He was never removed.
Herobrine: Recrafted brings the legendary figure into Minecraft through rare sightings, a survival summoning ritual and a cinematic boss encounter. His familiar appearance is preserved, with custom animations, glowing white eyes, atmospheric sound and music.
Watch for unusual figures while exploring. Collect Code Fragments from sightings, eligible Hollow encounters and selected loot chests, then craft the Removed Eye.
Build an altar with a 3×3 gold-block base, a ring of eight mossy cobblestone blocks, netherrack in the center and four redstone torches, one on each side. Use the Removed Eye on the central netherrack, then ignite it.
The in-game notes provide further guidance, and the altar tells you which components are missing.
Herobrine: Recrafted works independently. Creepypasta: Recrafted is not required.
Install the matching Forge version, place the Herobrine: Recrafted .jar file in your mods folder and launch the game using your Forge profile.