xbox ultimate and Minecraft Realms

Hey Mr P

Thank you for taking the time to post this on the Xbox Forums. We understand that you are inquiring about using a Realm on Minecraft.

Firstly, You will need an Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play Realms on an Xbox One console.

Secondly, there are two different types of Realms subscription, one for
Minecraft found on mobile, VR devices, Nintendo Switch consoles, Xbox consoles and Windows 10 computers consoles and one for
Minecraft on a PC (using the Java Edition)

I would recommend that you check out the article that covers
Minecraft Realms to find any other additional info you seek in regards to this.

I hope this was of some use to you.

Hello Burgi Burgoa,

Welcome to Xbox Community Forum. Thank you for sharing your concern with us today and we hope that all is well.

To answer your question, the payment method will differ on what device you are using in playing the Minecraft. The Minecraft Realms subscription from the website (plans | Minecraft) will take credit/debit card. Which they offer monthly recurring and packages for one time charge for 30, 90 & 180 days. You may also use different payment option available if you are playing Minecraft from Android and iOS. On console, subscription may differ when playing Minecraft Realms, for Xbox you'll need either Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription and for Nintendo Switch you'll need Nintendo Switch Online subscription. However, it has not been mention if you can use Gift Card as payment option.

Resources:

Minecraft Realms Plus Creation FAQ – Home

Realms for Java | Minecraft

Minecraft Realms and Realms Plus | Xbox Support

plans | Minecraft

Hope this helps! Kindly let us know, if there is any misunderstanding or clarifications of our description by sending us a reply.



Sincerely,



Xbox Forum Moderator

Microsoft Community

Hey there! You're going to need to verify which version of Minecraft you have. There are two on the Xbox One that you could have.

Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is no longer supported. It's playable, but it can't be found in the Store and does not receive updates. This version of the game does not have Realms access.

Minecraft/Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition/Minecraft: Bedrock Edition (All just different names for the same game) is the version with Realms that are cross-compatible.

Java version (only available on PC) is not compatible with Xbox.

If your child's friend has the Realm set up on the correct version of Minecraft, you just need a Gold Subscription. Realm hosts pay the monthly fee to keep the Realm online. The friend will need to invite your friend/add them as a Realm member from their
Xbox or PC, then your child will receive a little envelope thing on their Minecraft menu. That is the Realm invitation. Once that's accepted, they should be able to join the Realm.

Hiya Scott,

Thank you for contacting Forum support.

Sorry to hear there is an issue launching Minecraft online. Just to let you know you won’t have access to Realms while using a Beta version of Minecraft on an Xbox One console or Windows 10 computer.

I recommend to check out this link for more support on Realms for Xbox:
Minecraft
Realms



If the issue continues, then I recommend to check out this support link for more help with Realms.

(you may also check out
Minecraft Realms FAQ)

Hope this helps

Realms is not included with Game Pass. You'd have to purchase it.