Customize Your Server MOTD (Hex Colors, Icons, Rotation)

The Basic MOTD

server.properties:

motd=Welcome to Endercloud Survival

Plain text. No colors, no fancy formatting, fits on one line. Fine for testing, useless for marketing.

Upgrade With MiniMOTD

MiniMOTD is the go-to. It supports:

• Full hex RGB gradients (1.16+)
• Custom server icons
• Multiple rotating MOTDs
• Per-virtual-host MOTDs (for proxy networks)

Install

1. 1Drop the jar into /plugins/
2. 2Restart
3. 3Edit /plugins/MiniMOTD/main.conf:

motds = [
  {
    line1 = "<gradient:#00aaff:#0044ff><bold>ENDERCLOUD</bold></gradient> <gray>|</gray> <white>Season 4</white>"
    line2 = "<aqua>Survival</aqua> <dark_gray>•</dark_gray> <gray>Whitelisted</gray>"
    icon = "icon.png"
  }
]

Save the 64×64 PNG as /plugins/MiniMOTD/icon.png. Reload with /minimotd reload.

Multiple Rotating MOTDs

Add more entries to the motds = [ ... ] array. MiniMOTD picks one at random for each player's server-list ping.

Proxy Networks

On BungeeCord/Velocity you can route MOTDs by the virtual host the player connected through, mc.example.net and creative.example.net can show completely different MOTDs from the same proxy.

Need More Help?

Gradients not rendering? Confirm clients are on 1.16+, older versions silently drop hex codes. Ask in Discord.