Installing Raspbian on your Raspberry Pi means you'll find Minecraft Pi in the Games section. Minecraft Pi is a stripped-down version of the well-known survival game. It's designed to teach users various programming languages.
Sure, it's fun but it's not the Minecraft game we've come to know and love. Minecraft servers list of Raspberry Pi users has figured out how to install Minecraft full-featured on your Raspberry Pi 2, or 3.
Like all things Raspberry Pi, there's a lot of editing and playing with files and Terminal commands. You should take your time and read through each step.
Be aware of this before you begin, there are some things you should know:
You will need to know your Mojang account login information, along with your Minecraft username.
You will require a paid Minecraft license. Minecraft.net offers a way to purchase one.
This guide is for Minecraft 1.8.9. However, with a small modification, you can use the most recent version, currently 1.9.4 (more about this later).
While Minecraft isn't the most enjoyable experience you can have on a $35 computer however, it is certainly possible to play it.
Plan to spend an hour getting everything up and running.
I suggest opening the guide in your browser on the Raspberry Pi and then placing a Terminal window beside it. You'll need to download modified log files from Dropbox. I don't want to share the commands here only to have them modified later.
The procedure is easy, mostly requiring you to copy and paste Terminal commands from the browser, and then paste them into the command line. After you've entered each command, press the Enter key on your keyboard. Your Pi will handle the rest.
Tips to make the process smoother
Raspberry Pi 3 users are exempt from step 1. You are not able to overclock the Pi 3 The Pi 3 is faster than the Pi 2 out of the box.
After entering the command in Step 4 After entering Step 4, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to highlight Advanced options, then press Enter. Then highlight GL Options, select Enable.
Step 7 in the guide confused me. It says click "edit profile", but you actually need to click Profile Editor and then double-click the first list. Under Version Selection click on the drop-down next to Use version and choose a build number. The default guide is 1.8.9. This version is the one we recommend for now. We will change it when everything is in place.
Step 10 requires you to edit "run.sh" without further instructions. Open the Minecraft folder in your Pi directory, right-click on the run.sh file and choose Text Editor.
There are two ways to launch Minecraft. To start Minecraft it is recommended to follow the instructions. advise you to use "./run.sh". While that works, before entering the command, you'll need to enter "cd Minecraft" into a Terminal window. Another option is to open Minecraft folder and double-click the run.sh file. After that, you can select "Execute."
Use the most recent version of Minecraft So once you've got everything up and running you can begin experimenting with the installation. In order to jump to the latest version of Minecraft, you'll need to restart the Minecraft.jar file.
In a Terminal window, enter:"cd" Minecraft
Next, enter: java -jar Minecraft.jar
Click on Profile Editor then change the version to 1.9.4 (or whatever the current version is).
Save your changes, and then click the Play button to force Minecraft to download the most recent version.
Next, then, open the Minecraft folder.
To avoid any issues if you make a mistake, create an archive of the run.sh file. Change the name to "runcopy.sh".
Make sure you have a copy of the file. Then, right-click on it and select Text Editor.
Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard and then type 1.8.9 in the text field. There should be at least two instances. Each one should be replaced with the current Minecraft version (this should match the version number that you selected in step 3.
Save the file and restart your Raspberry Pi.
Launch Minecraft as you normally would, and then play.