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title: "Discord emojis, pictures and GIFs in the Minecraft chat"
description: "Use the free client mod to see Discord emojis, pictures, GIFs and stickers right in the Minecraft chat, and send GIFs and emojis yourself."
url: https://mc-sync.eu/en/guides/rich-chat/
language: en
---

Features

# Discord chat in game

Use the free client mod to see Discord emojis, pictures, GIFs and stickers right in the Minecraft chat, and send GIFs and emojis yourself.

With the MC-Sync client mod, players see Discord messages in the Minecraft chat the way they look in Discord: custom emojis as pictures, images, GIFs and stickers below the message, spoilers covered. The mod is free and works on every server with MC-Sync. You don't need Premium for it. Players without the mod see the chat as before.

## What the mod shows

-   **Discord emojis** of your Discord server as pictures in the line. Animated ones move.
-   **Standard emojis** such as 😀 or 👍 show up as pictures too.
-   **Images, GIFs and stickers** as a preview below the message. A click opens the large view.
-   **Spoilers** stay covered until you click them.
-   **Links** are clickable. The game asks before it opens one.
-   **Emoji suggestions:** type `:` and two letters in the chat, and the game suggests matching emojis. Tab or Enter inserts one.

## Send GIFs and emojis

-   **GIF search:** search GIFs in the mod and save your favorites. A GIF goes into the chat as a link. Players with the mod see it as a GIF, Discord shows it as a GIF too, and everyone else sees the link.
-   **Emoji picker:** the emoji button in the chat line opens the picker. Next to your Discord server's emojis it has the full emoji catalog, with search and favorites.

The mod keeps your favorites on your computer, next to its other settings.

## Set up

### As a player

1.  Download MC-Sync for Fabric, Quilt or NeoForge from [Modrinth](https://modrinth.com/mod/minecraft-sync). The client mod runs on Minecraft 1.21 and newer. On Fabric and Quilt you also need the Fabric API.
2.  Put the file into the `mods` folder of your Minecraft installation and start the game.
3.  Join a server that runs MC-Sync. From now on, Discord messages arrive with emojis and pictures.

It's the same file as for a Fabric, Quilt or NeoForge server. There is nothing else to set up for your own game.

### As a server admin

There is nothing to do on the server. Both switches in the dashboard are on by default. The server needs one of these MC-Sync builds:

| Server | From Minecraft |
| --- | --- |
| Spigot, Paper, Folia | 1.13 |
| Fabric, Quilt, NeoForge | 1.21 |

On Forge and on older versions, all players get the plain text line. It also works behind Velocity or BungeeCord.

## Settings

### In the dashboard

Open your server in the [dashboard](https://mc-sync.eu/dashboard), then "Chat" → "Settings" → "Emojis".

| Switch | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| Discord emojis as pictures in the game | The Discord server's custom emojis show up as pictures, plus the emoji suggestions while typing |
| Images, GIFs and stickers in the game | Images, GIFs and stickers show up as a preview below the message |

If both are off, all players get the plain line.

### In the mod

Click "MC-Sync" on the title screen and open the "Chat" tab. With Mod Menu or on NeoForge you also get there from the mod list.

| Setting | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| Discord emojis as pictures and suggestions | Emojis as pictures and the suggestions while typing |
| Pictures and GIFs from Discord | "Always", "On click" or "Off" |
| Animate GIFs | Off: GIFs stay a still image |
| Preview height | How many lines a preview takes |
| Sites for pictures | Which sites pictures load from. Discord is always allowed. |

## Problems

### No pictures show up in the game

-   Check whether the mod's "Chat" tab says "Works on this server." If not, the server doesn't support it, see [Set up](#set-up).
-   Check both switches in the dashboard and the settings in the mod.
-   `/mcsync status` on the server shows how many players online have the client mod.

### The message shows "Picture from …" instead of the picture

The site isn't in your "Sites for pictures" list. Click "Allow", and the mod loads pictures from that site.

### Other players only see a link

They don't have the client mod. For them the GIF stays a link they can open in the browser.

Background: where the pictures come from

The Minecraft server only passes the message on. The mod loads emojis and pictures straight from Discord and from the sites in your list, only over HTTPS and with size limits. By default the list holds big GIF and picture sites such as Tenor, GIPHY, Klipy and Imgur. Pictures from other sites only load once you allow them. Standard emojis are Twemoji graphics from cdn.jsdelivr.net.

[PreviousChat sync](https://mc-sync.eu/en/guides/chat-sync/) [NextCommands from Discord](https://mc-sync.eu/en/guides/commands-from-discord/)

Stuck? Ask us: [Support server on Discord](https://support.mc-sync.eu) · [support@mc-sync.eu](mailto:support@mc-sync.eu)