Realms

Minecraft Realms is an official subscription-based server hosting service that allows players to create and manage their own private Minecraft servers. Hosted by Mojang, Realms provides an easy and fast way to create servers and allows the owner to manage them from inside the game, without prior knowledge of the concepts for hosting on the Internet. In Java Edition, Realms also allows players to choose from a list of minigames to play temporarily, as well as several pre-made world templates, adventure maps, experience maps, and inspiration maps. Maps are updated by Mojang approximately every two weeks. 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 that meet these requirements :


 * The player must have a Mojang account or Xbox Live account and must have a premium copy of Minecraft: Java Edition or Bedrock Edition
 * The player must have a working Internet connection
 * The player must be age 13 years or older to join the Minecraft Realms community

Subscriptions

 * Manage the Realms subscriptions here.

Realms is a subscription-based service. The link above will take the player to their Mojang account page and will allow them to extend a current Realm or buy a new one ($7.99 per month for Java Edition, and $3.99 per month for Bedrock Edition).

There are two types of subscriptions: Auto-renew and manual-renew. Auto-renew subscriptions automatically renew the Realms subscription every 30 days without the player having to do a thing (this can be canceled). Manual-renew subscriptions need to be renewed manually and come in 30-day, 90-day, and 180-day packages for Java, as well as two-friend and ten-friend packages for Bedrock.

All players are able to have a 30-day free Realms trial, providing they have not had a free trial on their Mojang account before.

Maps
Within the Java Edition Realms service, users can choose to temporarily replace their world with a Minigame or permanently replace their world with maps from the following categories: World templates, Adventures, Experiences, or Inspiration. Most commands or options cannot be used while the realm is running a minigame. These maps are selected from community submissions by the Minecraft Content Team. Certain maps may not be available on Realms due to being phased out or incompatible with the current update.

Minigames
Minigames are temporary games designed to be played and reset continuously.

Adventures
Adventures are maps designed for long term play.

World templates
World templates are maps designed for usage as custom survival world spawns. Normal terrain generates beyond the hand-made spawn area.

Experiences
Experiences are maps designed for observation and exploration. These maps lack a goal that the player is actively working towards completing.

Inspiration
Inspiration maps are designed to inspire others to create new things in Minecraft. These maps intend to encourage new and exciting builds for players to try themselves.

Limitations
Although Realms is hosted by Mojang, and therefore safe and secure, it has some limitations. These limitations can be avoided by using standalone server software or a third-party hosting website.


 * Only whitelisted servers with up to ten players at once are allowed. Invite links can be used to make a Realm public, but only ten players can be online at one time.
 * Players cannot be invited/uninvited or opped/deopped in-game - they must quit to the menu to do this.
 * All players are de-opped - even the host - while in a mini-game.
 * Minecraft must be running to configure your Realm.
 * Realms cannot be used in old versions of the game, snapshots, or betas.
 * Players will get kicked for inactivity
 * Servers reset at midnight which can be annoying for AFKing
 * Users under the age of 16 need parental consent to play on Realms.
 * This is due to GDPR.
 * To set up parental consent on an account, visit minecraft.net/update-account.

Java Edition
As of Java Edition 1.7.10, Realms has its own versioning system. Below is a changelog of all those updates:

Minecraft version history
Originally, Realms updates were tied into regular Minecraft updates, until the release of 1.7.10. Below is a changelog of all those updates.

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

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.