Minecraft has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Kids and adults everywhere are mining, crafting, and Minecrafting together in multiplayer worlds; players build social skills, improve their problem-solving abilities, and exercise their creativity when building together online. There are so many reasons why Minecraft is good for you it’s astounding.
On a public internet server, players can collaborate to build bigger and better things than they could have made alone; however, you can’t control exactly who connects to the public servers and thus who your child is interacting with online. Good news! By setting up your own server, you can know exactly who’s connecting with and playing in your child’s worlds.
We created some directions to get you started hosting your own Minecraft server for your student. These were created using iD Game Plan, the same learning management system that students use at camp.
Before you try to do any of this at home, these instructions are meant for parents who are helping their kids. Thus, kids MUST get parent permission and choose a time when they can supervise and help. Setting up and running an online server means that anyone with your external IP address will be able to join your server and play in your Minecraft world. Think carefully about who you invite to play on your server!
Make sure you’re keeping track of who you and your child are inviting to play on your server. The best way to keep your server safe and happy is to only invite players you know in real life. Plenty of people on the internet are nice, but by limiting your server to people you’ve met, you won’t have any surprises with who your kids are encountering.
- Launch Minecraft and select Multiplayer. Open the multiplayer menu. …
- Click Add Server.
- In the Server Address box, enter the host server’s address and click Done. This might be an IP address, or a URL. …
- Wait for the server to connect, and when it appears in the list, select it and click Join Server.
How To Join A Minecraft Server On Java Edition! (How To Join Minecraft Servers On 1.18)
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We have a video tutorial on how to connect to your Minecraft server:
If you would like to join a Minecraft PC / Java Edition server, there are a few things to consider:
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to connect to a server such as Hypixel with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
When the Minecraft server you want to connect to is not on your local network, you will have to add the server to your game. Lets explore how to do this.
HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR SERVER ADDRESS (IP & PORT)
To get started, you need to identify the address of the server you want to join. If you own a Shockbyte server, you can find your server address on your Multicraft server panel (https://mc.shockbyte.com). This will be labeled as “Server Address” as shown in the screenshot below.
In the example above, the server address is 192.168.2.1:12345. Breaking this down, the server IP is the set of numbers before the “:” symbol, and after this are the last five numbers which are the server port.
FAQ
How do I join someone’s server in Java?
Log into Minecraftand click Multiplayer on the main menu, Click Add Serverand enter the IP or web address of the server. Tip: If you don’t know the IP of a server, thousands of public servers can be located by doing a web search for something that suits your style of play.
How do you connect to other servers on Minecraft?
- Find a server on a Minecraft server listing website.
- Read the descriptions and pick one you like. …
- Start Minecraft, click Multiplayer and click Add Server. …
- You will be taken back to the server list. …
- Click the server, click Join Server.
Why can’t I connect to any servers on Minecraft Java?
How do you connect to a server by IP in Minecraft?
- Open Minecraft on your computer.
- Click on the option for ‘Direct Connect’
- Paste or type in the Server IP address (this may also be a domain name as well)
- Click ‘Join Server’