How to join Block4Block

Block4Block is a Minecraft: Java Edition server, where most blocks cost a block to break. You play it with Minecraft on a computer (Windows, Mac or Linux), set to the server's version.

The blocks you keep there are a game too: Lectern, in your browser (step 7). You can try it now, before you join.

EditionJava Edition
Version1.21.10
Server address
play.b4block.org

Step by step

  1. Get Minecraft: Java Edition. Buy it at minecraft.net, install the Minecraft Launcher, and sign in with your Microsoft account.
    The Minecraft Launcher, signed in, with Minecraft: Java Edition marked on the left
  2. Make a 1.21.10 installation. In the launcher:
    • choose Minecraft: Java Edition on the left,
    • open the Installations tab and click New installation,
    • name it Block4Block, and under Version pick release 1.21.10,
    • click Create.
    Minecraft: Java Edition's tabs, with Installations marked
  3. Play that installation. On the Play tab, the list beside the green Play button starts on Latest release, a newer Minecraft that can't join: pick Block4Block there, then click Play. Minecraft's title screen then says 1.21.10 in its corner.
    The Play tab: 1, the installation list beside Play (it starts on Latest release); 2, Play
  4. Add the server. In Minecraft click Multiplayer (the first time, Proceed), then Add Server. Type the address play.b4block.org and click Done.
    Minecraft's title screen with Multiplayer marked, and the Add Server screen: 1, the address play.b4block.org; 2, Done
  5. Join. Pick Block4Block in your server list and click Join Server.
    The server list: 1, Block4Block; 2, Join Server
  6. Claim your land. Write in a Book and Quill: the first page starts with claim, then one player name a line (put yourself in). Place the book on a lectern: the chunk is yours, and your claim's members show in chat.
    A claim book on a lectern, and the chat saying the chunk is claimed
  7. Play your blocks in Lectern. The blocks you keep in your claims are a game in your browser. Type /link in chat and click the link, or open b4block.org/companion. Every block you own is a grain in your Hoard, with a pet made of your blocks on top; the round button shows your team's blocks, then everyone's, with the other players' pets.
    Lectern on a phone: a Hoard of 1069 blocks with its owner's pet on the heap, and everyone's Hoard with four players' pets greeting

Good to know

Wrong version? If Minecraft says "Outdated client" or "Outdated server", go back to step 2: the installation must be 1.21.10.

Why can't I break blocks? On Block4Block most blocks cost a block to break: carry one of the same in your hotbar. Logs, trees and utilities like crafting tables and beds break as usual. In game, /help shows the rules.

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