How to add friends in Minecraft Java (Image via Mojang Studios) Minecraft has been rising in popularity for over 15 years with millions of players worldwide.

Those wishing to add friends in Minecraft can do so fairly easily with just a bit of menu navigation. Here's everything that you need to know!

You can add friends in "Minecraft" through their Microsoft account's gamertag, regardless of which platform they use to play the game.

You can play Minecraft solo, but it's much more fun with friends. Here's how to play multiplayer in Minecraft: Java Edition.