Efe

Efe

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Allies	Alex Ari Kai Makena Noor Steve Sunny Zuri
First appearance	The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?

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Efe is one of the nine default skins players can use in Minecraft, and the fifth to be introduced. They were first introduced in the cinematic What Will You Uncover? with Sunny, and has since become one of the main protagonists of the franchise.

Appearance

Efe is typically depicted with slim arms, and brown skin. They have a distinctive purple haircut, white eyes, garnet pupils, and brown lips. Notably, Efe is adorned with many gold trimmed items, including a gold earring, gold bracelet, gold belt buckle, and gold trimmed boots. Their outfit is a bluish-white cardigan on top of a black blouse, with high raised dark purple leather pants.

In the character creator, Efe has approximately eight items, the most of any default character.

Character Creator pieces used by Efe

Type	Category	Name	Image	Color			Rarity
Body	Bases	Efe Skin		Medium - Cool			Common
	Hairs	Efe's Hair		Soft Magenta
	Eyes	Standard Eyes		Iris	Eyebrows	Sclera
				Red - Dark	Soft Magenta	Minecraft White
	Mouths	Standard		Medium Dark - Cool
	Facial Hairs	None	—				—
	Arms	Default
	Legs
	Size	Height
		Medium
		Arm Size
		Wide
Style	Tops	Efe's Shirt					Common
	Bottoms	Efe's Pants
	Outerwears	Efe's Cardigan
	Headwears	None	—				—
	Gloves	Efe's Jewelry					Common
	Footwears	Efe Shoes
	Face Items	Efe's Earring
	Back Items	None	—				—

Variants

Name	Image	Texture	Description
Daydream Outfit		N/A	A brightly colored, detailed outfit given out through Realms Plus.
Efe (Oreville Studios)			A slightly more detailed version of Efe, featured in the map 15 Year Journey and promotions for the add-on Vibrant Memories.
Bandit Efe		N/A	Efe dressed as what appears to be a bandit, on the cover of Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book.

In official media

Mojang cinematics

Name	Screenshot	Description	Release date
The Wild Update: What Will You Uncover?		First appearance, exploring an ancient city with Sunny.	June 5, 2022
The Wild Update: Craft Your Path		Gathers around a campfire alongside Noor, Sunny, Steve and Alex, recounting the events of Where Will You Wander?	June 7, 2022
Introducing New Default Skins!		Appears fighting a horde of drowned, before grabbing a redstone torch and helping deliver it to a statue of a trader llama.	November 29, 2022
Minecraft Live is back for 2023!		Reading a book in a stronghold library with Ari, before being told of Minecraft Live returning by a supernatural conglomerate of pink petals.	September 13, 2023
A Tale of Two Friends		The tritagonist of the episode, sleeping for most of it. The premise is Efe has a camel trying to protect a snifflet and make sure it's there when they awake, adding a sense of urgency to the adventure.	October 21, 2023
Minecraft x Marketplace Pass		Major protagonist of the trailer, joining Zuri and Kai as they explore the wonders of the Marketplace, at one point transforming into a dinosaur, and then back into Efe.	March 13, 2024
Minecraft is turning 15 | Come celebrate with us!		Makes a cameo near the end of the video, riding a horse.	May 14, 2024
Tricky Trials Update Official Trailer		Supporting character, venturing into a trial chamber with a troop led by Steve, defeating several zombies with a splash potion.	June 13, 2024
The Garden Awakens - Official Trailer		Main protagonist, venturing into a pale garden with Kai and ending up chased by a creaking.	December 3, 2024

Marketplace

Name	Image	Description	Release date
15 Year Journey		Appears several times throughout the map, including in the hub and during the opening cutscene.	May 20, 2024
Time Capsule Add-On		Appears as part of an animation upon placing the capsule, emerging from the ground with a random hero and working together to build it.	May 16, 2025

Event servers

Name	Image	Description	Date
Trails & Tales Event		Appears on an interactive cardboard cutout, along with Zuri. Players can poke their heads through either and take pictures.	June 23, 2023 - June 25, 2023
Universal Studios Event		Once again appears as a cardboard cutout, this time in the Wall Street area, alongside what appears to be Steve in a hotdog costume.	December 19, 2023 - December 22, 2023

Books

Name	Image	Description	Release date
Minecraft Annual 2024		Appears on page 43, farming.	September 26, 2023
Minecraft: Mobspotter's Encyclopedia		Appears on page 25, evading a spider.	October 17, 2023
Minecraft: Beginner's Guide		Can be seen building with scaffolding on page 22.	March 5, 2024
Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book		Appears on page 17, firing a bow in a cherry grove with Kai, and page 18, participating in a fashion show.	March 28, 2024
LEGO Minecraft Ideas		Appears on the 47th path, as part of a build labeled the "Tiny Library."	June 18, 2024
Minecraft Annual 2025		The focus of pages 12 and 13, despite the page being dedicated to Sunny, doing various tasks and adventures in the Nether.	August 1, 2024
Minecraft Where's the Zombie		Appears on the cover, herding pigs in a mushroom field with Zuri.	August 29, 2024
Minecraft Idea a Day		Appears on the first page, gazing at a bamboo llama statue.	November 5, 2024

Games

Name	Image	Description	Release date
Choose Your Mode		Appears as one of the playable characters.	May 19, 2023
Microsoft Solitaire Collection		Appears in a unique theme as part of the 15th Anniversary, two versions of Efe serving as queens.	May 15, 2024
Microsoft Mahjong		Appears in a unique theme also released as part of the 15th Anniversary.	May 23, 2024

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19.3			22w45a				Added Efe.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.19.50			Preview 1.19.50.21				Added Efe.

Issues

Issues relating to "Efe" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In the YouTube short WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, Efe appears to have a voice, speaking with a masculine, young voice.^[1]
  • In another short, FIRST TIME IN THE DEEP DARK, Efe is depicted with a gruff voice.^[2]
• Despite not being usable as a skin in the map, Planet Earth III's marketing uses Efe.^[3]
• In June 2025, Efe appeared on a button for the Marketplace, promoting the introduction of the dynamic world Better on Bedrock to Marketplace Pass.

Gallery

Textures

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  Efe's texture.
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  A wide version of Efe's texture.
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  Efe's texture.^{[ Bedrock Edition only]}

Screenshots

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  Efe in spectator mode.
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  Efe crawling out of a hill.
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  Efe excavates a trail ruin.
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  Efe with Ari as Steve shows them a blue axolotl.
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  Efe swimming with a cyan axolotl.
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  Efe under a redstone lamp.
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  Efe below a ruined portal from underwater.
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  Efe holding calcite and blackstone among a rainbow background.
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  Efe above a large dripstone cave.
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  Efe bordering several biomes.
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  A creaking targeting Efe.

Mojang images

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  Efe excavating another trail ruin.
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  Efe confronted by a ravager.
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  Efe tinkering with a sticky piston.
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  The death of Efe.
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  Efe placing a sniffer egg in a lush cave.
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  Efe in the Day Dream outfit, the first character creator items available through Realms.
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  Ari being looked at by Ari.
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  Efe trying to tame a striped wolf.
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  Efe with a tamed striped wolf.
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  Efe fighting a breeze.
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  All seven characters introduced in 2022.^[4]
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  Efe watching Alex and Zuri fish.
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  Efe jumping off high point with a mace.
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  Efe falling through the air.
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  Efe missing a target and falling to the ground, dead.
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  Efe on Planet Earth 3.
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  Efe rowing past firefly bushes.
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  Efe fleeing from a creeper.
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  Efe surrounded by a bunch of cats.

Development images

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  Efe in a video explaining Minecraft's sound design, ringing a bell.
• Storyboards of Efe in Tricky Trials Official Trailer, showing them named and in discomfort.

Official artwork

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  Efe's profile.
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  Efe with the other heroes of Minecraft, stationed between Alex and Makena.
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  Efe highlighted.
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  Artwork of Efe used by Nintendo.^[5]
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  Efe with a tundra librarian, demonstrating frost walker.
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  Steve and Efe alongside many characters from across the Minecraft franchise, such as the Arch-Illager and a Piglin Runt.
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  Efe on the cover for Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack).
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  Efe on a wider version of the cover art.
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  Efe in artwork for the 15th anniversary of Minecraft.
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  Efe on artwork for Minecraft.net, celebrating the 15th anniversary.
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  Efe wearing the 15th Anniversary Cape with Sunny, Ari, Noor, Steve, and Alex.
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  Efe with Zuri and a creeper on common Minecraft artwork.
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  Efe evading several illagers on the cover for Minecraft.
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  Efe with SpongeBob and Patrick on the key ary for the SpongeBob SquarePants Add-On.
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  Efe on alternate key art for Moana 2.
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  Efe wearing a scouter.

Pixel art

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  Pixel art of Efe crafting a diamond sword.
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  Pixel art of Efe with a spyglass, used on the Minecraft Launcher.
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  Efe looking at many bookshelves.
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  Efe placing an enchanted book into a chiseled bookshelf.
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  Efe at an enchanting table.
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  Efe creeping up behind Makena.
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  Efe placing a zombie head behind Makena.
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  Makena being violently awoken by Efe.
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  Pixel art of Zuri, Noor, and Efe, used to represent Realms on Minecraft.net.
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  Pixel art of Efe to celebrate World Emoji Day.^[6]

Animated content

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  Efe and Sunny chasing a chicken through the deep dark.
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  Efe grabbing a chicken.
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  Efe fighting a swarm of the drowned underwater.
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  Efe cheering for the completion of the trader llama statue.
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  Efe at the end of Introducing New Default Skins!
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  Efe and Alex.
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  Efe hugging a snifflet.
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  Efe kills several undead mobs.

Social media

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  Efe in artwork for Arbor Day.
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  Efe chooses the "correct" path between two roads.
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  Efe chatting with a person on the sand in front of a farm.
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  Efe and Sunny in artwork for Minecraft Education.
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  Efe mining in a mineshaft.

Merchandise

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  Lego Efe.
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  21252 The Animal Sanctuary, the first LEGO Minecraft set to feature Efe.
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  Mini figure of Efe.
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  Efe figure of Flippin' Figs
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  Efe in a boat figure of Flippin' Figs

References

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