Join an Aternos, Minehut or friend's server on Xbox and PlayStation

A friend started a Bedrock server and sent you an address. On a phone you would paste it in and play. On Xbox or PlayStation there is nowhere to paste it. Here is how to get in anyway, for the three kinds of server friends usually run.

First, get the right address

Ask the host for two things: the address (a name like something.aternos.me, or a number like 203.0.113.7) and the port. The port matters more than people think. Bedrock's default is 19132, but free hosts often give each server a different port. If you only have one number, ask again.

Also check it is a Bedrock server, or a Java server with a Bedrock bridge such as Geyser. A plain Java server cannot take console players by any method.

Free hosts like Aternos

Free hosts stop a server when nobody is on, to save their machines. Before you try to join, the host has to start it from the host's website and wait until it says online. Then:

1. Put your phone on the same Wi-Fi as your console.
2. In Warpling, type the address and the port the host shows. Warpling tells you whether the server is online.
3. Tap Start, then on the console open Play, Friends and join the LAN world.

If Warpling says the server is offline, it usually is: ask the host to start it again. Free hosts often stop a server again within minutes of everyone leaving.

Minehut

Minehut is a hub of servers run by players, which Bedrock players reach through Minehut's Bedrock entrance and then pick a server in its lobby. Minehut's Bedrock address did not answer our ping on October 28, 2026, so check Minehut's own site for its current Bedrock address and port before you type it in. Once you have it, the steps are the same as above.

A friend's own PC or a home server

When the server runs on a computer at someone's home (Bedrock Dedicated Server, or a host program on a PC):

• Same house, same Wi-Fi: use the computer's local address, which usually starts with 192.168. or 10.. Warpling notices when the server is on your Wi-Fi and offers the local address; take it, because the public address often does not work from inside the same network.
• Different house: the host has to open the server to the internet, by forwarding the server's UDP port (19132 by default) on their router, or by using a tunnel service that gives them a public address. Then you use that public address and port.

If you are the host: the Server Kit at warpling.bytehavenstudios.com/qr turns your address into a QR code and a join link your friends can tap, so nobody types anything.

If you still cannot get in

• Offline in Warpling: the server is stopped, the address or port is wrong, or (for a home server) the port is not forwarded.
• Online in Warpling, but no world on the console: a network problem between your phone and console. See the eight LAN fixes.
• Joined, then back to the menu: the server refused you. Whitelists are common on friends' servers: ask the host to add your gamertag. Version mismatches are the other usual cause after a game update.