Customise Locale Messages

Multiverse-Core supports customising the messages players see in-game via locale files. You can use this to override existing messages, rebrand command output, tweak wording to suit your server, or add a brand new language translation that doesn't exist yet.

Creating the locales folder

Inside your server's plugins/Multiverse-Core/ folder, create a folder named locales:

plugins/
└── Multiverse-Core/
    └── locales/        ← create this folder

Getting the original locale file

The English locale file is the base reference for all message keys. Download or copy it from the Multiverse-Core GitHub repository:

multiverse-core_en.properties

Place the file inside the locales folder you just created. The file name determines which locale it applies to, for example:

For existing languages, you only need to include the keys you want to override. Multiverse will fall back to the built-in defaults for any key not present in your file.

To add a language that isn't available, create a new file using the appropriate ISO 639-1 language code (e.g. multiverse-core_fr.properties for French).

Editing the locale file

Open the file in any text editor. Each line follows the format:

message.key=The message text here

Colour codes use the & prefix (e.g. &a for green, &c for red). Placeholders wrapped in {curly braces} are filled in at runtime and should be kept as-is.

Example: changing the world list header

The default world list header is defined by:

mv-core.list.header=&6====[ Multiverse World List ]====

To change it to something else, add this line to your locales file with your preferred text:

mv-core.list.header=&6====[ Multiverse World Luck ]====

After restarting (see below), the /mv list output will show your custom header instead of the default one.

Multiverse-Inventories

The same process applies to Multiverse-Inventories. Create a locales folder inside plugins/Multiverse-Inventories/ and place your locale file there, following the same naming convention (e.g. multiverse-inventories_en.properties). The original locale files can be found in the Multiverse-Inventories GitHub repository .

ACF command messages

Multiverse uses Aikar's Command Framework (ACF) for command handling, and ACF has its own set of messages (such as invalid argument errors and permission-denied notices). These can also be overridden by placing a locale file from the ACF languages folder into your locales folder.

The file should follow the same naming convention (e.g. acf-core_en.properties). Check the ACF repository for the exact file names and available keys.

Applying your changes

Locale changes require a full server restart to take effect. /mv reload is not sufficient.