Minecraft Bedrock Edition
Minecraft Bedrock Edition
21 ArticlesHow to Install Behavior Packs on your Minecraft Server
The Behaviour pack (Add-On) system is a feature for Minecraft Bedrock Edition that allows you to customize the experience of your Minecraft server. They are used to add or override existing advancements, structures, recipes, and more. If you are using Java edition, please refer to our guide on Installing Data Packs on your Minecraft Server. --- Installing a Behaviour Pack to your Client Behaviour packs can be installed on your Minecraft Bedrock client by running the downloaded files on your PC. 1. Download the behaviour pack you'd like to use. It should be a file with a or extension. 2. Double-click on the downloaded file to install the pack on the game. Installing a pack directly into the World The quickest and easiest way to get your pack working on the server is to create the world you intend to use in single-player and then import it onto your server. 1. Open up Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. 2. Select Play, and create a New World. 3. Locate your Add-ons menu. Click on Resource Packs and Behaviour Packs and select your chosen addons. 4. Press Activate and then create your world. You can then upload your Custom World to your server by following our guide here.
How to Install Addons on Existing Minecraft Bedrock Worlds
Some server owners may wish to install new add-ons to their existing world on their Bedrock server. Although this is possible, it requires a few more steps than creating a new world with add-ons. --- Downloading your Bedrock World You can download your server's world from the sFTP access, located on your server's control panel. 1. Access your Control Panel and Shut Down your server. 2. Navigate to your Files tab. 3. Open the folder. 4. Click the three dots on your world folder, then click Download Folder Installing Addons on your World To install addons onto the Bedrock world you just downloaded from your server, you will first need to install it onto your singleplayer client. Then you can edit and install addons onto the world file in-game. After installing addons in singleplayer, you can then upload the world back to your server to use it again. 1. Press to open the Windows Run program 2. Paste the string into the Run window and then click OK. Entering this directory path using Windows Run should automatically open your Minecraft Bedrock worlds directory. If, for whatever reason, this doesn't work in your case, feel free to browse YouTube or Google for steps on locating your Bedrock worlds directory. 3. Open the unzipped folder, then move the world folder to your local worlds directory. Make sure the world folder you move is not layered. For example, make sure you are just uploading a folder named , not . 4. Launch Minecraft Windows Edition, navigate to your singleplayer worlds, then click the edit button next to your newly added world. 5. Click the Behaviour Packs or Resource Packs button, depending on what you'd like to add to the world. 6. Find the addon you'd like to install, then click the Activate button under it. --- Uploading the Modified World After you've finished installing your desired addons on the world in singleplayer, you will need to upload them back onto your server. Make sure your server is still offline while doing these steps! 1. Access your server's Control Panel and navigate to the Files tab. 2. Locate and open the folder. 3. Rename the unmodified world folder on your server. 4. Upload the modified version of your server's world folder. 5. Start your server. Once your server finishes starting, your modified bedrock world with addons should be fully loaded and ready to play!
How to Fix Token Cant Be Used Yet Error on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server
When joining a Bedrock Server, it's important that the date and time on both the server and your device match. If not, then your server won't allow you to join, and you'll get an error message that looks like the following: How To Update Your System Time In order to resolve this, you just need to ensure that the date/time on your device is the same as on your server. --- PC (Windows 11) You can adjust your System Time on Windows 11 by editing the date and time. 1. In the bottom right of your taskbar, right-click the date/time and then select the Adjust date and time. 2. Ensure that the options Set the time automatically and Set the time zone automatically are turned on. In the event that the time zone is wrong, you can disable this and select to change it to your current time zone. 3. Press Sync Now, under Synchronise your clock. PC (Windows 10) You can adjust your System Time on Windows 10 by editing the date and time. 1. In the bottom right of your taskbar, right-click the date/time and then select the Adjust Date/Time. 2. Ensure that the options Set the time automatically and Set the time zone automatically are turned on. In the event that the time zone is wrong, you can disable this and select to change it to your current time zone. 3. Press Sync Now, under Synchronise your clock. Apple You can adjust your System Time on Apple devices in your device settings. 1. Navigate to your device settings. 2. To Date & Time. 3. Ensure that the Set automatically option is selected. Android You can adjust your System Time on Android devices in your device settings. 1. Go to your phone's settings. 2. Go to the System settings (near the bottom of the list). 3. Select the Date & time option. 4. Ensure that Use network-provided time is selected.
How to Fix Plugins Directory Wont Generate Error on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server
If the plugins directory won't generate, it can mean plugins either won't be loaded or could prevent the server from starting entirely. This error is quite rare, as it typically requires a very uncommon user error to occur. This usually occurs if a regular file has been created named "plugins", meaning rather than existing as a directory (a folder), it already exists as a text file of the same name. To solve this issue, you would just need to delete the file named "plugins" so that it can be regenerated as a directory. --- Example Server Log How to Delete the Plugin File 1. Access your Control Panel and Shut Down your server. 2. Navigate to your server files. 3. Select the file and click Delete. 4. Start or restart your server if it is already running That's it! Once your server boots up, it will regenerate the plugins folder as expected.
How to Enable Experimental Gameplay on Minecraft Bedrock
Experimental Gameplay is a game option in Minecraft Bedrock Edition that allows the testing of new, unfinished, or work-in-progress features that could later end up being part of the core Minecraft experience. Experimental Gameplay is usually enabled upon world creation, but it can also be enabled on pre-existing worlds. ::ProseNote{title="Before you begin" description="Keep in mind that experimental features are not ready for release by Mojang, and may expose your server to unexpected crashes or game-breaking bugs." appearance="danger"} :: Enabling Experimental Gameplay on a New World In order to enable experiments, you simply have to tick it when creating a new world. 1. Open Minecraft Bedrock Edition and click Create New World. 2. Under Game Settings, scroll down until you see Experiments. 3. When selecting a feature, click Activate Experiments on the warning prompt. 4. Make sure to name the world something memorable, as it will help you identify it later. 5. Stop your server and follow our guide on uploading your world here. 6. Restart your server. --- Enabling Experimental Gameplay on an Existing World Do note that enabling Experimental Gameplay on existing worlds could lead to severe world corruption. 1. Stop your server and create a server backup. 2. Follow our guide on downloading and installing your world. 3. Launch your game and click the edit icon on the relevant world. 4. Enable one experiment on your world. This will prompt you to create a copy with experiments enabled. 5. Click Edit on the generated copy of the world. 6. Enable any additional experiments you would like, then click Play. 7. Once the world is loaded, simply Save and Quit. 8. Upload the world to your server. 9. Restart your server. Your server will now be up and running with your chosen Experiments. With that done, you can check out our guide on Enabling Cheats to better play around with these new features.
How to Enable Coordinates on Your Minecraft Bedrock Server
This guide explains how you can enable coordinates on your Minecraft Bedrock Edition Server. This can be useful for players to remember where important locations can be found, such as their base, a cave, or a dungeon. Unlike Minecraft Java Edition, you must enable coordinates on the server before they can be seen by players. --- How to Enable Coordinates Enabling coordinates on your server can be done by entering a console command. 1. Ensure that cheats are enabled on your server. You can find out how to do so in our knowledgebase article here. 2. On your Shockbyte Panel type in your server's console. 3. You will now be able to see coordinates in-game as shown below. To learn more about Minecraft Bedrock server hosting, you can browse our library of Knowledgebase articles found here.
How to Enable Cheats on your Minecraft Bedrock Server
When playing Minecraft Bedrock Edition, there are a handful of different game modes you can choose from, including Creative and Survival. In Bedrock, in order to change your gamemode to creative in a survival world, you will need to enable cheats. Trying to change your gamemode on a server without cheats enabled will result in the server telling you you'll need to enable cheats. It's worth noting that even with cheats enabled, you must be opped to change the gamemode of yourself or others, as well as to change gamerules. For help with doing that, check out our Guide on Opping Players. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Enabling Cheats will disable achievements on your server. If you accidentally disabled achievements on your server, check our guide here: How to Re-enable Achievements on Your Bedrock Server" appearance="error"} :: --- Enabling Cheats 1. Access your server's Control Panel and navigate to the Files tab. 2. Locate and open the file. 3. Locate and set the field to . 4. Save the file and Restart your server. If you require any further assistance, please contact our support at: https://shockbyte.com/billing/submitticket.php