How To Get Minecraft Snapshots

It is possible to play a future snapshot in Minecraft, too equally previous versions that accept been released, and it is quite easy too. However, many people don't know how to use or install them. This tutorial shows you how to install and play whatsoever blazon of snapshot, evolution version, or previously released version that is available in the launcher, as well as snapshots that are no longer available in the launcher.

Bachelor in the launcher [ ]

Check *Enable snapshots* to select snapshot builds.

To play a snapshot, first, download the Minecraft launcher. The download link is available at minecraft.net/download.

Past default, you tin choose and play release versions of Minecraft, e.k. one.14.x, 1.15.10, i.sixteen.x and and so forth. Also available are the development snapshots for the upcoming release, or for the most recent release if snapshots haven't begun yet for an upcoming release. Unremarkably, only the last snapshot in per week is available, except for the most recent calendar week, in which they're normally all available. Keep in mind that the exact list of snapshots bachelor may vary, as information technology is at the discretion of Mojang which snapshots are listed. Snapshots are newer versions that have not been released as an update and are still a work in progress. Players can view said snapshots as well.

This picture shows the drop-down menu of versions to select to play Minecraft. This screen can be accessed by pressing "New..." or editing some other version preset, both attainable by going to "Installations".

To play a snapshot or previous version of Minecraft, get into the "Installations" tab and click the "Snapshots" choice in the top-right corner. This allows you to play both the latest release versions and development versions by switching profiles on the launcher. Go on in mind that Minecraft doesn't care nearly save data compatibility, so information technology is advised to use a temporary world when you test development builds (note that information technology is possible to enable snapshots without changing the game directory, all the same, split game directories are a expert practice to go along your worlds separated and prevent compatibility issues from destroying your maps).

No longer bachelor in the launcher [ ]

Each time the launcher closes, information technology automatically removes snapshots from its Utilize version list that don't vest to its current fix of snapshots, which, as explained above, is usually the almost recent gear up of snapshots, and usually only the last i per week. Due to this, older snapshots go unavailable from that list over fourth dimension, simply the launcher can certainly still play them. Though the launcher'due south listing is kept short, Mojang doesn't remove old snapshot files from the location on the spider web that the launcher uses. Then here's how to do this:

Stride 1: Navigate to the specific snapshot page on this wiki, which can exist accessed via the snapshot history page, and download the client .jar and .json on the right-mitt side of the folio.

For the remaining steps, close Minecraft and the launcher.

Footstep 2: Become to your .minecraft/versions folder:

Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\versions\ (Simply put this in your address bar & hit enter)
Linux: ~/.minecraft/versions/ (this folder may be hidden in the "Dwelling" binder)*

* To unhide files in the 'Home' folder, printing Ctrl + H

Mac Bone 10: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/ (this folder may be subconscious)

Pace iii: Create a folder with the same name every bit the snapshot, for instance "12w15a" or "14w02a".

Footstep 4: Move the .jar and .json files that you downloaded into that folder, and rename both to the same name as the snapshot.

Footstep five: Commencement the launcher, so follow the instructions from the previous section. You will be able to select the version you downloaded.

Congratulations, yous have installed a snapshot!

Warnings [ ]

Opening existing single player worlds is non without take a chance: they might become broken or unloadable. If y'all load the map in the new snapshot and after you downgrade the version, the map might comprise features that do not exist in that version withal, thus corrupting it. A map can also become corrupt by whatever bugs in the new snapshot.

Don't accept whatsoever risks: backup your saves (located in .minecraft\saves).

Minecraft has a trend of deleting older snapshot folders from the .minecraft\versions binder when the launcher closes. It is advised to copy the snapshot folder yous have just created into a safe location.
Worlds that are not made while snapshot is activated will non be able to exist played without possibly messing up the world. Make a new world when snapshot loaded. When not playing in snapshot, world that was made during snapshot will not exist able to be played.