Play with friends: local network, global network, servers

What are the ways to play together?

• Your solo world on the local network (LAN): friends in the same home or on the same network connect to your computer by its address.
• Your solo world on the global network: friends anywhere join with a code and a password, through Openworld's relay servers.
• A server: a world that stays on, with roles, homes and protected zones. You join it by its address. Hosting one is covered in the server guide.
• Whatever you pick, each player needs the game, an Openworld account and the same version. Mac, Windows and Linux play together.

How do I open my world to friends at home?

1. 1

   Open the hosting menu

   In your solo world press Esc, then Host on network. The screen Play with your friends asks where your friends are.

2. 2

   Choose Local network

   Press Open to local network. A port is picked for you; Advanced lets you type one. The panel Hosted on local network then lists the addresses to give to your friends, each with a Copy button, and counts the guests.

3. 3

   Your friends join

   In their game: Multiplayer, Direct connect, paste your address with its port, Join. You get a message each time someone arrives or leaves.

4. 4

   Stop when you want

   Press Stop hosting, or simply leave your world: everyone is disconnected when the host goes.

How do I play with friends who are far away?

1. 1

   Choose Global network

   In the same hosting menu, press Play with friends far away under Global network. The first time, the game asks to turn on statistics (bandwidth, ping) for the session, because your friends' traffic goes through our relay servers: press Enable for this session.

2. 2

   Share the code

   After a few seconds the panel shows a code (nine letters, written like YHB-OLP-FTR) and a password (ten letters and digits). Copy invitation copies a ready message to paste to your friends.

3. 3

   Your friends join

   In their game: Multiplayer, Join a friend (global network), type the code and the password (or paste the whole invitation), press Check: the game shows the world's host, the players already there, the relay and its ping. Then Join.

4. 4

   Manage the session

   Change code gives a new code and password: friends already connected stay, the old code stops working. Statistics shows players, ping, bandwidth and volume, and lets you kick or ban a player.

How do I join a server?

• Multiplayer lists your servers with their picture, name, description, players out of slots, and ping.
• Join enters the selected server (a double click works too). Direct connect joins an address once without saving it. Add saves a name and an address; Edit, Delete and Refresh do what they say.
• An address is an IPv4, an IPv6 or a domain name, with the port after a colon if it is not the default 24710: for example 192.168.1.20 or example.com:24710.
• A red Incompatible card means the server runs another version: the game tells you which one to launch from the launcher.
• Servers check your Openworld account. Some run offline, without accounts: you keep the name you type and everyone wears the default skin.

• 24710default UDP port of a server
• 100player slots on a server by default
• 9 lettersin a global network code, plus a 10-character password

What changes in a shared world?

• You see each other with your skins. T opens the chat, Tab lists the players, M opens the map. Commands are in Commands.
• In a world you host, you are the SuperAdmin and your guests are regular players. They arrive in the world's game mode.
• Each player is saved by account: your friends come back to their own spot and their own bag.
• While your world is hosted, time does not stop when you open the pause menu. The night keeps falling for everyone.

Updated 2026-10-13