Minecraft MOTD generator and server icon
Write an MOTD with colours and gradients, check it in a server list preview and copy it for server.properties, MiniMOTD, Velocity or BungeeCord. Plus a 64 × 64 icon.
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MOTD
runs in your browserEditing
Colour
Presets
Style
For server.properties: only Paper and its forks show hex colours there.
Server list preview
Line width matches the game closely, check the exact look in game.
Export
motd=\ \u00A76\u00A7lM\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A7a\u00A75\u00A70\u00A75\u00A7ly \u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A79\u00A7c\u00A70\u00A7e\u00A7lM\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A79\u00A77\u00A71\u00A73\u00A7li\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A79\u00A72\u00A71\u00A78\u00A7ln\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A78\u00A7e\u00A71\u00A7c\u00A7le\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A78\u00A79\u00A72\u00A71\u00A7lc\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A78\u00A74\u00A72\u00A76\u00A7lr\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A78\u00A70\u00A72\u00A7b\u00A7la\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A77\u00A7b\u00A72\u00A7f\u00A7lf\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A77\u00A76\u00A73\u00A74\u00A7lt \u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A76\u00A7d\u00A73\u00A7d\u00A7ls\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A76\u00A78\u00A74\u00A72\u00A7le\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A76\u00A73\u00A74\u00A77\u00A7lr\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A75\u00A7e\u00A74\u00A7c\u00A7lv\u00A7x\u00A7f\u00A7f\u00A75\u00A7a\u00A75\u00A70\u00A7le\u00A7c\u00A7lr\u00A7r\n \u00A77Survival \u00B7 26.x \u00B7 join us
Server icon
The image is scaled to 64 × 64 px and saved as server-icon.png. It all happens in your browser.
You can also paste an image from the clipboard (Ctrl+V).
How to set a coloured MOTD on a Minecraft server
Type Line 1 and Line 2 and give each one a colour, gradient or rainbow plus a style. The px counter shows whether the line fits.
Turn on Centre and pick your server software, such as Paper or Vanilla. The preview shows the MOTD the way players will see it.
Under Export, choose server.properties, Paper / MiniMOTD, Velocity or BungeeCord and copy the result.
If you want an icon, upload an image, adjust the crop and download a 64 × 64 px server-icon.png.
Paste the copied lines into your config, put the icon in the server's main folder and restart the server.
About this tool
This Minecraft MOTD generator helps you write the server description players see in their server list. Add colours, hex shades, bold text and gradients, centre the MOTD and check the live preview to see exactly how it will look in-game.
Copy the finished MOTD in the right format for server.properties (with \u00a7 codes), MiniMOTD, Velocity or BungeeCord. You can also create a 64 × 64 px server-icon.png. Everything runs only in your browser.
- Sent to a server
- never
- Lines · width
- 2 · 270 px
- Export
- 4 formats
- Icon
- server-icon.png · 64 × 64
Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions people ask most about this tool.
How do I add colours to my MOTD?
In server.properties colours are written as § codes (as \u00a7 in the file). Vanilla, Fabric and Forge only show the 16 basic colours there, while Paper and its forks, the MiniMOTD plugin and the Velocity proxy also show hex colours and gradients. The generator gives you the correct syntax for each option.
How many characters fit in a MOTD?
The MOTD has two lines and roughly 45 characters fit on a line in the server list, depending on letter widths. The preview in the generator shows where the text gets cut off.
How do I centre my MOTD?
Turn on Centre. The generator adds spaces before each line based on the width of the game font, so the text sits in the middle of the server list. Spaces have a fixed width, so the centre can be off by a few pixels.
What size does the server icon need to be?
Exactly 64 × 64 pixels as a PNG, and the file must be called server-icon.png. It goes in the server's main folder next to server.properties and loads after a restart.
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