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.
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Java Edition[edit]
Option | Description |
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Singleplayer | Choose a world to play, or create one. |
Multiplayer | Opens the multiplayer join screen. |
Minecraft Realms | Opens the main Minecraft Realms menu. |
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Allows you to set the game language. |
Options | Opens the main Options menu. |
Quit Game | Closes the game. |
Bedrock Edition[edit]
Option | Description |
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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 |
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Choose a skin |
Sign In![]() |
Unlocks features like Achievements, Friends and Realms When already signed in, opens feedback.minecraft.net. |
Legacy Console Edition[edit]
Option | Description |
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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 |
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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]
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!".
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Java Edition[edit]
Option | Description |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |||||
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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. | |||
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 ![]() ![]() | ||||
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 ![]() ![]() | ||||
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. | |||
"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. | |||
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 ![]() ![]() | |||
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. | |||
pre2 | Optimized title screen. | ||||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Added the "Give Feedback" and "Report Bugs" buttons to the pause menu. | |||
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. | ||||
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. | ||||
Options button is no longer a wrench icon. | |||||
0.14.0 | build 1 | Revamped menu screen. | |||
0.16.0 | ? | Removed language button | |||
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. | |||
Changed title screen background. | |||||
1.5 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Changed title screen background to reflect the Update Aquatic. | |||
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]
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Java Edition[edit]
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]
Bedrock Edition[edit]
The current menu screen in Bedrock Edition as of 1.8.
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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 from 17w13a onwards.
Pocket Edition[edit]
The pause menu from Alpha 0.7.2
Bedrock Edition[edit]
The pause menu from 1.2.0.7.
See also[edit]
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