BedrockConnect is a minimal Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server software that provides a server-list solution to players. Players can connect to any Bedrock Edition game servers, along with storing and managing an in-game list of their servers.
This is primarily used for players on the game console version of the game (Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, etc) where a serverlist to connect to 3rd-party servers is not natively available inside the game. This project aims to provide a quick straight forward solution that any player can setup directly on their game console without having to download anything.
Here's a small demo of it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz-XYXAxd8Q
BedrockConnect is and always has been free and open-source since its release in 2019. To ensure you are using the free tool/servers provided by this project, only use or download BedrockConnect resources found on this page/repository. We do NOT have an official mobile app on the Apple/Google Play store, and any app with the same name is NOT associated with this project.
Below are instructions for setting up BedrockConnect on your game console, it typically takes only a few minutes to get setup and requires no downloads.
There are two primary methods available to join BedrockConnect:
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Nintendo Switch:
- Go into your console's internet settings, and set the primary DNS to 104.238.130.180 and secondary DNS to 8.8.8.8
- Open Minecraft and go to the "Servers" tab. Join a redirect-compatible featured server to open BedrockConnect
- Redirect-compatible servers: Mineville, Lifeboat, Enchanted, Galaxite, The Hive
- Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zalT_oR1nPM
Xbox:
- Go into your console's internet settings, and set the primary DNS to 104.238.130.180 and secondary DNS to 8.8.8.8
- Open Minecraft and go to the "Servers" tab. Join a redirect-compatible featured server to open BedrockConnect
- Redirect-compatible servers: Mineville, Lifeboat, Enchanted, Galaxite, The Hive
- Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mHvasVHMs
PlayStation:
- Go into your console's internet settings, and set the primary DNS to 45.55.68.52 and secondary DNS to 8.8.8.8 (See 'How to change DNS' guides below)
- Open Minecraft and go to the "Servers" tab. Join a redirect-compatible featured server to open BedrockConnect
- Redirect-compatible servers: Mineville, Lifeboat, Enchanted, Galaxite, The Hive
How to change DNS on PS5 (Click to expand)
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In the PS5 home screen, go to "Settings" and then "Network"
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Select "Settings" and choose "Set up internet connection"
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In "Advance Settings", set the "DNS settings" to "Manual"
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Enter 45.55.68.52 for the primary DNS and 8.8.8.8 for the secondary DNS, and select "Ok"
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Wait for connection to test
How to change DNS on PS4 (Click to expand)
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In the PS4 home screen, go to "Settings" and then "Network"
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Select "Set up internet connection"
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Select your internet's connection type
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When prompted for how to set up the internet connection, select "Custom"
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Select your connection from the list
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Select "Automatic" for "IP address settings"
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Select "Do not specify" for "DHCP host name"
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For the "DNS settings" screen, select “Manual”
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Enter 45.55.68.52 for the primary DNS and 8.8.8.8 for the secondary DNS, and click "Next"
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Select "Automatic" for "MTU settings"
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Select "Do not use" for "Proxy server"
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Test connection
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(This method utilizes MCXboxBroadcast to supply this join option)
NOTE - The bots for this method have limited friend slots and can be prone to slow down due to limitations set by Microsoft's friend system. It is recommended to first try the "DNS Method" before resorting to this method, as the "DNS Method" does not suffer from the same limitations. If you have already tried the DNS Method or want to try this method anyway, read on:
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In the Minecraft main menu, click "Play" and then go to the "Friends" tab, and click "Add Friend" or "Find Cross-Platform Friends" or "Search for players" (whichever is available on your game version)
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Search for any of the following gamer tags:
- BCMain / BCMain1 / BCMain2 / BCMain3 / BCMain4
... and add this user as friend
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Return to the Minecraft main menu, and wait about 30 seconds. Then click "Play" and return to the "Friends" tab
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Wait a moment, and you should soon see a joinable instance show up, "Join to Open Server List". Or, you should see BCMain under the "Online" section with a joinable instance. (If the join option doesn't appear, you may need to wait another minute for the bot to process the friend request, or try adding a different bot gamer tag from above)
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Join instance to connect to BedrockConnect server list
In order to make room in the friendslist, main instance bots routinely removes players from it's list that are inactive for ~1-3 days (Threshold varies depending on current traffic the bot is getting) If this happens, simply add back the gamertag.
If you're having trouble connecting to the serverlist, try running through the troubleshooting page
When a player connects to BedrockConnect, they are met with a server-list UI sent by the server. When the player enters the details for the server they are looking to join, BedrockConnect sends a packet that transfers the player off of BedrockConnect and on to the server they entered.
To actually get on the BedrockConnect server on game console, we primarily utilize one of two methods.
DNS Method - In Minecraft Bedrock Edition, players on any version can join the available 'Featured Servers'. By using a DNS server, we can redirect the domains used by these servers to instead go to the BedrockConnect serverlist server.
"Add Friend" method - By utilizing the 'Join Game' button in the game's Friends menu, we can redirect them to the BedrockConnect instance. This method is powered by MCXboxBroadcast.
There are multiple BedrockConnect serverlist servers available hosted by the community that can be used. Currently, they do NOT share the same player database, so if you have added a server to your list on any of the given servers and connect to a different one, you will need to save that data again.
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| IP Address | Gamertag | Location | Maintainer | Note |
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| 104.238.130.180 | BCMain, BCMain1, BCMain2, BCMain3, BCMain4 |  |
Pugmatt | Main instance. Multiple load balanced servers. If issues occur on PS4/PS5 with DNS, try the "Add Friend" Method, or replace the primary DNS address with 45.55.68.52. |
| 5.161.83.73 | Cybrancee | |
Cybrancee | Located in Virginia, United States. No DNS service, only BedrockConnect server |
| 213.171.211.142 | N/A |  |
kmpoppe | No DNS service, only BedrockConnect server |
| 217.160.58.93 | N/A |  |
kmpoppe | No DNS service, only BedrockConnect server |
| 134.255.231.119 | N/A | |
ZAP-Hosting | |
| 185.169.180.190 | HasanBC1 |  |
hasankayra04 | Dns service with NextDNS Status Page (Listed as "Dns Listener") |
| 2.59.252.99 | N/A |  |
Minjae | Located in Seoul, South Korea. No DNS service, only BedrockConnect server |
| 122.222.231.209 | BCsub, BCsub1 |  |
gurinKANIMAYO | No DNS service; Japanese is supported. |
Status Page for all public instances
If you are currently hosting a BedrockConnect instance and are interested in adding it to this list, create a pull request adding it to the table above.
Requirements:
- Java 8 or higher
Download the latest release of the BedrockConnect serverlist software here: https://github.com/Pugmatt/BedrockConnect/releases
Run the jar with the following command
java -jar BedrockConnect-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
Alternatively, BedrockConnect can also be ran on Docker through the public image pugmatt/bedrock-connect
docker run -p 19132:19132/udp pugmatt/bedrock-connectSee wiki page here for how to further configure BedrockConnect and a list of available settings.
If your console is Playstation or Xbox and on the same network/LAN as the machine running BedrockConnect, you can join BedrockConnect as-is via LAN by going to the "Worlds" tab in-game.
If you are on a different game console or want to connect outside of your network, you will need to set-up a join method by checking out the resources below:
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"Add Friend" method
- Follow "Standalone" install instructions from MCXboxBroadcast repo and set target server to your BedrockConnect instance
- If game console's on the same network as your hosting machine of BedrockConnect, IP would be the local address of the hosting machine
- Or, for outside connections, IP would be your external address (Will also need to port-forward 19132)
- Follow "Standalone" install instructions from MCXboxBroadcast repo and set target server to your BedrockConnect instance
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Windows tutorial (DNS Method) (LAN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW5X7-qnvLk
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Linux tutorial: https://github.com/Pugmatt/BedrockConnect/wiki/Setting-up-on-Linux
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A docker-compose file with BedrockConnect and bind9 DNS included can be found in the docker folder of the repo, along with other docker resources.
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If you're looking to host a DNS server using a different DNS software, click here details on what zones to configure
Sponsors go a long way in helping BedrockConnect's continued development and keeping server bills paid!
If you're interested in sponsoring projects like this one (thank you!) feel free to check out my GitHub Sponsors or Patreon
