Minecraft Nvidia RTX, which brings an incredible visual upgrade to the world of Minecraft, is available now in open beta. If you have the necessary hardware and want to experience Minecraft on PC with the best graphics ever possible, here's how to get in on it.
What you need to do depends on whether or not you're already in the Minecraft Windows 10 Beta. If you're not, here's what you need to do, as per the Minecraft Help Center:
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Install the Xbox Insider Hub app on your PC (it is available for free in the Windows Store)Inside the app, click on the open box icon in the sidebar on the leftOn the Insider content screen, you will see a beta available for Minecraft for Windows 10. Click on the Minecraft for Windows 10 betaClick the “Join” button at the bottom of the screenOn the following pop-up you will see three radio buttons- one will be for Minecraft RTX Beta, one for Minecraft Beta, one for Unenroll. Choose Minecraft RTX Beta, then click Done.If you have automatic updates on from the Windows Store, Minecraft will automatically update to the latest RTX beta build available.If you're already in that beta, it's actually a little more complicated--but not by much. Here are the steps.
Open the Xbox Insider Hub appInside the app, click on the open box icon in the sidebar on the leftOn the Insider content screen, you will just see one Minecraft for Win 10 Beta offering under Joined. Click on it.In this screen, click on Manage.In the Manage screen, you will have a radio button that will allow you to choose to enroll in the RTX Beta or to Unenroll from the beta program entirely. Select the RTX beta & click on the Done button to the leftYou may need to uninstall Minecraft and reinstall it from the store in order to download the RTX beta. Please back up any worlds you wish you keep before uninstalling as otherwise the worlds will be deleted when you uninstall the game. Minecraft saved worlds can be found in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds – each folder within the minecraftWorlds folder is a world. Please save it somewhere on your PC that is not within the Minecraft directory. You can also export worlds directly from Minecraft to your PC’s desktop.
The Minecraft Marketplace is now full of creator-built worlds designed to show off ray tracing, so as long as you have a GPU that supports DirectX ray tracing you'll be good to go.
If you want to test out your own worlds, or bring a world from the beta into regular Minecraft, here's how to import and export them: