# Bedrock Crossplay

> Crossplay lets Bedrock players on phones, tablets, consoles, and Minecraft for Windows join your Java server. Flip one switch and FadeHost runs Geyser...

Source: https://fadehost.com/docs/crossplay/

Crossplay lets **Bedrock players** on phones, tablets, consoles, and Minecraft for Windows join your **Java** server. Flip one switch and FadeHost runs [Geyser](https://geysermc.org) and Floodgate on your server for you: no plugin downloads, no config files, no second server.

Bedrock players **don't need a Java account**. Floodgate authenticates them with their Xbox/Microsoft account and they appear in-game with a `.` in front of their name (so `.Steve` is the Bedrock version of a player name).

## Enabling it

1. Open your server → **Settings → General**.
2. Turn on **Bedrock Crossplay** (available on Paper, Purpur, and Spigot servers).
3. **Restart the server.** Geyser and Floodgate install automatically during startup.

After the restart, the settings page shows the **Bedrock address and port** your console/phone friends should use.

## How Bedrock players join

On their device: **Play → Servers → Add Server**, then enter:

- **Server address:** shown on your settings page (your server's IP)
- **Port:** the Bedrock port shown next to it (this is *not* the Java port)

Java players keep connecting exactly as before: same address, same port, nothing changes for them.

## Good to know

- **Version tolerance**: Geyser tracks the latest Bedrock releases and generally accepts current Bedrock versions joining a current Java server. Right after a brand-new Minecraft release there can be a short gap until Geyser updates, and we ship updates automatically on every server restart.
- **What Bedrock players can do**: play survival/creative, chat, and build: nearly everything. A few Java-only quirks (custom resource packs, some plugin GUIs) may look different on Bedrock.
- **Turning it off**: flip the switch off and restart. The Bedrock port stops answering and the plugins are removed.
- **Works with hibernation**: a sleeping server wakes when a *Java* player joins. Bedrock players can't trigger the wake themselves yet. A Java player (or the panel Start button) needs to wake it first.

## Troubleshooting

- **"Unable to connect" on Bedrock:** double-check you're using the Bedrock *port* from the settings page, not the Java port, and restart the server once after enabling the toggle.
- **Bedrock player names look odd:** the `.` prefix is Floodgate's marker for Bedrock players; whitelist them as `.TheirName`.