Skins

Skins are textures which determine how a player appears in Minecraft: Pocket Edition. Skins were added in Update 0.11.0.

Default Skins
There are currently two default skins in the game:
 * Steve, the male model, with 4pxl arms
 * Alex, the female model, with 3pxl arms

Skin Packs
Mojang has released official skin packs containing a variety of skins, mostly based on one or more themes (eg. Star Wars, Marvel, etc) and these can be either free or paid so there are ten skin packs:


 * City Folk
 * Town Folk
 * Biome Settlers Pack 1
 * Halloween Costumes
 * Holiday Skin Pack 2015
 * Journey to the West
 * Redstone Specialists
 * Minecraft: Story Mode
 * Biome Settlers Pack 2
 * Villains Skin Pack

Costume Skins
During Halloween, Mojang added skins including people wearing various masks and clothing from different mobs. The only free ones are two people that wear a Zombie and Iron Golem mask.

Custom Skins
It is also possible to upload a custom skin into the game if the player chooses to do so and they can do so using the Minecraft: Skin Studio Encore App, Skin builder, Skinseed, or any image editor. They can also download a skin file from the internet, save it in their images, and access it through the game.

Trivia

 * Skins were originally planned for Update 0.10.0, but were postponed as they were too buggy.
 * Before Update 0.11.1, there was a bug where Skin Packs could not be purchased.
 * The Halloween Costumes came in Update 0.12.3, the Biome Settlers 1 in Update 0.13.0, the Holiday Skin Pack 2015 in Update 0.13.1, the Journey To The West in Update 0.13.2, the Redstone Specialists in Update 0.14.0, and the Minecraft: Story Mode in Update 0.14.1.