Как пишется херобрин по английскому

Хиробрин (англ. Herobrine) — мифический персонаж, придуманный игровым сообществом «creepy-pasta» (мистической истории).^[1] Это название персонажа со старым скином человека, но с полностью белыми глазами. Его также часто называют мёртвым шахтёром или призраком шахтёра. Вопреки многим отсылкам к тому, что Хиробрин действительно существует или когда-то существовал в официальной версии игры, эта информация является ложной. 8 января 2011 года Нотч подтвердил, что Хиробрина не существует.^[2] Также, 26 мая 2012 года Нотч подтвердил, что у него никогда не было мёртвого брата, и Хиробрина никогда не было в игре.^[3]

История про Хиробрина

Впервые информация про Хиробрина появилась в качестве изображения, которое было опубликовано на официальном форуме игры одним из его пользователей.

Перевод

Недавно я создал новый мир в одиночной игре. Поначалу всё было нормально, но когда я начал рубить деревья и крафтить верстак я заметил, как что-то движется в плотном тумане (у меня слабый компьютер и мне приходится играть с низкой дальностью рендера). Я подумал, что это корова, и погнался за ней в надежде собрать немного шкур для брони.

Это оказалась не корова. На меня смотрел другой персонаж со стандартным скином, но его глаза были пустыми. Имени не появилось, и я дважды перепроверил, чтобы убедиться, что я не в многопользовательской игре. Он не стал долго ждать, посмотрел на меня и быстро убежал в туман. Из любопытства я погнался за ним, но он исчез.

Я продолжил играть, не зная, что и думать. По мере того, как я расширял мир, мне встречались вещи, необычные для генератора карт: туннели 2х2 в скалах, маленькие идеальные пирамиды из песка в океане и рощи, где на деревьях была срезана вся листва. Мне постоянно казалось, что я вижу другого «игрока» в глубине тумана, но у меня никогда не получалось его разглядеть. Я пробовал увеличить дальность изображения на Far (предельная дальность) каждый раз, когда мне казалось, что я его видел, но тщетно.

Я сохранил карту и отправился на форумы узнать, не находил ли кто-то ещё псевдо-игрока. Таких не было. Я создал свою тему, рассказывая об увиденном и спрашивая, не случалось ли подобного с кем-либо ещё. Через пять минут пост был стёрт. Я попытался снова, и тему удалили ещё раньше. Я получил персональное сообщение от пользователя «Хиробрин», состоящее из одного слова: «Прекрати». Когда я пошёл посмотреть на профиль Хиробрина, страница выдала ошибку 404.

Я получил письмо на электронную почту от другого форумного пользователя. Он сказал, что модераторы могут читать приват на форуме, так что мы будем в большей безопасности, используя почту. Отправитель утверждал, что он тоже видел таинственного игрока, и имел небольшую «директорию» других пользователей, которые его тоже видели. По их мирам также были разбросаны фишки, определённо сделанные человеком, и они описывали, что у их таинственного игрока нет зрачков.

Почти месяц прошёл до следующего разговора с информатором. Некоторые люди, повстречавшие таинственного человека, интересовались именем Хиробрин и обнаружили, что это имя часто используется шведским игроком. После некоторого дальнейшего сбора информации оказалось, что это брат Нотча, разработчика игры. Я лично написал Нотчу и спросил, не было ли у него брата. Ему потребовалось некоторое время, но он отправил мне в ответ очень короткое сообщение.

«Был, но его больше нет с нами.»
— Нотч

Таинственного игрока я видел только раз. И больше не замечал каких-либо изменений в мире, кроме своих собственных. Я был в состоянии нажать Print Screen, когда впервые увидел его. Вот моё единственное свидетельство о его существовании.

Поведение

Согласно легенде, Хиробрин может появиться на границе тумана (граница дистанции уровня рендеринга) на малых настройках render distance.

Он создаёт случайные конструкции, такие как правильные пирамиды из частей ландшафта и долгие узкие туннели 2*2 блока. Он также поджигает или уничтожает листву деревьев и создаёт подземные убежища из булыжника, которые напоминают сокровищницы и освещает их красными факелами.

Редко Хиробрин может держать алмазную кирку или меч, но большую часть времени его руки пусты.

Чаще всего он изображается со склоненной набок головой и, как правило, стоящим на месте. Однако, хоть и бытует мнение, что Хиробрин передвигается путем телепортации либо левитирования над землей, перемещение его пешком не является отходом от каноничного образа. Кроме того, считается, что он не использует вагонетки, лодки или любые другие виды транспорта, так как это не имеет для него смысла.

Большой шанс встретить его в каньонах, где он может заспауниться, и возможно может что-то писать в чат. Если подходить к нему ближе, он может летать, бить игрока и пить зелья. Также что известно, что он может поджигать динамитные шашки, а также может бояться железных прутьев.^[4]

Разновидности

Существует много разновидностей поведения Хиробрина. Но все их можно поделить на две основные категории.

Версия сталкера, в которой Хиробрин выступает братом Нотча и прячется от игрока и исчезает, если к нему близко подойти.

Версия шахтера, в которой Хиробрин является мстительным шахтером, пытающимся заманить игрока в ловушки, возможно, чтобы украсть его вещи. Он ждёт, пока кто-то зайдет в его подземелье, затем заваливает выход блоками или телепортируется за спину, вероятно, чтобы убить его. По некоторым версиям Хиробрин-шахтер уничтожает строения, созданные игроком и крадёт вещи из сундуков.

Дальнейшее развитие и популярность

Первая информация про Хиробрина появилась на одном изображении, которое было опубликовано на официальном форуме. Эта ветка форума осталась почти незамеченной игроками. На изображении была написана история, в которой Хиробрин однажды был замечен, и как он строил пирамиды и туннели.

Хиробрин сильно вырос в популярности, когда эту идею начали продвигать Broadcast в своих стримах (live-streams).
Хиробрин был представлен в стриме.

Позже было другое видео, на котором был показан Хиробрин, стоящий посреди озера лавы, созданного не природным путем. Стрим внезапно прекратился после того, как игрок включил меню паузы, чтобы сохранить игру. Но когда стрим снова возобновился через десять минут, Хиробрина уже не было.

Во время этого стрима можно было услышать голоса игрока, который говорил со своей женой о том, что всё это просто троллинг, что заполнило чат гневными комментариями. Затем игрок инсценировал аварийное завершение работы игры и прекратил стрим.

После этого все смотрители стрима были перенаправлены на другую страницу, на которой был изображен Хиробрин с чёрными глазами.

Если просмотреть html-код той страницы, то можно заметить, что в нём имеется скрытое послание. После удаления всех символов, которые не относятся к алфавиту, можно было прочесть такой текст:

Сообщалось, что некоторые жертвы пыток во время этого акта уходили в собственный мир фантазий и не могли ПРОСНУТЬСЯ. Этот воображаемый мир почти ничем не отличался от настоящего, только в нём жертва не чувствовала боли. Единственное, что заставляло их ПРОСНУТЬСЯ и указывало на то, что этот мир нереален, была записка. В записке было сказано про их состоянии и про то, что им необходимо ПРОСНУТЬСЯ. Даже после этого проходили месяцы, пока жертвы не были готовы отвергнуть этот мир и ПОЖАЛУЙСТА ПРОСНУТЬСЯ.

В сообщении идет обращение к читателю с просьбой «проснуться», указывая на то, что они находятся в воображаемом мире, а эта веб-страница со своим скрытым посланием и есть та самая «записка».

Широко распространено мнение, что Хиробрин не был просто другим игроком с изменённым скином, поскольку над ним не было видно никнейма в чёрной рамке, который было невозможно убрать. Полагают, что игрок стрима видел перерисованную картину или железные двери.

После этого Хиробрин резко набрал популярность, превратившись в распространенный среди игроков мем, что усложняет работу модераторов и администраторов форумов, которые стараются остановить потоки спама и флуда по этому поводу.

Будущие обновления

Нотч написал сообщение в Twitter’е относительно Хиробрина в начале роста его популярности.

RavenBurga Это реальный объект игры или просто успешный_троллинг.swf?
Notch Он нереален. =) Но скоро таким станет!

Это отрицало существование Хиробрина, но дало намёк на то, что разработчики запланировали добавить его в игру.

На MINECON 2010 Нотч подтвердил, что Хиробрин появится в игре, возможно, в одном из секретных пятничных обновлений (seecret friday update).

Из-за разрастающейся драмы вокруг Хиробрина модераторы английского раздела вики спросили у Нотча по IRC-каналу относительно планов добавления его в игру:

12:25 Kizzycocoa […] есть ли какие-то подтверждения о его предстоящем существовании в Minecraft?
12:27 Notch я не имею планов по добавлению Хиробрина в игру как такового, но мне нравятся эти слухи, хаха

Это показало, что Нотч настроен против добавления его в игру. Однако факт «как такового» вызывает у фанатов надежды, что что-нибудь вроде Хиробрина будет добавлено в игру, возможно, в более поздних обновлениях. Итак, ещё раз, тот же пользователь попросил объяснить это:

8:09 AM Oct 20th Kizzycocoa […] всё сообщество разочаровывается по поводу этого Хироспама
8:56 AM Oct 20th Notch у меня нет планов по добавлению Хиробрина.[5]

Галерея

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  На Minecon

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  Ещё один

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  В первом видео о нём

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  На Tumblr

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  Лицо Хиробрина

Отсылки в списках изменений

Хиробрина начали «убирать» ещё с версии Beta 1.6.6. Это была шутка, поскольку Нотч просто убрал модель человека.

Его также удаляли в версиях Beta 1.7, потом в 1.7_01, 1.8, а также 1.0.0 и 1.2.1, на этот раз без всякой причины. Многократные проверки и анализ игрового кода фанатами показали, что никакого Хиробрина до этих обновлений не существовало. Также в патч логе версии 1.3.1, 1.4.2, снимков 1.5 Pre-Release и 1.8 Pre-release и некоторых последующих обновлениях указано: Removed Herobrine.

В списке изменений 1.RV-pre1 было написано: «Оцифрован Хиробрин».

Реакции разработчиков

Команда Mojang хоть и редко, но упоминала о Хиробрине в своих твитах.

Notch

Накопленный материал о Хиробрине удивляет и одновременно немного пугает. Он наглядно показывает, как мало контроля творец имеет над своим творением.

Я публично говорил, что никогда не было никакого Хиробрина, и что у меня нет мертвых братьев, и что утопление животных в лаве — это дурацкий способ вызвать его, но при этом вы не должны его бояться. Это значит лишь, как хорошо, что он присматривает за вами, оберегает от опасности, которой вы не видите. Разумеется, нет никаких физических проявлений Хиробрина, который может выбраться из вашего компьютера, если вы оставите Майнкрафт ночью открытым, нависнуть над вами, пока вы спите, глядя своими бледными глазами, находящимися в дюймах от вашего лица, и кричать, чтобы пробудить вас. Иногда вы просыпаетесь от толчка, когда его уже нет, и все, что остается в вашей памяти, это слабое эхо его бессловесного крика. Конечно, это всего лишь сон. Нет причины, по которой призрак с комплексом бога и сомнительной моралью может начать преследовать детей, играющих в мою игру, «ради их же блага», и ЕГО НЕ МОЖЕТ БЫТЬ, и т. д., и т. п.^[6]

Снова получаю тонны твитов и сообщений о Хиробрине. У меня нет мертвого брата, и его никогда не было в игре. Не реален. Никогда не было.^[7]

Также Хиробрина не существует, пожалуйста, прекратите спрашивать аргх.^[8]

Хорошо, Хиробрин реален, и он начинает свою жуткую деятельность мстительного преследователя, как только вы его припомните. Единственный способ от него избавиться это забыть о нём^[9]

Ezchili

Было забавно видеть стрим brocraft с Хиробрином в тот день, хорошо сделали. Но потом это стало избитым и заезженным.^[10]

Kappische

Хорошо, хорошо. Если честно, то Хиробрина никогда не было. Это просто слух, появившийся по чьей-то воле, а затем кто-то сделал модификацию.^[11]

Когда его спросили, не хочет ли он изменить свое мнение, Kappische ответил:

да..но он может наблюдать за мной!^[12]

Mollstam

Хиробрин был и всегда будет наш друг.^[13]

JahKob

Его никогда не существовало.. Цитируйте меня, если хотите..^[14]

Carnalizer

У меня не всегда есть мнение о Хиробрине, но если нужно, я опираюсь на вики.^[15]

У меня нет своего мнения.^[16]

EvilSeph

Я не могу это комментировать, он может наблюдать…

Мелочи

• Когда C418 спросили о реализации и возможностях плеера в Вики, он ответил на вопросы, связанные с пластинкой 11, сказав, что не может многого про неё сказать, но она не имеет отношения к Хиробрину.
• Существует пользователь Хиробрин, зарегистрированный на официальных серверах. Этот игрок приобрёл лицензию игры, но его личность неизвестна и он не посещал MineCon, используя свой ник.
• У работников Mojang действительно есть аккаунт с скином Хиробрина — MHF_Herobrine, однако он используется только в создании карт. Также, стоит отметить, что изначально на аккаунте стоял скин Хиробрина без бороды, но по просьбам игроков Mojang добавили ему бороду.

Добавление персонажа в игру

Хиробрина можно добавить в игру при помощи модификации Herobrine Mod. Будут генерироваться различные постройки, а временами можно и увидеть Хиробрина. Также Хиробрин может писать в чат.

Хиробрина также можно добавить в игру с помощью модификации Custom NPCs.

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Herobrine (https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/File:HerobrinePronunciation.ogg /ˈhɛroʊˌbraɪn/ HEH-roh-bryn) is the subject of a community-made creepypasta. He is one of the major community icons of Minecraft, yet Herobrine has not been present in any version of the game.

The first story and image ever posted about Herobrine, as well as the Brocraft streams, are regarded as canonical, as they were fundamental to the creation and popularization of the character. Any content posted after these events is considered fan-made adaptations and variations.

Existence disclaimer

Herobrine is not in vanilla Minecraft, and never has been. There are no references to him at all in the source code, and there is no code to allow for any entity to act like Herobrine. It is not possible for Herobrine to have ever existed in any unmodded clients or servers. Any appearances of Herobrine are caused by either mods being installed or because of another player using the skin.

Origins and popularity

For more detailed information regarding the Brocraft events, see the wiki’s interview with Copeland and his recounting of the events.

The first canonical sighting of Herobrine, and the first media about him in general, was posted as a now-deleted^[1] story on 4chan’s paranormal board, /x/, around August 19, 2010.^[2] The story details an encounter in Minecraft with a nameless human entity in a single-player world who displayed strange behavior such as stalking the player from afar, creating unnatural constructions such as sand pyramids in the ocean and long 2×2 tunnels, and removing leaves from trees. The writer then attempted to start a topic about the encounter on the Minecraft Forum, only to have it be repeatedly deleted, followed by a private message from a seemingly nonexistent user named «Herobrine» telling them to stop. Further research by the writer revealed that Herobrine was the name of the dead brother of Notch (in reality, Notch has never had a brother^[3]). The 4chan post also contained a screenshot of the encounter, showing Herobrine in the distance amidst the fog.

It was only after this post that Herobrine grew in popularity, when the Brocraft streamer Copeland edited Herobrine into several screenshots to show to his chat. He had recently taken a liking to the story, and wished to be a part of it. After getting largely good reactions, he decided to stage a hoax; he changed the texture of a painting to display Herobrine and put it in a work-in-progress house in his world, planning to show it on a livestream.

On August 30, Copeland played through the world as a normal player would, deliberately avoiding the work-in-progress room he had set up for the hoax, until about 20 minutes and 45 seconds in, when he entered the house and saw the re-textured painting. Copeland then screamed and ran out of the room, promptly ending the stream. He pretended to be shaken up in the chat, and later posted a message onto the forums, linking to the video to spread it around in the hope of getting similar reactions.^[4] Other users in the thread began debating whether Copeland’s sighting was real and started posting their own screenshots with Herobrine edited into them.^[5] After a while, Copeland removed the painting and reverted to normal textures. He proceeded to stream further, pretending to be scared. He announced that he would delete the world to never meet Herobrine again.

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  The image Copeland edited, which led to him starting the hoax stream.

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  Zoomed-in excerpt of Herobrine in Copeland’s image.

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  Herobrine’s first video «sighting» in Copeland’s stream.

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  A high-quality recreation of Copeland’s sighting.

Later on, another streamer, Patimuss, made a stream showing Herobrine in a user-made lava pool. This Herobrine was free-standing, unlike in the previous stream, likely meaning he was a re-textured door. The livestream went down after Patimuss ran away and saved his game, only to resume ten minutes later, where Herobrine had supposedly disappeared. Afterwards, during the second stream, Patimuss could be heard talking to his wife, stating he was trolling. This flooded the livestream chat with outrage. He then faked a game crash. Copeland disliked that Patimuss outed Herobrine as a fake.

It is unknown when exactly it happened in relation to Patimuss’s video, but Copeland posted links in chat leading to the website http://ghostinthestream.net/him.html (archive). This is likely where the nickname «Him» originated from. The page features Steve’s face, but with his original eyes made pitch black and replaced with real, frantically rolling eyes. Below the face, there are a jumble of characters and letters. After removing all non-alphabet characters, the text is revealed to be a slightly edited version of another creepypasta, entitled «Wake Up?», which is written as a note to the reader explaining that they have retreated to a «fantasy world» due to suffering from torture (specified as rape in the original text) and that they need to «wake up».^[6]

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It has been reported that some victims of torture, during the act, would retreat into a fantasy world from which they could not WAKE UP. In this catatonic state, the victim lived in a world just like their normal one, except they weren’t being tortured. The only way that they realized they needed to WAKE UP was a note they found in their fantasy world. It would tell them about their condition, and tell them to WAKE UP. Even then, it would often take months until they were ready to discard their fantasy world and PLEASE WAKE UP.

„

The stream proceeded later with no further Herobrine sightings. Copeland continued to adamantly state Herobrine was real for about a year onward. Since the streams, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of the character, propelling Herobrine to meme status, and making him an icon of the community. There are a huge number of mods, animations, pieces of artwork, constructions and videos of Herobrine that have been created, with the earliest among these being created on the same day as the original livestreams.^[7]

Description

Canonical

Herobrine is said to be Notch’s dead brother, somehow embedded into Minecraft as a human entity with the player skin of Steve, but with completely white eyes and no visible irises or pupils. In Copeland’s livestream, he had the beard seen in Steve’s original design. In the original Herobrine image and Copeland’s edited screenshot, however, the beard appears to be absent.

Herobrine is able to build and destroy in the game. The original story states the player found long 2×2 tunnels, small pyramids in the middle of the ocean, and trees with no leaves. The full extent of his building capacity is unknown, but the given examples indicate Herobrine has awareness of shape, and can differentiate materials from each other. He shows a lot of characteristics of being a form of virus, such as manipulating game worlds, deleting Minecraft Forum topics and sending messages to forum users.

Herobrine seems to solely target human players. He did not seem to interact with any other mobs nearby in the Brocraft streams, some of which were spiders and zombies. His canonical relation to further mobs added since he appeared is a complete mystery. His interactions with other mobs are not mentioned in the original image. While there is a chicken present in the image, Herobrine does not seem interested in it at all, and is solely focused on the player.

In both the original creepypasta and the Brocraft streams, Herobrine appears in the world without any apparent cause, and his presence is not implied to be due to a player’s actions. In the creepypasta, he seems to avoid the player and appears to only be active in unexplored areas, whereas in the streams he seems to intentionally get close to players and appears mainly near player constructions.

Though his hands are usually empty, Herobrine is sometimes depicted holding tools, such as pickaxes. This stems from the widespread community belief that Herobrine is a dead miner, killed long before the player’s arrival. His appearance does not suggest this is the case, though with Minecraft‘s mineshafts and strongholds, as well as mining being a large part of the game, the game itself has shaped public perception of the character to suit this persona.

Herobrine occasionally interacts with other mobs. He is sometimes able to take control of passive animals, causing them to also exhibit his blank white eyes, and revive/spawn undead mobs. He seems capable of drastically changing his environments with no viable source of resources to do so. Most expansions to his abilities involve cobblestone placing, dungeon building, using redstone torches and setting traps. He exhibits all the behaviors of a Creative mode player in the game. While he is usually mute, some interpretations have him communicating with players, typically by sending them ominous messages through signs or chat such as «Stop» or «Only God can save/help you now», or by screaming as he jumpscares them.

Herobrine’s intentions vary, but they usually fall under two categories: the «stalker» variation, based on the original canonical events, and the «vengeful» variation, derived from community interpretation. In the «stalker» variation, he stalks the player, disappearing if approached. In the «vengeful» variation, he tries to ensnare the player in traps, presumably to steal their items. He waits for people to enter his dungeons, then either seals them inside, or teleports behind them, presumably killing them. Some rarer variations of the latter state he breaks the player’s creations and steals their items from chests. These ideas are likely inspired by griefers and trolls.

A popular idea in the community is that Herobrine can be «summoned» through the use of a special arrangement of blocks; such a structure is usually referred to as a «Herobrine altar», «Herobrine shrine», «Herobrine totem» or «Herobrine spawner». Typically, this is a 3×3 horizontal square of gold blocks, with a block of netherrack placed on top and four redstone torches placed upright on each side. The block beneath the netherrack varies between versions, with common choices being mossy cobblestone, soul sand, more netherrack or more gold. Igniting the netherrack is supposed to «activate» the structure, which then supposedly summons Herobrine into the world. These concepts are likely stemmed from, or served as inspiration for, the mods featuring the character.

Modded versions

Many user-created modifications have been made to add Herobrine into Minecraft. The earliest known Herobrine mod was a server plugin created on December 10, 2010, by the user tkelly.^[8] In the plugin, Herobrine can be summoned by building an altar made of gold, netherrack, redstone torches and mossy cobblestone, and igniting the netherrack on top.^[9] The mod’s version of Herobrine exhibits behaviors similar to those in the original creepypasta and livestreams, as well as new behaviors, such as placing redstone torches,^[10] building underground dungeons,^[11] teleporting behind players,^[12] and luring players into traps.^[13] Updated versions of this plugin created by other users still exist on the internet,^[14] but the original plugin from the original creator is currently lost.

Later, on July 29, 2011, a more popular Herobrine mod was created by the user burnner.^[15] This mod also lets players summon Herobrine by building and igniting an altar made of gold and netherrack, though the arrangement and composition of blocks is different, and a new «Herobrine Totem» block is required. This mod’s version of Herobrine retains many of his abilities from the canon sources and original mod while gaining many new ones, such as using tools, placing signs, possessing animals, and spawning undead mobs. Herobrine is much more hostile in this mod and will regularly directly attack players, unlike in the original mod where Herobrine is more rarely encountered and less directly hostile.

Many subsequent Herobrine mods have been made since, many of them employing many concepts that originated in these early examples. The use of these mods in servers and videos likely accounts for a substantial percentage of reported Herobrine «sightings», since they are the only way Herobrine can actually exist in the game. As a result, many of Herobrine’s characteristics and abilities in these mods have become established in the community as part of the character.

Potential addition to Minecraft

At MINECON 2010, early in Herobrine’s popularity boost, Notch confirmed Herobrine was a hoax, but jokingly alluded to the possibility that he might not be.^[16] Notch later posted on Twitter about the subject of Herobrine: in reply to a tweet asking if Herobrine was a real entity in-game, Notch replied saying that he was not, but that he «might be soon».^[17] This further confirmed there was no Herobrine, but again suggested the possibility that Notch planned to add him at a later date.

Due to increased drama surrounding the Minecraft Wiki’s page on Herobrine, a wiki administrator asked Notch over IRC if he would ever be added, to which Notch replied «i [sic] have no plans of adding herobrine as is, but I do like the rumors, haha».^{[citation needed]} This showed Notch had decided against adding Herobrine. However, the use of the wording «as is» suggested that something like Herobrine may be added, further fueling beliefs that he would be added. Once again, the same user asked for clarification, saying that the Minecraft community was «getting frustrated by the hero-spam», to which Notch replied that he had no plans for adding Herobrine into the game.^[18]

Current stance on Herobrine

As the role of lead developer of Minecraft was passed on from Notch to Jeb, the chance of Herobrine appearing in an update became unclear. On August 22, 2012, Dinnerbone, current joint developer of Minecraft, tweeted «We have no plans at all to add herobrine. I doubt this will ever change.»^[19] This confirms that Herobrine will likely never see an official addition in Minecraft, and that any claims of «finding» Herobrine in vanilla Minecraft in future updates are completely unfounded.

Official cameos

Mojang media appearances

Herobrine has appeared in official Mojang images as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images started with the Wedding Weekend, in which he was just behind Notch’s Minecraft character. He then made several appearances in material related to MINECON 2011: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again. He then appeared in the official MINECON 2011 trailer created by Hat Films, at 3:11. However, as users were asked to submit their skins to appear in the trailer, this was likely unplanned.^[20] 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?» correctly. 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 LEGO Minecraft sets, among other Minecraft characters. He also appeared in Minecraft’s Facebook page on the cover photo in summer 2012.^[21] It is notable to state that the image was created by a fan for a competition, with the theme of «summer picnic», hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.^[22]

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  Herobrine in the Wedding Weekend promo image.

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  The Herobrine statue on the MINECON 2011 Xbox 360 stand.

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  The Herobrine statue from MINECON 2011, now owned by Zaralith.

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  Herobrine in Mojang Studios’ «summer picnic» Facebook cover photo.

Legacy Console Editions

One of the in-game loading tips in the Legacy Console Editions references Herobrine: «We think 4J Studios has removed Herobrine from the [console] console game, but we’re not too sure.»

Herobrine is part of the first skin pack released on the Legacy Console Editions. Because of this addition, «sightings» rose drastically due to players using the skin. However, the skin was omitted from the Bedrock Edition version of the skin pack.^[23] Herobrine then made more appearances: as a «Zombie Herobrine» skin in the third skin pack, a «Party Herobrine» skin in the first birthday skin pack, and an «Xmas Herobrine» skin in the festive mash-up pack.

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  The loading tip referencing Herobrine in the Xbox 360 Edition.

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  The Zombie Herobrine skin from the third skin pack.

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  The Party Herobrine skin from the first birthday skin pack.

Minecraft Earth

On the Minecraft Earth FAQ site, Herobrine used to be mentioned in one of the frequently asked questions about the game; the question was «Is Herobrine in this game too?» and the answer given was «<REDACTED>».^[24] This was later removed from the FAQ page.

Changelogs

Herobrine has been mentioned to be removed from the game in several changelogs. The first of these mentions was in Beta 1.6.6, as a joke referring to the partial removal of the human mob’s essential code, making it unspawnable within Minecraft. An ulterior motive may have been to troll the community, as this was around the time Herobrine had gained memetic status within the community. After that, most Minecraft update changelogs included the entry «Removed Herobrine» at least once every update cycle as a running gag, with some exceptions such as Java Edition 1.1 and Java Edition 1.16. The changelog of Java Edition 1.16.2 is currently the last one to mention Herobrine, and no further mentions have been made since.

Java Edition changelogs mentioning Herobrine

Version	Notes
Beta 1.6.6	Noted in The Word of Notch and on the Tumblr changelog.
Beta 1.7	Noted in The Word of Notch and on the Tumblr changelog.
Beta 1.8	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.0.0	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.1	Notably missing on the Tumblr changelog.
1.2.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.2.5	Noted on the official Mojang blog as removal of all «ghost entities under the command of Lord Herobrine.»
1.3.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.4.2	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.5-pre	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.5	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.6	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.6.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.7.2	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.8-pre1	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.8	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
16w03a	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.9	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
1.RV-Pre1	Noted on the official Mojang blog as «Digitalized Herobrine» and «Removed Herobrine».
1.10	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
16w39a	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.11	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.12	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.13	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.14	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.15.1	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.16.2	Noted on the official Minecraft website.

Launcher changelog

In the changelog of Minecraft Launcher version 2.2.176x, which was released soon after the original Herobrine screenshot world seed was discovered, the developers say that they «removed Herobrine from Java Alpha 1.0.16_02», the version in which the screenshot was taken.

Xbox 360 changelog

In an update for Xbox 360 on July 13, 2012 (Xbox 360 Edition TU3), Herobrine was stated to be removed from the Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft for the first time. He was then removed again in Xbox 360 Edition TU5.^[25]

Scrolls changelog

In the changelog for version 0.103.0 of Scrolls, another game by Mojang, Herobrine being removed was in the changelog’s miscellaneous section.^[26]

Mojang reactions

Mojang has, albeit rarely, shared their views on Herobrine. Their reactions have varied from plainly stating that he does not exist to Notch saying he appears only when players ask him.

Notch

	“	Fine, Herobrine is real, and he gains spooky vengeance haunting power whenever you remind me of him. Only way to stop him is to ignore him.	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[27]

	“	Getting loads of tweets and emails about Herobrine again. I don’t have a dead brother, and he never was in the game. Not real. Never was.	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[28]

	“	The Herobrine stuff is awesome and kind of scary at the same time. It really shows how little control a content producer has over the content. I’ve publicly told people there’s never been any such thing as Herobrine, and that I don’t have any dead brothers, and that letting too many animals die in lava is a fool proof way to summon him but that you don’t need to be afraid of him. He only means well, he’s looking out for you, trying to warn you of the dangers you can’t see. There certainly are NO physical manifestations of Herobrine that will sneak out of your computer if you leave Minecraft running at night, looming over you as you sleep with his pale eyes inches away from your face, as he tries to shout at you to wake up. Sometimes you wake up with a jolt, and he’s gone, and all that lingers is the memory and faint echo of his wordless screaming. Of course it was just a dream. There’s no way a morally dubious ghost with a god complex could at any point decide to haunt the children who play my game «for their own good», as there is NO SUCH THING. etc etc	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[29]

	“	Every single thing in the game gets found out within minutes. People are decompiling the code, and there are even automated tools to do so. It should be obvious to everyone that there isn’t a hidden herobrine in there, or it would’ve been found years ago. Despite this, people keep spreading the rumor, posting fake stories and screenshots, and generally hyping it, so it seems to be something people WANT the game to contain. But the truth he certainly had never ever been in the game when I was working on it, and I absolutely, positively don’t have a dead brother. But if people want to pretend it’s true, who am I to stop them? tl;dr: sure, why not	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[30]

Ezchili

	“	It was fun to see the brocraft stream with herobrine back in the day, was well done. But then it’s been overused & worn out.	„
	— Ezchili on Herobrine[31]

Kappische

	“	Ok ok. To be honest, there has never existed a Herobrine. It was just a rumor started by some douche and then someone probably created a mod.	„
	— Kappische on Herobrine[32]

When asked if he would like to update his stance, Kappische replied:

	“	yes..but he is watching me!	„
	— Kappische on Herobrine[33]

Mollstam

	“	Herobrine has, and always will be, our friend.	„
	— Mollstam on Herobrine[34]

JahKob

	“	He has never existed.. Quote me if you want..	„
	— JahKob on Herobrine[35]

Carnalizer

	“	I don’t always have an opinion about Herobrine, but when I do, it tends to end up on a wiki.	„
	— Carnalizer on Herobrine[36]

	“	I don’t have an opinion.	„
	— Carnalizer on Herobrine[37]

EvilSeph

	“	I can’t comment on that, he might be watching…	„
	— EvilSeph on Herobrine (Via IRC)

C418

	“	Aand I finished the herobrine sound effects! And deleted them as quickly as possible.	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[38]

	“	You know how myths can be super awesome and creepy? Well, Herobrine isn’t. It’s silly and boring.	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[39]

	“	Also Herobrine is the silliest name for a myth ever. How about Griddlebraf	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[40]

Marc Watson

	“	Herobrine doesn’t exist. He can’t give you a virus. Your kid didn’t see him. Why are you arguing this. Please don’t argue. Staahp D:	„
	— Marc Watson on Herobrine[41]

Searge

	“	We didn’t really remove Herobrine, because Herobrine doesn’t exist. Believe it or not, but it’s the truth. I can’t prove it. It’s a myth.	„
	— Searge on Herobrine[42]

Lost media

No known archive exists of the original 4chan thread in which the Herobrine creepypasta first appeared. The creepypasta image on the wiki was likely obtained from a comment in Copeland’s forum thread, but it is unknown whether the creepypasta was originally presented this way, or if the image was created later.

The original Herobrine livestream was located here^[43] and the second Herobrine livestream was located here.^[44] Both livestreams were deleted at some point during the following months, and no known backups are available. Copeland, the Brocraft founder, and Livestream.com have all stated that they do not have a backup copy of these streams.

The original Herobrine plugin was located here.^[45] This was likely also deleted at some point during the following months, and no known backups of any of the original versions of the plugin are available either.

Any users who may have captured, recorded or downloaded these media for personal use are encouraged to share them for future generations of Minecraft fans.

Stream recreation

A recreation made in collaboration with Copeland of the Herobrine scene from the first stream can be found below:

Trivia

• When asked about audio player implementation on the wiki, and the limits of what could be uploaded, C418 replied to Herobrine claims relating to disc 11. He stated that he cannot say a lot about 11, but that it has nothing to do with Herobrine.^{[citation needed]}
• There is a user called Herobrine registered on Minecraft servers. The account is a full account (meaning they have bought Minecraft after registering). They do not appear to have visited any MINECON events using the Herobrine username, due to their lack of a cape. Ex-Mojang employee Andrea Jörgensen stated that a friend of hers owns the Herobrine account.^[46]
• In September 2013, Marc Watson created a series of skins for the 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 was one of the skins that could be obtained through this system by using the command /give @s player_head{SkullOwner:MHF_Herobrine}. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard, which was not canon to Herobrine’s origins in both the creepypasta and the Copeland stream, as well as official promotional materials Mojang often used. The skin was originally taken from the Herobrine account, whose skin was different from the originating materials. This was corrected in December 2017 to reflect Herobrine’s original canon design, using the same beard that Steve and the human mob had before the release of Survival Test.^[47]
• «Removing Herobrine» is an episode in the Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34 April Fools’ update.
• The seed for the world used in the original screenshot is 478868574082066804, with the player’s position at the coordinates x=5.06, y=71, z=-298.54. The screenshot was made using Alpha 1.0.16_02.^[48]
• The seed for the world used in the original livestream is 3609313613745973624. The livestream was made using Alpha 1.0.17_04.
• Copeland eventually rediscovered the original world in which he had filmed the original Herobrine livestream, and made the world available to download here.^[49]
• The original creepypasta states that the author heard back from their informant about a month after taking a screenshot of Herobrine. However, while the creepypasta was posted to 4chan on August 19 at the latest, the screenshot was taken in the version Alpha 1.0.16_02, which was released on August 13, making it impossible for that much time to have elapsed.
• Vareide, the creator of several officially featured Minecraft trailers, also made a video about Herobrine.
• The Herobrine altar was referenced in the video «One Trillion Minecraft Views on YouTube and Counting», at 0:33.

Gallery

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  The original screenshot featuring Herobrine.

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  Another screenshot taken on the same seed from the same position.

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  A screenshot posted by Copeland in his forum thread, showing the room where Herobrine appeared.

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  A stream screenshot posted in the forum thread, enhanced by a forum user.

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  Another enhanced stream screenshot posted in the forum thread.

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  The previous screenshot de-enhanced.

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  Another enhanced screenshot from the forum thread.

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  An even more enhanced version.

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  Thumbnail image of Copeland’s stream.

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  Thumbnail image of Patimuss’s stream.

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  A screenshot of the original stream, found in a Facepunch thread.

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  Another screenshot from the same thread.

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  A more recent screenshot by Copeland of the same house from his original Herobrine screenshot.

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  A typical Herobrine «sighting».

See also

• First Herobrine thread on Minecraft Forums: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/show-your-creation/fan-art/other-fan-art/1582915-video-proof-of-him (archive)
• Wikipedia article on Gameknight999, a best-selling series of unofficial Minecraft adventure novels featuring Herobrine.

References

Herobrine (https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/File:HerobrinePronunciation.ogg /ˈhɛroʊˌbraɪn/ HEH-roh-bryn) is the subject of a community-made creepypasta. He is one of the major community icons of Minecraft, yet Herobrine has not been present in any version of the game.

The first story and image ever posted about Herobrine, as well as the Brocraft streams, are regarded as canonical, as they were fundamental to the creation and popularization of the character. Any content posted after these events is considered fan-made adaptations and variations.

Existence disclaimer

Herobrine is not in vanilla Minecraft, and never has been. There are no references to him at all in the source code, and there is no code to allow for any entity to act like Herobrine. It is not possible for Herobrine to have ever existed in any unmodded clients or servers. Any appearances of Herobrine are caused by either mods being installed or because of another player using the skin.

Origins and popularity

For more detailed information regarding the Brocraft events, see the wiki’s interview with Copeland and his recounting of the events.

The first canonical sighting of Herobrine, and the first media about him in general, was posted as a now-deleted^[1] story on 4chan’s paranormal board, /x/, around August 19, 2010.^[2] The story details an encounter in Minecraft with a nameless human entity in a single-player world who displayed strange behavior such as stalking the player from afar, creating unnatural constructions such as sand pyramids in the ocean and long 2×2 tunnels, and removing leaves from trees. The writer then attempted to start a topic about the encounter on the Minecraft Forum, only to have it be repeatedly deleted, followed by a private message from a seemingly nonexistent user named «Herobrine» telling them to stop. Further research by the writer revealed that Herobrine was the name of the dead brother of Notch (in reality, Notch has never had a brother^[3]). The 4chan post also contained a screenshot of the encounter, showing Herobrine in the distance amidst the fog.

It was only after this post that Herobrine grew in popularity, when the Brocraft streamer Copeland edited Herobrine into several screenshots to show to his chat. He had recently taken a liking to the story, and wished to be a part of it. After getting largely good reactions, he decided to stage a hoax; he changed the texture of a painting to display Herobrine and put it in a work-in-progress house in his world, planning to show it on a livestream.

On August 30, Copeland played through the world as a normal player would, deliberately avoiding the work-in-progress room he had set up for the hoax, until about 20 minutes and 45 seconds in, when he entered the house and saw the re-textured painting. Copeland then screamed and ran out of the room, promptly ending the stream. He pretended to be shaken up in the chat, and later posted a message onto the forums, linking to the video to spread it around in the hope of getting similar reactions.^[4] Other users in the thread began debating whether Copeland’s sighting was real and started posting their own screenshots with Herobrine edited into them.^[5] After a while, Copeland removed the painting and reverted to normal textures. He proceeded to stream further, pretending to be scared. He announced that he would delete the world to never meet Herobrine again.

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  The image Copeland edited, which led to him starting the hoax stream.

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  Zoomed-in excerpt of Herobrine in Copeland’s image.

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  Herobrine’s first video «sighting» in Copeland’s stream.

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  A high-quality recreation of Copeland’s sighting.

Later on, another streamer, Patimuss, made a stream showing Herobrine in a user-made lava pool. This Herobrine was free-standing, unlike in the previous stream, likely meaning he was a re-textured door. The livestream went down after Patimuss ran away and saved his game, only to resume ten minutes later, where Herobrine had supposedly disappeared. Afterwards, during the second stream, Patimuss could be heard talking to his wife, stating he was trolling. This flooded the livestream chat with outrage. He then faked a game crash. Copeland disliked that Patimuss outed Herobrine as a fake.

It is unknown when exactly it happened in relation to Patimuss’s video, but Copeland posted links in chat leading to the website http://ghostinthestream.net/him.html (archive). This is likely where the nickname «Him» originated from. The page features Steve’s face, but with his original eyes made pitch black and replaced with real, frantically rolling eyes. Below the face, there are a jumble of characters and letters. After removing all non-alphabet characters, the text is revealed to be a slightly edited version of another creepypasta, entitled «Wake Up?», which is written as a note to the reader explaining that they have retreated to a «fantasy world» due to suffering from torture (specified as rape in the original text) and that they need to «wake up».^[6]

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It has been reported that some victims of torture, during the act, would retreat into a fantasy world from which they could not WAKE UP. In this catatonic state, the victim lived in a world just like their normal one, except they weren’t being tortured. The only way that they realized they needed to WAKE UP was a note they found in their fantasy world. It would tell them about their condition, and tell them to WAKE UP. Even then, it would often take months until they were ready to discard their fantasy world and PLEASE WAKE UP.

„

The stream proceeded later with no further Herobrine sightings. Copeland continued to adamantly state Herobrine was real for about a year onward. Since the streams, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of the character, propelling Herobrine to meme status, and making him an icon of the community. There are a huge number of mods, animations, pieces of artwork, constructions and videos of Herobrine that have been created, with the earliest among these being created on the same day as the original livestreams.^[7]

Description

Canonical

Herobrine is said to be Notch’s dead brother, somehow embedded into Minecraft as a human entity with the player skin of Steve, but with completely white eyes and no visible irises or pupils. In Copeland’s livestream, he had the beard seen in Steve’s original design. In the original Herobrine image and Copeland’s edited screenshot, however, the beard appears to be absent.

Herobrine is able to build and destroy in the game. The original story states the player found long 2×2 tunnels, small pyramids in the middle of the ocean, and trees with no leaves. The full extent of his building capacity is unknown, but the given examples indicate Herobrine has awareness of shape, and can differentiate materials from each other. He shows a lot of characteristics of being a form of virus, such as manipulating game worlds, deleting Minecraft Forum topics and sending messages to forum users.

Herobrine seems to solely target human players. He did not seem to interact with any other mobs nearby in the Brocraft streams, some of which were spiders and zombies. His canonical relation to further mobs added since he appeared is a complete mystery. His interactions with other mobs are not mentioned in the original image. While there is a chicken present in the image, Herobrine does not seem interested in it at all, and is solely focused on the player.

In both the original creepypasta and the Brocraft streams, Herobrine appears in the world without any apparent cause, and his presence is not implied to be due to a player’s actions. In the creepypasta, he seems to avoid the player and appears to only be active in unexplored areas, whereas in the streams he seems to intentionally get close to players and appears mainly near player constructions.

Though his hands are usually empty, Herobrine is sometimes depicted holding tools, such as pickaxes. This stems from the widespread community belief that Herobrine is a dead miner, killed long before the player’s arrival. His appearance does not suggest this is the case, though with Minecraft‘s mineshafts and strongholds, as well as mining being a large part of the game, the game itself has shaped public perception of the character to suit this persona.

Herobrine occasionally interacts with other mobs. He is sometimes able to take control of passive animals, causing them to also exhibit his blank white eyes, and revive/spawn undead mobs. He seems capable of drastically changing his environments with no viable source of resources to do so. Most expansions to his abilities involve cobblestone placing, dungeon building, using redstone torches and setting traps. He exhibits all the behaviors of a Creative mode player in the game. While he is usually mute, some interpretations have him communicating with players, typically by sending them ominous messages through signs or chat such as «Stop» or «Only God can save/help you now», or by screaming as he jumpscares them.

Herobrine’s intentions vary, but they usually fall under two categories: the «stalker» variation, based on the original canonical events, and the «vengeful» variation, derived from community interpretation. In the «stalker» variation, he stalks the player, disappearing if approached. In the «vengeful» variation, he tries to ensnare the player in traps, presumably to steal their items. He waits for people to enter his dungeons, then either seals them inside, or teleports behind them, presumably killing them. Some rarer variations of the latter state he breaks the player’s creations and steals their items from chests. These ideas are likely inspired by griefers and trolls.

A popular idea in the community is that Herobrine can be «summoned» through the use of a special arrangement of blocks; such a structure is usually referred to as a «Herobrine altar», «Herobrine shrine», «Herobrine totem» or «Herobrine spawner». Typically, this is a 3×3 horizontal square of gold blocks, with a block of netherrack placed on top and four redstone torches placed upright on each side. The block beneath the netherrack varies between versions, with common choices being mossy cobblestone, soul sand, more netherrack or more gold. Igniting the netherrack is supposed to «activate» the structure, which then supposedly summons Herobrine into the world. These concepts are likely stemmed from, or served as inspiration for, the mods featuring the character.

Modded versions

Many user-created modifications have been made to add Herobrine into Minecraft. The earliest known Herobrine mod was a server plugin created on December 10, 2010, by the user tkelly.^[8] In the plugin, Herobrine can be summoned by building an altar made of gold, netherrack, redstone torches and mossy cobblestone, and igniting the netherrack on top.^[9] The mod’s version of Herobrine exhibits behaviors similar to those in the original creepypasta and livestreams, as well as new behaviors, such as placing redstone torches,^[10] building underground dungeons,^[11] teleporting behind players,^[12] and luring players into traps.^[13] Updated versions of this plugin created by other users still exist on the internet,^[14] but the original plugin from the original creator is currently lost.

Later, on July 29, 2011, a more popular Herobrine mod was created by the user burnner.^[15] This mod also lets players summon Herobrine by building and igniting an altar made of gold and netherrack, though the arrangement and composition of blocks is different, and a new «Herobrine Totem» block is required. This mod’s version of Herobrine retains many of his abilities from the canon sources and original mod while gaining many new ones, such as using tools, placing signs, possessing animals, and spawning undead mobs. Herobrine is much more hostile in this mod and will regularly directly attack players, unlike in the original mod where Herobrine is more rarely encountered and less directly hostile.

Many subsequent Herobrine mods have been made since, many of them employing many concepts that originated in these early examples. The use of these mods in servers and videos likely accounts for a substantial percentage of reported Herobrine «sightings», since they are the only way Herobrine can actually exist in the game. As a result, many of Herobrine’s characteristics and abilities in these mods have become established in the community as part of the character.

Potential addition to Minecraft

At MINECON 2010, early in Herobrine’s popularity boost, Notch confirmed Herobrine was a hoax, but jokingly alluded to the possibility that he might not be.^[16] Notch later posted on Twitter about the subject of Herobrine: in reply to a tweet asking if Herobrine was a real entity in-game, Notch replied saying that he was not, but that he «might be soon».^[17] This further confirmed there was no Herobrine, but again suggested the possibility that Notch planned to add him at a later date.

Due to increased drama surrounding the Minecraft Wiki’s page on Herobrine, a wiki administrator asked Notch over IRC if he would ever be added, to which Notch replied «i [sic] have no plans of adding herobrine as is, but I do like the rumors, haha».^{[citation needed]} This showed Notch had decided against adding Herobrine. However, the use of the wording «as is» suggested that something like Herobrine may be added, further fueling beliefs that he would be added. Once again, the same user asked for clarification, saying that the Minecraft community was «getting frustrated by the hero-spam», to which Notch replied that he had no plans for adding Herobrine into the game.^[18]

Current stance on Herobrine

As the role of lead developer of Minecraft was passed on from Notch to Jeb, the chance of Herobrine appearing in an update became unclear. On August 22, 2012, Dinnerbone, current joint developer of Minecraft, tweeted «We have no plans at all to add herobrine. I doubt this will ever change.»^[19] This confirms that Herobrine will likely never see an official addition in Minecraft, and that any claims of «finding» Herobrine in vanilla Minecraft in future updates are completely unfounded.

Official cameos

Mojang media appearances

Herobrine has appeared in official Mojang images as an inside joke. His first appearance in official Mojang images started with the Wedding Weekend, in which he was just behind Notch’s Minecraft character. He then made several appearances in material related to MINECON 2011: firstly the website header, where he was just behind Notch yet again. He then appeared in the official MINECON 2011 trailer created by Hat Films, at 3:11. However, as users were asked to submit their skins to appear in the trailer, this was likely unplanned.^[20] 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?» correctly. 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 LEGO Minecraft sets, among other Minecraft characters. He also appeared in Minecraft’s Facebook page on the cover photo in summer 2012.^[21] It is notable to state that the image was created by a fan for a competition, with the theme of «summer picnic», hence his inclusion may not be fully intentional.^[22]

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  Herobrine in the Wedding Weekend promo image.

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  The Herobrine statue on the MINECON 2011 Xbox 360 stand.

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  The Herobrine statue from MINECON 2011, now owned by Zaralith.

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  Herobrine in Mojang Studios’ «summer picnic» Facebook cover photo.

Legacy Console Editions

One of the in-game loading tips in the Legacy Console Editions references Herobrine: «We think 4J Studios has removed Herobrine from the [console] console game, but we’re not too sure.»

Herobrine is part of the first skin pack released on the Legacy Console Editions. Because of this addition, «sightings» rose drastically due to players using the skin. However, the skin was omitted from the Bedrock Edition version of the skin pack.^[23] Herobrine then made more appearances: as a «Zombie Herobrine» skin in the third skin pack, a «Party Herobrine» skin in the first birthday skin pack, and an «Xmas Herobrine» skin in the festive mash-up pack.

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  The loading tip referencing Herobrine in the Xbox 360 Edition.

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  The Zombie Herobrine skin from the third skin pack.

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  The Party Herobrine skin from the first birthday skin pack.

Minecraft Earth

On the Minecraft Earth FAQ site, Herobrine used to be mentioned in one of the frequently asked questions about the game; the question was «Is Herobrine in this game too?» and the answer given was «<REDACTED>».^[24] This was later removed from the FAQ page.

Changelogs

Herobrine has been mentioned to be removed from the game in several changelogs. The first of these mentions was in Beta 1.6.6, as a joke referring to the partial removal of the human mob’s essential code, making it unspawnable within Minecraft. An ulterior motive may have been to troll the community, as this was around the time Herobrine had gained memetic status within the community. After that, most Minecraft update changelogs included the entry «Removed Herobrine» at least once every update cycle as a running gag, with some exceptions such as Java Edition 1.1 and Java Edition 1.16. The changelog of Java Edition 1.16.2 is currently the last one to mention Herobrine, and no further mentions have been made since.

Java Edition changelogs mentioning Herobrine

Version	Notes
Beta 1.6.6	Noted in The Word of Notch and on the Tumblr changelog.
Beta 1.7	Noted in The Word of Notch and on the Tumblr changelog.
Beta 1.8	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.0.0	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.1	Notably missing on the Tumblr changelog.
1.2.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.2.5	Noted on the official Mojang blog as removal of all «ghost entities under the command of Lord Herobrine.»
1.3.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.4.2	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.5-pre	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.5	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.6	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.6.1	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.7.2	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.8-pre1	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.8	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
16w03a	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.9	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
1.RV-Pre1	Noted on the official Mojang blog as «Digitalized Herobrine» and «Removed Herobrine».
1.10	Noted on the official Mojang blog and the Tumblr changelog.
16w39a	Noted on the official Mojang blog.
1.11	Noted on the Tumblr changelog.
1.12	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.13	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.14	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.15.1	Noted on the official Minecraft website.
1.16.2	Noted on the official Minecraft website.

Launcher changelog

In the changelog of Minecraft Launcher version 2.2.176x, which was released soon after the original Herobrine screenshot world seed was discovered, the developers say that they «removed Herobrine from Java Alpha 1.0.16_02», the version in which the screenshot was taken.

Xbox 360 changelog

In an update for Xbox 360 on July 13, 2012 (Xbox 360 Edition TU3), Herobrine was stated to be removed from the Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft for the first time. He was then removed again in Xbox 360 Edition TU5.^[25]

Scrolls changelog

In the changelog for version 0.103.0 of Scrolls, another game by Mojang, Herobrine being removed was in the changelog’s miscellaneous section.^[26]

Mojang reactions

Mojang has, albeit rarely, shared their views on Herobrine. Their reactions have varied from plainly stating that he does not exist to Notch saying he appears only when players ask him.

Notch

	“	Fine, Herobrine is real, and he gains spooky vengeance haunting power whenever you remind me of him. Only way to stop him is to ignore him.	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[27]

	“	Getting loads of tweets and emails about Herobrine again. I don’t have a dead brother, and he never was in the game. Not real. Never was.	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[28]

	“	The Herobrine stuff is awesome and kind of scary at the same time. It really shows how little control a content producer has over the content. I’ve publicly told people there’s never been any such thing as Herobrine, and that I don’t have any dead brothers, and that letting too many animals die in lava is a fool proof way to summon him but that you don’t need to be afraid of him. He only means well, he’s looking out for you, trying to warn you of the dangers you can’t see. There certainly are NO physical manifestations of Herobrine that will sneak out of your computer if you leave Minecraft running at night, looming over you as you sleep with his pale eyes inches away from your face, as he tries to shout at you to wake up. Sometimes you wake up with a jolt, and he’s gone, and all that lingers is the memory and faint echo of his wordless screaming. Of course it was just a dream. There’s no way a morally dubious ghost with a god complex could at any point decide to haunt the children who play my game «for their own good», as there is NO SUCH THING. etc etc	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[29]

	“	Every single thing in the game gets found out within minutes. People are decompiling the code, and there are even automated tools to do so. It should be obvious to everyone that there isn’t a hidden herobrine in there, or it would’ve been found years ago. Despite this, people keep spreading the rumor, posting fake stories and screenshots, and generally hyping it, so it seems to be something people WANT the game to contain. But the truth he certainly had never ever been in the game when I was working on it, and I absolutely, positively don’t have a dead brother. But if people want to pretend it’s true, who am I to stop them? tl;dr: sure, why not	„
	— Notch on Herobrine[30]

Ezchili

	“	It was fun to see the brocraft stream with herobrine back in the day, was well done. But then it’s been overused & worn out.	„
	— Ezchili on Herobrine[31]

Kappische

	“	Ok ok. To be honest, there has never existed a Herobrine. It was just a rumor started by some douche and then someone probably created a mod.	„
	— Kappische on Herobrine[32]

When asked if he would like to update his stance, Kappische replied:

	“	yes..but he is watching me!	„
	— Kappische on Herobrine[33]

Mollstam

	“	Herobrine has, and always will be, our friend.	„
	— Mollstam on Herobrine[34]

JahKob

	“	He has never existed.. Quote me if you want..	„
	— JahKob on Herobrine[35]

Carnalizer

	“	I don’t always have an opinion about Herobrine, but when I do, it tends to end up on a wiki.	„
	— Carnalizer on Herobrine[36]

	“	I don’t have an opinion.	„
	— Carnalizer on Herobrine[37]

EvilSeph

	“	I can’t comment on that, he might be watching…	„
	— EvilSeph on Herobrine (Via IRC)

C418

	“	Aand I finished the herobrine sound effects! And deleted them as quickly as possible.	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[38]

	“	You know how myths can be super awesome and creepy? Well, Herobrine isn’t. It’s silly and boring.	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[39]

	“	Also Herobrine is the silliest name for a myth ever. How about Griddlebraf	„
	— C418 on Herobrine[40]

Marc Watson

	“	Herobrine doesn’t exist. He can’t give you a virus. Your kid didn’t see him. Why are you arguing this. Please don’t argue. Staahp D:	„
	— Marc Watson on Herobrine[41]

Searge

	“	We didn’t really remove Herobrine, because Herobrine doesn’t exist. Believe it or not, but it’s the truth. I can’t prove it. It’s a myth.	„
	— Searge on Herobrine[42]

Lost media

No known archive exists of the original 4chan thread in which the Herobrine creepypasta first appeared. The creepypasta image on the wiki was likely obtained from a comment in Copeland’s forum thread, but it is unknown whether the creepypasta was originally presented this way, or if the image was created later.

The original Herobrine livestream was located here^[43] and the second Herobrine livestream was located here.^[44] Both livestreams were deleted at some point during the following months, and no known backups are available. Copeland, the Brocraft founder, and Livestream.com have all stated that they do not have a backup copy of these streams.

The original Herobrine plugin was located here.^[45] This was likely also deleted at some point during the following months, and no known backups of any of the original versions of the plugin are available either.

Any users who may have captured, recorded or downloaded these media for personal use are encouraged to share them for future generations of Minecraft fans.

Stream recreation

A recreation made in collaboration with Copeland of the Herobrine scene from the first stream can be found below:

Trivia

• When asked about audio player implementation on the wiki, and the limits of what could be uploaded, C418 replied to Herobrine claims relating to disc 11. He stated that he cannot say a lot about 11, but that it has nothing to do with Herobrine.^{[citation needed]}
• There is a user called Herobrine registered on Minecraft servers. The account is a full account (meaning they have bought Minecraft after registering). They do not appear to have visited any MINECON events using the Herobrine username, due to their lack of a cape. Ex-Mojang employee Andrea Jörgensen stated that a friend of hers owns the Herobrine account.^[46]
• In September 2013, Marc Watson created a series of skins for the 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 was one of the skins that could be obtained through this system by using the command /give @s player_head{SkullOwner:MHF_Herobrine}. The skin used to show Herobrine without a beard, which was not canon to Herobrine’s origins in both the creepypasta and the Copeland stream, as well as official promotional materials Mojang often used. The skin was originally taken from the Herobrine account, whose skin was different from the originating materials. This was corrected in December 2017 to reflect Herobrine’s original canon design, using the same beard that Steve and the human mob had before the release of Survival Test.^[47]
• «Removing Herobrine» is an episode in the Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34 April Fools’ update.
• The seed for the world used in the original screenshot is 478868574082066804, with the player’s position at the coordinates x=5.06, y=71, z=-298.54. The screenshot was made using Alpha 1.0.16_02.^[48]
• The seed for the world used in the original livestream is 3609313613745973624. The livestream was made using Alpha 1.0.17_04.
• Copeland eventually rediscovered the original world in which he had filmed the original Herobrine livestream, and made the world available to download here.^[49]
• The original creepypasta states that the author heard back from their informant about a month after taking a screenshot of Herobrine. However, while the creepypasta was posted to 4chan on August 19 at the latest, the screenshot was taken in the version Alpha 1.0.16_02, which was released on August 13, making it impossible for that much time to have elapsed.
• Vareide, the creator of several officially featured Minecraft trailers, also made a video about Herobrine.
• The Herobrine altar was referenced in the video «One Trillion Minecraft Views on YouTube and Counting», at 0:33.

Gallery

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  The original screenshot featuring Herobrine.

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  Another screenshot taken on the same seed from the same position.

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  A screenshot posted by Copeland in his forum thread, showing the room where Herobrine appeared.

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  A stream screenshot posted in the forum thread, enhanced by a forum user.

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  Another enhanced stream screenshot posted in the forum thread.

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  The previous screenshot de-enhanced.

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  Another enhanced screenshot from the forum thread.

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  An even more enhanced version.

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  Thumbnail image of Copeland’s stream.

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  Thumbnail image of Patimuss’s stream.

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  A screenshot of the original stream, found in a Facepunch thread.

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  Another screenshot from the same thread.

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  A more recent screenshot by Copeland of the same house from his original Herobrine screenshot.

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  A typical Herobrine «sighting».

See also

• First Herobrine thread on Minecraft Forums: http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/show-your-creation/fan-art/other-fan-art/1582915-video-proof-of-him (archive)
• Wikipedia article on Gameknight999, a best-selling series of unofficial Minecraft adventure novels featuring Herobrine.

References