diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkPingDisplay.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkPingDisplay.cs
index a45ced5b2b..85a0a8fd87 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkPingDisplay.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkPingDisplay.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ public class NetworkPingDisplay : MonoBehaviour
         public int padding = 2;
         public int width = 150;
         public int height = 25;
+        
+        [Header("Bar Character")]
+        [Tooltip("Character to represent filled segments of the connection quality bar")]
+        public char barChar = '■';
 
 #if !UNITY_SERVER || UNITY_EDITOR
         void OnGUI()
@@ -28,10 +32,25 @@ void OnGUI()
             GUILayout.BeginArea(rect);
             GUIStyle style = GUI.skin.GetStyle("Label");
             style.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleRight;
+            style.richText = true; // enable colored substrings
+            
             GUILayout.BeginHorizontal(style);
-                GUILayout.Label($"RTT: {Math.Round(NetworkTime.rtt * 1000)}ms");
-                GUI.color = NetworkClient.connectionQuality.ColorCode();
-                GUILayout.Label($"Q: {new string('-', (int)NetworkClient.connectionQuality)}");
+            
+            double rttMs = Math.Round(NetworkTime.rtt * 1000);
+            var quality = NetworkClient.connectionQuality;
+            int totalSegments = Enum.GetValues(typeof(ConnectionQuality)).Length - 1;
+            int filled = Mathf.Clamp((int)quality, 0, totalSegments);
+
+            string lit   = new string(barChar, filled);
+            string unlit = new string(barChar, totalSegments - filled);
+            string litColor  = ColorUtility.ToHtmlStringRGB(quality.ColorCode());
+            string unlitColor = "666666";
+            
+            // Q: [■■■■] (lit part colored, unlit part grey)
+            string bar = $"[<color=#{litColor}>{lit}</color><color=#{unlitColor}>{unlit}</color>]";
+            GUILayout.Label($"RTT: {rttMs} ms");
+            GUILayout.Label($"Q: {bar}");
+            
             GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
             GUILayout.EndArea();
             GUI.color = Color.white;