Bedrock Edition:Tutorials/Playing Old Versions

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Playing old versions of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is often tricky due to official launchers not supporting version changes and there being copyright issues. To be able to play almost every version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, Pocket Edition is recommended due to Bedrock Betas and Previews being accessible.

Client

Android

Android is the easiest way to play old versions of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition due to it being as simple as installing a APK installation file.

  • To download different versions first download and install the latest Aurora Store version.
  • Then log in with a Google account that owns Minecraft.
  • Now you can search Minecraft and go to its store page.
  • Then you can use the Omniarchive Index to look up the google play Version codes.
  • Then go to manual download and type in the Version Code and download.
  • You should now be prompted to install that version.

To download Beta/Preview versions you must sign up to be a beta tester on the Google play Minecraft page.

Windows 10/11

On Windows there is a unofficial Minecraft Bedrock Launcher that allows you to download most of the full releases of Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition.

The launcher also mimics the official launcher UI so navigation should be easy if you are familiar with the official launcher. This launcher requires a Microsoft account with a Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition license.

Linux

The unoffical Minecraft Bedrock Launcher for Linux allows you to play Minecraft: Pocket Edition APKs. If your device is x86 or x64, you will need to use a Minecraft x86 APK. If your device is ARM you can use a ARM APK.

To play versions 0.12 - 1.16.0.66 this version is recommended.

For later versions look at later releases of the launcher.

This launcher may not work on your device and is known to have graphical issues especially with Nvidia.

For ARM devices, you can use a Android phone and follow these steps:

  • To download different versions first download and install the latest Aurora Store version.
  • Then log in with a Google account that owns Minecraft.
  • Now you can search Minecraft and go to its store page.
  • Then you can use the Omniarchive Index to look up the google play Version codes.
  • Then go to manual download and type in the Version Code and download.
  • If you get prompted to install don't install and instead go to the downloads menu.
  • Then hold on the download and press Save App bundle. This will create a archive containing the APK.

To download Beta/Preview versions you must sign up to be a beta tester on the Google play Minecraft page.

For x86 or x64 devices, you can follow the steps above but use a Android emulator like Bluestacks on Windows and install Aurora store on there.

This will give you access to the x86 APKS

Server

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition servers can be downloaded from the Minecraft Wiki

Windows

Launch the executable.

Linux

To launch the server type LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./bedrock_server in terminal.

If you are getting errors for missing library files they will need to be downloaded.

For example, one way to get missing libraries for the 1.6.1 BDS is to download the deb here, use an archive manager to copy libssl.so.1.0.0 and libcrypt.so.1.0.0 into the servers directory. Then edit the launch command to be LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./ ./bedrock_server

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