So, how does a player join another's private world? They can join friends on Minecraft Pocket Edition and Bedrock, hop on a LAN server (Java), or connect to a realm.

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A port may sometimes need to be provided for players to join your Minecraft LAN game (Image via Mojang) At its core, hosting a LAN game in Minecraft isn't quite like hosting a server or realm.