MOTD Generator
Design your Minecraft server MOTD with colours, formatting and RGB gradients. Live server-list preview and exports for server.properties, Paper, Bungee and Velocity.
Lines
Insert code
Switch the line to Codes to insert
Options
Preview
motd=\u00a77 \u00a7c\u00a7lEmberf\u00a76\u00a7lall SMP\n\u00a77 Survival 26.3 \u00a78\u2022 \u00a7eSeason 4 is live
Vanilla, Paper, Spigot and Purpur read the MOTD from server.properties. It has no RGB support, so hex colours are rounded to the nearest of the 16 legacy colours.
How the MOTD works
The MOTD is the two lines under your server’s name in the multiplayer list. Each line fits roughly 45 characters before the client cuts it off, and bold text is wider.
server.properties is read as ISO-8859-1, so the § sign and any symbols must be written as \u00A7-style escapes. The export above already does that. Hex colours need a proxy or plugin (Velocity, BungeeCord, MiniMOTD), because vanilla only knows 16 colours there.
ZCraft Studios
Want your menus and messages done already?
Our plugin configs come with chat, menus and scoreboards already styled, so you don't have to do every line yourself.