Learn how to play Minecraft with friends by setting up a multiplayer server or joining a Realm. Create unforgettable memories and enjoy epic adventures with your friends in the virtual world.
Minecraft is one of the most addictive modern games. This virtually endless cubic world can be explored and built on for hours, even solo. But doing it with friends is much more fun! In this guide, we will tell you in detail how to play Minecraft with a friend online and how to make a Minecraft server to play with friends.
How to open your world for LAN play with friends
If you and your friend are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and have the same version of Minecraft installed, you can open your world for co-op play. To do this:
- Create a new world or enter an existing one.
- Press ESC and select Open to Network.
- Select the settings for other players and click “Open to the Network”.
- The port number will appear in the lower left corner of the screen – remember it.
- Go to the desktop, press Win+R and enter “cmd” in the window that appears.
- In the command line that opens, enter “ipconfig”.
- Among the data that appears, find the IPv4 address and copy it.
- Next, your friend should go to the main menu, select “Network game”, and then “By address”.
- In the line that appears, you must first enter the IPv4 address, and then the port number separated by a colon.
Done! Now you can play together in your world.
How to Make a Minecraft Server to Play with Friends
This method will help you open up the world to play with friends who are not on the same network as you.
- Download and run the Hamachi program.
- Press the power button. When you first launch the program, it will ask you to register – do so.
- Click on the “Create a new Network” button. In the window that opens, enter the Network name and its password, write down this data and click “Create”
- Go to Minecraft, create a new world or enter an existing one. Open it for online play as described in the previous method.
- Now your friend should open Hamachi and click “Connect to an existing Network”.
- In the window that opens, you need to enter the Network ID and password that you created in step 3.
- Next, your friend should go to the main menu of Minecraft, select “Network game”, and then “At address”.
- In the line that appears, you need to enter the IPv4 address and port number separated by a colon.
Now you can play Minecraft with a friend on the same server.
How to play with a friend on the same server in Minecraft
You can also play with friends on one of the thousands of existing servers. To do this:
- Select the appropriate server.
- Copy his IP.
- In the main menu of Minecraft, select “Network game”, “By address”. In the line that appears, enter the server address.
Now you can play with a friend on the same server in Minecraft.
How to play with a friend online on your phone
Let’s figure out how to play Minecraft with a friend on your phone. And if with Android everything is quite simple and free, then iPhone users will have to pay. But we will consider everything in more detail below. And we will also remind you that the methods we described are definitely suitable for the licensed version of Minecraft, but may not always work with pirated copies.
Android
The first way is via Bluetooth. This will work if you are in the same room and the devices are located nearby. It is also the most reliable option if you have a pirated version.
Here’s how to do it:
- Turn on Bluetooth on both phones;
- Connect them to each other;
- Log into Minecraft from your first device and create a world to play;
- Allow network connection;
- Log in to the game from a second smartphone to automatically connect to the world.
The second option is to create an access point on your phone. This will only work if your mobile operator plan includes Internet distribution, so check this option first.
If everything is ok, then follow the instructions:
- Go to network settings on the first smartphone;
- Create a hotspot (don’t forget to protect it with a password);
- From the second device, connect to the access point;
- Launch Minecraft on the first phone and generate a world;
- Allow connection to it over the network;
- Log in to the game from the second phone;
- Open the Network Play section and join a world.
The third option is even simpler – you just need to connect to one Wi-Fi network. This is suitable if you are at home with a friend and want to mine cubes during a sleepover or instead of homework.
To play you need:
- Connect both phones to Wi-Fi from one router;
- On one smartphone, generate a world and allow connection;
- On the second one, go to the “Network game” section and connect to the world.
If your friend is quite far away and it is not possible to gather in one place, you can use the Multiplayer for Minecraft PE utility. You can download it from Google Play for free. To connect, click the plus icon on the main screen and create your server. Then invite your friend in any way and launch the game.
iOS
But with iOS, everything is more complicated. It is not enough for you to have Minecraft itself on your iPhone, you also need to install the Multiplayer for Minecraft PE utility . Unlike its Android version, it is paid on iOS, but it is available in the Russian AppStore and costs 249 rubles. Not that expensive, if you compare it with the game itself.
Here’s how to create a world to play with a friend:
- Launch Minecraft and minimize the application (do not close it);
- Launch Multiplayer for Minecraft PE;
- Enable the Join PocketMine option;
- Create a local server to play with a friend;
- On the second smartphone, go to Multiplayer for Minecraft PE;
- Join the desired server;
- Enter the game and connect to the newly created server from both smartphones.
After that, you can easily play with a friend online. You don’t even have to be nearby, just share your connection details. We’ve outlined several ways to play Minecraft with friends on your PC or phone. Use them if you’re having trouble.