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April 19, 2026

How to Turn Any Skin into a Custom Totem of Undying

Create a personal Totem of Undying resource pack featuring your own Minecraft skin or avatar in 3 steps.

Holding a Totem of Undying that looks like your own player skin is one of the coolest flexes in Minecraft multiplayer. Creating one manually requires editing 3D texture maps in Image Editors, but you can automate it instantly!

How the Totem Texture Works

The Totem of Undying uses a 16x16 pixel texture mapped to a miniature 3D character shape. A custom pack replaces assets/minecraft/textures/item/totem_of_undying.png with a miniature version of your skin's head, arms, and torso.

Minecraft Totem of Undying model customized with player skin texture
Screenshot from the matching MC Toolbox tool.

Step-by-Step Custom Totem Creation

  1. Upload your Minecraft skin PNG or type your Java username.
  2. Our tool extrudes your 3D skin layer into a totem item texture.
  3. Download the .zip or .mcpack and place it in your resourcepacks folder!

Generate your custom totem pack in 5 seconds with our Custom Totem Generator!

Gio Nui

Gio Nui

I'm an independent developer and long-time Minecraft creator. Since 2011, I've been focused on building high-performance, browser-based tools for the community.

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