✔️ How To Get Custom Player Heads and Mini Blocks In Minecraft! ✔️

Video Summary
In this video, I show you how to get custom player heads (and mini block-style heads) in Minecraft using the updated 1.16 /give command. I walk through the basic command to get a default Steve head, then explain how to customize it by adding the SkullOwner tag and entering any username. I also demonstrate how the heads look when placed, rotated, or put on an armor stand, and how to change the Count to get multiple heads at once.

Formatted Transcript

Hey everybody, it’s UnderMyCap, and welcome back to another video. Today, I’m going to show you how to get custom player heads in Minecraft.

As you may have noticed, a few commands changed in 1.16. Not a lot—just some of them—and this is one of the commands that people often get stuck on. The good news is that it’s very simple, and it’s pretty cool when it works.

I’ve got a few command blocks set up behind me. Two of them are examples, and one of them I’ll use to walk you through how to write the command step by step. So, let’s get into it.

The Basic Player Head Command

First, head over to a command block and type the command. This is a /give command.

Start with:

/give @p minecraft:player_head

@p targets the nearest player.

If you run this command as-is (for example, by attaching a button to the command block), it will work—but it will only give you a default Steve head. That’s the basic version.

How to Customize the Head (Skull Owner)

To get a specific player’s head, you need to customize the command using NBT data.

Go back into the command block and add curly brackets after minecraft:player_head. Inside the brackets, you’ll specify the owner:

/give @p minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:"USERNAME"}

Replace USERNAME with the Minecraft username you want the head to belong to. For this example, I’ll use my own username.

Once you run that command, you’ll receive that player’s head.

What You Can Do With Player Heads

After you get the head, you can place it in the world, rotate it depending on placement, and you can also put it on an armor stand, which is a really nice decorative option.

Giving Yourself Multiple Heads (Count)

The last part you may want to add is the amount you want to receive. This is done by adding a number at the end of the command.

For example:

/give @p minecraft:player_head{SkullOwner:"USERNAME"} 5

That will give you five heads. If you use 10, you’ll get ten.

You can technically put a very large number (like 1000), but it may cause lag or other issues—so use that carefully.

Wrapping Up

Thanks so much for watching. Sorry this tutorial is a bit short—I’ve wanted to make it for a long time, but I kept forgetting.

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Thanks again, and I’ll see you in the next video. See ya!

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