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Minecraft server for Xbox, PlayStation and Switch

Xbox, PlayStation and Switch players can join your own Minecraft server, but not from a menu: consoles only list Mojang's featured servers, so they get in through a DNS change, a session on the Friends tab or a phone app. Here are the 3 ways step by step, what each console needs and which server plans fit a group that plays on consoles.

Prices checked on 10 October 2026 on the hosts' own order pages. All prices include VAT.

A laptop and a phone joining one Minecraft server: Java and Bedrock crossplay

The short answer

Console players join your own server through the Servers tab after a DNS change, through the Friends tab or through a phone app, because Xbox, PlayStation and Switch have no Add Server button. The server has to be Bedrock, or Java with Geyser. On a console, playing on any server also needs the console's online membership: a Game Pass plan with online play, PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online.

Compare Bedrock server plans for console players

Console players need a Bedrock server, and up to five of them fit on about 4 GB of RAM, so the table shows each host's 4 GB Bedrock plan where it has one. The Bedrock plan each host would give 2 to 5 players in Poland (Warsaw), with the finder's pick first.

The best Minecraft server plan at each host for 2 to 5 players on Bedrock in Poland (Warsaw)
Provider	Memory	CPU & storage	Monthly price	Order page
Astroworld Hosting Pocket Performance	4 GB	Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5, Poland (Warsaw) 2 reserved vCPU, 50 GB Enterprise NVMe	€3.18 /mo First 3 months, then €7.95/mo, €6.95 on 24 months 60% off for new customers	View plan Astroworld Pocket Performance (opens Astroworld Hosting)
Lodehost	Lodehost offers Java and Crossplay plans, but no Bedrock-only servers.
Cheapest Minecraft Hosting Starter, budget line	4 GB	Ryzen 9 7950X with DDR5, Poland (Warsaw) 1 shared vCPU, 20 GB NVMe	€3.20 /mo Same price on every term	View plan CheapestMinecraftHosting Starter (opens Cheapest Minecraft Hosting)

On the Performance lines the large price is what a new customer pays a month at the start: for the first 3 months at both Astroworld Hosting and Lodehost, when you pay monthly. The regular monthly price comes after it, and the last price in each row is the monthly price on the host's longest term.

Compare the same billing term and location before you order.

Every price is taken from the host's own order page. How we compare

What does a server for console players need?

A Minecraft server for console players needs 3 things: Bedrock support, a way past the featured server list and the console's online membership.

A Bedrock server or Geyser
Consoles run Bedrock Edition, so the server is Bedrock Dedicated Server, or a Java server with Geyser on a crossplay plan.
A way in
BedrockConnect through a DNS change, MCXboxBroadcast on the Friends tab, or the BedrockTogether app on a phone.
The online membership
Multiplayer on a console needs Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online, LAN games included.

Phones, tablets and Windows PCs have an Add Server button, so in a mixed group only the console players need one of these ways in.

Why consoles have no Add Server button

Consoles have no Add Server button because Minecraft on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch only lists the featured servers, Mojang's partner servers, in the Servers tab, and an outside server cannot be added there. Phones, tablets and Windows PCs do have the button. The 3 ways in below each borrow a part of the game that consoles do have: the Servers tab, the Friends tab or the list of LAN games.

How to join a Minecraft server on Xbox

To join a Minecraft server on Xbox, change the console's DNS so that a featured server opens the BedrockConnect server list, then type your server's address there. BedrockConnect is free and open source, and its GitHub page lists the DNS addresses below as of October 2026:

Open the DNS settings: Profile & system, Settings, General, Network settings, Advanced settings, DNS settings, Manual.
Enter the DNS servers: 104.238.130.180 as primary and 8.8.8.8 as secondary.
Open a featured server: in Minecraft, go to the Servers tab and join one that BedrockConnect can redirect, such as The Hive, Lifeboat, Mineville, Enchanted or Galaxite. The BedrockConnect list opens instead.
Add your server with its address and port, 19132 unless your host gave you another, and join. The list remembers it for next time.

While the DNS is set, every name the console looks up goes through that DNS server, so switch it back to Automatic when you no longer need it.

How to join Minecraft servers on PS5 and PS4

To join Minecraft servers on PS5 and PS4, use the same BedrockConnect method with the address its GitHub page gives for PlayStation: 45.55.68.52 as primary DNS and 8.8.8.8 as secondary.

PS5: Settings, Network, Settings, Set Up Internet Connection, then your connection, Advanced Settings and DNS Settings, Manual.
PS4: Settings, Network, Set Up Internet Connection, your connection type, Custom, then Automatic for the IP address, Do Not Specify for the DHCP host name and Manual for the DNS settings.

Then open a featured server in the Servers tab, and the BedrockConnect list opens where you add your server's address and port.

How to add servers on Minecraft Switch

To add servers on Minecraft Switch, set the console's DNS to 104.238.130.180 with 8.8.8.8 as secondary, then open a featured server to reach the BedrockConnect list. The DNS menu is in System Settings, Internet, Internet Settings: pick your network, choose Change Settings, then DNS Settings and Manual. Nintendo's own help pages show the same menu on the Switch 2.

Join from the Friends tab with MCXboxBroadcast

Joining from the Friends tab works on every console without a DNS change, but the server owner sets it up. MCXboxBroadcast signs in with an Xbox account and shows your server to that account's friends as a game they can join:

Install it as an extension in the extensions folder of Geyser, or run the standalone version next to a Bedrock server and put its address and port in config.yml.
Sign in with the code it prints, at microsoft.com/link, using the account that will show the server.
Players add that account as a friend and find the server on the Friends tab, ready to join.

Its makers advise a second account for this, because the tool imitates parts of the game client in a way that may break the terms of service, and the account could be banned.

Join as a LAN game with the BedrockTogether app

BedrockTogether is a free third-party app for iOS and Android that makes your server show up on a console as a LAN game. Type the server's address and port in the app on a phone on the same Wi-Fi, press Run, and the server appears under LAN games on the Friends tab of the console. It needs no change on the console, but the phone has to stay on the same network while you connect, and its App Store listing says Switch is not supported at the moment.

Can console players join a Java server?

Console players can join a Java server only through Geyser, which lets Bedrock players into a Paper server. They use the Bedrock port that Geyser listens on, with any of the 3 ways above, and play next to Java players in one world. Java mods stay out of reach for them, but plugins work for everyone. See Minecraft crossplay hosting for the plans and the setup.

Can you make a Minecraft server on Xbox, PlayStation or Switch?

You cannot make a Minecraft server on Xbox, PlayStation or Switch, because Mojang's Bedrock Dedicated Server runs on Windows and Ubuntu only. A console can host a world for friends from the game, but that world closes when its owner stops playing. For a world that stays online, start a Realm from the game or rent a Bedrock server: up to five players need about 4 GB, from €3.20 a month at Cheapest Minecraft Hosting.

Realms or your own server for console players?

Realms or your own server comes down to the way in: a Realm needs no workaround, because players join by invite on every console, while your own server needs one of the 3 ways above for each console player. A Bedrock Realm costs US$3.99 a month for you and 2 friends online, and US$7.99 for you and 10. Your own server holds more players, runs add-ons and, with Geyser, Java players and plugins too. The price comparison is on Minecraft Realms alternatives.

Before you set up a server for console players

Before you set up a server for console players, check 3 things that decide whether they can join at all:

Run Bedrock or Geyser
A Java server without Geyser cannot take console players by any of these methods.
Keep the server on the newest Bedrock
A console on a newer Minecraft version cannot join an older server, so update Bedrock Dedicated Server or Geyser after each release.
Write the steps down once
Pin the way in for your group's consoles in your Discord, with the address and port, so nobody has to work it out alone.

Questions about Minecraft servers on consoles

Do console players need PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online to join a server?

Yes. On a console, multiplayer needs the console's online membership: Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online, and that includes LAN games. On phones, tablets and Windows PCs, joining a server needs no subscription.

Is BedrockConnect safe to use?

BedrockConnect is free and open source and has been since 2019. While its DNS is set, that DNS server answers every name the console looks up, so set the DNS back to Automatic when you are done. Take the DNS addresses from its GitHub page only, because it has no official app.

Why does the BedrockConnect list not open?

Only some featured servers redirect, such as The Hive, Lifeboat, Mineville, Enchanted and Galaxite, so try one of those. Check that the DNS was saved, and on PlayStation use 45.55.68.52 as primary DNS. The project also keeps a status page for its public servers.

Can Xbox and PlayStation players play on the same server?

Yes. Every console, phone and Windows PC runs Bedrock Edition, so they all join the same Bedrock server, each through its own way in. With Geyser, Java players on a PC can join that world too.

Can console players use add-ons on a server?

Yes, Bedrock add-ons. A Bedrock Dedicated Server runs behavior packs and sends its resource packs to players as they join, consoles included. Java mods do not work for console players.

Do console players need anything to join a Realm?

Only the invite and the console's online membership. Realms appear on Xbox, PlayStation and Switch without any DNS change, which makes a Realm the simplest start for a small console group.

Still unsure? Use the Minecraft server finder