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Consoles officially cannot add custom servers. How the unofficial BedrockConnect route works anyway — including the risks.
Before you start: the honest part
- Officially this is not possible. Consoles cannot add custom servers — that is not a setting we overlooked, it is how Mojang built it.
- The route below is an unofficial workaround. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo do not support it. We found no rule forbidding it, but we cannot rule one out either. You do this at your own risk.
- The second DNS entry is mandatory. Leave it out and your console loses internet access entirely — no store, no streaming, nothing.
- After each Minecraft update the service is usually broken for about a day. If you get an "older version" message, try again a day or two later.
- An online subscription is still required: PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass or Nintendo Switch Online.
- You can undo this any time by setting DNS back to "Automatic".
There is a paid app called "BedrockConnect" on the App Store and Google Play, with ads and a subscription. It is not part of the project and is not needed here. You do not have to install or pay for anything.
Step 1: change the DNS on your console
Nintendo Switch
The DNS setting belongs to the Wi-Fi profile, not the system — switch networks and you have to set it again there.
- System Settings → Internet → Internet Settings
- Under Registered Networks pick your network → Change Settings
- DNS Settings → Manual
- Primary DNS:
134.255.231.119· Secondary DNS:8.8.8.8 - Save, then fully restart the console (not just sleep mode)
For Switch this is the route we can vouch for. A phone bridge like the one further down relies on the console seeing local games, and on Switch that is not a given.
PlayStation 5
- Settings → Network → Settings → Set Up Internet Connection
- On your connection choose Advanced Settings
- Set DNS Settings to Manual
- Primary:
45.55.68.52· Secondary:8.8.8.8 - Confirm with OK and wait for the connection test
PlayStation 4
- Settings → Network → Set Up Internet Connection
- Choose your connection type (Wi-Fi or LAN cable) → Custom
- IP Address: Automatic → DHCP Host Name: Do Not Specify
- DNS Settings: Manual → Primary
45.55.68.52, Secondary8.8.8.8 - MTU: Automatic → Proxy Server: Do Not Use → Test connection
Xbox
- Settings → General → Network settings → Advanced settings → DNS settings → Manual
- Primary:
134.255.231.119· Secondary:8.8.8.8 - Save and restart the console
This menu path comes from user reports, not from Microsoft itself — wording may differ slightly per console.
If it does not work it is usually IPv6: the Xbox then ignores your custom DNS. Fix: disable IPv6 on your router, or set the DNS on the router instead.
Step 2: connect in Minecraft
Open Minecraft
Start Minecraft and go to the Servers tab.
Click one of the featured servers
Click The Hive or Lifeboat. Instead of that server, the BedrockConnect list opens.
Choose “Connect to a Server”
Enter address
planetsmp.comand port19132. The Add to server list toggle keeps the entry saved.Join
Done. If the address gives an error, use the numeric address
145.239.232.109with the same port instead.
To undo: open the same settings and set DNS back to Automatic.
The second route: your phone as a bridge
If you would rather leave your console's network settings alone, there is another way on PlayStation and Xbox. A free phone app announces our server as a local game, and the console joins it from the Friends tab. Your DNS settings stay untouched.
What this route needs
- Phone and console must be on the same Wi-Fi.
- The app has to keep running the whole time you play. Phone off or app closed means the connection drops.
- Checked on 13.10.2026 in Apple's directory: BedrockTogether, free, version 26.50.2 from 22 September 2026, 4.4 stars from 5,971 ratings, no in-app purchases. We did not check the Android build.
- For Switch, use the route above. The app does list Switch as well, through a second method using the friends list. We could not reproduce that, and we do not write down as certain what we have not reproduced.
Install the app
Get BedrockTogether on your phone. It is free and asks for no subscription.
Enter our server
Open the app and fill in: address
planetsmp.com, port19132.Tap “Start”
The app now builds a local bridge on your Wi-Fi. Leave the phone on and the app open.
Join from the console
Start Minecraft, go to Play and then the Friends tab. PlanetSMP shows up there as a local game. Click it and you are in.