Getting Minecraft And Mods On Steam Deck Is Good And Simple

Need to get Minecraft working simply on Steam Deck or a normal Linux desktop without a lot fuss? This is a method you can do it and it makes it simple. For this I picked the PolyMC launcher (a fork of MultiMC) accessible on Flathub, as the current official Minecraft launcher Flatpak does not save your password on Steam Deck and PolyMC after all offers with modding too.

Here is a latest video guide for you, with textual content steps below:

You will see this video also on the Steam Deck part of the PolyMC Wiki!

Textual content steps:

- Set up PolyMC from the Uncover Software Centre on Steam Deck, or Flathub straight for desktop Linux.
- minecraft servers and add your account in the top proper corner. It supports each Mojang and Microsoft logins.
- Go into the principle PolyMC Settings, click Minecraft in the left panel and click the choice to shut PolyMC when the sport window opens. In any other case, loading in Sport Mode / Deck UI on Steam Deck it will flicker between the two windows.
- Ensure within the PolyMC Settings that Java is about to the latest version, which is needed for the newest Minecraft.
- Click Add Occasion in the top left, then decide either regular Minecraft or find some mods with the built-in search and it installs every part you need for you.
- To have the ability to launch straight from Steam: go to the Video games menu up the highest -> click add a Non-Steam recreation after which find PolyMC in the checklist.

Some YouTube comments advised attempting out some optimized modpacks, but actually I did not see a big enough distinction by way of performance or power use to make them truly value it on Deck compared with vanilla Minecraft when testing on the same map seed. Controller mods have been also instructed, however they're not often up to date and infrequently only work with particular Minecraft versions so sticking with Steam Enter and simply adjusting a couple of keys is your best option for that.