Chat & nicknames

Chat lets you share plans, show items and reach other players while you explore. Every other system is indexed on the wiki home page.

Chat today

• One public chat — everyone talks in the same channel; there is no party chat. If your messages stop reaching others, type /join global to get back
• Player messages — your name and your text
• Hover a name on Java to see the player's account name and activity card; click it to fill in /msg <player>
• System messages — economy payouts, brewing results, deaths
• Links you paste are clickable. Type [item] or [i] to share the item in your hand; Java players can hover over its details
• Add color and a little formatting to your own lines with message tags
• Long messages wrap automatically

A chat exchange looks like this in-game:

Nicknames

Set a display name with /nick <name>, then switch back to your username with /nick off when you want. Use /realname <nick> to find the account behind a nickname; on Java, you can also hover over the name to see that account.

The color and formatting tags for chat messages apply to the message text, not to your nickname.

Staff-sounding names are off-limits under the conduct rules. A nickname is cosmetic; it does not change your role or permissions.

Share what you carry

Type [item] in a chat message to show the item in your hand. [inv] shares an inventory preview, and [ender] shares an ender chest preview. Java players can inspect those previews from chat without taking your items. This is handy when you want to show a tool's enchantments before a trade.

Tab list

Pressing Tab (Java) shows who's online and their ping.

See also

• Conduct rules — what chat behavior is OK and what isn't
• Staff & reports — how to report someone misusing chat