Title Screen

The title screen or main menu is the first of Minecraft's several menu screens. Acting as an introductory interface, it permits access to gameplay and most other menu screens.

The game's logo is prominently displayed on the title screen, accompanied with a randomly-selected splash, and is also backed with a panorama which is changed every named update to match its theme. The version number and copyright are shown at the bottom of the screen.

Java Edition

Option	Description
	Select a world to play in singleplayer or create a new one.
	Play in multiplayer by choosing a LAN world or joining a server.
	Opens the main Minecraft Realms menu.
	Opens language settings.
	Opens the main Options menu.
	Closes the game.
	Opens accessibility settings.

Minceraft

There is a 0.01% (¹⁄₁₀₀₀₀) chance for the title screen to display "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft".^[1] Notch implemented this as an Easter egg, and kept it as a small secret, enjoying that he was the only one who knew of its existence. After stating a secret was in Minecraft undiscovered, the community sought to find it. Soon after, Notch posted "a post-mortem of Minceraft" on Reddit.^[2]

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

Getting Minceraft can be simulated by replacing the minecraft.png file with the minceraft.png file. The texture file is located in textures/gui/title/minceraft.png.

Welcome to Minecraft

When the user enters the game the first time, a Welcome to Minecraft screen appears. The welcome text is narrated on startup. This screen can also be viewed by deleting the options.txt file.

The buttons are:

Button text	Action
Language...	Opens the language settings.
Accessibility Settings...	Opens the accessibility settings.
Narrator	Changes the respective setting.
Continue	Opens the main title screen.

For accessibility, a button is always selected so a player without a mouse can navigate with the ↹ Tab and ↵ Enter keys.

Bedrock Edition

Option	Description
	Select a world or Realm to play, create one, or join a server.
	Opens the settings menu.
	Opens the Minecraft Realms purchase screen.^{[note 1]}
	Lets the player buy worlds, resource packs, skin packs, and other community-created content. The button is sometimes textured and animated, depending on what's currently being promoted on the Marketplace.
	Switches the game to Legacy Console Edition.^{[note 2]}
	^{[upcoming BE 26.0]} Opens the social drawer, where all offline and online friends are shown, with their profiles, and a button to search for players. A separate tab shows available or joined parties, or the option to create one. When the player is in a party, the first four player faces are shown on this button. The number shows the amount of online friends.
	Choose, or create a skin.
	Lets the player sign in with their Microsoft account to unlock several online features.
	Shows the player's Minecraft profile, including their statistics, screenshots, and achievements. It also shows their profile on the Xbox network, such as their gamertag, online status, friends, and followers.
	Opens the Inbox screen, which shows Realms invites from friends and news about the game. A red dot shows on this button when unread messages are available.

Pressing Esc opens a menu with a button to close the game.

In-game live events or certain other events are sometimes available to join from the main menu with a button on the middle-left.

Example of a pop-up. This one is usually shown the second time after installing the game.

The first and second times after installing the game, and during certain events, a pop-up is shown on the main menu. Pop-ups can inform new players about the game, announce updates, news from official Marketplace collaborations, or Marketplace Pass updates. Most pop-ups can also be found in the inbox afterward.

Inbox

The Inbox is an in-game message center accessible from the main menu when signed in. Messages are sorted into five tabs: News, Invites, Realms, Marketplace Pass, and Feedback. News messages include updates, events, and some announcements, usually also shown on pop-ups. Realms and Marketplace Pass messages are often related to new content in the Marketplace Pass, when content becomes unavailable, and some announcements. The feedback tab shows external links to the feedback site.

These messages are sent by Minecraft, and may be delayed for certain regions. Messages are synced to the player's Xbox account and saved forever, although individual messages can be deleted. Each message can be opened to show the full content and images, and some also contain external links or buttons to Marketplace packs.

In the Invites tab, Realms invites from players are shown. Any player can send invites to players they have added as friends, which doesn't need to be confirmed. Accepting the invite adds the Realm to the play screen; declining the invite removes the option to accept and requires a new invite to be sent.

The inbox has a few settings accessible with a button on the top-right.

Option	Description	Default
Only show invites from friends	Under the "Invites" tab, only Realms invites from friends are shown (not from followers).
Enable message batch alerts	Enables a red dot when getting a message.
Enable invite badge alerts	Enables a red dot when getting an invite.
Mark all messages as read	The "unread" red dot of all messages disappears, and all messages are now marked as read.
Delete all read messages	Deletes all the messages marked as read. A warning message pops up before deleting.

Quick world creation

Upon opening Minecraft for the first time after installing, a variant of the main menu opens with an interface to quickly create a new world. The player can choose to create a new world with the options to select the game mode and the difficulty, while all other world options remain in their default state. The player can then choose one of the nine default skins and select the touch control mode when playing on a touch device.

Sounds

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Indev
0.31	20100131-2156	The title screen was added.
20100206-2034		The background of the title screen no longer scrolls.
Java Edition Infdev
20100327		The "Generate new level..." button was replaced with the Single player button.
20100327		The "Load level.." button was replaced by a Multi player button, which wasn't playable at the time.
20100629		Added the "Loading..." screen.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.4		Replaced the "Loading..." screen with a Mojang splash screen.
v1.0.10		The Multiplayer button was no longer grayed out as SMP was added, although it was only for testing at this stage.
v1.0.10		Removed the spaces on the Singleplayer and Multiplayer buttons.
v1.0.13_01		Changed the Minecraft logo from to in a reupload.
v1.0.14		Reverted the Minecraft logo to the previous version.
v1.2.0	preview	RAM usage information no longer shows up on the top right corner.
v1.2.2		Replaced the "Play tutorial level" button with "Mods and Texture Packs".
Java Edition Beta
1.0		The "Options..." button was made much closer to the "Mods and Texture Packs" button.
1.0		Added the "Quit Game" button, however, it's not properly enabled and stays unused.
1.3		The "Quit Game" button is now properly enabled for launcher users. In web applet, it remains hidden.
1.4		Changed the logo.
1.8	(preview)	The background was replaced with a panorama.
1.8	(preview)	The version tag was moved to the bottom left corner.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Added the Minceraft easter egg.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6	The "Mods and Texture Packs" button was changed to "Texture Packs".
1.1	11w49a	Added the language selection button.
1.5	13w03a	The "Texture Packs" button has been moved to the "Options..." screen.
2013 Music Update		Added menu music, which includes "Mutation", "Beginning 2", "Moog City 2" and "Floating Trees".
1.7.9		The "Minecraft Realms" button is moved to the main screen, taking the spot of the "Texture Packs" button.
1.12	pre6	Added the ability to view the credits when clicking the copyright text.
1.12.2	pre1	Added "Java Edition" to the game logo.
1.14	19w06a	Added loading bars while loading the game and reloading resources.
	19w11a	Added `↹ Tab` support for the title screen.
	19w13a	Added the "Accessibility Options" button to the title screen.
1.15.2	pre1	Clicking the "Multiplayer" button from the title screen now displays a disclaimer stating that "Online play is not rated".
1.16	20w21a	Changed the logo.
1.17	21w03a	Holding `⇧ Shift` while clicking menu buttons now cycles through options in the reverse order.
1.19.4	23w03a	Added keyboard support for the title screen.
1.20	23w14a	The Minecraft and the Minecraft Realms logos were changed.
		The Minceraft easter egg now has its own logo texture. Before this change, slices of the logo texture were rendered in a shuffled order, swapping the right side of the E and C letters.
		The format of the Invite icon was slightly changed.
	pre2	The game now displays a message box on startup if user enabled text-to-speech functionality, but it is not available.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release		Added the title screen.
v0.1.0	original	Changed the title screen.
v0.1.0	Touch Prototype	Added a touchscreen version of the title screen.
v0.1.1		Changed the texture of the buttons.
v0.7.0		Replaced the dirt background with a new background.
v0.7.0		The version tag was moved to the bottom left corner.
v0.7.1		The logo was changed.
v0.7.1		The buttons were moved further down.
v0.7.3		Added the splash text.
v0.7.3		Replaced the background with a panorama.
v0.7.6		Removed the "Play on Realms" button from the title screen.
v0.11.0	build 1	Renamed "Title screen" to "Main menu".
v0.11.0	build 1	Added a language button to the main menu.
v0.13.1		Moved the skins button to the main menu.
v0.13.1		The Options button no longer appears as a wrench icon but a label.
v0.14.0	build 1	Changed the layout of the main menu.
v0.15.0	build 1	Revamped the main menu.
		The texture of the buttons has changed to white.
		The Skin button now appears as a hanger icon below the player's model.
v0.15.0		Add a store button.
v0.16.0	build 1	Changed the button sizes.
	build 1	Renamed "Options" to "Settings".
	build 4	Removed the language button.
	build 4	Changed the signed-in button to link to feedback.minecraft.net instead of the Minecraft page in the Xbox app.
	build 5	Moved Sign In/signed-in button, upscaled Skin button.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.2	The Sign In button size is now smaller.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.10	The main menu buttons were reorganized. The Store button was moved below the Settings button.
1.12.0	beta 1.12.0.4	Renamed "Store" to "Marketplace".
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.9	The Sign In button is now larger, matching with Pocket Edition v0.16.0 Alpha.
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.15	The Achievement and Skin buttons have been integrated and moved into a new "Profile" button.
1.16.200	beta 1.16.200.55	Added a UI startup screen to inform players if they are on outdated graphics drivers.
1.17.30	beta 1.17.30.20	The feedback button now appears at the bottom left as an icon.
		Changed the logo.
		The Achievement button is now individual again. It now appears, besides the feedback button, as a water bottle icon when signed in, along with the Invite button.
	beta 1.17.30.22	Renamed "Profile" to "Dressing Room".
1.18.20	Preview 1.18.20.22	Added the preview logo.
1.20.20	Preview 1.20.20.20	Changed the preview logo.
1.20.60	Preview 1.20.60.22	Changed the Invite button to the Inbox button, which has a bell icon.
1.20.60	Preview 1.20.60.25	Added a quick world creation feature for players that open Minecraft for the first time after installing.
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.20	Removed the Feedback button when logged in.
1.21.0	?	A new Realms button now shows up in accent color when logged in.
1.21.20	?	The Achievement button is replaced by a new Profile button. This change is visible to previously-logged-in players who have logged out.
1.21.70		The "Friends" drawer is now accessible from the main menu, but only for certain devices.
?		The "Friends" drawer is no longer accessible from the main menu.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.25	Expanded the quick world creation feature with options to select a default character.
26.0	Preview 26.0.25	Added the "Social" drawer to the main menu to access parties.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
1.66.0016.0	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added the menu screen.
1.66.0033.0							Removed the grayed-out "Multiplayer" button.
0.66.0054.0							Changed the logo.
							Extended the menu buttons.
							The button hint was moved.
							Added menu music.
TU0							Menu scroll sound was changed to a higher pitch.
TU1							Changed the button textures.
TU8							Renamed "Download Content" to "Minecraft Store".
TU14							Changed the logo.
TU36	CU25	1.28	1.28	1.28	Patch 7		Added mini games to the main menu.
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Changed the button textures.
	CU49					1.0.16	The "Download the latest version of Minecraft for FREE!" button was added.
	CU58						Removed the "Download the latest version of Minecraft for FREE!" button from the menu and pause screen, but kept it in the options menu.
			1.99				The "Launch New Minecraft" button was added.
		1.84	2.06	1.84			The ability to transfer worlds from PlayStation 3 Edition and PlayStation Vita Edition to the Legacy Console version of the PlayStation 4 has been removed.
	CU59						Removed the "Download the latest version of Minecraft for FREE!" button from the options menu.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
v1.0.0	v0.14.2	Added the main menu.
v1.0.0	v0.16.0	Changed the buttons.
v1.0.21		Added the ? button to the main menu.
v1.0.27		Added the Quick Play button to the main menu.
v1.4		Removed the ? button.
v1.7		Added the Library and the Educator Resources buttons.
v1.7		Added the talk button as the replacement of the ? button.
v1.9	v1.8.0	Removed the apple from Educator Resources button.
v1.9	v1.8.0	Removed the "Beta" speech bubble next to the Library button indicating that it is a feature in beta testing.
v1.12.0		Replaced the Educator Resources and the Library buttons with the Switch Accounts button.
v1.14.70	v1.14.60	Added the New & Featured button.
v1.17.30	v1.17.30.2	Added the Hour of Code button, which replaces the New & Featured button.
v1.18.32	v1.18.10.04	Replaced the talk button with the ? button, with a different texture compared to when it was first implemented.
v1.18.32	v1.18.10.04	Reverted the change in 1.17.30.

Issues

Issues relating to "Title Screen" or "Main menu" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

The "Welcome to Minecraft" message shown when the game is opened for the first time.
A named update pop-up.
The Inbox settings.
Example of a message details screen in the Inbox.