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Minecraft MOTD generator

Write the two lines players see under your server's name in the multiplayer list. Pick colors and styles, check the preview, then copy the line into server.properties. Free, with no account, and nothing you type leaves your browser.

motd=\u00A76\u00A7lMy Server \u00A77- \u00A7aOnline\n\u00A7bSurvival \u00A78| \u00A7eFriends welcome

How to use it

1. Stop the server, open server.properties in its folder, and replace the line that starts with motd=.
2. Save the file and start the server again.
3. Refresh the multiplayer list to see it.

About the codes

Each code is an & and a letter or digit. A color code also ends bold and the other styles, so put the style after the color: &6&l for bold gold. &r goes back to plain gray. The game reads the section sign §, so the copied line writes it as §, which works however your editor saves the file.

This makes the classic codes every Java server reads. Bedrock servers show their server-name instead, and some plugins have their own MOTD settings.

Is it online?

Once it's saved, check your server's status to see it answer from the internet. If it runs on your own Linux or Mac machine, MineOps keeps watching: a live status message in Discord, alerts for crashes and lag, and backups. Two servers are free. Start free.