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The message displayed upon loading the demo world in Java Edition. — The message displayed upon loading the demo world in *Java Edition*.

Minecraft Demo Mode is a demo version of Minecraft for users who have not purchased the game yet and would like to try it out first without purchasing it.

The demo version of Java Edition can be played free of charge by logging into the Minecraft Launcher with a Microsoft or Mojang Studios account that hasn't purchased the game yet, designed to replace the functionality of the outdated PC Gamer demo. This demo version consists of a single seed that can be played for up to 5 in-game days (1 hour and 40 minutes total).

Functionality[]

The demo mode can be played by all players regardless of whether they have yet purchased the game. Demo Mode functionally serves to allow the players to try out the game before deciding to buy Minecraft. It allows players to play on a single world for a 100-minute (5 in-game days) period before the map is locked and required to be reset.

Custom skins can be applied in Bedrock Edition, and it is possible to install resource packs and modifications on the Java Edition demo.

While Demo Mode does not expire, it comes with certain restrictions as its sole purpose is to allow new players to try out Minecraft.

Restrictions[]

Java Edition[]

The following restrictions apply when playing the game in demo mode:

The demo map is preset and always generates with the same seed: -343522682, corresponding to the text seed North Carolina.
- This means that the player Spawn, Seed, and Generated structures are always the same.
The game is locked to Survival mode and cheats are off by default.
- Cheats can be unlocked and other game modes can be accessible by using Open to LAN.
Multiplayer servers are inaccessible, although LAN multiplayer is allowed, with the limitation that only 1 demo account is allowed on a server (this is because the default Minecraft name ('Player') cannot be changed).
The game time is limited to five in-game days (1 hour and 40 minutes real-time or 100 minutes total). After the time runs out, players can still navigate through the world, but their interactations with it are limited. Resetting the demo world also resets the demo timer.
- Changing the in-game time forcibly with commands or external programs such as an NBT editor can reset the timer.
- It is possible to gain (almost) unlimited time in the demo by changing the in-game time to extreme negative values (past the minimum 64-bit integer limit, which is -9223372036854655508). However, the number causes several problems such as zombies and creepers behaving passively to players.
- The player can still attack/kill mobs and take damage. Their hunger, saturation, health, and drowning bars work as normal, but they cannot eat anything.
- Breaking any block leads to the block being instantly restored, and placing any block leads to the block being deleted.
- The player can still remove boats, but they cannot place them.
- The player can still pick up dropped items.
"Demo" is displayed in the version notation on the title screen.

Bedrock Edition[]

The following restrictions are similar to Java Edition, except with a few differences.

The demo map is preset and always generates with the same seed: 1193926712.
- This means that the player Spawn, Seed, and Generated structures are always the same.
The game is locked to Survival mode and cheats are off by default.
- The player cannot enable the Hardcore mode toggle.
- Some cheat commands, like ShowCoordinates or DaysPlayed, can be turned on.
Vibrant Visuals are enabled by default; however, the player cannot disable them via video settings.
- The player can change and adjust the vibrant visual settings via video settings.
- The player cannot create a superflat world preset or enable experimentals via world settings
Multiplayer and Realms servers are inaccessible.
The player can create and customize their skins via character creator, however they cannot obtain rewards earned via Achievements and the marketplace.
- They player cannot access custom skin packs via the marketplace.
The player cannot access or load in resource packs and add-ons.
The game time is limited to five in-game days (1 hour and 40 minutes real-time or 100 minutes total). After the time runs out, players can still navigate through the world, but their interactions with it are limited. Creating new demo worlds can reset the timer, however the user may have to reload the game, in order to work.
- The player can still take damage, but they cannot attack mobs and entities (like boats and minecarts).
- The player cannot interact utility blocks like chests, furnaces, or crafting tables, however they can skip the night with beds.
- The player cannot ride or leash saddled or harnessed mobs like happy ghasts, horses, pigs, llamas, etc.
  - If a mob is already leashed, it cannot be unleashed with shears or attached to a fence post.
  - If the player is riding a saddled or harnessed mob, getting off from the mob will not allow them to get on again
- The player cannot rewrite or change unwaxed signs and hanging signs.
- The player cannot trade with villagers and wandering traders.
- The player can still pick up dropped items.
- The player can still access portals, although they cannot deactivate them
- The player can activate redstone components only via pressure plates and sculk sensors, as they cannot interact with buttons or levers.
- The player cannot breed animals.

Minecraft Trial[]

On 20th December 2018, a Minecraft trial version for Android titled Minecraft Trial was released in 2019. However, restrictions from Java Edition, along with some new ones, still apply; for example, some blocks and items are removed, including barriers and command blocks (all types). There are also trial versions for Windows and the PlayStation 4.

It has the following restrictions:

The time limit per world is 90 minutes of real-time.
The player isn't able to play Multiplayer, including LAN multiplayer. On the PlayStation 4, split-screen multiplayer is possible.
The player isn't able to change Global Resources and Add-ons, but can import custom skins.
The player is restricted to Survival mode.
The player is restricted from changing Cheats and World Options parts off.
The player is restricted from changing Trust Player Permissions.
The player is restricted from accessing Storage.
The player cannot change the world seed.
The player is restricted to Infinite world type.
- There have been 5 demo seeds, which are 818010429, 29300, 1395001428, 1537846859 and 1193926712 in 1.20.

Creative Mode[]

If a world is downloaded, it can be played by putting the world folder in "saves" and renaming it to "Demo_World". If there is already "Demo_World", it must be first renamed or deleted. There is a chance that the demo timer has decreased or expired. This is due to the timer being used by the world's creator while building the world. Deleting "level.dat" and "level.dat_old" in such situations does not reset the timer.

Image of a player in a creative demo world.
A second image of the player in a creative demo world.

Reloading Demo Saves[]

in Java Edition, when the demo timer of a certain world has run out, and the current demo backup world is reloaded, replacing a new demo save, the demo timer resets and plays in the reloaded backup save. However, there are some circumstances/bugs that haven't been fixed since. Some of which include:

unable to unsit tamed cats and dogs (demo users are able to feed them)
unable to ride mounts like camels and its undead variants
unable to save ender chest inventories (only occurs when demo users restart the game laucher)

History[]

Java Edition
1.3.1		12w16a	Demo mode added. During the snapshot releases, minecraft.jar must be launched directly with the `--demo` parameter.
1.3.2		pre	Users can play the demo mode in minecraft.net.^{[is this the correct version?]}
1.7.2			Users can no longer play the demo mode on minecraft.net.
November 26, 2013			The latest launcher version (1.3.4) allows players who have not yet bought Minecraft to play the game's demo.
1.12		17w13a	To reflect the addition of advancements, the startup message was changed to say "Check the advancements for hints" instead of "Check the achievements for hints".
1.13		?	Changed world spawn point, possible due to the #minecraft:valid_spawn tag.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.1			A demo version was released, but was eventually removed from app stores.
v0.12.0			A demo version was released in the Windows Phone Store for phones with Windows Phone 8.1.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	A demo version of the game is available for download.

Trivia[]

It is possible to play in-game modes other than Survival in the demo mode by opening up the world to LAN with cheats enabled and executing /gamemode command. This does not remove the time limit, or the demo message.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
- It is also possible to pause the time limit by executing the /tick command, when the demo world is open to LAN with cheats enabled.
In Java Edition, deleting the files "level.dat" and "level.dat_old" causes the timer to reset. Additionally, a new bonus chest spawns on the original spawn point.
In Java Edition, resource packs/texture packs can be added and loaded.
Servers can be started with the --demo flag (this is technically what the launcher does). Everyone who joins the server sees the demo message.
If one tries to play a demo version before 1.3 from the launcher using a non-premium account, they can play the full version. This is because 1.3 is the version that added the demo mode to Minecraft, so earlier versions do not have the code necessary to recognize that they are in the demo.
Typing in "North Carolina" in the seed screen of the full version gives the same world seed as the demo version.‌^{[Java Edition only]}
If the Minecraft shortcut and directory is moved to another hard drive, etc., it remains in the demo version, and the previous worlds do not appear.
It is possible to enter the server list by opening to LAN and enabling cheats, then executing the /kick @s command to see the option to go back to the server list. However, servers cannot be joined due to an invalid session. This is because, in demo mode, usernames are not authenticated.

Gallery[]

Java Edition[]

The demo world.
The title screen in demo mode.
The bonus chest.
A ruined portal on a beach near an old growth birch forest at demo mode. Notice the timer at the top right.
A screenshot containing a snowy taiga, a taiga, and a frozen river taken in demo mode. Notice the timer again at the top right.
A demo world, but with the Bare Bones texture pack loaded in.

A demo world, but with the Bare Bones texture pack loaded in.

Pocket Edition[]

The title screen of the Pocket Edition demo.
The gamemode selection screen in the Pocket Edition demo, which was immediately shown when Start Game was selected.
The inventoy as shown in the Pocket Edition demo, with unlocked items at the top and locked items at the bottom.
Minecraft - Pocket Ed. Demo app icon
Minecraft – Pocket Edition Lite app icon