World selection menu

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

Java Edition

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.
	Opens accessibility settings.

Bedrock Edition

BEMenuScreen — Bedrock Edition menu screen, as of 1.13.0.

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

Legacy Console Edition

File:Playstation 4 Edition Title Screen.png

PlayStation 4 Edition menu screen, as of 1.95.

Option	Description
Play Game	Choose a world to play, or create one.
Mini Games	Choose a Mini Game to play.
Leaderboard‌^{[Xbox and 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

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3DS Edition menu screen.

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

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 sought out 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

Java Edition

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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 feedback site.
Report Bugs	Provides a link to the Java Edition page on bug tracker.
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

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The pause screen in the Bedrock Edition

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.
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.
Profile	Shows all of the achievements the player has and hasn't completed and choose a skin.

Legacy Console Edition

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.‌^{[Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch editions only]}
Disable Autosave	Disables the autosave feature for the current world. Shows in place of "Save Game" if autosave is enabled.‌^{[Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch editions only]}
Exit Game	Saves the game's progress (if chosen) and goes back to the menu screen.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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

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World selection menu/History

Gallery

Main menu

Java Edition

Animated menu screen in early Indev (click to see animation).
The menu screen in early Alpha.
The menu screen in Alpha v1.2.2.
The menu screen in Beta 1.3.
The menu screen in Beta 1.4.
The menu screen in Beta 1.8.1.
The menu screen in 1.5.
The menu screen in Java Edition 1.7.10.
The menu screen in Java Edition 1.12.2.
The menu screen in Java Edition 1.13.
The current menu screen in Java Edition 1.20.2.
The menu screen in Java Edition 1.15. ‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.15]}

Pocket Edition

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The Pocket Edition menu screen before Alpha 0.7.0.
The Pocket Edition menu screen in Alpha 0.7.0 - 0.7.2.
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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

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The Bedrock Edition menu screen from 1.2.0 to 1.4.4.
Windows 10 Title Screen.png

The Bedrock Edition menu screen in Windows 10 from 1.5.0 to 1.7.0.
Bedrock Edition Menu Screen (1.8.0 to 1.10.0).png

The Bedrock Edition menu screen from 1.8.0 to 1.10.0.
Bedrock Edition Menu Screen (1.11.0 to 1.11.4).png

The Bedrock Edition menu screen from 1.11.0 to 1.11.4.
The Village & Pillage background in Bedrock Edition from 1.11.0.
Bedrock Edition Menu Screen (1.12.0 to 1.12.1).png

The Bedrock Edition menu screen from 1.12.0 to 1.12.1.
The current menu screen in Bedrock Edition as of 1.13.0.
The Bedrock Edition menu screen for beta users.

Legacy Console Edition

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The PlayStation 4 Edition menu screen.

Pause menu

Java Edition

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).
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The pause menu in Infdev (June 27, 2010).
Alpha 1.0.4 menuscreen.png

The pause menu in Alpha v.1.0.4.
Alpha 1.0.11 menuscreen.png

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 to 1.13.2.
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The pause menu from 18w43a onwards.