How to set up a ready-made music bot

If you do not want to write a bot, you can run a ready-made one. The bot plan supports three: Red, Muse and JMusicBot.

Before you start

1. Create an application in the Discord Developer Portal, open Bot, and copy the bot token. Keep it private: How to keep your Discord bot token safe.
2. Invite the bot to your Discord server from the Portal's OAuth2 page.
3. Find your own Discord user ID: in Discord turn on Developer Mode in settings, then right-click your name and choose Copy User ID.

Choose the bot type

Open your server in the panel, stay on Overview and click Edit Server Type. Choose Red, Muse or JMusicBot. Changing the type reinstalls the server and by default deletes its files, so do this on a new server. See How to change your server type or game version.

Fill in the settings

Open Settings, then Game Settings.

• Red: enter Discord Bot Token, Command Prefix and Owner. Red is a large, general bot with music, moderation and many add-ons you install from inside Discord.
• Muse: enter Discord Bot Token. Muse also needs a YouTube API Key, and a Spotify Client ID and Secret if you want Spotify links. The page for each key explains how to get it.
• JMusicBot: enter Discord Bot Token and Bot Owner ID, and optionally the prefix and status fields. JMusicBot is a simple music-only bot.

Start it

Open Console and start the server. The first start downloads the bot, so it takes longer. When the console shows the bot logged in, it appears online in your Discord server.

Good to know

• What each bot can play depends on the bot's own project. Sites such as YouTube change often and can block bots without warning, so a source that worked last month may stop. The project's own page has the current status.
• For a lot of music across many Discord servers, a separate Lavalink node is the usual approach. It is not part of these plans yet.
• To run your own code later, change the type again to Node.js, Python, Java or .NET. See How to host a Discord bot 24/7.