[MC-164298] Applying the texture to player heads is inconsistent

/give @s player_head{SkullOwner:"FaRo1"}

Result: Head with the correct skin (or outdated, see MC-146631).

/setblock ~ ~ ~ player_head{SkullOwner:"FaRo1"}

Result: Steve/Alex head. Placing it results in the head with the correct skin. Closing and reopening the world does not fix it, neither does unloading and reloading the chunks.

/setblock ~ ~ ~ player_head{ExtraType:"FaRo1"}

Result: The correct skull.

/give @s player_head{ExtraType:"FaRo1"}

Result: Steve/Alex head. Placing the block results in a block with no Owner, SkullOwner or ExtraType tag.

Linked issues

relates to 2

MC-162453 Custom heads do not show skin in hand Resolved

MC-217084 Player head NBT "ExtraType" is no longer saved but doesn't use DataFixerUpper upgrade path Resolved

Comments 8

FaRo1 2020-08-22T03:10:08Z

Actually not even /give @s player_head{BlockEntityTag:{ExtraType:"FaRo1"}} gives the correct head. At least that is definitely a bug.

joshi77 2020-11-26T13:55:42Z

Still doesn't work as in 1.16.4.

The issue here is that, users doing custom heads, are or will be unable to do custom heads anymore because its constantly being updated to the newest one.

This makes decoration and etc. harder for custom maps.

Avoma 2020-12-20T11:32:39Z

Can confirm that this is still an issue in 20w51a.

Avoma 2021-01-27T12:32:14Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

ampolive 2021-07-27T14:14:56Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

joshi77 2021-12-16T14:19:24Z

I guess, it's still happening in 1.18.1

Avoma 2022-11-07T18:40:22Z

Can confirm in 1.19.2 and 22w44a.

sof 2025-01-11T14:38:39Z

Fixed in 24w10a where ExtraType and SkullOwner was merged into profile: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-24w10a.