HD skins: 128 x 128 skins on Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition accepts 128 x 128 skins. Where HD skins work, where they do not (Java, consoles), what we found in our own tests, and the trusted-skins setting.

Updated October 12, 2026

An HD skin is a skin texture of 128 x 128 pixels instead of 64 x 64. The model stays the same shape; every face simply has four times as many pixels, so a face can have finer eyes, a stripe can be half as thin and a pattern can show more of itself. Not every version of the game takes one, though.

Where HD skins work

Where	128 x 128 skin	Source
Bedrock Edition, skin packs	Accepted	Microsoft Learn: skin textures must be 64 x 64 or 128 x 128
Bedrock Edition on Android, Dressing Room import	Imported at full resolution	Our test, 2026-10-03
Bedrock Edition on Android, skin pack	Imported at full resolution	Our test, 2026-10-03
Bedrock Edition on iPhone, skin pack and PNG	Imported	Our test, 2026-10-07
Bedrock Edition on consoles	No: consoles do not import custom skins	Character Creator FAQ
Java Edition	Use 64 x 64	No official page offers 128 x 128 for Java

Our testOn 2026-10-03 we imported a 128 x 128 PNG through the Dressing Room on an Android phone with the current Bedrock Edition, and a skin pack holding 128 x 128 skins; both kept every pixel. On 2026-10-07 an HD PNG and an HD skin pack also loaded on an iPhone 11. We have not yet checked a Windows PC, a restart, or what other players see in multiplayer.

Other players and Only Allow Trusted Skins

A skin you import is shown to other players only if their game agrees to show it. Bedrock Edition has a setting, Only Allow Trusted Skins (Settings, General), that limits which skins are shown; players who have it on may see your imported skin, HD or not, as a default skin. If your own game does not recognize your skin, the official advice is to turn the setting off.

Not on an official pageThat players with the setting on see a default skin is not described in those words on an official page; it is what the setting does in our experience.

Java Edition

Java Edition skins are 64 x 64 (or the older 64 x 32). The Launcher and the profile page take those sizes, and we found no official page that offers 128 x 128 for Java. Keep a 64 x 64 version of any HD skin for Java.

Drawing an HD skin

Start from a 64 x 64 skin and double it: every pixel becomes a 2 x 2 square. That gives a valid 128 x 128 skin that looks exactly the same.
Then add detail where it pays: the eyes and mouth, the edges of clothes, thin stripes, jewelry.
Keep the 2 x 2 grid in mind: the boxes' edges fall on even pixels, and details that cross an edge look broken.
A skin that only was resized from 64 to 128 has no extra detail; label it as such if you share it.

Skins from Scan2Skin 3D

Scan2Skin 3D makes standard 64 x 64 skins, which work everywhere custom skins are allowed: Java Edition, and Bedrock Edition on phones, tablets and Windows. In the iPhone and Android apps, Pro also makes HD skins (128 x 128) for Bedrock Edition, drawn with a sharper face, finer stripes and clothing details, as a PNG and as a skin pack. The website makes 64 x 64 skins only. See the phone app.

Make a skin now, in your browser: five guided photos with the camera, or photos already taken. Nothing is uploaded. The Scan2Skin 3D app for iPhone and Android adds scan yourself, HD skins and Pro.

Make a skin About the phone app

Sources

Validation Rules - Skin Pack, Microsoft Learn. Read October 4, 2026; last updated 2026-01-28: skin textures must be 64 x 64 or 128 x 128.
Change Your Look: An Introduction To Skin Packs, Microsoft Learn. Read October 4, 2026; last updated 2025-07-31: opening a .mcpack imports it; Only Allow Trusted Skins in Settings, General.
Troubleshoot World Connection Errors Caused by Character Creator Items in Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, Minecraft Help Center. Read October 4, 2026; last edited 2026-01-12: Only Allow Trusted Skins, in Settings, General.
Character Creator FAQ, minecraft.net. Read October 4, 2026; no date on the page; its copy on Minecraft Feedback is from September 2019: no plans for importing custom skins on consoles; imports work on Windows and mobile; custom skins do not sync.
Make a Custom Skin in Minecraft: Java Edition, Minecraft Help Center. Read October 4, 2026; the article was last edited 2026-01-30: the Launcher's Skins tab, the profile's Change Your Skin page, Classic, Wide and Slim, slim arms from version 1.8.