How to Play Minecraft Multiplayer on Xbox 360

This article shows you how to set up a multiplayer game in the video game Minecraft on Xbox 360. You can play with one to three other people on the same TV in a split screen game, or you can play online with other Xbox 360 users in your friends list if you have Xbox Live Gpd.

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Play in split screen style

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Plug the Xbox 360 into the HDTV. If you haven’t already done this, you’ll need to plug your Xbox 360 into an HDTV with a resolution of at least 720p. You can’t play split-screen if you’re playing on an old TV with normal resolution.

The Xbox 360 must also be plugged into the TV via a component cable (five prongs) or HDMI. ^{[1] X Research Source}

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Turn on the console and controller. You’ll need at least two controllers—one for you and the other for your friend—to play split-screen on Xbox 360.

Up to four players (including you) can enter a split-screen game in Minecraft.

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View current screen resolution. You can see the current screen resolution by going to settings → System → Conspe Settings → Display → HDTV Settings . The “Current Setting” section needs to be set to 720p or higher, as the other settings won’t work in split-screen mode.

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Sign in to add another handle. Usually the handles are already logged in, but you need to sign in to add one or more controllers to their own account.

Press the “Guide” button (the Xbox icon in the center of the controller).
Select Sign In
Select a profile, or select Create Profile and create a new profile by following the on-screen instructions.
Repeat this process with one to two more handles.

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Open Minecraft. Insert the Minecraft disc into the console and close the CD tray, or select Minecraft in the game library by scrolling to the games tab, selecting My Games , then selecting Minecraft there.

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Select Play Games . This gray button is at the top of the main Minecraft page.

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World selection. Select the world you want to play, then select Load . This is the step to open that world.

You can also select the Create tab, then select Create New World to set up a new world.

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Press Start on the second handle. Once the world is loaded, you need to press the Select button with the triangle to the right of the “Guide” button.

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Click Start again when the message appears. When you see the message saying to press Start appear on the screen, you need to press Start on the second handle one more time. You will see the screen split in half, where the first controller user appears at the top of the screen and the second controller user appears at the bottom of the screen.

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Add a third and fourth handle if needed. Press Start twice with up to two more handles to add them to the game.

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Allow the player to exit Minecraft if desired. If a player wants to exit, they can do so by pressing the Start button and selecting Exit Game in the menu, shortly after which their screen portion will disappear from the TV.

Play online

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Sign up for Xbox Live Gpd. You need an Xbox Live Gpd account to play online with others. Gpd accounts require a monthly fee. If you don’t have a Gpd account, you can still play with other people on the same machine. Read the next section for details on how.

You can play on Xbox Live for free for a few days if you’ve recently set up your account.

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Turn on Xbox 360 and a controller. If the controller is not signed in to your Xbox Live account, you need to sign in by pressing the “Guide” button, pressing X and selecting your Xbox Live Gpd account.

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Make sure you’re friends with the person you want to play with. You can only play Minecraft on Xbox 360 online with people who are in the Friends list. You cannot enter a random server. Instead, you need to create a world and invite friends to join, or enter a friend’s world.

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Open Minecraft. Insert the Minecraft disc into the console and close the CD tray, or select Minecraft in the game library by scrolling to the games tab, selecting My Games , then selecting Minecraft there.

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Select Play Games . This gray button is at the top of the main Minecraft page.

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Search for your friends’ games. If you see a world that is not on your list, it means that one of your friends is hosting an online game.

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Go to a friend’s game. Select the world you want to join. You can join immediately, as long as the game is not full.

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Create your own game. Select the world, then check the “Online” box in the middle of the page.

You can also select the Create tab, then select Create New World to set up a new world.

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Select Invite-only if desired. If you only want to invite a few friends to play with without others, select More Options in the world settings page, then check the “Invite Only” box.

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Complete world creation. You can click on any of the world generation options and enter a seed (seed, or sequence of numbers that shape the Minecraft world) or leave it blank to get a random seed.

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Invite friends. After the world has been created, your friends can see it in their world list and join if the game is not set to “Invite Only”. If you choose this mode, you need to send invitations to the people you want to play with by opening the friends list, selecting the person you want to play with, then selecting Invite to Game .

Steps

Play in split screen style

Play online

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