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• This article is about the feature in Rayman fan games. For the costumes in official games, see skin, or list of heroes and costumes in UbiArt games.

Skins are alternative appearances available in various Rayman fan games, sometimes changing the playable character to a different one without altering anything other than their looks. Notable fan games with skins include Rayman Redemption and Rayman ReDesigner, featuring many costumes for Rayman, and different appearances for Bzzit and the checkpoints.

In Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror

Rayman, Dark Rayman and Mr Dark are available as playable characters, although they're all counted as Rayman and behave exactly like him, thus being nothing more than skins. However, their animations have some differences, such as Mr Dark transforming himself into his hat and shoes to crawl and shooting magic projectiles instead of a fist. Their projectiles also have unique sprites, including for the charged attacks, the Gold Fist, the Ice Fist and the Fire Fist.

The player can select the skins from the Magician's bonus shop.

Image	Name	Unlock criteria
Rayman	Rayman	Default.
Dark Rayman	Dark Rayman	Unlocked in the Magician's bonus shop by completing Dark Storm.
Mr Dark	Mr Dark	Unlocked in the Magician's bonus shop by getting every collectible.

In Rayman Redemption

Many skins were added to the unofficial remake of Rayman 1 as a new feature, possibly as an homage to Rayman M and Arena, and the UbiArt games. The player can thus pick different appearances for Rayman, Bzzit, and the checkpoints. The skins have various unlocking criteria, or can be simply found in some areas which is mostly the case for Bzzit's skins. All of Rayman's skins can alternatively be unlocked by entering the "SKIN!WIZ" cheat code.

The skins are selected from their dedicated category in the pause menu. In the game's other settings, the player can activate or deactivate skin effects. These are purely cosmetic, altering the looks of Rayman's fist, most notably changing it to the corresponding laser-washing powders power when using their skins.

Note that the checkpoint skins do not matter in Bzzit's levels as the Photographer appears without his photoboard. In Demise mode, the Photographer disappears and his photoboards are blocked by some wooden planks, thus making the checkpoint skins barely visible or worth purchasing aside from completion purposes.

List of Rayman skins

Image	Name	Unlock criteria	Notes
Rayman	Rayman	Default.	Rayman's classic appearance from Rayman 1.
Japanese Rayman	Blue Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 200 Tings.	This skin is a reference to Rayman's Japanese appearance, having a blue torso instead of a purple one.
Vortex Rayman	Vortex Suit	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings.	Rayman's Vortex laser-washing powder from Rayman 3. Replaces the fist with the Vortex's glove if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Heavy Metal Fist Rayman	HeavyMetal Suit	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings.	Rayman's Heavy Metal Fist laser-washing powder from Rayman 3. Replaces the fist with the Heavy Metal Fist's metallic glove if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
LockJaw Rayman	LockJaw Suit	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings.	Rayman's LockJaw laser-washing powder from Rayman 3. Replaces the fist with the LockJaw's metal jaws and their chains if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Shock Rocket Rayman	ShockRocket Suit	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings.	Rayman's Shock Rocket laser-washing powder from Rayman 3. Replaces the fist with the Shock Rocket's missile if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Throttle Copter Rayman	SuperHeli Suit	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings.	Rayman's Throttle Copter laser-washing powder from Rayman 3. Replaces the fist with the Throttle Copter's purple glove if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Livingstone Rayman	Livingstone Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Forest Medallion has been completed.	Make Rayman appear similar to the Livingstones.
Rockstar Rayman	Rockstar Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Music Medallion has been completed.	Make Rayman appear similar to the Red monster and Redbots. Changes the fist's color to red if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Aurora Rayman	Aurora Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Aurora Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman some colors reminiscent of the Blue Mountains's aurora borealis.
Space Rayman	Space Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Paint Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman the colors of Space Mama and of her space henchmen.
Spider Rayman	Spider Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Cave Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman some of the spiders' colors.
Chess Rayman	Chess Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Toy Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman some colors reminiscent of the chessboard theme found in Playtopia.
Clown Rayman	Clown Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 300 Tings once the Candy Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman some colors resembling the clowns in Candy Château, including a red clown nose.
Dark Rayman	Dark Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 500 Tings once the End of the World has been completed.	Gives Rayman the appearance of Dark Rayman, including his fist if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings. If this skin is used when the actual Dark Rayman is present, the latter will switch to the GBC Dark Rayman skin.
Fraykenstein's Monster	Fraykenstein’s Monster	Purchasable in the Shop for 500 Tings once the End of the World has been completed.	A Halloween-themed skin inspired by Frankenstein's monster and resembling Dark Rayman. Rayman's fist will appear like a big greenish Frankenstein monster hand if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings. The hand is also used as the delete icon when using the save file deletion feature.
Jack-o-Ray	Jack-o-Ray	Purchasable in the Shop for 500 Tings once the End of the World has been completed.	An Halloween-themed skin inspired by pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, and resembling Dark Rayman. Rayman's fist will appear green if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Ed Rayman	Tonic Rayman	Can be either won randomly at the Casino or unlocked by entering the "TONCTRBL" cheat code.	Gives Rayman colors referencing Ed from Tonic Trouble, and Rayman's fist will appear pink if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Plum-Man	Plum-Man	Unlocked by completing all of the Magician's Challenges, excluding Dark Magician's Challenge, Boss Rush and the True Boss Rush, or by entering the "GLACKUM1" cheat code.	Gives Rayman an appearance referencing both the plums' colors and Glackum, a Rayman speedrunner whose avatar is a Livingstone's head stuck in a plum. The helicopter hair appears much smaller and the fist will be light-green if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
SNES Prototype Rayman	SNES Rayman	Can be collected as the reward for beating the True Boss Rush.	Gives Rayman his appearance from Rayman 1' cancelled SNES prototype albeit with bigger proportions. As a result, most of the animations appear different, including the fist if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Headdy Rayman	Dynamite Rayman	Can be won randomly at the Casino.	Gives Rayman colors referencing Headdy from Dynamite Headdy, and Rayman's fist will appear yellow if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Game Boy Color Dark Rayman	GBC Dark Rayman	Purchasable in the Shop for 500 Tings once the Dark Medallion has been completed.	Gives Rayman the appearance of Dark Rayman from the Game Boy Color version of Rayman, including his fist if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings. If this skin is used when the actual Dark Rayman is fought in the True Boss Rush, the latter will switch to his regular Dark Rayman skin as his altered appearance would otherwise be identical to the GBC skin used by the player.
Dark Magician Rayman	Dark Magician Rayman	Can be collected after talking to the Dark Magician in the Dark Magician's Challenge if Rayman broke all of the cages during this bonus stage, which will destroy the Magic Wall normally blocking his area.	Gives Rayman colors referencing the Dark Magician from Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror, which is similar to Dark Rayman. Rayman's fist will have slightly different colors if the skin effects aren't disabled in the settings.
Rayman 2 Prototype Rayman	HD Rayman	Awarded for obtaining all of the achievements.	Gives Rayman his appearance from the 2D cancelled prototype of Rayman 2. This skin can be available at any point in the game due to achievements being saved in a separate file, thus making it possible to carry over to any new save file. Note that the game won't notify the player when the skin is unlocked.

List of Bzzit skins

Image	Name	Unlock criteria	Notes
Bzzit	Bzzit	Default, playable once Rayman rides Bzzit for the first time in Anguish Lagoon.	Bzzit's classic appearance from Rayman 1.
	Greenskito	Can be collected in The Highest Peak.	Gives Bzzit some green and light-blue colors.
	Moskito	Can be collected in Between a Rock and a Hard Place.	Replaces Bzzit with Moskito's appearance.
Beeskito	Beeskito	Can be collected in the Candy Armada.	Gives Bzzit the colors of a bee. Bzzit takes this appearance when fought during the True Boss Rush.
	Dark Moskito	Can be collected in the End of the World during the Dark Rayman fight.	Replaces Bzzit with Dark Moskito's appearance. Moskito takes this appearance during his fight in the True Boss Rush.

List of checkpoint skins

Image	Name	Unlock criteria	Notes
Classic Checkpoint	Classic	Default, first encountered in the second section of Pink Plant Woods.	The classic beach checkpoint photoboard from Rayman 1.
Designer Checkpoint	Designer	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings.	The classic handyman checkpoint photoboard from Rayman Designer.
Junior Checkpoint	Junior	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings.	The classic graduation checkpoint photoboard from Rayman Junior.
Snack Checkpoint	Snack	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings.	The classic hamburger and ice cream checkpoint photoboard from English with Rayman.
Livingstone Checkpoint	Livingstone	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Forest Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a running tall livingstone in the area of Moskito's Nest where Moskito is fought.
Greenboi Checkpoint	Greenboi	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Music Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a flying moth in Bongo Hills.
Stoneman Checkpoint	Stoneman	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Aurora Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a stone man watering some of the Dream Forest's flowers in the Blue Mountains.
Spaceman Checkpoint	Spaceman	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Paint Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a space pirate posing on his flying frying pan in the space setting of Space Mama's Crater.
Spider Checkpoint	Spider	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Cave Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a spider climbing between two walls in the Caves of Skops.
Jack Checkpoint	Jack	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Toy Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a jester in Playtopia. Despite the name, the jester represented isn't the friendly Jack.
Clown Checkpoint	Clown	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Candy Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of a hammer clown in Candy Château.
Mr. Dark Checkpoint	Mr. Dark	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the Dark Medallion has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of Mr Dark in the area where he is first fought in Mr Dark's Dare.
SNES Checkpoint	SNES	Purchasable in the Shop for 100 Tings once the End of the World has been completed.	A photoboard depicting the body of Rayman as he appeared in the cancelled SNES prototype of the original Rayman, playing his music box somewhere inside the prototype's virtual world.

In Rayman ReDesigner

All the skins from Rayman Redemption return in Rayman ReDesigner, all of them being unlocked by default and also available to select from the main menu. However, skin effects can no longer be disabled.

A custom skin system for Rayman is implemented since version 1.1.0. Custom skins and fists can be created by players and added to the game through the custom folder as png files, and one can then be selected from the end of the skin list. Custom fists are selected automatically and thus their files shouldn't be renamed. User-made skins can be downloaded and shared through a dedicated section on Rayman Redistributor.

However, the skins based on the laser-washing powders from Rayman 3 are no longer selectable due to becoming gameplay features, behaving similarly to their official counterparts. On the other hand, they can be kept for an infinite duration when absorbing the power of a golden laser-washing powder, being permanent unless cancelled by a curse cleaner or by going through an exit, or by having their effects replaced by another laser-washing powder.

The appearance of the fist for the laser-washing powders was also refined, the Vortex gaining a wide green swirling aura, the Heavy Metal Fist obtaining the speed fist's particles, and the Shock Rocket having a thinner and more polished missile design. A brand new laser-washing powder was introduced to Rayman ReDesigner: the Super Jump, featuring purple and red colors, and a higher jump ability as an homage to the Power Jump Shoes from Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror. It uses the same purple fist as the Throttle Copter.

The Robot Dinosaur mount has an alternative dark appearance which appears as a mount for Dark Rayman when he chases Rayman while the latter is riding the robotic Dinosaur, although it cannot be selected by the player as a skin. Dark Moskito also appears as Dark Rayman's ride when Rayman is riding Bzzit, and Dark Rayman himself will again change his appearance to his Game Boy Color skin should the player pick the Dark Rayman costume for Rayman.

Trivia

• A character selection interface and many more playable characters were planned for Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror, including the Magician, Dark Magician, a Magic Minion, Tarayzan or Joe. The first feature can be seen in action in the game's early trailers, and some of its textures are retained in the definitive game. In the final game's internal files, some "work in progress" skins can be found, including Dark Magician Rayman, Tarayzan, Joe, plus an unknown character replaced by the "WIP" abbreviation vertically, and an empty slot. None of them ended up completed, although Tarayzan does have a sprite but with no animations, and the Dark Magician Rayman skin available in Rayman Redemption and Rayman ReDesigner is clearly a remake of the incompleted Dark Ray skin planned for Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror. The latter was changed to a more detailed and vibrant appearance, the torso's black color was changed to red while the red scarf became black, and the red eyes and ring became purple.
• The scrapped Dark Magician Rayman skin was also the first iteration of a Dark Magician-related character having a pale grey complexion, before the Dark Magician himself changed to that skin tone in Rayman Redemption and Rayman ReDesigner.
• Various skins were different in Rayman Redemption's early development, including Blue Rayman who retained the red scarf instead of a yellow one, and SNES Rayman only changing Rayman's colors. A file containing the latter was eventually given to a certain user by Ryemanni, so the early skin could be preserved and turned into a custom skin for Rayman ReDesigner on Rayman Redistributor.
• Despite Dark Rayman changing his appearance if the player uses an identical skin Rayman Redemption, his icon will still not change during his boss battles.
• Prior to versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 in Rayman ReDesigner, Dark Rayman's skin would change to his Game Boy Color appearance when using the SNES Rayman skin instead of the Dark Rayman one.

External links

• Video showcase of the Rayman: The Dark Magician's Reign of Terror skins
• Rayman Redemption – Full list of secrets (Skins)
• Rayman Redistributor
• Rayman ReDesigner content sharing page

See also

• List of cheats in Rayman Redemption