Platform Rules

NOTE: The following rules may be overwritten by specific category rules

If you have any questions, the answer may be in our FAQ

Back

# General

• Emulators are banned, unless stated otherwise below.

# PC

• All input methods are legal with the exception of touchscreen.

# Windows

• You must play on the Windows 10/11 Edition of the game.

• Running multiple instances of Minecraft Bedrock is only allowed by modifying the windows registry

  • This can be done with the following PowerShell script

$packageFullName = (Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.MinecraftUWP).PackageFullName
if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($packageFullName)) {
    Write-Host "Could not get 'Microsoft.MinecraftUWP' package." -ForegroundColor Red
    return
}
$registryPath = "HKCU:SOFTWARE\Classes\Extensions\ContractId\Windows.Launch\PackageId\$packageFullName\ActivatableClassId\App\CustomProperties"
if (!(Test-Path -Path $registryPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $registryPath -ItemType RegistryKey -Force | Out-Null
}
Set-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath -Name "SupportsMultipleInstances" -Value 1 -Type DWORD

• Joining the same world on multiple instances is not allowed.
• Rare save file glitches will result in the run being rejected (such as copying the seed over, copying some chunks over, and other glitches)

# Linux / MacOS

• Linux and MacOS users may play the Pocket Edition of the game and submit to the PC leaderboards if played via the Minecraft Bedrock Launcher

Changing the following options is allowed:

• Resolution
• Fullscreen
• VSync
• FPS-Hud
• Keystroke-Mousehud-Hud
• UI Scale
• Move huds

# Mobile

• You must play on one of the following platforms:
  • Android
  • iOS
  • iPod
  • Windows Phone
• All input methods are legal.

# Console

• You must play on one of the following platforms:
  • Amazon Fire TV
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 4 Pro
  • PlayStation 5
  • PlayStation 5 Pro
  • Switch
  • Switch 2
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox One S
  • Xbox One X
  • Xbox Series S
  • Xbox Series X
• All input methods are legal with the exception of touchscreen.

# Virtual Reality

• Virtual Reality runs fall under the category of the physical device the game is being run on. This means that if the game is being run on a PC and streamed to a headset, you must submit to PC, and if the game is being run on a Console, you must submit to Console, etc.