Minecraft MOTD Generator
Design your server MOTD with live preview. Pick colors, add formatting and export for any server platform.
MOTD Editor
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What is a Minecraft MOTD?
MOTD stands for Message of the Day. It is the two-line text that players see beneath your server name in the Minecraft multiplayer server list. A well-crafted MOTD helps your server stand out, communicate updates and attract new players.
Minecraft supports 16 color codes and several formatting codes (bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and obfuscated) that you can combine to create eye-catching messages. Colors are applied using the section sign followed by a character, for example §a for green or §l for bold.
The MOTD is configured differently depending on your server software. In server.properties you set the motd= value directly. Spigot and Paper servers can use the modern MiniMessage format with readable XML-like tags. BungeeCord and Velocity proxies use section-sign codes in their configuration files.
This generator lets you design your MOTD visually with a live server-list preview and instantly export it in the correct format for your platform. No more guessing what your MOTD will look like before players see it.