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	~~Herobrine does not, and never has been part of Minecraft, nor do I have a dead brother.~~

			Herobrine does<sup>{{sic}}</sup> not, and never has been part of Minecraft, nor do I have a dead brother.

	It's possible some mods might include a Herobrine character, and some players might play tricks on other players to make then {{sic}} think they saw Herobrine, but the story behind the character is not true in any way.

			It's possible some mods might include a Herobrine character, and some players might play tricks on other players to make then<sup>{{sic}}</sup> think they saw Herobrine, but the story behind the character is not true in any way.

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	[[Minecraft:cs:Herobrine]]		[[Minecraft:cs:Herobrine]]
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	== Navigation ==		== Navigation ==
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	Herobrine has appeared or been mentioned in official [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios\|Mojang]] images and webpages as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images was with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210221084148/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend Wedding Weekend] in August 2011, in which he was just behind Notch's ''Minecraft'' character. He then made several appearances in material related to [[Minecraft:MINECON 2011]]: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://minecon.mojang.com/\|title=MineCon 2011\|website=Mojang.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922104118/http://minecon.mojang.com/}}</ref> He then appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2NACUlwmE the official MINECON 2011 trailer] created by Hat Films, at 3:11, after players were asked to submit skins to appear in the trailer.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030195746/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9mzW1Cms\|title=Minecraft Trailer Competition!\|website=YouTube\|author=HaatFilms\|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In the convention itself, a Herobrine statue was present in the Xbox section, on the board behind the Xbox stations. During the closing of the convention, a user named Zaralith won the Herobrine statue by correctly answering the give-away question "How many Fable games are there?" Some users have pointed to this as proof of his future addition, however there is no proof he has been portrayed for anything other than baiting fans.		Herobrine has appeared or been mentioned in official [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios\|Mojang]] images and webpages as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images was with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210221084148/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend Wedding Weekend] in August 2011, in which he was just behind Notch's ''Minecraft'' character. He then made several appearances in material related to [[Minecraft:MINECON 2011]]: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://minecon.mojang.com/\|title=MineCon 2011\|website=Mojang.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922104118/http://minecon.mojang.com/}}</ref> He then appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2NACUlwmE the official MINECON 2011 trailer] created by Hat Films, at 3:11, after players were asked to submit skins to appear in the trailer.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030195746/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9mzW1Cms\|title=Minecraft Trailer Competition!\|website=YouTube\|author=HaatFilms\|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In the convention itself, a Herobrine statue was present in the Xbox section, on the board behind the Xbox stations. During the closing of the convention, a user named Zaralith won the Herobrine statue by correctly answering the give-away question "How many Fable games are there?" Some users have pointed to this as proof of his future addition, however there is no proof he has been portrayed for anything other than baiting fans.

	Herobrine then appeared in the instruction booklets of some of the first [[Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft]] sets, among other ''Minecraft'' [[Minecraft:character]]s. He also appeared in [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft ''Minecraft's'' Facebook page] on the cover photo in ~~summer~~ 2012,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726122129/http://www.facebook.com/minecraft\|title=Minecraft\|website=Facebook}}</ref> although the image was created by a fan for a competition with the theme of "summer picnic", hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://mojang.com/\|website=\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712190445/http://mojang.com/\|title=Mojang — Creators of Minecraft}}</ref>		Herobrine then appeared in the instruction booklets of some of the first [[Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft]] sets, among other ''Minecraft'' [[Minecraft:character]]s. He also appeared in [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft ''Minecraft's'' Facebook page] on the cover photo in mid-2012,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726122129/http://www.facebook.com/minecraft\|title=Minecraft\|website=Facebook}}</ref> although the image was created by a fan for a competition with the theme of "summer picnic", hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://mojang.com/\|website=\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712190445/http://mojang.com/\|title=Mojang — Creators of Minecraft}}</ref>

	In September 2013, developer [[Minecraft:Marc Watson]] created a series of skins for the [[Minecraft:head]] model. These skins were made to ensure a stable skin for various official entities could be used without fear that the skin could change. Herobrine is one of the skins that can be obtained through this system by using the command {{cmd\|give @s player_head[profile{{=}}"MHF_Herobrine"]}}{{only\|java}} (with "MHF" standing for "Marc's Head Format"). The command gives a player head from a player named "MHF_Herobrine", and in ''Bedrock Edition'', the same skin can be [https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1 downloaded] as an image, and used in game. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard and was originally taken from the Herobrine account. It was changed in December 2017 to use the same beard that Steve and the [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)\|mob]] had before the release of [[Minecraft:Survival Test]].<ref>{{citation\|url=https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1\|title=MHF_Herobrine\|website=NameMC}}</ref>		In September 2013, developer [[Minecraft:Marc Watson]] created a series of skins for the [[Minecraft:head]] model. These skins were made to ensure a stable skin for various official entities could be used without fear that the skin could change. Herobrine is one of the skins that can be obtained through this system by using the command {{cmd\|give @s player_head[profile{{=}}"MHF_Herobrine"]}}{{only\|java}} (with "MHF" standing for "Marc's Head Format"). The command gives a player head from a player named "MHF_Herobrine", and in ''Bedrock Edition'', the same skin can be [https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1 downloaded] as an image, and used in game. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard and was originally taken from the Herobrine account. It was changed in December 2017 to use the same beard that Steve and the [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)\|mob]] had before the release of [[Minecraft:Survival Test]].<ref>{{citation\|url=https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1\|title=MHF_Herobrine\|website=NameMC}}</ref>

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	~~{{about\|the community-made creepypasta\|other namesakes\|Hero}}~~
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	'''Herobrine''' is the subject of a community-made {{w\|creepypasta}}. Despite being absent from all official versions of the game, he is widely regarded as one of the major community icons of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''.		'''Herobrine''' is the subject of a community-made {{w\|creepypasta}}. Despite being absent from all official versions of the game, he is widely regarded as one of the major community icons of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''.

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	=== Streams recovered ===		=== Streams recovered ===
	Because Livestream.com, which hosted the Brocraft streams had long deleted the streams, and since Copeland and Patimuss no longer had copies of their streams when contacted, ~~The~~ original Brocraft streams were considered lost until they were rediscovered on July 15, 2024. A long-running project by Enderboss25 managed to locate both streams approximately 14 years after they were first broadcasted. The streams had been downloaded by the YouTube user @brutallillfjomp, who stated in a comment that "I had no idea this was lost media. I downloaded that stream back in the day. I've had it uploaded privately to my channel for years, thinking it was nothing special. l've made the two videos available on my channel now, as well as some Herobrine clip I download from YouTube back in the day."		Because Livestream.com, which hosted the Brocraft streams had long deleted the streams, and since Copeland and Patimuss no longer had copies of their streams when contacted, the original Brocraft streams were considered lost media until they were rediscovered on July 15, 2024. A long-running project by Enderboss25 managed to locate both streams approximately 14 years after they were first broadcasted. The streams had been downloaded by the YouTube user @brutallillfjomp, who stated in a comment that "I had no idea this was lost media. I downloaded that stream back in the day. I've had it uploaded privately to my channel for years, thinking it was nothing special. I've made the two videos available on my channel now, as well as some Herobrine clip I download from YouTube back in the day."

	He proceeded to upload both the Copeland stream,<ref name="stream">{{Citation\|url=https://archive.org/details/copeland-lost-herobrine-stream\|title=Copeland Lost Herobrine Stream\|author=[https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Copeland%22 Copeland]\|website=Archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{ytl\|qRzX7CDxQsI\|Live Show Procaster Mon Aug 30 2010 11 24 42 AM on Minecrafterryday live streaming video powere\|brutallillfjomp\|July 15, 2024}}</ref> and the Patimuss stream.<ref name=stream/><ref>{{ytl\|-YNi0yE8Q5w\|Live Show Procaster Mon Aug 30 2010 11 56 23 PM on Minecrafterryday live streaming video powere\|brutallillfjomp\|July 15, 2024}}</ref>		He proceeded to upload both the Copeland stream,<ref name="stream">{{Citation\|url=https://archive.org/details/copeland-lost-herobrine-stream\|title=Copeland Lost Herobrine Stream\|author=[https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Copeland%22 Copeland]\|website=Archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{ytl\|qRzX7CDxQsI\|Live Show Procaster Mon Aug 30 2010 11 24 42 AM on Minecrafterryday live streaming video powere\|brutallillfjomp\|July 15, 2024}}</ref> and the Patimuss stream.<ref name=stream/><ref>{{ytl\|-YNi0yE8Q5w\|Live Show Procaster Mon Aug 30 2010 11 56 23 PM on Minecrafterryday live streaming video powere\|brutallillfjomp\|July 15, 2024}}</ref>
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	{{Spoiler warning\|section\|''[[Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie]]''}}		{{Spoiler warning\|section\|''[[Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie]]''}}
	[[File:AMCM Herobrine.webp\|thumb\|width=168x168\|Herobrine in {{AMCM}}]]		[[File:AMCM Herobrine.webp\|thumb\|width=168x168\|Herobrine in {{AMCM}}]]
	Within {{AMCM}}, an {{AMCM\|enderman}} uses a psychic ability~~, creating~~ visions of people close to their victims to "fry [their] brain". During this sequence, the illusion of {{AMCM\|Steve}} has white eyes while the other characters have purple eyes. In a tweet on April 6, 2025, [[Minecraft:Torfi Frans Olafsson]], the producer of the film, stated that "it's super strange" that the eyes of one character "kept coming out white", jokingly adding that this was due to a VFX error which was left in because of time constraints.<ref>{{tweet\|torfi_F_Olafss\|1908910433018491319\|It’s super strange that all of their eyes were supposed to be purple but when it was rendered one of the characters eyes kept coming out white in the final rendered frames so we wound up keeping it like that, because the VFX studio ran out of time. @AMinecraftMovie\|April 6, 2025}}</ref> The tweet was later quoted by the main Minecraft account with a curious emoji.<ref>{{tweet\|Minecraft\|1908911301776318879\|🤔\|April 6, 2025}}</ref>		Within {{AMCM}}, an {{AMCM\|enderman}} uses a psychic ability to create visions of people close to their victims to "fry [their] brain". During this sequence, the illusion of {{AMCM\|Steve}} has white eyes while the other characters have purple eyes. In a tweet on April 6, 2025, [[Minecraft:Torfi Frans Olafsson]], the producer of the film, stated that "it's super strange" that the eyes of one character "kept coming out white", jokingly adding that this was due to a VFX error which was left in because of time constraints.<ref>{{tweet\|torfi_F_Olafss\|1908910433018491319\|It’s super strange that all of their eyes were supposed to be purple but when it was rendered one of the characters eyes kept coming out white in the final rendered frames so we wound up keeping it like that, because the VFX studio ran out of time. @AMinecraftMovie\|April 6, 2025}}</ref> The tweet was later quoted by the main Minecraft account with a curious emoji.<ref>{{tweet\|Minecraft\|1908911301776318879\|🤔\|April 6, 2025}}</ref>

	A minor character early in the film was also speculated to be a reference to Herobrine; during Steve's backstory, he "yearned for the {{AMCM\|mine}}s". However, he was always thwarted by an {{AMCM\|old miner}}. This character lacks any official name, but rumors spread that this character was meant to be Herobrine. One variation of the rumor says he goes by the name "Harold Bryne" or several other variations.<ref>{{Tweet\|MinecraftMeme16\|1913620165297664022\|Guys I have a theory on who this miner could be and why he didn’t die of old age over 30 years\|April 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{citation\|url=https://neutral-characters.fandom.com/wiki/Unnamed_Old_Miner_(A_Minecraft_Movie)?diff=next&oldid=40435&diffonly=1\|title=Unnamed Old Miner (A Minecraft Movie) - Revision as of 12:40, 19 April 2025\|section=\|website=Neutral Characters Wiki\|author=GottaGoFastJr\|date=\|quote=Updated information based on cast and director interviews\|archive-url}}</ref> When Torfi Frans Olafsson was asked about this,<ref>{{Tweet\|BoyBeyondStars\|1914045567560499304\|@torfi_F_Olafss are you allowed to speak on this\|April 20, 2025}}</ref> he joked that he made a promise to not say anything.<ref>{{tweet\|torfi_F_Olafss\|1914089646805377166\|No, they made us promise not to tell...\|April 20, 2025}}</ref>		A minor character early in the film was also speculated to be a reference to Herobrine; during Steve's backstory, he "yearned for the {{AMCM\|mine}}s". However, he was always thwarted by an {{AMCM\|old miner}}. This character lacks any official name, but rumors spread that this character was meant to be Herobrine. One variation of the rumor says he goes by the name "Harold Bryne" or several other variations.<ref>{{Tweet\|MinecraftMeme16\|1913620165297664022\|Guys I have a theory on who this miner could be and why he didn’t die of old age over 30 years\|April 19, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{citation\|url=https://neutral-characters.fandom.com/wiki/Unnamed_Old_Miner_(A_Minecraft_Movie)?diff=next&oldid=40435&diffonly=1\|title=Unnamed Old Miner (A Minecraft Movie) - Revision as of 12:40, 19 April 2025\|section=\|website=Neutral Characters Wiki\|author=GottaGoFastJr\|date=\|quote=Updated information based on cast and director interviews\|archive-url}}</ref> When Torfi Frans Olafsson was asked about this,<ref>{{Tweet\|BoyBeyondStars\|1914045567560499304\|@torfi_F_Olafss are you allowed to speak on this\|April 20, 2025}}</ref> he joked that he made a promise to not say anything.<ref>{{tweet\|torfi_F_Olafss\|1914089646805377166\|No, they made us promise not to tell...\|April 20, 2025}}</ref>

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	Herobrine has appeared or been mentioned in official [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios\|Mojang]] images and webpages as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images was with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210221084148/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend Wedding Weekend] in August 2011, in which he was just behind Notch's ''Minecraft'' character. He then made several appearances in material related to [[Minecraft:MINECON 2011]]: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://minecon.mojang.com/\|title=MineCon 2011\|website=Mojang.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922104118/http://minecon.mojang.com/}}</ref> He then appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2NACUlwmE the official MINECON 2011 trailer] created by Hat Films, at 3:11, after players were asked to submit skins to appear in the trailer.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030195746/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9mzW1Cms\|title=Minecraft Trailer Competition!\|website=YouTube\|author=HaatFilms\|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In the convention itself, a Herobrine statue was present in the Xbox section, on the board behind the Xbox stations. During the closing of the convention, a user named Zaralith won the Herobrine statue by correctly answering the give-away question "How many Fable games are there?" Some users have pointed to this as proof of his future addition, however there is no proof he has been portrayed for anything other than baiting fans.		Herobrine has appeared or been mentioned in official [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios\|Mojang]] images and webpages as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images was with the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210221084148/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend Wedding Weekend] in August 2011, in which he was just behind Notch's ''Minecraft'' character. He then made several appearances in material related to [[Minecraft:MINECON 2011]]: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://minecon.mojang.com/\|title=MineCon 2011\|website=Mojang.com\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922104118/http://minecon.mojang.com/}}</ref> He then appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2NACUlwmE the official MINECON 2011 trailer] created by Hat Films, at 3:11, after players were asked to submit skins to appear in the trailer.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030195746/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9mzW1Cms\|title=Minecraft Trailer Competition!\|website=YouTube\|author=HaatFilms\|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In the convention itself, a Herobrine statue was present in the Xbox section, on the board behind the Xbox stations. During the closing of the convention, a user named Zaralith won the Herobrine statue by correctly answering the give-away question "How many Fable games are there?" Some users have pointed to this as proof of his future addition, however there is no proof he has been portrayed for anything other than baiting fans.

	Herobrine then appeared in the instruction booklets of some of the first [[Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft]] sets, among other ''Minecraft'' [[Minecraft:character]]s. He also appeared in [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft ''Minecraft's'' Facebook page] on the cover photo in ~~summer~~ 2012,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726122129/http://www.facebook.com/minecraft\|title=Minecraft\|website=Facebook}}</ref> although the image was created by a fan for a competition with the theme of "summer picnic", hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://mojang.com/\|website=\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712190445/http://mojang.com/\|title=Mojang — Creators of Minecraft}}</ref>		Herobrine then appeared in the instruction booklets of some of the first [[Minecraft:LEGO Minecraft]] sets, among other ''Minecraft'' [[Minecraft:character]]s. He also appeared in [https://www.facebook.com/minecraft ''Minecraft's'' Facebook page] on the cover photo in mid-2012,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726122129/http://www.facebook.com/minecraft\|title=Minecraft\|website=Facebook}}</ref> although the image was created by a fan for a competition with the theme of "summer picnic", hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.<ref>{{Citation\|url=http://mojang.com/\|website=\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712190445/http://mojang.com/\|title=Mojang — Creators of Minecraft}}</ref>

	In September 2013, developer [[Minecraft:Marc Watson]] created a series of skins for the [[Minecraft:head]] model. These skins were made to ensure a stable skin for various official entities could be used without fear that the skin could change. Herobrine is one of the skins that can be obtained through this system by using the command {{cmd\|give @s player_head[profile{{=}}"MHF_Herobrine"]}}{{only\|java}} (with "MHF" standing for "Marc's Head Format"). The command gives a player head from a player named "MHF_Herobrine", and in ''Bedrock Edition'', the same skin can be [https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1 downloaded] as an image, and used in game. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard and was originally taken from the Herobrine account. It was changed in December 2017 to use the same beard that Steve and the [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)\|mob]] had before the release of [[Minecraft:Survival Test]].<ref>{{citation\|url=https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1\|title=MHF_Herobrine\|website=NameMC}}</ref>		In September 2013, developer [[Minecraft:Marc Watson]] created a series of skins for the [[Minecraft:head]] model. These skins were made to ensure a stable skin for various official entities could be used without fear that the skin could change. Herobrine is one of the skins that can be obtained through this system by using the command {{cmd\|give @s player_head[profile{{=}}"MHF_Herobrine"]}}{{only\|java}} (with "MHF" standing for "Marc's Head Format"). The command gives a player head from a player named "MHF_Herobrine", and in ''Bedrock Edition'', the same skin can be [https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1 downloaded] as an image, and used in game. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard and was originally taken from the Herobrine account. It was changed in December 2017 to use the same beard that Steve and the [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)\|mob]] had before the release of [[Minecraft:Survival Test]].<ref>{{citation\|url=https://namemc.com/profile/MHF_Herobrine.1\|title=MHF_Herobrine\|website=NameMC}}</ref>