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Start from a live MOTD, icon and player count
Server icon
Any image, cropped to the 64×64 vanilla requires
Drop one anywhere on this card, or click the icon on the row below. It rides inside the share link as base64 — no upload, no expiry.
Server list card
Type straight on the row players see
Share the card
A permanent image URL, ready to paste anywhere
Live PNG
Pull a server up top to unlock this — the image can then ping it itself instead of carrying the row you typed.
<a href="https://crafty.gg/tools/motd" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <img src="https://api.crafty.gg/api/v2/canvas/motd.png?name=Awesome+Server&line1=%C2%A76%C2%A7lAwesome+Server%C2%A7r+%C2%A77-+1.21.5&line2=%C2%A7aJoin+%C2%A7fnow+%C2%A7a-+%C2%A7fSurvival+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fPvP+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fEconomy&online=142&max=500" alt="Minecraft server MOTD" width="1220" height="128"> </a>
[img]https://api.crafty.gg/api/v2/canvas/motd.png?name=Awesome+Server&line1=%C2%A76%C2%A7lAwesome+Server%C2%A7r+%C2%A77-+1.21.5&line2=%C2%A7aJoin+%C2%A7fnow+%C2%A7a-+%C2%A7fSurvival+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fPvP+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fEconomy&online=142&max=500[/img]
<iframe src="https://api.crafty.gg/api/v2/canvas/motd/embed?name=Awesome+Server&line1=%C2%A76%C2%A7lAwesome+Server%C2%A7r+%C2%A77-+1.21.5&line2=%C2%A7aJoin+%C2%A7fnow+%C2%A7a-+%C2%A7fSurvival+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fPvP+%C2%A77%7C+%C2%A7fEconomy&online=142&max=500" title="Minecraft server MOTD" width="1220" height="128" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="max-width:100%;border:0"></iframe>
server.properties
The line your server actually reads
motd=§6§lAwesome Server§r §7- 1.21.5\n§aJoin §fnow §a- §fSurvival §7| §fPvP §7| §fEconomy
More server tools
The rest of the set, for the parts of the server this one doesn't touch
Frequently asked questions
MOTD length, colour codes, symbols and embeds
What is MOTD in Minecraft? +
MOTD stands for 'Message of the Day' — the description text shown beneath your server name in the multiplayer browser. It's stored as the motd= line in server.properties, supports up to two visible lines (separated by \n), and renders with the same §-color and formatting codes as in-game chat. Plugins like Paper let you go further with hex colors and per-player MOTDs.
How do I add color to my server MOTD? +
Use § (section sign) followed by a single hex digit: §a for green, §c for red, §6 for gold, etc. Stack format codes on top: §6§l for bold gold. Hex colors (since Bukkit/Paper 1.16) use the long form §x§R§R§G§G§B§B — this generator writes that for you when you select text and apply a gradient.
What is the max length of a Minecraft MOTD? +
Vanilla allows up to 59 visible characters per line, with up to two lines (separated by \n in server.properties). Color codes don't count toward the 59 — only the printed characters do — but if your line is too long it gets truncated in the multiplayer browser. Some clients render fewer characters than others, so 50 is a safer real-world ceiling.
Which symbols and emoji work in a Minecraft MOTD? +
Minecraft's default font ships glyphs for most of the Unicode symbol blocks — stars (★ ✦), arrows (➜ ▶), card suits (♠ ♥), bars (▮ █), check marks (✔ ✖) and box drawing all render fine, and they're one tap away in the symbol picker here. Color emoji don't: the vanilla bitmap font has no color emoji table, so 🎉 shows as a missing-glyph box on most clients. Always save server.properties as UTF-8, otherwise non-ASCII characters get mangled on load.
Can I embed my server's MOTD on my own website? +
Yes. Every card on this page has a permanent image URL — https://api.crafty.gg/api/v2/canvas/motd.png?ip=your.server.net — that renders the live MOTD, icon and player count as a 1220×128 PNG — vanilla's own server-list geometry at 4× scale, drawn with Minecraft's font. Drop it in an <img> tag, paste it into Discord or a forum post, or use the iframe embed if you want the card to refresh itself every minute. Images are cached for two minutes, so player counts stay close to real time without hammering your server.
Last verified for Minecraft 26.2