Talk:Herobrine

I have already added the fact that the "white eyes" was a unintentional bug where the blocks were not entirely together, but i need other people to help me add stuffs YarKingRecRoom (talk) 17:01, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

it was discussed above to remove text relating to another minecraft creepypasta, entity 303, from this page. since then, information about entity 303 and null have been re-added to the page. going off the previous discussion, these should probably be removed, as they are only inspired by herobrine and have no relation to him otherwise. this page is for herobrine specifically, not minecraft creepypastas in general -- sketchyswirl^(sandbox)<3 19:04, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

I agree with your assessment, I've removed the section that is not about herobrine. Mudscape 👁 Image
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The "unfinished" version of the film was not shown in theaters, therefore making your statement unequivocally false. BDJP ^(t|c) 18:57, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

The following two sentences on the Herobrine page is lacking in context:

I believe that it should be rewritten to the following two sentences:

Or perhaps just the first sentence could be rewritten to the following:

If anyone has other ideas that might be better than both, please do feel free to share them.Drour1234 (talk) 06:06, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

None of the added details are in any way relevant to Herobrine or the cameo. The section isn’t describing the circumstances of Henry’s mission or the significance of this scene in the movie, it’s about Herobrine being referenced in a single shot. Padding the paragraph out with unrelated information (including a reference to a random word used in a children’s book) is not helpful at all, it misses the point of why this is even being addressed on the page.

More than that, this is the third conversation you’ve tried to start about this in less than an hour. First you tried to stage a lengthy debate with me about this in private, then you started talking about it on the Discord server, and now you’re just repeating it here. It’s a very minor disagreement, please don’t try to brute force every option until you get what you want. Realshow19 (talk) 06:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

My proposed version is merely a suggestion of what the two sentences could be rewritten into. Other people may comment here and propose a different version that is better than mine.Drour1234 (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

The Minecraft Wiki is not censored. BDJP ^(t|c) 09:16, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

To prevent another edit war on this page regarding infoboxes, I am opening a discussion here so that the matter can be discussed and agreed upon before an infobox is added.

I believe that, due to the nature of this page, it would be beneficial for the infobox to contain only information from the “Official cameos” and “Mojang reactions” sections so that people can immediately know at a glance what we know about Herobrine only from official sources. A draft can be seen here.Drour1234 (talk) 04:03, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The problem with an infobox is Herobrine isn’t really a character. Not even really a mascot. There’s Herobrine the myth, Herobrine the meme, and Herobrine the cameo. The myth was spread by multiple people and evolved over time, if you narrow it down to just one person’s take then you don’t have much useful information. The whole point of a creepy story like this is you don’t know much about the villain. Herobrine the meme is a homunculus of various rumors and fanon surrounding him, something like Fallen Kingdom is fine to mention in passing but not a definitive version of him. Once you start cherry-picking fan works you’re not documenting anything, you’re writing your own version. Herobrine the cameo simply, isn’t a character. He’s never been in anything with an actual plot, and even if they do end up using him eventually that interpretation would probably be a separate page.

An infobox isn’t impossible, but ultimately it’s just not practical. I’ve tried adding one myself many times but it always just feels padded and redundant. If there’s going to be one it should probably be more of a meta infobox than a character one. Realshow19 (talk) 04:16, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Looking over the draft, I can respect researching his official appearances, but it feels very padded. The skins aren’t a part of his character, they’re simply him in costumes. His gender doesn’t need a citation when he’s unanimously considered male (Him is outright one of his nicknames), and the links are all the place. Humans don’t currently have a proper page, ghost links to a disambiguation with no relevant information, and the affiliation section is just three links saying that he’s in a single map without a canon. Having a separate parameter for official appearances is also just, poor design. If you’re not going to use both, just have the regular first appearance parameter, and if you want to list multiple things just put them in parentheses. Realshow19 (talk) 04:27, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The point of having an infobox on this specific page would be to essentially separate out official source information from unofficial source information. The citations would be in the infobox to essentially allow people to go directly to each used official source directly. The skins are indeed Herobrine in costumes, but this is the purpose of the “skin_variations” parameter (listing three or four of the most notable skins of the character). Regarding the appearance parameter, we could also use the “first appearance” parameter in addition to the official appearances parameters (I just simply didn’t have the “first appearance” parameter in my draft. Regarding the links to the Human and Ghost pages, both can be slightly expanded to add general information about Humans and Ghosts above the list on both. There is nothing in the policies prohibiting linking to such pages in the infobox.Drour1234 (talk) 06:52, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Herobrine wearing a costume isn't information relevant to the character, it’s just unnecessary padding, and really only exists so you can mention these specific skins when they already have a section.

The human and ghost pages are disambiguation pages so, no, you can’t exactly expand them. It’s not against policies to link them, but it is poor design. When you link something, it’s supposed to provide more information. You seem to link to any or all possible pages a lot, something being green doesn’t mean you need to link to the page on green dye, none of that information is relevant. Realshow19 (talk) 14:48, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The purpose of my proposed infobox on this specific page would be to essentially separate out official source information from unofficial source information. Mojang's version of Herobrine is clearly different from the community version. Right now, all the information about Mojang's version is scattered throughout the page.Drour1234 (talk) 17:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Regarding the “Code Translator” link, I was toying with putting that in the occupation parameter.Drour1234 (talk) 06:55, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Would that not imply him being into cryptography is important? It’d be like putting TikTok creator in Steve’s infobox. If there’s going to be a character infobox it should have information from an actual canon, a cohesive understanding of who Herobrine is. Not any random reference to him and subjective character traits you can infer, they’re not keeping track of this. Realshow19 (talk) 14:50, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Herobrine does not have a canon. The purpose of my proposed infobox is to lay out everything in official sources, separating it from unofficial sources.Drour1234 (talk) 17:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I like the idea of an infobox but without any lore. Since Herobrine has too many branches being derived from the base story, there's conflicting but valid information. I think Steve's article would be a great reference point to base the infobox off and makes the wiki consistent :) 👁 Image
Ayaan 16:16, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Herobrine does not have a canon lore. The purpose of my proposed infobox is to lay out everything in official sources, separating it from unofficial sources. Mojang's version of Herobrine is clearly different from the community version. Right now, all the information about Mojang's version is scattered throughout the page.Drour1234 (talk) 17:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

What I don’t think you understand is that Mojang doesn’t have a version of Herobrine. There’s no secret lore here, none of the things you’re trying to include connect, or even really tell a story. There’s a pretty excessive amount of padding and conjecture, you’re not really documenting anything so much as creating your own version of Herobrine based off existing material. In the event they do tell a story with him it would get a separate page entirely. Realshow19 (talk) 17:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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What do you think of my draft?Drour1234 (talk) 06:52, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I prefer the second one you linked below :)
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I still like the idea of an infobox, but it seems like there wont be an agreement on this :/
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What do you think of my newest infobox draft: User:Drour1234/Herobrine?Drour1234 (talk) 00:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I like it, my only "complaint" is it wasnt actually Herobrine in the movie. But its not the end of the world if that is left there :)
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I just removed the movie image of Herobrine from the infobox.Drour1234 (talk) 00:53, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

What do you think of mine? Realshow19 (talk) 00:49, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Theres too many links here and I cant tell, where exactly is a link to yours?
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This one. Realshow19 (talk) 01:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I like it too :)
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Yeah an infobox should be in the page with gender and species being added. I really don't have opinions and ideas about the appearances of Herobrine 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 06:57, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

What do you think of my second draft: User:Drour1234/Herobrine.Drour1234 (talk) 07:02, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I think you need to learn to be concise more. The movie cameo objectively isn’t Herobrine, it’s just a reference to him, and if they did end up using him as a character that would be a separate page so an image of it shouldn’t be on here. Putting each map’s name in parentheses is also rather redundant when the links before it is going to the same place, we’re not adding a separate page for the Mob Garden. For that matter, there’s still a lot of conjecture here. Herobrine isn’t actually in 15 Year Journey, they just reference the seed from the infamous photo, and in the context of the map it’s not even a physical place. It’s just Steve playing his own game. Realshow19 (talk) 14:55, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I see multiple issues with your draft. It includes very specific information that just isn't part of the general myth.

1. "Ghost" status: That might have been part of the earlier myth, but by now there is little to indicate Herobrine as a ghost.
2. "Griddlebraf": That's literally a joke by a single person, it doesn't belong anywhere near the infobox.
3. "White eyes" is somehow missing from the aliases? It's quite a commonly know one.
4. "Skin variations", "Occupation", "Affiliations", "Residence": Those are all part of specific narratives instead of belonging the wider myth. They don't fit into the infobox.
5. "Actor Jack Black": Herobrine did not have an appearance in the movie, he was only referenced in a scene. That's an important distinction and I think listing Jack Black as an actor for Herobrine itself is just plain wrong.

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MarkusRost (talk) 16:32, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The purpose of my proposed infobox is not to document all the versions of the myth. Its purpose is to lay out everything in official sources, separating it from unofficial sources. Mojang's version of Herobrine is clearly different from the community version. Right now, all the information about Mojang's version is scattered throughout the page.

1. "Ghost" status: It is mentioned in an official source and there is nothing in later official sources that contradict it.
2. "Griddlebraf": It is still an alias from an official source as opposed to an unofficial source.
3. "White eyes": The alias "white eyes" is never mentioned in official sources.
4. "Skin variations", "Occupation", "Affiliations", "Residence": My proposed infobox isn’t about the wider myth, but serves the purpose of putting all information from official sources in one place.
5. "Actor Jack Black": I guess this shouldn’t be in the infobox.Drour1234 (talk) 17:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The “official source” is someone who doesn’t even work at Mojang, and never did, making a joke. Kingbdogz joked that we already have a red dragon because the ender dragon flashes red when hurt, that doesn’t mean red dragon is one of Jean’s aliases. Realshow19 (talk) 17:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

That is different. The Ender dragon page isn’t about a singular character and Kingbdogz did not use the term “red dragon” as a name in his joke.Drour1234 (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you think C148 was serious when he was joking? Realshow19 (talk) 21:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

If you think "Griddlebraf" is a proper alias because it was mentioned in a joke, you will also need to add "Chugglewank", "Enirboreh", "megatronkilldeathmachine 90000", "Grendel", "Kranzlepuff", "Derpbarf", etc.^[1] as they are mentioned as jokes just the same. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 21:55, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Whether or not Griddlebraf is or isn’t a joke alias, it is still an alias mentioned in an official source since C418 worked on Minecraft's music. The other aliases, regardless of whether they are jokes or not, are unofficial. However, perhaps they could be mentioned somewhere on the page (though I will not be the one to add them). Also, there is a precedence for this. “Mr. Minecraft” is a joke alias mentioned in the infobox on the Steve page.Drour1234 (talk) 22:17, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

"Mr. Minecraft" is the character name in an official collaboration from before the player was even officially named "Steve", it's not a joke alias. "Griddlebraf" however is purely a joke name, never used by anyone and as such doesn't fit the definition of an alias. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 22:30, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Just because it might be a joke alias doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be an alias. However, because it is clear this is going nowhere, I just removed the alias from the infobox. How does it look now?Drour1234 (talk) 23:11, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

It looks better, but it’s still fairly padded. “Dead Notch” isn’t really something anyone has ever called him, it’s just the one guy, and there still isn’t a point in having a separate section for “official appearances.” Adding the date, site, and channel name isn’t needed when the parameter is for a link to that page. Realshow19 (talk) 23:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I just removed the term “Dead notch”. The official appearances parameters is necessary because without it, the "First appearance" having both "13.ogg, a work of fiction" and "Java Edition Beta 1.6.6 changelog (Mojang Studios)" is inaccurate and gives the impression that "13.ogg" is a narrative and is just as official a source as "Java Edition Beta 1.6.6 changelog (Mojang Studios)".Drour1234 (talk) 00:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

This is why the parentheses are there, to distinguish them. You don't add a parameter just for one page. Realshow19 (talk) 00:41, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Having the term “Mojang Studios” in parentheses does not clarify what I just stated. In addition, the two are too bunched together. Also, using the actual name of "13.ogg, a work of fiction" ("Minecraft "music" - 13.ogg") should be used.

The parameter isn’t just there for this page. It can be used for other pages as well such as Steve and other pages.Drour1234 (talk) 01:04, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm confused, how is marking bullet points confusing? It's specifying which is which without taking up as much space. You're making it sound like you don't want there to be multiple things in each parameter, which completely defeats the point. Realshow19 (talk) 01:08, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I literally just said why they are. They are bunched together. The bullet points merely puts one below the other. "Java Edition Beta 1.6.6 changelog (Mojang Studios)" takes up two lines and "13.ogg, a work of fiction" takes up one. The problem is that both are equally spaced making it seem like "13.ogg, a work of fiction Java Edition Beta 1.6.6 changelog (Mojang Studios)" is all one thing taking up three lines.Drour1234 (talk) 01:21, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry but it's not that deep, we don't need two parameters for the same thing when one is only being used on one page and you need to bend over backwards to think of others. They're already distinguished. Realshow19 (talk) 01:25, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Obscure skins that are just him with random clothes also don’t belong at the top of the page, I don’t get why you’re being so insistent about this. They’re not part of Herobrine’s character. Realshow19 (talk) 23:27, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

It isn’t just the skins, but also Herobrine’s clean-shaven appearance and movie reference. If you don’t like them, then you don’t need to see them. They don’t take up that much space anymore anyway.Drour1234 (talk) 00:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Herobrine but without a beard is fairly unimportant, I don't think anyone really cares. The movie reference just, straight up shouldn't be there. It's not Herobrine, it's a different character the page isn't about. Realshow19 (talk) 00:43, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

The article is about the community-made myth, it's literally the first sentence of the article. So trying to create an infobox based on only official sources is completely missing the point. And that doesn't even consider the fact that there is no official narrative for Herobrine, just a bunch of unconnected cameos and references. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 17:51, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Then what do you suggest would work instead of an infobox for what I am trying to do? In other words, what should I have proposed instead of proposing an infobox?Drour1234 (talk) 17:58, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Isn't that already covered by Herobrine#Official cameos? There isn't a connected narrative between the cameos, so you can't really summerize them all further than just listing them individually. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 18:03, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The problem with the “Official cameos” and “Mojang reactions” sections is that they don’t really list each thing individually and everything has to be picked out in prose. Upon thinking, this could be solved by adding a "Mojang's version" subsection to the "Description" section or even as a subsection of the "Canonical" subsection to the "Description" section.Drour1234 (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I don’t think having to read a section to know what it’s saying is really a problem. If you think it’s bloated or poorly written then just edit it, you’re still talking as if Mojang has a singular Herobrine interpretation when they clearly don’t. Realshow19 (talk) 21:51, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

That doesn't really work because there is no connection between the different mentions by Mojang. They don't add up to a single combined description, they are all specific to the material they appear in. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 21:52, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I support the idea of creating an infobox for Herobrine, but I don't think your current draft should be published yet:

1. Herobrine is an urban legend, his fundamental creation and popularization are led by many people and the community in the past. The current draft here fails to mention his first appearances from the original 4chan threads and the Brocraft streams. I also don't think the official appearance needs to be separated from the rest, making them a list with parenthesis noting each sources is enough.
2. "Occupation", "Affiliations", and "Residence" are largely unnecessary and feels misleading to the readers. There are multiple depictions of Herobrine on the Internet. Mojang is no exception, especially since the character originated from a legend. We can't just mix them together and expect there to be one "unified" Herobrine character. They are stories of each own and are completely separate to each other. If your intention is to mention his appearances on 10 Years of Minecraft and 15 Year Journey, then I propose adding on a separate field called "Notable appearances" under the "Appearances" section.
3. You should clarify the origin of the aliases used for Herobrine in parenthesis, e.g. "Griddlebraf (C418)", "Him (Brocraft streams)", "White Eyes (Minecraft Forum/Creepypasta)", etc. The "Him" alias originated from Brocraft streams, not from the Minecraft Discord server (but I suppose you can keep that as reference).

Outrowed (talk) 08:16, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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QwertyLilley [ talk ] 09:12, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

My proposed infobox isn’t about the wider myth, but serves the purpose of putting all information from official sources in one place. The purpose of my proposed infobox is to lay out everything in official sources, separating it from unofficial sources. Mojang's version of Herobrine is clearly different from the community version. Right now, all the information about Mojang's version is scattered throughout the page.Drour1234 (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I just made a new draft in which I clarified the origin of each alias in addition to adding "White Eyes" (with a reference to the Minecraft Forum post where the capitalized term is specified as the name); I changed the reference for "Him" from the Minecraft Discord server to the Brocraft streams; I moved the “skin variations” to a different part of the infobox that can be optionally viewed.Drour1234 (talk) 21:36, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't think the skin variations belong into the infobox at all as they aren't part of the wider myth and we don't even have them in the infobox for actual ingame characters. I think they would fit a lot better into a section like suggested in F:Cosmetics section.

"Griddlebraf" was a joke by a single person, that's not an alias.

"Code Translator" is just speculation based on a single reference which doesn't even mention any occupation.

The affiliation to Mob Garden is also just speculation based on a room with Herobrine banners in a map. We don't even know if that room belongs to Herobrine, it looks more like a room made by a fan of Herobrine because who fills their room with images of themselves? -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 22:14, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

It now isn’t just the skins, but also Herobrine's non-bearded appearance and movie reference. Given that Herobrine does not have as many appearance variations as other characters, I think having them all in the infobox works until there are more variations. Speaking of the skins, there is currently no render for Xmas Herobrine.

About the code translator occupation and affiliation, I hadn’t thought of it that way. I have just removed those two from the infobox.Drour1234 (talk) 22:26, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Having the bearded and non-bearded versions in the infobox is fine. The Movie appearance might be debatable because it's just a reference, but I could accept it in the infobox. The versions from skin packs however absolutely don't belong into the infobox for the already stated reasons. -- 👁 Image
MarkusRost (talk) 00:39, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I just removed the movie image of Herobrine from the infobox in addition to removing Party Herobrine and Xmas Herobrine (a render of Xmas Herobrine is missing from the wiki). I think Zombie Herobrine is different enough to remain there, but if not, then I can remove that one as well though I do not want to.Drour1234 (talk) 00:53, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I just removed Zombie Herobrine.Drour1234 (talk) 01:21, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

This was my last draft of the box, I don't think it's quite ideal but it's about the right length for something like this. Realshow19 (talk) 15:54, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I like it! :)
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MarkusRost (talk) 16:20, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

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 Weak support for the current draft. I see this as a "bare minimum", considering there is a room for improvements (see my first and third point previously). Also, why specify his status as "Non-existent"? I think it's a bit vague, a more clear and sensible status would be an Internet urban legend.^[2][3][4] Outrowed (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Tweaked the draft slightly, still not super complex but I'm not sure what else could be added that's essential. Realshow19 (talk) 00:02, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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This is the best draft so far. My only concern is listing Notch as a familial relation. It’s a weird case since Notch is real but Herobrine is not, and so it either makes Herobrine seem real or makes Notch feel like a fictional character. I mean, there is certain community mythos around Notch, but such fictional aspects don’t really have a place on the wiki. Herobrine’s place on the wiki is an exceptional case, and the better article explains the nuance of the familial relation.

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 Weak support. Although, the infobox is so lacking I question if it is really needed at all. – ZacNVR (talk) 01:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah I've tried adding an infobox myself in the past, every time I ended up just deciding against it before publishing. It's really only needed for consistency, and this isn't technically a character page so it's not a dealbreaker. Realshow19 (talk) 01:09, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

What do you think of my current draft: User:Drour1234/Herobrine?Drour1234 (talk) 01:21, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

It looks better than the last time I saw it, but I still prefer Realshow’s draft. – ZacNVR (talk) 01:40, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

What can still be improved in mine? What do you think of the appearances section on mine compared to Realshow's?Drour1234 (talk) 01:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

"Ghost" sounds more like a "species" than a status. Something like "Undead (ghost)^[1]" would work better 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 01:45, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

How does it look now?Drour1234 (talk) 01:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

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QwertyLilley [ talk ] 02:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

What more can be improved?Drour1234 (talk) 02:42, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

The latest appearance should clarify "A Minecraft Movie (reference)" since he didn't really appear. For now, I don't see any more apparent room for improvements for anything else, but other people might have more suggestions 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 03:03, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

People consider Herobrine as Notch's dead brother, I don't see a problem with that. The Herobrine myths are intended to seem real, there should be no separation between real life and in-game since the community already made those relations 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 01:33, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Having two separate drafts just disrupts the process. It splits the discussion, and slows everything down. We should be focusing on improving the existing one instead of splitting efforts. 👁 Image
QwertyLilley [ talk ] 02:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah we should just settle on something soon, this has gone on far longer than I expected. Realshow19 (talk) 02:15, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

there's been an edit war over whether herobrine's main page image should or shouldnt have the beard. we need to come to a consensus so this page stops getting swapped back and forth.
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in material considered "canon". maybe both should be present?
i know there's no infobox on this page due to difficulty having "hard facts" about what is just a myth, but perhaps an image box with multiple tabs, one with a beard and one without, would suffice? --sketchyswirl^(sandbox)<3 19:57, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

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Sightnado ^{t | c} 20:51, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Resolved by Harri. ‑‑MinecraftExp123^{(talk|contribs)} 03:56, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Herobrine is a community made character, and his look as been well established as the original default "Steve" player skin with pure white eyes.

But, since Java Edition 1.19.3 in 2022, almost 4 years ago, this default player skin has been updated with more refined visuals. Since then, at least officially, he's been mentioned in change logs 6 times since, the hill from the original world from the creepy pasta was featured in 15 Year Journey, and he was referenced in the Minecraft Movie.

As the 4chan story that created his character states; "Looking back at me was another character with the default skin, but his eyes were empty." It is my position that in keeping with the spirit of the original story, one would surmise that this entity would update his look with what the game looks like currently.

Herobrine already has two renders showing his previous looks, so I feel for the sake of illustration, it is valuable to show him as he would look in the modern day. 👁 Image
404_11 (talk) 17:21, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

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 Soft support. Not something I'd push for but it's reasonable enough, though we should make a point to make it clear this is just an example. The only variant of this needed is a Bedrock version since Steve looks different there, if/when he ever gets redesigned further we should make sure to just update this file. Realshow19 (talk) 17:45, 29 April 2026 (UTC)