Tutorials/Minecraft Realms

The following tutorials - "Owner's Guide" and "User's Guide" provide information on how to set up and use a realm, as well as how to join a realm.

Owner's Guide
'''WARNING: Do not use any resource packs when in the Realms menus! Resource Packs currently do not support the necessary textures!'''

If you purchase a Realms subscription, you will see the Minecraft Realms button appear on your main menu. NOTE: The button only appears if you are playing the newest official released version, which at the moment is.

Once you click on the Realms button, you will see something like picture 1, but without any Realms to choose. Simply follow the "Create Realm" button, give your Realm a name and a description, set the difficulty, etc. and you're ready to roll! Once you see your Realm pop up in the list, you can go ahead and double-click to play it, or you can linger a little longer and explore the "Configure" screen.

The Configure button is only able to be clicked if you have a Realm you have purchased and own selected (so you cannot modify others' Realms.) Once you go into the configuration menu, you will see something like picture 2. Here, you can completely manage your Realm, as well as view your remaining subscription time (explained in the Subscriptions section.) On the very left, you see a black box with Invite and Uninvite buttons. If you click the invite button, you can choose a player name, type it in, and click ok. This will "Whitelist" that player to the Realm and they will be able to access it (see User's Guide section for more.) You can highlight an invited player's name and click the Uninvite button to "un-whitelist" them, thereby blocking their access to your Realm.

Below the whitelist, there's an option to close your realm. This effectively acts as a switch to turn the server on/off. When off, as the name implies, no one can access the server; not even the owner.

Now for the right side. On top, you see an Edit Settings... button. Click this, and you'll be able to edit the name, description, difficulty and game mode of your Realm. Click the done button, and your changes will automatically be saved.

Next row down consists of two buttons: Backups and Reset Realm. The Backups button does what the title suggests: lets you access backups of your Realm (see picture 3.) The Minecraft Realms service regularly backs up your Realm, allowing you to revert to a previous world state if something goes terribly wrong. Currently, this is done whenever the server is idle, however in a future update this will change to a fully automatic/scheduled backup. Go into the screen, and you can restore your Realm to a previously saved backup, or download the latest backup directly to your computer.

To the right of the Backups button is the Reset Realm button. This will reset your world, allowing you to start over if you want to. You can revert to a previous world if it is still on the backups list, but other than that the change is permanent. You also have the ability to specify a seed, or pick from a list of custom maps one that you wish to play with (see pictures 4 and 5.)

Finally, on the bottom of the right clump is the "Subscription" button. This allows you to view your remaining subscription time for that Realm, as well as follow a link you can use to extend it. See the picture in the Subscriptions section for a visual.

Then, obviously, you have the Back button. You can figure out this one for yourself.





User's Guide
'''WARNING: Do not use any resource packs when in the Realms menus! Resource Packs currently do not support the necessary textures!'''

If you have been invited to a Realm by a Beta Tester, you will also see the Minecraft Realms button on your main menu. Click this and you will be taken to screen rather like picture 1. If you click on the letter up top, you will be taken to a screen somewhat like picture 2. You highlight the Realm and click accept. If you do, then the Realm will appear on your list and you can play it! If you reject, then your name will be taken back off the invited list unless the owner puts it back on.

The Realm is accessed through the Minecraft Realms button on your main menu. You can double-click on the Realm like you would join a server and you will connect. Also, you can choose to leave the Realm by highlighting it and clicking the Leave Realm button. You will then be shown with a warning message shown in picture 3. If you click yes, the Realm will disappear from your list, unless, as it states, the owner invites you again.