Menu screen

The menu screen comprises all of the buttons and text for both the main menu and the pause menu. It is the interface that allows players to change options such as the game's language and active resource pack, as well as create a new world or join a multiplayer server. When the main menu opens, the game's logo will appear with a splash caption beneath it. The game's menu can be accessed anytime by pausing the game with the Esc key by default.

There are six buttons in the title screen menu for the Java Edition: Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Minecraft Realms, Language, Options, and Quit Game. The animated background is of a Minecraft world with distinguishable features.

Main menu buttons[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

Java Edition menu screen.

Option	Description
Singleplayer	Choose a world to play, or create one.
Multiplayer	Opens the multiplayer join screen.
Minecraft Realms	Opens the main Minecraft Realms menu.
	Allows you to set the game language.
Options	Opens the main Options menu.
Quit Game	Closes the game.

Bedrock Edition[edit]

Bedrock Edition menu screen.

Option	Description
Play	Choose a world to play, or create one.
Achievements	Opens Achievements menu
Settings	Opens Settings menu
Store	Enables you to buy resource packs and skin packs
	Choose a skin
Sign In	Unlocks features like Achievements, Friends and Realms When already signed in, opens feedback.minecraft.net.

Legacy Console Edition[edit]

Legacy Console Edition menu screen.

Option	Description
Play Game	Choose a world to play, or create one.
Mini Games	Choose a Mini Game to play.
Leaderboard	(Xbox/PlayStation editions only) View the leaderboards.
Achievements‌^{[Wii U and Nintendo Switch editions only]}	Opens the achievements list.
Help & Options	Opens the main Options menu.
Minecraft Store	(Xbox Marketplace/PlayStation Store/Nintendo eShop) You can buy add-ons to the game.
Exit game‌^{[Xbox 360 and Wii U editions only]}	Exits to Xbox 360 dashboard/Wii U menu.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition[edit]

Option	Description
Play	Choose a world to play, or create one.
Multiplayer	Opens the multiplayer host/join screen.
Options	Opens the main Options menu.
Skins	Allows the user to change their skin, provided that it was bought beforehand.
Achievements	Opens the achievements list.
Manual	Opens the electronic manual.
Store	(Nintendo eShop) You can buy add-ons to the game.

Minceraft[edit]

Minceraft in game, before the "Java Edition" subtitle was added.

There is a 0.01% chance that the title screen will display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft". Notch implemented this as an easter egg.

Notch made it as a small secret, and enjoyed that he was the only one who knew of its existence. After stating a secret was in Minecraft undiscovered, the internet went wild, trying to find it. Soon after, Notch wrote an article called, "A Post-Mortem of Minceraft".

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

Pause menu buttons[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

The pause screen in the Java Edition.

Option	Description
Back to Game	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft.
Advancements	Shows all of the advancements the player has and hasn't completed.
Statistics	Shows the player's statistics.
Give Feedback	Provides a link to the Java Edition page on feedback.minecraft.net.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}
Report Bugs	Provides a link to the Java Edition page on bugs.mojang.com.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14]}
Options...	Opens the "options" menu, which can change the difficulty, controls, settings, resource packs, music, sounds, and more.
Open to LAN	Gives you the option to allow players from your local network to play on this world.
Save and quit to title	Saves the game's progress and goes back to the menu screen.

Bedrock Edition[edit]

Option	Description
Resume Game	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft.
Settings	Opens the Settings menu, which allows the player to configure controls, difficulty, sounds, and more.
Achievements	Shows all of the achievements the player has and hasn't completed.
Feedback	Shows links to the Minecraft feedback site, the bug tracker, and Mojang support site.
Save and Quit	Saves the game's progress and goes back to the menu screen.

Legacy Console Edition[edit]

Option	Description
Resume Game	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft.
Help & Options	Opens the Options menu, which allows the player to configure controls, difficulty, sounds, and more, and also has a “How to Play” section that teaches the player how to play Minecraft.
Leaderboards	(Xbox/PlayStation editions only) Opens the leaderboards.
Save Game	Saves the game’s progress, without exiting the world. Shows only if autosave is disabled.
Disable Autosave	‌^{[Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch editions only]} Disables the autosave feature for the current world. Shows in place of “Save Game” if autosave is enabled.
Exit Game	Saves the game's progress (if chosen) and goes back to the menu screen.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition[edit]

Option	Description
Resume	Closes the pause menu and allows the player to continue playing Minecraft.
Save Game	Saves the game’s progress, without exiting the world.
Options	Opens the Options menu, which allows the player to configure controls, difficulty, sounds, and more.
Achievements	Opens the achievement list.
Save & Quit	Saves the game's progress and goes back to the menu screen.
Quit	Goes back to the menu screen without saving progress.

History[edit]

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Java Edition Classic
0.0.12a		Added the pause menu, which, like today, could be opened by pressing `ESC`.
Java Edition Indev
0.31	February 1, 2010, 1	The menu screen was added. It originally displayed a dirt background.
	February 1, 2010, 1	At the time, the dirt background would slowly scroll, similarly to the later added credits, and the splash text pulsed slower.
	?	Scrolling of background is removed.
		Splash text now pulses more quickly.
		Pause menu now stops the game.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.0		Added animation of the logo. The animation was cobblestone falling down in order to form the word "Minecraft".
?		Minecraft logo changed from to .
v1.0.13b		Changed logo.
v1.0.14		Changed logo to .
?		A version between Alpha v1.0.11 and Alpha v1.0.14 changed "Save and quit to title.." to "Save and quit to title".
v1.2.2		Removed the "Play tutorial level" button, replaced by "Mods and Texture Packs"
Java Edition Beta
1.4		Minecraft logo changed from to .
1.4		The logo animation was removed as such.
1.8	Pre-release	Completely revamped the title screen adding an animated background, a version tag in the bottom left corner and new options in the option menu.
Java Edition
1.0.0	?	Minceraft easter egg added.
1.0.0	?	"Mods and Texture Packs" button changed to simply "Texture Packs"
1.1	?	Added language select button.
1.3.1	?	Removed "Saving level..." from the pause menu.
1.4.2	12w37a	Added "Re-Create" option to the World selection menu.
1.5	13w03a	The "Texture Packs" button has been moved to the "Options..." screen.
1.5	13w09a	The "Minecraft Realms" button is moved to the main screen, taking the spot of the "Texture Packs" button.
2013 Music Update		Added menu music.
1.11	16w38a	capitalized "Game menu" to "Game Menu".
1.12	pre6	Added the ability to view the credits when clicking the copyright text.
1.12.2	pre1	Minecraft logo changed from to .
1.12.2	pre1	New game logo with Minecraft Java Edition. The Java Edition subtitle is a separate texture.
1.13	pre1	Changed title screen background to reflect the Update Aquatic.
1.13	pre2	Optimized title screen.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14	18w43a	Added the "Give Feedback" and "Report Bugs" buttons to the pause menu.
1.14	November 28, 2018	Changed title screen background to reflect Village and Pillage.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0		Added the menu screen. It originally displayed a dirt background.
0.7.0		Completely revamped the title screen adding a new background, a version tag in the bottom left corner and new options in the option menu.
0.7.3		Background is now animated like Java and Console Edition.
0.7.3		Added the splash text to the main menu.
0.7.6		Removed the "Play on Realms" button from the main menu.
0.11.0	build 1	Added a language button to the main menu.
0.13.1		Moved the skins button to the main menu.
0.13.1		Options button is no longer a wrench icon.
0.14.0	build 1	Revamped menu screen.
0.16.0	?	Removed language button
0.16.0	?	Changed signed in icon to link to feedback.minecraft.net instead of the Minecraft page in the Xbox app.
Bedrock Edition
1.2	build 1	Removed "Pocket Edition" and "Windows 10 Edition" subtitles, simply renaming the game to Minecraft.
1.2	build 1	Changed title screen background.
1.5	beta 1.5.0.4	Changed title screen background to reflect the Update Aquatic.
1.5	beta 1.5.0.10	Reorganization of the main menu buttons.
1.8		Changed title screen background to reflect 1.8.
1.9	beta 1.9.0.2	Added "Feedback" button to the pause menu.

Gallery[edit]

Main menu[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

Animated menu screen in early Indev (click to see animation).
The menu screen in early Alpha.
The menu screen in Beta 1.7.3.
The menu screen in Beta 1.8.1.
The menu screen in 1.12.1.
The menu screen in 1.12.2.
The current menu screen in 1.13.

Pocket Edition[edit]

The Pocket Edition menu screen before Alpha 0.7.0.
The Pocket Edition menu screen in Alpha 0.7.0 - 0.7.2.
The Pocket Edition menu screen in Alpha 0.7.3 - 0.13.0.
The Pocket Edition menu screen in Alpha 0.16.0.
The Windows 10 Edition menu screen as of Alpha 0.13.1.

Bedrock Edition[edit]

The Bedrock Edition menu screen in Windows 10 from 1.5 to 1.7.
The current menu screen in Bedrock Edition as of 1.8.

Pause menu[edit]

Java Edition[edit]

The pause menu in Classic 0.0.22a_05.
The pause menu in Classic 0.0.23a_01.
The pause menu in Infdev (March 27, 2010).
The pause menu in Infdev (June 27, 2010).
The pause menu in Alpha v1.0.4.
The pause menu in Alpha v1.0.11. A version between this and Alpha v1.0.14 removed the two dots after title.
The pause menu used from Beta 1.5 through 11w48a.
The pause menu from 11w49a through 12w24a.
The pause menu from 12w25a to 16w38a.
The pause menu from 17w13a onwards.