FREE MINECRAFT
BEDROCK
SERVER HOSTING
One free Minecraft Bedrock server your whole group can join: Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iPhone, Android and Windows all in the same world. Official Bedrock Dedicated Server, 2.5 GB RAM, 30 slots, nodes in the US, EU and Asia. No credit card, live in 30 seconds.
A REAL BEDROCK SERVER,
NOT A REALM.
Realms cost money and hide the files. This is the same Bedrock Dedicated Server software, with the files, console and packs in your hands, for free.
CROSS-PLAY, ZERO CONFIG
Bedrock Edition talks the same protocol on every platform. Console, mobile and Windows players join the same address with nothing to set up server-side.
ADD-ONS & BEHAVIOR PACKS
Upload Behavior Packs and Resource Packs over the file manager or SFTP, list them in the world's pack JSON, restart. Custom mobs, items and rules without Java.
OFFICIAL BDS
Runs Mojang's Bedrock Dedicated Server, updated within days of each game release so nobody gets stuck on "outdated server".
30 PLAYER SLOTS
Up to 30 cross-platform players on the free plan. Raise the cap later without migrating your world.
LIVE CONSOLE & FILES
Run commands, tail logs, edit server.properties, upload a world, roll back a backup. Same panel as every other game on Gaming4Free.
DDOS PROTECTION
Included on every node, free tier and up. Public server or private friends-only world, same protection.
US EAST, US WEST,
EU & ASIA.
Console players feel latency more than anyone. Pick the region nearest your group; the panel shows live ping from your IP before you deploy.
US EAST
East Coast, Midwest, South and eastern Canada.
US WEST
West Coast, Mountain states and the Pacific.
EU CENTRAL
UK and mainland Europe.
ASIA (SINGAPORE)
South-East Asia, India, Australia, East Asia.
FREE BEDROCK SPECS,
NO ASTERISKS.
These are the free-plan limits. They do not expire and there is no trial clock.
HOW XBOX, PLAYSTATION
AND SWITCH CONNECT.
PC and mobile have an Add Server button. Consoles do not, so console players use a one-time DNS trick that works on any Bedrock server. Here is both.
WINDOWS, ANDROID & IOS
- Open Minecraft, go to Play, then the Servers tab.
- Scroll down and press Add Server.
- Paste the address and port from your Gaming4Free panel, give it a name, save.
- Select it and join. Friends do the same with the same address.
Mobile and Windows players can also join a friend's console session from the Friends tab once the console player is connected.
XBOX, PLAYSTATION & SWITCH (BEDROCKCONNECT)
- On the console, open network settings and switch DNS to manual.
- Set the primary DNS to a BedrockConnect address (listed on the BedrockConnect project page, for example
104.238.130.180) and the secondary to8.8.8.8. - Launch Minecraft, open the Servers tab and pick any featured server. A server list appears instead.
- Choose Add Server, enter your Gaming4Free address and port, and join.
BedrockConnect is a free, open-source community project. Switch the DNS back whenever you want. Nothing is modified on the console and no account rules are broken.
BEDROCK OR JAVA?
BOTH ARE FREE.
Pick by who is playing, not by which is "better". You can run one of each from the same account.
PICK BEDROCK IF
- Anyone in your group is on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch or a phone
- You want cross-play with no plugins or proxies
- You use Marketplace-style Add-Ons rather than Java mods
- You want the lightest server for a casual survival world
This page. Runs official Bedrock Dedicated Server.
PICK JAVA IF
- Everyone is on PC and you want Forge or Fabric mods
- You want Paper or Spigot plugins for an SMP
- You need 100 player slots or heavy modpacks
- You want Bedrock friends on a Java world via the Geyser plugin
OBVIOUS QUESTIONS,
OBVIOUS ANSWERS.
The things people ask before deploying a Bedrock server. Ask the rest in Discord.
IS THE FREE BEDROCK SERVER REALLY FREE? +
CAN XBOX, PLAYSTATION AND SWITCH PLAYERS JOIN? +
CAN JAVA EDITION PLAYERS JOIN MY BEDROCK SERVER? +
DO ADD-ONS AND BEHAVIOR PACKS WORK? +
world_behavior_packs.json and world_resource_packs.json, and restart. Packs bought on the Marketplace are tied to a Microsoft account and cannot be uploaded to a dedicated server; use free packs or ones you built.CAN I UPLOAD AN EXISTING BEDROCK WORLD? +
.mcworld file, rename it to .zip, extract it, and upload the folder into worlds/ on the server. Set level-name in server.properties to the folder name and restart.WHERE ARE THE FREE BEDROCK SERVERS HOSTED? +
WHAT BEDROCK VERSION DOES THE SERVER RUN? +
HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO REALMS? +
ONE WORLD,
EVERY PLATFORM.
Deploy a free Minecraft Bedrock server in under 60 seconds and hand your console and mobile friends one address. No card, no trial.
START FREE BEDROCK SERVER