Color Coded for Your Convenience: Some of them have specially-colored robes depending on where they're found.Ambiguously Human: They look more like Neanderthals than normal humans.The more the player makes trades with the villagers, the more items they will offer in future deals. As of snapshot 12w21a, they will buy and sell items to the player. With the advent of randomly-generated NPC villages comes these guys. While he can carry up to 2304 1 m 3 blocks of solid gold (over 50,000 tons, totaling about one eighth the mass of the Empire State Building) without even slowing down, it's possible for him to be unable to carry more than 4.9 kg of materials if his inventory is entirely filled with feathers. Super Strength / Hyperspace Arsenal: Zig Zagged.Magnet Hands: It is possible for him to climb ladders backwards with a block of sand in his hand.Or when wielding normal weaponry and carrying around potions. Magic Knight: When wearing enchanted armor and carrying enchanted weapons.Insistent Terminology / Spell My Name with an "S": Notch has said via his twitter that the Minecraft default player's name is "Steve?", not Steve.Using other melee weapons like axes are possible, but inefficient and pointless. Heroes Prefer Swords: Various swords are Steve?'s main weapons.Badass: Punches down trees, swims up waterfalls, builds entire towns, carts around thousands of pounds of equipment, slaughters hundreds of monsters with nothing more powerful than swords and a bow, travels to (the) Hell(-like region), the list goes on.The Aloner: Only applies to single-player.The player character, who wakes up on an island and does whatever he wants.