How do you access a friend's Minecraft world when they're offline?

I am on Minecraft playing on my friend's world (not server). However, they aren't online. I want to continue my work on that world and not start brand new on survival again. I've already made a lot of progress and would not like to lose it. How can I access the world?

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The world has to be hosted somewhere in order for you to access it. Your friend would either have to keep their computer on or rent a server from a Minecraft server host.

You can do one of the following:

• Have your friend leave their device on and run Minecraft opened to LAN.
• Have your friend keep their device on and run a dedicated Server (host device must be compatible with Java), and keep in the server needs to be running all the time you want to access it.
• Purchase a Realms subscription (only the Realm owner needs a subscription).
• Rent a server from a Minecraft server hosting company (these are unofficial, so be wise in your decision).
• Rent a VPS server and manually set up a dedicated server.