The title screen[JE only] or main menu[BE only] is one of Minecraft's several menu screens. Acting as an introductory interface, it permits access to singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay.
The game's logo is prominently displayed on the title screen, accompanied with a randomly-selected splash, and is also backed with a panorama.
Buttons[]
Java Edition[]
![MainMenu](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/e/e9/Java_Edition_1.20.2.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20240728040728)
Java Edition title screen, as of 1.21
Option | Description |
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Singleplayer | Choose a world to play or create one. |
Multiplayer | Choose a LAN world to play or join a server. |
Minecraft Realms | Opens the main Minecraft Realms menu. |
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Opens language settings. |
Options | Opens the main Options menu. |
Quit Game | Closes the game. |
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Opens accessibility settings. |
Bedrock Edition[]
![BEMenuScreen](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/f/f8/Bedrock_1.20.30.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20230919170422)
Bedrock Edition main menu, as of 1.21.0
![Bedrock Edition 1.16](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/7/7f/Bedrock_Edition_1.16.61.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20200930191815)
Bedrock Edition main menu on PlayStation, with the "Editions" button
Option | Description |
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Play | Choose a world or realm to play, create one, or join a server. |
Settings | Opens Settings menu. Will not be present if the additional button opens the settings. |
Marketplace | Lets the player buy worlds, resource packs, skin packs, and other community-created content. The button is sometimes textured and animated, depending on what's currently being promoted on the Marketplace. |
Editions[note 1] | Switches the game to Legacy Console Edition. |
Dressing Room | Choose, or make, a skin and view achievements. |
Sign In![]() |
Unlocks features like Achievements, Friends and Realms. When already signed in, opens feedback site. |
Additional Button[note 2] | An additional button under the Sign In button or beside the feedback button that opens various menus such as the achievements, options and inbox. The functionality of the button is randomized. |
Minceraft[]
![MainMenu Minceraft](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/d/dc/MainMenu_Minceraft.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/180?cb=20230824075657)
The Minceraft Easter egg, as seen in 1.20.1.
There is a 0.01% chance for the title screen to display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft".[1] Notch implemented this as an Easter egg, and kept it as a small secret, enjoying that he was the only one who knew of its existence. After stating a secret was in Minecraft undiscovered, the internet sought out to find it. Soon after, Notch posted "A Post-Mortem of Minceraft" on Reddit.
Additionally, in crash logs, a reference to Minceraft may appear as a joke, stating "You should try our sister game, Minceraft!"
Sounds[]
Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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None | Music | While in the main menu | music | None | 1.0 [sound 1] | 1.0 | 16 | |
None | Master Volume | When a menu button is clicked | ui | None | 0.25 | 1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Except for "A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" (the first four), which are 0.4
Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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Music | While in the main menu | music | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Sound | When a menu button is clicked | random | 1.0 | 1.0 |
History[]
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20100131 | ![]() | |||
20100206 | The background of the title screen no longer scrolls. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
20100327 | The "Generate new level..." button was replaced by a Singleplayer button. | ||||
The "Load level.." button was replaced by a Multiplayer button, which wasn't playable at the time. | |||||
20100629 | ![]() | ||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
v1.0.4 | ![]() | ||||
v1.0.10 | The Multiplayer button was no longer greyed out as SMP was added, although it was only for testing at this stage. | ||||
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v1.0.12 | Changed "Save and quit to title.." to "Save and quit to title". | ||||
v1.2.0 | preview | RAM usage information no longer shows up on the top right corner. | |||
v1.2.2 | ![]() | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.0 | The "Options..." button was made much closer to the "Mods and Texture Packs" button. | ||||
1.3 | ![]() | ||||
The "Options..." button was made smaller to make room for the "Quit Game" button. | |||||
1.4 | ![]() | ||||
1.8 | (preview) | ![]() | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | ![]() | |||
RC1 | The "Quit Game" button now appears regardless of how the game is launched. | ||||
1.1 | 11w49a | ![]() | |||
Renamed "Save and quit to title" button to "Save and Quit to Title". | |||||
1.4.2 | 12w37a | Added "Re-Create" option to the World selection menu. | |||
1.5 | 13w03a | ![]() | |||
13w09a | ![]() | ||||
2013 Music Update | Added menu music. | ||||
1.12 | pre6 | Added the ability to view the credits when clicking the copyright text. | |||
1.12.2 | pre1 | ![]() | |||
1.14 | 19w06a | Added loading bars while loading the game and reloading resources. | |||
19w11a | Added Tab ↹ support for the title screen. | ||||
19w13a | ![]() | ||||
1.15.2 | pre1 | Clicking the "Multiplayer" button from the title screen now displays a disclaimer stating that "Online play is not rated". | |||
1.16 | 20w12a | ![]() | |||
1.17 | 21w03a | Holding ⇧ Shift while clicking menu buttons now cycles through options in the reverse order. | |||
1.19.4 | 23w03a | Added keyboard support for the title screen. | |||
1.20 | 23w14a | The Minecraft, Minecraft Realms logo were changed. | |||
The Minceraft easter egg now has its own logo texture. | |||||
The format of the Invite icon was slightly changed. | |||||
23w17a | "A Familiar Room", "Bromeliad", "Crescent Dunes", and "Echo in the Wind" can now be played in the title screen. | ||||
"Aerie", "Firebugs", and "Labyrinthine" can no longer be played in the title screen. | |||||
pre2 | Game will now display message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | ![]() | ||||
v0.1.0 | original | ![]() | |||
reupload | ![]() | ||||
v0.1.1 | ![]() | ||||
v0.7.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.7.2 | ![]() | ||||
v0.7.3 | ![]() | ||||
v0.7.6 | ![]() | ||||
v0.11.0 | build 1 | Renamed "Title screen" to "Main menu". | |||
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v0.13.1 | ![]() | ||||
Options button is no longer a wrench icon. | |||||
v0.14.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
v0.16.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
build 4 | ![]() | ||||
Changed Signed In button to link to feedback.minecraft.net instead of the Minecraft page in the Xbox app. | |||||
build 5 | ![]() | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.10 | ![]() | |||
1.12.0 | beta 1.12.0.4 | ![]() | |||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.15 | ![]() | |||
1.16.200 | beta 1.16.200.55 | ![]() | |||
1.17.30 | beta 1.17.30.20 | ![]() | |||
The options, achievements or invite button now appear besides the feedback button. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
1.66.0016.0 | ![]() | ||||
1.66.0033.0 | ![]() | ||||
0.66.0054.0 | ![]() | ||||
Added menu music. | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
TU5 | ![]() | ||||
TU7 | ![]() | ||||
TU8 | ![]() | ||||
TU12 | ![]() | ||||
TU13 | ![]() | ||||
TU20 | CU8 | 1.13 | ![]() | ||
TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | ![]() | |
TU36 | CU25 | 1.28 | Patch 7 | ![]() | |
TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | ![]() | |
TU57 | CU49 | 1.56 | Patch 27 | 1.0.7 | ![]() |
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() | ||
1.94 | ![]() | ||||
TU75 | CU58 | 1.95 | Patch 43 | 1.0.17 | Removed the "Download the latest version of Minecraft for FREE!" button from the main menu. |
1.84 | Removed the "Download the latest version of Minecraft for FREE!" button from the main menu. | ||||
Education Edition | |||||
v1.0.0 | v0.14.2 | ![]() | |||
v0.16.0 | ![]() | ||||
v1.0.21 | ![]() | ||||
v1.0.27 | ![]() | ||||
v1.4 | ![]() | ||||
v1.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Reverted the change in 1.4. | |||||
v1.9 | v1.8.0 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Reverted the change in 1.7 which will replace it with the talk button. | |||||
v1.12.0 | ![]() | ||||
v1.14.70 | v1.14.60 | ![]() | |||
v1.17.30 | v1.17.30.2 | ![]() | |||
v1.18.32 | v1.18.10.04 | ![]() |
Background History[]
Java Edition Indev | |||||
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0.31 | 20100131 | ![]() | |||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.8 | Pre-release | ![]() | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.13 | pre1 | ![]() | |||
1.14 | 18w48a | ![]() | |||
1.15 | 19w41a | ![]() | |||
1.16 | 20w14a | ![]() | |||
1.17 | 21w15a | ![]() | |||
1.18 | 21w41a | ![]() | |||
1.19 | 22w15a | ![]() | |||
1.20 | 23w14a | ![]() | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
Pre-release | ![]() | ||||
v0.7.0 | ![]() | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | ![]() | |||
1.8.1 | ![]() | ||||
1.11.3 | ![]() | ||||
1.14.0 | beta 1.14.0.1 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.14.1.3 | ![]() | ||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | ![]() | |||
1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.54 | ![]() | |||
1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.21 | ![]() | |||
1.19.0 | beta 1.19.0.24 | ![]() |
Footnotes[]
- ↑ PlayStation 4 only. Appears only if Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition was previously owned.
- ↑ The button has a potion, cogwheel or a letter as its icon, depending on its function.
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