{"id":119674,"date":"2020-10-21T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/21\/java-account-migration-what-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:36:24","slug":"java-account-migration-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/21\/java-account-migration-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"JAVA Account Migration: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/java-account-migration-what-you-need-to-know.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>For those who have been here long enough, you know what this means.&nbsp; Our Minecraft: Java Edition accounts are migrating for a second time.&nbsp; For those who have an account now, we will need to Migrate from a Mojang Account to a Microsoft account in early 2021.&nbsp; Starting later this fall, however, new accounts will already be required to create Microsoft accounts.&nbsp; I know change can be bothersome but Mojang does state some good points when making the switch.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More account security.<\/li>\n<li>All Minecraft accounts connected.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Parents can have more control for the safety of their child\/children<\/li>\n<li>Chat and invitation blocking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the coming months Mojang will list out what exactly is needed and how to migrate your account, this will be mandatory if you wish to continue playing Minecraft: Java Edition.&nbsp; Here on the Forums, we will do our best to also help remind members of the upcoming switch as well as list the how-to\/need-to-know for account Migration.&nbsp; For those who are Migrating Mojang Studios do have a nice added bonus, a cape!<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that the Migration happens smoothly Mojang Studios will be migrating players in batches to hopefully make this an easy process for all.&nbsp; Make sure your emails are up to date for your Mojang account as you will receive instructions when it is time to Migrate.<\/p>\n<p>For those worrying, Java Edition itself is not changing, it is only the account that you use to login that is changing.&nbsp; You will still keep your current names, new players will still be able to pick their name.&nbsp; Your login is just finding a new home.<\/p>\n<p>For now, read over the FAQ Mojang has provided so far:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.minecraft.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360050865492-JAVA-Account-Migration-FAQ\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/help.minecraft.net\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360050865492-JAVA-Account-Migration-FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who have been here long enough, you know what this means.&nbsp; Our Minecraft: Java Edition accounts are migrating for a second time.&nbsp; For those who have an account now, we will need to Migrate from a Mojang Account to a Microsoft account in early 2021.&nbsp; Starting later this fall, however, new accounts will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minecraft-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}