how to make a Minecraft scoreboard (sidebar) with Skript

The sidebar — that right-side scoreboard showing your name, balance, rank, and online count — is one of the most-requested features for any Minecraft server. With Skript plus skBee, you can build one in about ten lines of code.

Why skBee?

Skript's built-in scoreboard support is limited and quirky. skBee is the dominant Skript plugin for sidebars in 2024+ — it provides clean expressions like `set title of player's sidebar to "..."` and `set line N of player's sidebar to "..."`. Drop skBee.jar into your /plugins folder alongside Skript.

The code

on join:
    delete player's sidebar
    set title of player's sidebar to "&6&lMY SERVER"
    set line 6 of player's sidebar to "&7&m------------"
    set line 5 of player's sidebar to "&eName: &f%player%"
    set line 4 of player's sidebar to "&eWorld: &f%player's world%"
    set line 3 of player's sidebar to "&7Online: &f%number of all players%"
    set line 2 of player's sidebar to "&7&m------------"
    set line 1 of player's sidebar to "&eplay.example.com"

every 5 seconds:
    loop all players:
        set line 4 of loop-player's sidebar to "&eWorld: &f%loop-player's world%"
        set line 3 of loop-player's sidebar to "&7Online: &f%number of all players%"

How the line ordering works

Line numbers in scoreboards represent the SCORE (the small number on the right of each line in-game). Higher scores appear higher on the sidebar. The convention is to write your sidebar top-to-bottom with descending line numbers — line 6 = top, line 1 = bottom.