Log into existing world with Player 1
Join with Player 2 that has played the world before. (In our case, player 2 ended up having none of their previous stuff when they spawned)
Log out of Player 2 and join with Player 3 account. (Player 3 had Player 2’s items/tamed mobs when they logged in)
Repeat logging out and then joining with the other account and we frequently end up with the wrong stuff on Player 2 and Player 3.
Linked issues
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MCPE-233478
Split screen player's have someone else's data
Resolved
MCPE-233543
Splitscreen account wiped
Resolved
MCPE-233166
Other accounts attempting to join Splitscreen lose all items and are in wrong skin.
Resolved
MCPE-233233
2nd player split screen character not loading
Resolved
MCPE-233240
Multiplayer (Split Screen Multiplayer) on same device, additional players load in at spawn with no inventory.
Resolved
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I agree with IllagerCaptain. MCPE-233088 seems to be a grab bag of related but distinct splitscreen issues, as decribed in the comments. I reported this for Realms (REALMS-13753).
Can we get an update on this please? I've been trying to set up a family Realm for Christmas but the world we want to host is impacted by this bug and it's a bummer that everyone’s Netherite tools are missing!!
Hoping this gets addressed soon, it’s been nearly a month and this is a game-breaking glitch for people who play with their family/partners.
Probably the Mojang team is on holiday at the moment, due to the end of the year, so probably in January this should be resolved.
Also—
Additional Issue: Progress Splitting Across Players
If Player 4 logs in alone, everything works correctly.
When Player 3 joins afterward:
Player 3 appears as if they are joining the Realm for the first time (new player state).
Any progress Player 3 makes in this state is:
Saved under Player 4’s session
Retained in future sessions only when Player 4 is the primary player
Completely separate from Player 3’s actual Realm progress when playing under Player 1
This results in Player 3 effectively having multiple independent progress states depending on who the primary signed-in player is.
Relates to MCPE-222048, but differs in the fact that some player data still loads, most notably username.
Additionally, this appears to not be permanent data loss, but the failure to load account data. Looking at Account Settings on the second player account, if the player is there via splitscreen rather than as the host their MCID is blank, and their profile picture appears as entirely pink. I tested using that account as the host on the main menu, and the MCID and avatar did load there.