Xbox One and Series guide
How to join any Minecraft server on Xbox
On Xbox, the Minecraft Servers tab only lists the featured servers. With our DNS, one of them opens a menu where you type the address of any Bedrock server.
- Primary DNS
- 95.170.30.25
- Secondary DNS
- 1.1.1.1
The secondary DNS is required: ours only answers for Minecraft.
Before you start
- Your console connected to the Internet, and Minecraft up to date: versions 1.26.60 to 1.26.63 all work (same protocol).
- The address and port of the server you want to join (the port is often
19132). - Five minutes. Nothing to install, no account to create.
- On PC, phone or tablet (Windows, Android, iOS) you do not need this guide: the Servers tab already has an “Add Server” button.
Step 1: set the DNS on your Xbox
- Xbox button
- Profile & system
- Settings
- General
- Network settings
- Advanced settings
- DNS settings
- Manual
- Press the Xbox button on the controller, go to Profile & system, then Settings.
- Open General, Network settings, then Advanced settings.
- Select DNS settings, then Manual.
- Primary IPv4 DNS: enter
95.170.30.25, then confirm. - Secondary IPv4 DNS: enter
1.1.1.1, then confirm. The Xbox tests the connection and returns to Advanced settings. - Restart the console: hold the Xbox button, then Restart console.
Primary IPv4 DNS95.170.30.25
Secondary IPv4 DNS1.1.1.1
Step 2: join a server in Minecraft
- Fully close Minecraft: press the Xbox button, highlight Minecraft, press the Menu button, Quit. Then launch the game again.
- Play, then the Servers tab. Join Mineville, Lifeboat, Galaxite or Enchanted. Not The Hive: it always opens the real server.
- Minecraft asks whether you trust the server: accept. Our menu opens (the question may come back once for the server you join next).
- Choose « Rejoindre un serveur (Join a server) ». Labels are in French with the English in brackets: type the address in « Adresse du serveur (Server address) » and the port in « Port », without the colon.
- Tick « Ajouter à ma liste (Add to my list) » to find it again next time, then confirm: Minecraft transfers you to the server.
Adresse du serveur (Server address)play.example.com
Port19132
Nom dans ma liste, facultatif (Name in my list, optional)Friends server
Ajouter à ma liste (Add to my list)
Submit
Next time, your server is listed under « Rejoindre un serveur (Join a server) », so there is no need to type the address again. « Gérer ma liste (Manage my list) » lets you edit or remove it.
Troubleshooting
- The menu still does not open after the restart
- If your router has IPv6, the Xbox may use IPv6 and ignore the DNS you entered. Turn off IPv6 in the router settings, then restart the Xbox.
- The real featured server opens, not our menu
- The console is not using our DNS yet. Check both addresses, then fully restart the console and Minecraft.
- No more Internet on the console
- The secondary DNS is missing or mistyped. Set
1.1.1.1. - Endless loading after typing the address
- The target server is not responding, or has not moved to the 1.26.60 connection mode yet. Check the address and port, then ask its admin whether it is up to date.
- An error shows up before the menu
- Fully close Minecraft and try once more. If the error comes back, write to us with the time of your attempt and the message shown: we will check what our machine received at that time.
Undo the change
To play on the real featured servers again, or if you no longer want the menu:
- Xbox button, Profile & system, Settings, General, Network settings, Advanced settings.
- DNS settings: Automatic.
- Restart the console.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work on Xbox One as well as Xbox Series X and S?
Yes, the menus are the same on all three consoles.
Is it free?
Yes, for everyone, with no account to create and no need to be a HelloServ customer.
Does the change affect my other games?
No. Our DNS only answers for the names of the Minecraft featured servers. Everything else (other games, store, updates) goes through the secondary DNS, as before.