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RakNet is a networking library used by Minecraft Bedrock Edition. You might want to also look at the documentation for the Bedrock Protocol.
This is based on the old Pocket Edition Protocol Documentation and may be incomplete or outdated.
The source code for the RakNet Library can be found here.
NOTE:
You may want to use an existing library if one exists for your language of choice.
Here is an incomplete list. Not all of these are maintained or complete. If these are outdated you may need to change the protocol version to 9 before it can work. The protocol doesn't seem to have had any significant changes since the official implementation was discontinued in 2014, so as long as you bump the protocol version older libraries are likely to still work.
| Name
|
Description
|
Language
|
License
|
Active development
|
| NukkitX Network
|
Network components used within NukkitX, but with great support for general use as well
|
Java
|
Apache License
|
Yes
|
| JRakNet
|
JRakNet is a networking library for Java which implements the UDP based protocol RakNet
|
Java
|
MIT
|
Yes
|
| JRakLibPlus
|
A library for easy creation of RakNet servers, based on RakLib and JRakLib.
|
Java
|
LGPL
|
No
|
| raknet
|
UDP network library that follows the RakNet protocol for Node.js
|
node.js
|
MIT
|
No
|
| PyRakLib
|
PyRakLib is a networking library that follows the RakNet protocol for MCPE. It is ported from the PHP library: RakLib.
|
Python
|
GPL
|
No
|
| Raknet (official)
|
The official implementation. Outdated and mostly for reference purposes. May not work with the latest Bedrock.
|
C++
|
BSD
|
No
|
Data types
|
|
Size (Bytes)
|
Range
|
Notes
|
| Byte
|
1
|
0 to 255
|
|
| Long
|
8
|
-2^63 to 2^63-1
|
Signed 64-bit Integer
|
| Magic
|
16
|
00ffff00fefefefefdfdfdfd12345678
|
Always those hex bytes, corresponding to RakNet's default OFFLINE_MESSAGE_DATA_ID
|
| short
|
2
|
-32768 to 32767
|
|
| unsigned short
|
2
|
0 to 65535
|
|
| string
|
unsigned short + string
|
N/A
|
Prefixed by a short containing the length of the string in characters. It appears that only the following ASCII characters can be displayed: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
|
Packets
Unconnected Ping
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x01, 0x02
|
Time
|
Long
|
|
| MAGIC
|
magic
|
|
| Client GUID
|
Long
|
|
0x02 is only replied to if there are open connections to the server. Note: as of 0.15.6 it seems that the game refreshes it's LAN world list every 4-5 seconds, however it seems the game will still ping in 1 second intervals.
This packet should be responded to with unconnected Pong.
Unconnected Pong
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x1c
|
Time
|
Long
|
|
| Server GUID
|
Long
|
|
| MAGIC
|
magic
|
|
| Server ID string
|
string
|
Used for the MOTD. See below for details.
|
Server ID string format
For Minecraft Bedrock this is separated by semicolons and uses the following format:
Edition (MCPE or MCEE for Education Edition);MOTD line 1;Protocol Version;Version Name;Player Count;Max Player Count;Server Unique ID;MOTD line 2;Gamemode;Gamemode (numeric);Port (IPv4);Port (IPv6);
Example:
MCPE;Dedicated Server;390;1.14.60;0;10;13253860892328930865;Bedrock level;Survival;1;19132;19133;
Result:
Connected Ping
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x00
|
Time
|
Long
|
|
Connected Pong
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x03
|
Ping Time
|
Long
|
|
| Pong Time
|
Long
|
|
Offline Connection Request 1
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x05
|
Magic
|
MAGIC
|
|
| Protocol version
|
byte
|
Currently 9
|
| MTU
|
mtu-46 zero bytes
|
The MTU sent in the response appears to be somewhere around the size of this padding + 46 (28 udp overhead, 1 packet id, 16 magic, 1 protocol version)
|
The client sends these to the target server with ever decreasing MTU until the server responds. This is used to discover the MTU size for the connection. If the RakNet protocol does not match your own, respond with the Incompatible protocol packet
Offline Connection Response 1
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x06
|
Magic
|
MAGIC
|
|
| Server GUID
|
Long
|
|
| Use security
|
boolean
|
Make sure this is false, it is vital for the login sequence to continue!
|
|
| MTU
|
short
|
see Offline Connection Request 1
|
Offline Connection Request 2
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x07
|
Magic
|
MAGIC
|
|
| Server Address
|
address
|
|
| MTU
|
short
|
|
| Client GUID
|
Long
|
|
Offline Connection Response 2
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x08
|
Magic
|
MAGIC
|
|
| Server GUID
|
Long
|
|
| Client Address
|
address
|
|
| MTU
|
short
|
|
| Encryption enabled?
|
byte
|
0 for disabled.
|
Online Connection Request
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x09
|
GUID
|
Long
|
|
| Time
|
Long
|
|
Online Connection Request Accepted
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x10
|
Client address
|
address
|
|
| System index
|
short
|
Unknown what this does. 0 works as a value.
|
| Internal IDs
|
10x address
|
Unknown what these do. 255.255.255.255:19132 for all of them seems to work, any other address will probably work as well.
|
| Request time
|
Long
|
|
| Time
|
Long
|
|
Incompatible protocol
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x19
|
Protocol
|
byte
|
|
| Magic
|
MAGIC
|
|
| Server GUID
|
Long
|
|
Unconnected Ping
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x01, 0x02
|
Time
|
Long
|
|
| GUID
|
Long
|
|
Frame Set Packet
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x80..0x8d
|
Frame Set index
|
uint24le
|
|
| Frames
|
Flags
|
byte
|
Top 3 bits are reliability type, fourth bit is 1 when the frame is fragmented and part of a compound.
|
| Length IN BITS
|
short
|
Length of the body in bits.
|
| Reliable frame index
|
uint24le
|
only if reliable
|
| Sequenced frame index
|
uint24le
|
only if sequenced
|
| Order
|
Ordered frame index
|
uint24le
|
only if ordered
|
| Order channel
|
byte
|
| Fragment
|
Compound size
|
int
|
only if fragmented
|
| Compound ID
|
short
|
| Index
|
int
|
| Body
|
ceil(length/8) bytes
|
The reliability types are as follows:
| ID
|
Name
|
Reliable
|
Ordered
|
Sequenced
|
| 0
|
unreliable
|
|
|
|
| 1
|
unreliable sequenced
|
|
x
|
x
|
| 2
|
reliable
|
x
|
|
|
| 3
|
reliable ordered
|
x
|
x
|
|
| 4
|
reliable sequenced
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
| 5
|
unreliable (+ ACK receipt)
|
|
|
|
| 6
|
reliable (+ ACK receipt)
|
x
|
|
|
| 7
|
reliable ordered (+ ACK receipt)
|
x
|
x
|
|
Sequenced implies ordered.
Game Packet
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0x8e
|
Body
|
bytes
|
Single packet of the GAME protocol.
|
NACK
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0xa0
|
Record count
|
short
|
|
|
|
Record
|
Is Range?
|
byte
|
0 for range, 1 for no range
|
|
|
No Range
|
Index
|
uint24le
|
|
|
|
Range
|
Start Index
|
uint24le
|
|
|
|
End Index
|
uint24le
|
|
ACK
| Packet ID
|
Field Name
|
Field Type
|
Notes
|
| 0xc0
|
Record count
|
short
|
|
|
|
Record
|
Is Range?
|
byte
|
0 for range, 1 for no range
|
|
|
No Range
|
Index
|
uint24le
|
|
|
|
Range
|
Start Index
|
uint24le
|
|
|
|
End Index
|
uint24le
|
|
