How to Configure a Server Icon and Motd on Game Panel

Setting up server icon and Message Of The Day for your Minecraft server

Updated 2 weeks ago

Server icon

A server icon is an image in PNG format, which must be within the 64×64 pixel size limit. You will need to name it server-icon.png and upload it to the main folder your server:

Game panel file manager with server-icon.png highlighted in the file list

Once that’s done, you will see that your server icon has been updated:

Minecraft server icon highlighted next to server name and AMF branding

Message of the day

The MOTD can be updated easily through Game panel. Log into Game Panel, select Manage on your instance, and open the Configuration → Minecraft → Server and Startup menu. There, you will see the option to update MOTD:

Minecraft game panel Server and Startup tab with MOTD input field highlighted

Once you change it, this text will get updated:

Minecraft server icon and MOTD showing “Powered by AMP” highlighted on the server list

That’s it! Now you know how to change your server icon and MOTD 😊