Cracked minecraft: where the heck is it? How do I obtain it???

So, i have a conundrum. I want to play minecraft, but I am absolutely seething at having to log in to my Microsoft account. I've owned Minecraft for over 10 years, but I've grown to despise Microsoft. I want an offline DRM-free Minecraft experience, and I've found versions of Prism launcher that support cracked game data, but I have no idea where to download cracked Minecraft. It's like it doesn't even exist. I'm tech savvy enough to download whatever game I want from the internet... except Minecraft??? Where is Minecraft?!

I'm also willing to simply download legitimate versions through my account one last time and then use a tool to crack them, but I can't find a way of doing that either. I beseech you, Lemmy users, how can I play Minecraft with my girlfriend without Michaelsoft being involved.

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Side note: if you want to run a dedicated server and play on it with a cracked version (or just an offline mode or while MS services are down) edit the server.properties file and set online-mode=false from true. (Then restart the server if it was online)
This wipes everyone's inventories if there was already progress, so have everyone put their items in a chest before doing this. If you use modded, have everyone unclaim their chunks or any other username-bound items like teleporters with permission systems.
All of this can be redone, reclaimed, re-bound after the change happens. This effectively changes your in-game identities on a server from a Microsoft one to an offline one. This also makes it possible to evade username-based bans.

Consider Minetest instead? A libre/open source clone.
- it's called Luanti now: https://www.luanti.org/
  Don't forget to install the Mineclonia mod which makes it basically a Minecraft clone https://content.luanti.org/packages/ryvnf/mineclonia/
  
  Ah nice, thanks for the update. I'm glad they changed the name, that's a lot more attractive than something with Test in the name.
  
  I see some mods listed, but not any obvious section for modpacks. Does it have any common packs from Minecraft ported over? Like RLCraft, Prominence, etc..
- Minetest sadly doesn't have the robust modding scene that Java minecraft has.
  Minetest is cool to play around with, but its more like a resource for testing stuff than an actual game.
  
  It may not have all the mods Minecraft does, but it supports various games like VoxelLibre and Minecraft which also supports mods and both provide actual gameplay not just testing.
  Exile is also available in luanti and its brutal survival.

This is probably one of the best ones out there, it's based on a fork of Prism which has authlib support and FTB modpack support, and also has the Microsoft account DRM removed so you can use it without a valid Microsoft account.

https://rentry.co/prism4free
Or https://github.com/ElyPrismLauncher/ElyPrismLauncher
- Good ol’ rentry coming in clutch again.

Java is easy, Bedrock is almost impossible.
For Java, there are plenty of cracked launchers. Just find one that is a jar file and make sure you have OpenJRE installed. I think I was using SKLauncher.
For Bedrock, your only real option is finding the cracked launcher AppImage that has the ability to use .apk files. The hard part is that if you're on an x86 platform (anything desktop that's not using Apple's M-Series or Qualcomm's chips), you need an x86 apk, and the x86 apks from TLauncher will not work, I tried. You could scour the internet and find 1.8, and 1.14 (Village and Pillage) x86 apks, but they're super old at this point. In the end, I gave up and paid £6 (UK), for Minecraft on the Google Play Store, so I can play Bedrock. It's probably the only digital game purchase I've ever made.

Pollymc / Ely fork of prismmc for modded or vanilla Java for bedrock you can search on YouTube personally I used a DLL crack before abandoning bedrock I can't find the original video but this one probably is good I would run it through virustotal before running it https://www.mediafire.com/folder/s8u115a659ebw/FlixdzUnlocker
https://youtu.be/BYppCgRUlT8
Seems dodgy I know but I didn't get my password or data leaked so I think it is good. And read the pinned comment before installing anything (if you want the crack to stay accross updates).

For Java it's pretty straightforward, on Linux download PolyMC and on windows MultiMC.
PolyMC is a fork of MultiMC and is more available on Linux, basically it's the foundation of PrysmLauncher but these are supporting offline accounts (aka cracked Minecraft)

There's Crystal Launcher, it's ok for me.

https://github.com/UltimMC/Launcher last time I had the same need having bought a never ending Minecraft license way back when.

Maybe not helpful but have you looked into vintage story instead?
- That's a harsh and brutal game let's say, much more fun imo.

I don't think I've ever used anything other than tLauncher.
- TLauncher is not considered safe these days AFAIK. Source
  
  As far as i Understood some russians stole the Original Domain and the original tlauncher was forced to rebrand as legacy launcher then
- Them fascists russians, they send dmca letters to any criticism of tlauncher
  Tlauncher is poop nose

Just Google 'TLauncher Minecraft' and follow the instructions.
- TLauncher was caught with malware

Theres one Minecraft version on IA. Its an old one but its very portable, so you can play it on your school without much hassle (assuming your school installed java 8 lol).

I couldn't ever get into Minecraft. Build craft yeah and other more in depth versions. One if the major things that turned me off the most was watching youtube. Before anything could be built but after watching people sink their life to make a flying plane or something insanely detailed. I don't even want to try.
- Honestly, I never really focused on the "build this real life looking object in minecraft" aspect. The most fun I've had is while building farms, I'm not super smart so I do have to use tutorials and mods like Litematica but once they're finished, the joy of seeing all the resources pour in is amazing.
  I also doing mundane tasks like clearing a large patch of trees to make space for building another farm/building while listening to music or videos, it's really relaxing.
  And yeah it's one of those games that are way more fun when you play with friends.
  
  I guess the friends aspect would help alot. I don't have many friends due to Severe medical issues. I really want to try Minecraft again and add a ton of mods and play build craft again. I'm more interested in machines and building systems.
- comparison is the thief of joy
  
  I agree. But it's so difficult not to when you watch people spend years making realistic jet planes with pistons. Makes me feel like my builds would be crappy.

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