GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There are literally thousands of Minecraft servers to join right now. Whether you want a friendly community playing the vanilla Minecraft experience, ...

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How to join a friend's Minecraft world You can join friends in Minecraft via Realms or by playing together on a dedicated Minecraft server. In Bedrock, you can also join a friend's world directly.