DisguiseHeads
by tr7zw
With DisguiseHeads, a player who wears a player head sees the full skin of that player on their body, instead of a slightly enlarged head.
What it does
When a player skull is worn, the mod replaces the whole visible skin with the skin tied to that head, so the wearer appears as the owner of the skull. The change is visual only and runs on the client, so servers do not need the mod and players can join without installing it.
The mod adds no way to obtain player heads. Players who want them can use the Vanilla Tweaks Player Head Drops datapack in singleplayer or on vanilla servers, or a head-drop plugin on Spigot or Paper. For testing, the vanilla give command with a SkullOwner tag produces a head with any chosen skin. DisguiseHeads requires Fabric API and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Its files cover 1.18 – 26.3, with 1.4.2 as the latest release on each loader, and the mod is released under a custom license that is not open source.
Key features
Full skin on worn heads
A worn player skull displays the owner's entire skin on the wearer instead of a larger head model.
Visual-only change
The effect affects rendering alone, so gameplay, inventories and the server state stay unchanged.
Player-named skulls
The skin shown follows the owner name stored on the skull, which makes it possible to test any skin.
Third-person and first-person display
The swapped skin is drawn on the body in the normal view and the first-person view.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.20.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Singleplayer and vanilla servers
Players who obtain heads through a datapack can show other players' skins on their own characters.
Skin testing
Creators can use the give command with a chosen owner name to preview how a skin looks on a body.
Who it’s for: Players who want worn player heads to display full skins, and creators who test skins on a character.
How it compares
Chat Heads is client-side only, open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0, and available for 1.16 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. MySkins is a Fabric-only client mod for 1.20 – 26.3 that needs the client but leaves the server optional, and it is not open source. Players Drop Heads is a server-side mod for 1.19 – 26.3 that needs the server, with the client optional, and it adds the head drops DisguiseHeads leaves out.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DisguiseHeads | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-09-24 |
| Chat Heads | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16 – 26.3 | Client-side only | 2026-10-04 |
| MySkins | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.3 | Client required, server optional | 2026-10-01 |
| Players Drop Heads | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-15 |
Questions
Does DisguiseHeads need Fabric API?
Do servers need DisguiseHeads installed?
How does a player get a player head with DisguiseHeads?
In the catalog
DisguiseHeads is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Instead of getting a slightly bigger head when wearing a player skull, this mod will visually replace the entire skin instead. This mod does not add a way to obtain player heads, but I recommend the Vanilla Tweaks Player Head Drops datapack for singleplayer/vanilla servers and Spigot/Paper has many options like…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/disguiseheads
- Owner
- tr7zw
- Published
- 2022-09-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15