Commands/publish
< Commands
 Java Edition only |
publish
| Restrictions | |
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| First introduced |
Opens single-player world to the local network.
- Syntax
publish [port]
- Description
- Opens your single-player game for LAN friends to join. This command appears in the singleplayer cheats.
- Port is the port to host on, between 0 and 65535. If not specified, a random port is chosen.
- Success Conditions
- Cannot be used in a command block.
- Cannot be used on a multiplayer server, and will fail if the world is already published to LAN.
- Will fail if the port could not be bound (e.g. a reserved port, or already in use by another application).
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
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| 1.3.1 | 12w24a | Added /publish. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w45a | /publish now accepts an optional port argument. | |||
