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New Minecraft Skins With Default Minecraft Skins Bring Back Steve's Beard

Mojang has changed the default Minecraft skins to Steve and Alex and Minecraft Steve's beard is back after years of sporting a neat-shaven appearance. The iconic blue-shirted avatar of the crafting game Minecraft Steve's first avatar had a brown beard - which many players mistakenly believed was smiling eyes - but it was removed in an attempt to provide a more gender neutral style for the game's default character.



Minecraft Alex was released in 2014 as a default skin. Featuring a green top and a longer red hair that is tied into a ponytail, Alex offers a slightly more feminine style than Steve's model. Microsoft studio head of Minecraft Helen Chiang said in an interview in 2018 that Microsoft wanted the Minecraft brand to break away from gender stereotypes through presenting Alex and Steve as having the same physical qualities and capabilities.



Now, with the two options available to players it was decided to bring back Steve's famous goatee. The new skins were announced in a Minecraft subreddit post. games They also improve Alex's shading, which gives the second character model an authentic, three-dimensional appearance. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with a lot of fans thrilled to see Steve's original beard restored.



Many of the commenters have said that Steve now matches the official art, which includes the appearance of Steve in Super Smash Bros Ultimate. "I can see why they first took it off," says the most upvoted comment in the Reddit thread at the time of writing, "but it was clearly a big element of Steve's design and it seems that Mojang also agrees. We are glad to see it back after all these years."



Jasper Boerstra, Minecraft's lead artist, expressed his opinion on the change via Twitter. He said, "I'm glad you like the return to the beard!" Boerstra also noted that classic banding techniques and 'pillow shading" are used in the new skins but asked players to weigh in on whether or not this choice was the right one. The skins also come with classic choices, in case you prefer the old-fashioned styles.



If you don't like the default look of Alex and Steve, don't worry we have the best Minecraft skins. We also have an explanation of all the handy Minecraft console commands, and our pick of the best Minecraft mods. Did you know, for instance, that Minecraft Redstone is full of radioactive Uranium? It makes you reconsider how to construct your home. However check out these amazing Minecraft houses for some fantastic build ideas.


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