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MOTD Designer

The two lines under your server name in the Minecraft server list. Colours, hex, gradients, bold and more, with a live preview and code you can paste.

The red line marks where Minecraft cuts the text off (270 px).

Text

Insert into line 1

Font style (selection, or the whole line)

Minecraft has one font. These styles use special Unicode letters that the game can show, so they work in every MOTD plugin and in server.properties.

Examples

Preview details

No icon yet? Make one with the Server Icon maker.

Codes you can type

&a colours · &l bold · &#FF8800 hex · <gradient:#ff0:#f0f>…</gradient> · <rainbow>…</rainbow> · <b><i> MiniMessage tags

Copy the code

server.properties (vanilla, Paper, Spigot)

motd=\u00A7a\u00A7l               C\u00A7a\u00A7lR\u00A7a\u00A7lA\u00A7a\u00A7lF\u00A7a\u00A7lT\u00A7a\u00A7lL\u00A73\u00A7lA\u00A73\u00A7lN\u00A73\u00A7lD \u00A73\u00A7lN\u00A73\u00A7lE\u00A73\u00A7lT\u00A73\u00A7lW\u00A73\u00A7lO\u00A73\u00A7lR\u00A73\u00A7lK \u00A77[1.21]\n\u00A7f       Survival \u00A78• \u00A7fSkyblock \u00A78• \u00A7fPvP   \u00A7e\u00A7lNEW SEASON!

server.properties only knows the 16 classic colours, so hex colours and gradients are rounded. For full colour use one of the formats below.

MiniMessage (Paper motd plugins, Velocity, MiniMOTD)

<#55ff55><b>               C</b></#55ff55><#50fa60><b>R</b></#50fa60><#4af46a><b>A</b></#4af46a><#45ef75><b>F</b></#45ef75><#40ea80><b>T</b></#40ea80><#3ae48a><b>L</b></#3ae48a><#35df95><b>A</b></#35df95><#30da9f><b>N</b></#30da9f><#2bd5aa><b>D </b></#2bd5aa><#20cabf><b>N</b></#20cabf><#1bc5ca><b>E</b></#1bc5ca><#15bfd5><b>T</b></#15bfd5><#10badf><b>W</b></#10badf><#0bb5ea><b>O</b></#0bb5ea><#05aff4><b>R</b></#05aff4><#00aaff><b>K </b></#00aaff><#aaaaaa>[1.21]</#aaaaaa>
<#ffffff>       Survival </#ffffff><#555555>• </#555555><#ffffff>Skyblock </#ffffff><#555555>• </#555555><#ffffff>PvP   </#ffffff><#ffff55><b>NEW SEASON!</b></#ffff55>

Hex codes (BungeeCord, ServerListPlus, most MOTD plugins)

&x&5&5&f&f&5&5&l               C&x&5&0&f&a&6&0&lR&x&4&a&f&4&6&a&lA&x&4&5&e&f&7&5&lF&x&4&0&e&a&8&0&lT&x&3&a&e&4&8&a&lL&x&3&5&d&f&9&5&lA&x&3&0&d&a&9&f&lN&x&2&b&d&5&a&a&lD &x&2&0&c&a&b&f&lN&x&1&b&c&5&c&a&lE&x&1&5&b&f&d&5&lT&x&1&0&b&a&d&f&lW&x&0&b&b&5&e&a&lO&x&0&5&a&f&f&4&lR&x&0&0&a&a&f&f&lK &x&a&a&a&a&a&a[1.21]
&x&f&f&f&f&f&f       Survival &x&5&5&5&5&5&5• &x&f&f&f&f&f&fSkyblock &x&5&5&5&5&5&5• &x&f&f&f&f&f&fPvP   &x&f&f&f&f&5&5&lNEW SEASON!