Minecraft Realms have been combating downtime and different connectivity points for nearly every week now, and followers are taking discover.
Followers making an attempt to entry Realms have been reporting lengthy loading occasions, connection errors, and different issues since no less than August 13. It seems to have began across the launch of Minecraft replace 1.21.20, which included updates to Realms invite hyperlinks in addition to numerous bug fixes.
On August 15, Mojang tweeted that the Realms crew was working “across the clock” to resolve the Bedrock Realms service points. It subsequently reported that service had been restored, however connectivity points continued all through the weekend.
We’re nonetheless laborious at work to convey Realms again on-line for all gamers. As of now roughly 70% of gamers ought to have entry. As a part of this work we now have needed to block visitors to Realms on 1.21.20 on all platforms apart from Swap (till Swap will get the hotfix). -DK
— Mojang Standing (@MojangStatus) August 18, 2024
“We’re nonetheless laborious at work to convey Realms again on-line for all gamers. As of now roughly 70% of gamers ought to have entry,” Mojang wrote on August 17. “As a part of this work we now have needed to block visitors to Realms on 1.21.20 on all platforms apart from Swap (till Swap will get the hotfix).”
Minecraft Realms are private servers which might be accessible to gamers by way of subscription. It is touted as an space the place followers can “simply and safely play on-line with their buddies in shared worlds throughout gadgets.”
As of August 19, followers are nonetheless reporting connectivity points with Minecraft Realms, which is corroborated by a big spike on Downdetector. IGN reached out to Mojang representatives for an replace, however haven’t obtained a response.
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