Demo Mode



The demo mode is a demo version of Minecraft for users who have not purchased the game yet and would like to try it out first, designed to replace the functionality of the outdated PC Gamer Minecraft demo.

The demo version of Minecraft can be played free-of-charge by registering a Mojang account and logging into the Minecraft launcher.

Functionality
The demo version functionally serves to allow players to try out the game before making the decision to buy Minecraft. It allows players to play on a single world for a 100 minutes (5 in-game days) period, before the map is locked, and required to be reset.

While the demo version does not expire, it comes with certain restrictions, as its sole purpose is to allow new players to try out Minecraft.

Restrictions
The following restrictions apply when playing the game in demo mode:
 * The demo map is preset and will always generate with the same seed which is.
 * This means that the player Spawn, Seed, and Generated structures are always the same.
 * Players are normally restricted to Survival mode.
 * However, the player can go to LAN and turn on cheats. Then the player can type /gamemode 1 to go to creative.
 * Multiplayer is inaccessible, although LAN is allowed.
 * The game time is limited to five in-game days (1 hour and 40 minutes real time). After the time runs out, players can still navigate through the world, but not interact with it. Resetting the demo world also resets the demo timer.

Console Edition
In the Console Edition, the demo game only allows access to the tutorial world. Players can buy skin packs and texture packs like normal, but only skin packs will be usable. The tutorial world cannot be saved in the demo, meaning that Creative Mode and Adventure Mode are unavailable.

Pocket Edition
A demo version of Pocket Edition Alpha 0.2.1 existed, but was not updated and was eventually removed from app stores. The demo was identical to the full version, but with the following changes:
 * Worlds cannot be saved. Upon clicking Play, players will be asked if they want to play in Creative Mode or Survival Mode without any world list shown whatsoever. Upon quitting, the world data will not be saved.
 * This also means seeds cannot be used, as they can in the full version of Alpha 0.2.1
 * The blocks that the player can use are limited. Only about half of the blocks in the game can be slected in the Creative inventory, and if the unusable blocks are collected in Survival Mode, they too cannot be selected.
 * There is a "Buy Game" button at the bottom of the title screen.

Trivia

 * The demo mode can be played by both paid players and players which are trying out the game.
 * It is possible to install modifications on the demo version.
 * Servers can be started with the --demo flag (This is technically what the launcher does). Everyone who joins the server will see the demo message.
 * If you try to play a demo version prior to 1.3 from the launcher using a non-premium account, you will be able to play the full version.
 * Typing in "North Carolina" in the seed screen of the full version will give the same world seed.
 * If you exit the game without clicking "Save & Quit", the game will not save.
 * If you transferred your Minecraft shortcut and directory to a another by a hard drive/disc/etc., it will still be in the demo version, and your previous worlds will not appear.
 * (Prior to 1.9) You can access the server list by enabling cheats and teleporting yourself past the edge of the world in creative. You can't join servers due to an invalid session.