Starbound Change | Character Appearance Mod Work

The most popular mods—such as Universal Uncrafter (which includes a mirror) and Appearance Changer / Image Changer—work by adding a craftable in-game object (like a locker, mirror, or vending machine).

When you interact with this object:

Best example: Appearance Changer (Continued) – a clean, no-frills mirror object.

Yes, but with conditions:

If you join a vanilla server (no mods), you won’t have access to the appearance object. However, if you change your look in single-player then join a multiplayer server, the new look will persist.

Starbound does not natively allow players to change a character’s species, hair, clothing colors, or body type after character creation. Third-party mods circumvent this limitation using scripted commands, item-based triggers, or database edits. This report explains the technical and gameplay mechanisms behind these mods.

These mods add a new item, NPC, or station that: starbound change character appearance mod work

Example mods:

This is where things get tricky. Changing character appearance via mods on a dedicated server depends entirely on server-side configuration.

Cause: Outdated Lua script for UI callbacks.
Fix: Update to the mod’s 1.4.4+ version. Old mods rely on player.setSpecies() which was deprecated. New mods use world.sendEntityMessage(). The most popular mods—such as Universal Uncrafter (which

Some mods (like Appearance Enhancer) wrap around the vanilla player.config and intercept identity loading. They:

All are available on the Steam Workshop or Chucklefish Forums: