ModsJava
SkinTLS
Mod that forces Minecraft to load player skins and Mojang-hosted capes over HTTPS for secure and reliable texture fetching.
⬇ Download on ModrinthFix Mojang Skins over HTTPS
Tired of broken skins or errors when loading player textures? This mod fixes the issue by forcing all Minecraft skin requests to use HTTPS instead of plain HTTP.
Features
- Works with the vanilla skin system and any mods that rely on Mojang’s
textures.minecraft.netCDN. - Automatically rewrites insecure HTTP requests to HTTPS — no extra setup required.
- Keeps your game future-proof, since modern servers and networks often block or break HTTP traffic.
Why you need this
Some environments and mods break when Minecraft tries to fetch textures over HTTP. With this mod installed, skins (and Mojang-hosted capes) will always load securely, in every mod that uses the standard texture downloader.
Compatibility
- Compatible with all skin and cosmetic mods that rely on the vanilla downloader.
- Fixes incorrect skin loading in Essential by patching the underlying Mojang request system.
- Does not interfere with custom external CDN mods (OptiFine, CustomSkinLoader, etc.).
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as SkinTls-1.0-1.21.8.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 949 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.