How does a Bedrock server answer a status check?

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, the version on phones, consoles and Windows, talks to servers over RakNet, a protocol on top of UDP. Before you join, the game sends the server a small "unconnected ping", and the server answers with a line of text: its MOTD, game version, player count, world name and game mode. That answer is what the server list in the game shows, and it's what this tool asks for.

Tool description

Enter the Server Host (a hostname or IP address) and the Port, then press Check Server. You get:

  • The MOTD, the server's first line of description, without its § color codes
  • The Level Name, on most servers the world name or the second MOTD line, and the Game Mode
  • The Version and Protocol Version
  • Online Players and Max Players
  • The Edition: Bedrock Edition or Education Edition

The check runs on our server, which sends the ping over IPv4. Bedrock servers listen on UDP port 19132 by default.

AI assistants connected to the Rapid Tool Set MCP server can run the same check as minecraft_bedrock_server_checker.

Tips

  • If the check fails, the server may be offline, a firewall may block UDP traffic to it, or it may listen on another port. Server lists usually show the port next to the address.
  • Java Edition servers speak a different protocol over TCP; check them with the Java Minecraft Server Checker.
  • Servers that run both editions through Geyser answer here on their Bedrock port.
  • Big networks often report a made-up Max Players number, such as 100001.