Guide
Horizon Launcher Multiplayer: Servers Page, LAN and Joining Friends
Multiplayer through Horizon Launcher: what the Servers page manages, how Horizon joins vanilla servers, LAN discovery, and the honest limits of online play in the Rust client.
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Singleplayer proves a rewrite; multiplayer is where it earns trust. The Servers page of the build from horizon launcher App manages your online play, and the client behind it was tested joining vanilla servers. This guide sets out what works and how to connect cleanly.
What the Servers page does
The Servers page is the launcher home for multiplayer: your server list, your connections, and the starting point for sessions with friends. Like the other shelf pages, its job is to make a repeated task boring in the best way: pick, connect, play.
The client underneath passed the project network harnesses: joining vanilla servers, the dedicated server behaviour, status, login, configuration, play, chunks, chat, recipes, advancements and the command tree were all compared against vanilla over hundreds of cases.
Joining servers and LAN play
Horizon joins vanilla servers in offline mode, and LAN discovery matches vanilla behaviour, which makes local play with friends on the same network the smoothest multiplayer this launcher offers. Add the server, connect, and the world you enter is the same world Java players see.
Keep expectations aligned with that offline mode note: servers that demand full account sign in are a different door, and this client does not currently walk through it. For friend groups running their own server or playing on one network, nothing about that limit gets in the way.
Making sessions smooth on a phone
Multiplayer adds network work to rendering work, so shorten distant terrain a step for online sessions and prefer a stable connection over a fast, flaky one. the graphics settings guide tunes graphics with the same worst spot logic, and a busy server spawn is a very honest worst spot.
Controllers earn their keep online, where chat pauses are dangerous and movement is constant. the controls guide covers the pad setup that most of our multiplayer testers settled on within one session.
Tested on our own Android phones with the current build, like every guide on this site. If a step behaves differently on your device, tell us through the contact page and the guide gets corrected, not defended.
Quick Answers
Can Horizon Launcher join vanilla Minecraft servers?
Yes, in offline mode. The client network behaviour, including joining vanilla servers and LAN discovery, is harness tested against vanilla.
Can I play with friends on the same network?
Yes. LAN discovery matches vanilla, making local play one of the smoothest ways to use the Servers page.
Can Horizon sign in to account checked servers?
Not currently. Servers that require full Microsoft account sign in are outside what the client supports today.
How do I reduce lag in multiplayer?
Shorten distant terrain for online sessions, use a stable connection, and tune graphics in busy areas like server spawn.