Realms

Minecraft Realms is a work-in-progress feature that allows players to create and manage their own private server without prior knowledge of the concepts for hosting on the internet. Hosted by Mojang, Realms provides an easy and faster way to create Minecraft servers and allows the owner to manage their Realm from inside the game. However, Realms are not intended for large public servers, but for groups of friends or as a family server.

Requirements
Realms is a service that can only be used by players with the following requirements:


 * You must have a Mojang account
 * You must have a premium copy of Minecraft
 * You must have a working internet connection
 * System Requirements:
 * Windows, Linux, or Mac
 * Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 64 (KB) 2.6GHz
 * 2 GB RAM
 * 150 MB HDD
 * GeForce 200 Series or equivalent
 * Java (Java SE 6 Update 32, or Java SE 7 Update 4 or newer)

Subscriptions
Manage your subscriptions here.

Realms is a service that needs a paid subscription to use. The link above will take you to you Mojang account page and will allow you to extend a current Realm or buy a new one. There are two types of subscriptions: Auto-renew and manual-renew. Auto-renew subscriptions automatically renew the Realms subscription every 30 days without you having to do a thing (this can be cancled.) Manual-renew subscriptions need to be renewed manually and come in 30-day, 60-day, and 180-day packages.

Managing a Realm
'''NOTE: The Realms button now shows whether or not you have been invited to / bought a Realm. Tutorials will be updated soon.'''

If you own a Realm, it can sometimes be slightly confusing what buttons do what. Here is a quick overview of the Realms menu:

Trivia

 * The Mojang blog closing signature was signed // The Minecraft and Minecraft Realms teams instead of the usual // The Minecraft team starting with the blog Minecraft Snapshot 13w09a.

Issues
The best way to report Realms bugs is to email the Realms support address, linked in the infobox above.

Version History
The following shows what different Minecraft updates did to Realms.

Availability
The following chart shows when Realms was introduced in the respective countries.