Minecraft MOTD Generator
Design your server's two-line MOTD with colours, gradients and formatting, see exactly how it looks in the multiplayer list, and copy it ready for server.properties, MiniMOTD, Velocity or your plugin.
Showing the 16 colours vanilla can display. Click the icon to preview your own. Drawn with Minecraft's own font.
Line 1
180 of 270 pixels wide, centred with spaces.
Line 2
Use & codes like &6 for gold, &l for bold and &#FF8800 for any hex colour.
216 of 270 pixels wide, centred with spaces.
Copy your MOTD
Paste this over the motd= line in server.properties, then restart. Vanilla only shows the 16 classic colours, so hex colours are rounded (the preview shows how).
Why does my MOTD show strange characters?
server.properties is read as Latin-1, so the § symbol has to be written as \u00A7 - typing § directly often turns into § in game. This tool does that for you. Want just a gradient for a rank or item? Use the colour & gradient generator.