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/skull not working with offline players #6292
Description
Type of bug
Other unexpected behaviour
/ess dump all output
https://essentialsx.net/dump.html?bytebin=CVuEE0Rabp
Error log (if applicable)
No response
Bug description
trying to get the skull of someone who is offline gives you a steve/alex head
you then need to hold the skull in your hand and type the command again, then it will modify that skull and give you the correct one
Steps to reproduce
- do /skull (name of someone who isnt online)
To "fix"
hold the broken skull in your hand and run the command again
Expected behaviour
gives you the skull the first time
Actual behaviour
gives you generic steve/alex head
Additional Information
Reason this is an issue is because some servers do not allow players to modify the skull. The server i am staff on have recently removed the perm to modify a skull, therefore we cannot get player skulls of people online
Activity
JRoy commentedon Sep 24, 2025
This is a bug with the vanilla server that appears to be fixed on 1.21.9.
Here is a video of it working for me on 1.21.9-pre4
CleanShot.2025-09-23.at.21.20.20.mp4
RimonsVirginity commentedon Sep 24, 2025
is there a way to still have essentials fix this? The server i have essentials on is 1.21.8 and wont reset/update for another year
JRoy commentedon Jun 14, 2026
Closing this as this has been fixed in modern Minecraft versions (and would be up to the server to fix anyway).