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# rawMessage

Any line on the Minecraft chat channel with formatting preserved.

Plus [envelope](/api-reference/websocket/envelope.md) fields.

| Field     | Type   | Description                            |
| --------- | ------ | -------------------------------------- |
| `message` | string | Plain text (`§` stripped)              |
| `raw`     | string | Legacy formatted string with `§` codes |

Includes player chat and lobby announcements. Excludes action bar, titles, locraw JSON.

## Example

```json
{
  "botId": "duels-1",
  "mode": "duels",
  "lobbyId": 1,
  "timestamp": 1713500005,
  "message": "[MVP+] Steve: gg",
  "raw": "§6[MVP§6+§6] Steve§f: gg"
}
```