/render/skin/whiscey/waving?crop=bust">  posed bust
<img src="https://whiscey.net/render/skin/.whisceymc/face">      Bedrock player avatar

FAQ

Is it free?

Yes. There's no account and no API key. Link the images straight from your site, bot or plugin.

Does it work with Bedrock players?

Yes. Use the name the way Floodgate shows it, with a dot in front and underscores for spaces, like .whisceymc.

Is this a Starlight Skins alternative?

Yes. Starlight Skins shut down, so this uses the same link style. Change the domain to whiscey.net and most old links keep working.

Why hasn't my new skin shown up?

Renders are cached for 6 hours. A new skin shows up after that.