Minecraft Tellraw Generator
Build a /tellraw chat message with colours, clickable links and commands, and hover text. Works for Minecraft 1.21.5 and newer, and for 1.16 to 1.21.4.
Minecraft 1.21.5 changed how text is written inside commands, so pick the version your server runs.
Split your message into parts to give each its own colour, click action or hover text.
Preview
Hover over parts with hover text to see the tooltip.
Your command
Too long for the chat box - paste it into a command block or a function instead (they allow up to 32,500 characters).
How to use the Tellraw Generator
- Choose your Minecraft version: 1.21.5 and newer, or 1.16 to 1.21.4. The command is written differently for each.
- Build the message in parts. Each part has its own text, colour and formatting.
- Give a part a click action to make it open a link or run or suggest a command, and hover text to show a tooltip.
- Set who sees it: @a for everyone, @p for the nearest player, or a player’s name.
- Hover over the preview to check the tooltips, then copy the command.
Common questions
Why are there two versions of the command?
Minecraft 1.21.5 changed how chat text is written inside commands, including the names of the click and hover fields. A command made for one will fail on the other, so pick the version your server runs.
My command is too long to paste into chat. What do I do?
The chat box takes 256 characters. Longer commands go in a command block or a function file, which allow up to 32,500 characters. The tool tells you when you have gone over.
Who can run /tellraw?
Operators, the server console and command blocks. Ordinary players cannot run it, but everyone it targets sees the message.
Can a clickable message run a command for the player?
Yes, with the run command action. The command runs as the player who clicked, with that player’s own permissions, so it cannot do anything they could not do themselves.