I already paid for Xbox gold why isn’t it letting me join friends and play

Hi there! This is Ronnie, an independent adviser.

Nice to meet you and I hope you are having a great day!

I understand you need help on joining party chat.

First, please check if your Xbox Live Gold is already active on this link:

https://account.microsoft.com/services/

If it is active, you may need to check your privacy settings on this link:

https://account.xbox.com/en-us/settings

Make sure they are set to allow on your privacy and online safety tab then submit.

On your console, you may also try doing the reset to refresh the system:

NOTE: This will remove the profiles on your console, make sure that you remember the email and password to your account.

No data or game saves will be lost doing this, everything is backed up to the cloud servers.

1. Press the Xbox button to open the guide.

2. Select Settings.

3. Select System.

4. Select Console info

5. Select Reset console.

6. Select Reset and keep my games & apps

This will also help sync the data on your console properly.

Hope that helps!

im not to join parties and can play with friends but when i put in a code for xbox live. the one tells me i already have a gold menbership active

Greetings Ross!

Some LIVE services requires paid subscription (Gold membership). Gold membership let's you play multiplayer with friends, watch HD movies from Netflix, HBO GO and much more. More information:
www.xbox.com/.../Gold

I already have Xbox Gold but its prompting me to buy it in order to join parties and do Xbox Gold things. I need help I just wanna play Terraria with my friends.

Your subscirption must’ve already expired or someone you know cancelled your subscription. Visit the subscription tab in settings to see.

Greetings Tanman279!

You can always connect to Xbox LIVE, but certain feautures, such as play together with your friends online, you must have Gold membership. Gold membership is a paid subscription.

Get yourself familiarised with Xbox LIVE Gold

Good luck!