Minecraft:Title Screen

Template:Page image The title screen or main menu is the first of Minecraft:MinecraftTemplate:'s several Minecraft:menu screens. Acting as an introductory interface, it permits access to gameplay and most other menu screens.

The game's Minecraft:logo is prominently displayed on the title screen, accompanied with a randomly-selected Minecraft:splash, and is also backed with a Minecraft:panorama which is changed every Minecraft:named update to match its theme. The version number and copyright are shown at the bottom of the screen.

Java Edition

Template:See also [[File:Java Edition Template:V.png|thumb|Template:El title screen, as of Template:V.]]

Option	Description
Singleplayer	Select a world to play in Minecraft:singleplayer or create a new one.
Multiplayer	Play in Minecraft:multiplayer by choosing a LAN world or joining a server.
Minecraft Realms	Opens the main Minecraft Realms menu.
File:LanguageButton.png	Opens language settings.
Options...	Opens the main Options menu.
Quit Game	Closes the game.
File:AccessibilityButton.png	Opens accessibility settings.

Minceraft

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The Minceraft Easter egg, as of Template:V.

There is a 0.01% (Template:Frac) chance for the title screen to display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft:Minecraft".<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Minecraft:Notch implemented this as an Minecraft: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 community sought to find it. Soon after, Notch posted "a post-mortem of Minceraft" on Reddit.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Additionally, in crash logs, a reference to Minceraft may appear as a joke, stating "You should try our sister game, Minceraft!"

Getting Minceraft can be simulated by replacing the minecraft.png file with the minceraft.png file. The texture file for this logo is located in Minecraft:textures/gui/title/minceraft.png.

Welcome to Minecraft

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The Welcome to Minecraft screen as of Template:V.

When the user enters the game the first time, or if onboardAccessibility is true, a Welcome to Minecraft screen appears. "Press Template:Key to enable the narrator" is narrated on startup. This screen can also be viewed by deleting the Minecraft:options.txt file.

Button text	Action
Template:Btn	Opens the language options.
Template:Btn	Opens the accessibility settings
Template:Btn	Changes the Narrator setting.
Template:Btn	Opens the music & sounds options page.
Template:Btn	Opens the main title screen.

For accessibility, a button is always selected so a player without a mouse can navigate with the Template:Key and Template:Key keys.

Bedrock Edition

Template:See also [[File:Bedrock Template:V.png|thumb|Template:El main menu on Windows, as of Template:V.]]

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Template:El main menu on PlayStation 4, with the "Editions" button

Option	Description
Play	Select a world or Realm to play, create one, or join a server.
Settings	Opens the Minecraft:settings menu.
File:BedrockRealms.png	Opens the Minecraft Minecraft:Realms purchase screen.Template:Note
Marketplace	Lets the player buy worlds, Minecraft:resource packs, Minecraft: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	Switches the game to Minecraft:Legacy Console Edition.Template:Note
Friends	Template:Upcoming Opens the social drawer, where all offline and online friends are shown, with their profiles, and a button to search for players. A separate tab shows available or joined Minecraft:parties, or the option to create one. When the player is in a party, the first four player faces are shown on this button. The number shows the amount of online friends.
Dressing Room	Choose, or create a Minecraft:skin.
Sign In	Lets the player sign in with their Microsoft account to unlock several online features.
Profile	Shows the player's Minecraft profile, including their Minecraft:statistics, Minecraft:screenshots, and Minecraft:achievements. It also shows their profile on the Template:W, such as their Template:W, online status, friends, and followers.
Inbox	Opens the Inbox screen, which shows Realms invites from friends and news about the game. A red dot shows on this button when unread messages are available. The bell is animated on hover or first launch when there are unread messages.

Pressing Template:Keys opens a menu with a button to close the game.

In-game live events or certain other events are sometimes available to join from the main menu with a button on the middle-left.

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Example of a pop-up. This one is usually shown the second time after installing the game.

The first and second times after installing the game, and during certain events, a pop-up is shown on the main menu. Pop-ups can inform new players about the game, announce updates, news from official Marketplace collaborations, or Minecraft:Marketplace Pass updates. Most pop-ups can also be found in the inbox afterward.

Inbox

File:Ore UI - Inbox Screen Menu (Bedrock).png

The Inbox screen.

The Inbox is an in-game message center accessible from the main menu when signed in. Messages are sorted into five tabs: News, Invites, Realms, Marketplace Pass, and Feedback. News messages include updates, events, and some announcements, usually also shown on pop-ups. Realms and Marketplace Pass messages are often related to new content in the Marketplace Pass, when content becomes unavailable, and some announcements. The feedback tab shows external links to the Minecraft:feedback site.

These messages are sent by Minecraft, and may be delayed for certain regions. Messages are synced to the player's Xbox account and saved forever, although individual messages can be deleted. Each message can be opened to show the full content and images, and some also contain external links or buttons to Marketplace packs.

In the Invites tab, Realms invites from players are shown. Any player can send invites to players they have added as friends, which doesn't need to be confirmed. Accepting the invite adds the Realm to the play screen; declining the invite removes the option to accept and requires a new invite to be sent.

The inbox has a few settings accessible with a button on the top-right.

Option	Description	Default
Only show invites from friends	Under the "Invites" tab, only Realms invites from friends are shown (not from followers).	width=55x55
Enable message batch alerts	Enables a red dot when getting a message.	width=55x55
Enable invite badge alerts	Enables a red dot when getting an invite.	width=55x55
Mark all messages as read	The "unread" red dot of all messages disappears, and all messages are now marked as read.
Delete all read messages	Deletes all the messages marked as read. A warning message pops up before deleting.

Quick world creation

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The "Get started" main menu.

Upon opening Minecraft for the first time after installing, a variant of the main menu opens with an interface to quickly create a new world. The player can choose to create a new Minecraft:world with the options to select the Minecraft:game mode and the Minecraft:difficulty, while all other Minecraft:game settings remain in their default state. The player can then choose one of the nine Minecraft:default skins and select the touch control mode when playing on a touch device.

Starter seeds

Template:Confuse Worlds created through quick world creation do not default to random Minecraft:world seeds, they are limited to a predefined set of "starter seeds". These seeds are notable for rare or unique world generation, with easy resources, different structures, outstanding terrain, and the largest biomes. There are 42 seeds for Survival mode and 6 for Creative mode, defined in StarterSeeds.txt and CreativeStarterSeeds.txt in the vanilla resource packs, respectively.

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Creative