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Since being purchased by Microsoft, video game developer Mojang has taken Minecraft to places most thought it’d never go. Minecraft is a survival game, digital building block arena and an episodic adventure with Minecraft Story Mode. Mojang recently talked about another cool thing that it has in the works: Minecraft Realms for mobile users.
The lack of “Edition” in its title underscores what Minecraft Realms is. Minecraft Realms isn’t yet another version in the long-running list of clients available for platforms. It’s not like Minecraft Pocket Edition or Minecraft Windows 10 Edition, for example. Instead, it’s an online service that adds better offline features to what’s already a very amazing and social game. Essentially, it takes the headaches out of being a big-time online Minecraft creator.
Read: Minecraft Windows 10 Edition – What You Need to Know
Here’s what you need to know about Minecraft Realms right now.
What Minecraft Realms Is
As they exist today, Minecraft worlds can do a lot. Over internet connected consoles like Xbox One, Minecraft players can team up with their friends to build out the defenses and buildings. Multiplayer is also a component of the various Pocket Edition versions of the game. Minecraft Realms is an online service that makes playing in the Minecraft worlds of others a bit more approachable. PC and Mac versions of Minecraft Realms have been available since 2014.
The PC and Mac versions support effortless networking, world syncing and parental controls so that parents of young Minecraft creators can safeguard them from hostile players. 200 different people can get access, but only 10 people can access Minecraft Realms on Windows PCs and Macs at one time. Survival, Creative, Blox, Dropper and Diversity 2 are supported. You still need to have a Minecraft client to use Realms.
Essentially, players store their worlds on Microsoft’s servers. There, everyone that they’ve approved is able to access that world. Realms works across devices too, giving players a way to also export their worlds to another device. Mojang is hoping that Minecraft Realms for mobile devices makes online play in Minecraft more fun if it removes some of the hoops that users have to go through to share their worlds and creations with friends.
Minecraft Realms costs $7.99 a month for premium versions of Minecraft.
Minecraft Realms is slated for release on Minecraft Pocket Edition and Minecraft Windows 10 Edition in the very near future. When it’s done, Minecraft Realms will pick up support for iPhone and iPad too. To make syncing for the mobile versions, Mojang is relying on Microsoft’s Xbox Live service. To be clear, Xbox Live accounts are absolutely free.
How You Can Get Minecraft Realms Now
Mojang and Microsoft are promoting Minecraft Realms for mobile now, but the feature is still in its infancy. Again, Realms isn’t available on mobile devices yet.
That being said, you can still get your hands on Minecraft Realms if you participate in the beta that’s running. Anyone with an Android powered smartphone or tablet can sign up for a beta of Minecraft Realms right now. The beta is free to sign up for here, but requires users also have an Xbox Live account to participate. To be clear, you won’t need an Xbox Live Gold subscription to get the multiplayer going.
How Much Will Realms Cost?
Neither Mojang or Microsoft are willing to say how much Realms will cost gamers when it arrives in mobile form. While it’s in beta form, it’ll continue to be free, the two confirm.
While we don’t have the official price, we can infer some things about Realms for Pocket Edition. First, it appears as if Microsoft and Mojang will charge for the feature every month. The official press release for the feature reveals that Realms for Pocket Edition involves servers powering everyone’s worlds online, all day, every day. “We have to keep the servers running 24/7, so Minecraft Realms is a paid service,” Mojang says.
Minecraft Realms for Windows and Mac costs $7.99 a month. Additionally, it’s discounted heavily if someone buys a subscription for longer than a month. Six months of Realms for PC and Mac costs $47.99. Three months of the service costs $26.99. Presumably, Minecraft Realms for Pocket Edition will get rolled into the existing subscription, but the way Microsoft describes it sounds as if it’s possible that the company is considering making it a separate subscription plan for players.
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Realms also requires that users have a copy of Minecraft for their device already. It’s hard to imagine that Mojang and Microsoft wouldn’t make this a requirement for the new Realms Pocket Edition. Mobile versions of the game cost $6.99, with the Windows 10 version selling for $10 while it’s in beta testing form.
Good luck with Minecraft Realms.
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