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title: "How to set up Bedrock + Geyser/Floodgate (cross-play between Java and Bedrock)"
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# How to set up Bedrock + Geyser/Floodgate (cross-play between Java and Bedrock)

Learn how to let Minecraft Bedrock players (mobile, console) join your Java server using the Geyser and Floodgate plugins.

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- Published on: 2026-09-11 · Language: en

## 1. What Geyser and Floodgate are

- **Geyser**: a plugin that translates the Minecraft Bedrock protocol into the Minecraft Java protocol, letting players on mobile, console and Windows 10/11 (Bedrock) join Java servers.
- **Floodgate**: complements Geyser by letting Bedrock players join **without an Xbox account linked to Java**, using its own authentication system.

## 2. Installing Geyser

- Download the **Geyser-Spigot** plugin (for Paper/Spigot/Purpur servers) from [geysermc.org/download](https://geysermc.org/download).
- In the panel's **Files** tab, open the **plugins** folder and upload the downloaded `.jar` file.
- Restart the server so the plugin generates its configuration files.

## 3. Configuring geyser-config.yml

After the first startup, the `plugins/Geyser-Spigot` folder is created with the `config.yml` file. The main fields are:

```
bedrock:
  address: 0.0.0.0
  port: 25733 # replace with the port you got in the Network tab

java:
  auth-type: floodgate # set it like this after installing Floodgate (section 5)
```

The `address` field inside `bedrock:` is the address Geyser listens on — in the vast majority of cases, leave it as `0.0.0.0` (listen on all interfaces). You only need to change it if you want to restrict where connections can come from.

  ℹ️
  **About the port (`bedrock.port`)**: it doesn't have to be the default `19132`. Go to your server's **Network** tab in the panel, create (or use) an allocation already enabled by the host, and put exactly that number in the `port` field inside the `bedrock:` block.

  ℹ️
  **About authentication (`auth-type`)**: this field is inside the `java:` block (in older Geyser versions this block could be called `remote:`). It defaults to `online`. After putting the Floodgate `.jar` file in the `plugins` folder (see section 5), you must change this field to `floodgate` — that's what lets Bedrock players join without a linked official Java account.

## 4. Opening the Bedrock (UDP) port

Geyser uses a **UDP** port separate from the Java port — its number is the one you set in `bedrock.port` in the previous section.

- In the panel, go to the server's **Network** tab and confirm the allocation created for Geyser is enabled for UDP.
- If the panel doesn't allow UDP on the same allocation, set Geyser's port (`bedrock.port`) to an allocation that's already enabled and give that port to your Bedrock players.

  ⚠️
  **Warning**: Without the UDP port properly open, Bedrock players can't connect even with Geyser installed.

## 5. Installing Floodgate

- Download the **Floodgate-Spigot** plugin from [geysermc.org/download](https://geysermc.org/download?project=floodgate).
- Upload the `.jar` to the **plugins** folder, alongside Geyser.
- Restart the server. A `plugins/floodgate` folder will be created with an authentication key (`key.pem`) — don't delete this file.

  ℹ️
  With Floodgate active, Bedrock players join with a prefix in their name (default `.`) and don't need a linked Java/Xbox account.

## 6. Connecting from the Bedrock client

- In Minecraft Bedrock, go to **Play > Servers > Add Server**.
- Enter the server IP and the **Bedrock/UDP port** (not the Java port).
- Save and connect as usual.

## 7. Common problems

- **Can't connect**: check that the UDP port is really open/allocated in the panel.
- **Disconnected when joining**: check that the Geyser version is compatible with the Java server version.
- **Bedrock-only blocks/items missing**: that's normal — some blocks and mechanics have no direct equivalent in Java.

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