How to play Santa Bot
Seven short steps to get going, and a checklist for server admins. Every command starts with /sb: type it and Discord shows you the list.
From your first gift to the top of the ranking
- 01
Gifts are the currency
Everything in Santa Bot revolves around gifts. You earn them by playing in the server and spend them in the shop and on your pet.
/sb profile - 02
Claim your daily gift
Once a day you can claim free gifts. Come back several days in a row and your streak gives you more.
/sb claim - 03
Catch the drops
While people chat, drops appear on their own in the server's drop channel. Press the drop's button before anyone else to take it. Now and then a special box or a boss shows up: everyone who joins a boss fight shares the prize.
- 04
Shop and inventory
Spend your gifts on items that help you earn more, or on treats. Everything you buy goes to your inventory.
/sb shop/sb inventory - 05
Adopt and dress a pet
Pick an elf, a reindeer, a gingerbread cookie or a llama. Feed it to keep it happy, because its mood sets its perk. It earns XP while you play, up to 150 a day, and every level unlocks clothes for its wardrobe. Elves come in six skin tones, free for everyone.
/sb pet - 06
Carols and minigames
Guess the carol from its emojis, then try the minigames: glide over the rooftops, bake cookies, race Rudolph, work the forge and open the advent calendar.
/sb games lyrics/sb games glider/sb games bake/sb games race/sb games forge/sb games countdown - 07
Climb the ranking
Everything you win counts toward the server ranking and the global one. When the season ends, the ranking is archived and the top players get a title on their profile.
/sb leaderboard/sb profile
In Discord, /sb help lists every command, and its Step-by-step guide button shows these same steps inside your server.
Set it up in a minute
- 01
Invite the bot
Santa Bot needs to see the channel, send messages, embed links, attach files (for the images) and read message history. Nothing else.
- 02
Choose the drop channel
Pick the channel where drops appear from a menu. You need the Manage Server permission.
/sb config setchannel - 03
Set the language
English, Spanish or Portuguese for the whole server.
/sb config language es - 04
Start the contest
Nothing gives gifts until you start it: no drops, daily, carols or minigames. Every command asks you to confirm first. Pause it whenever you need to, and end it to post the final podium. You can always start it again.
/sb config contest - 05
Set your time zone
So Santa's Christmas Eve trip and the holiday events run on your local time.
/sb config timezone - 06
Premium for the season
A one-off €4.99 per server, valid until the end of the season. Extras for everyone in the server.
/sb community premium - 07
Avatars in images
Some images show the players' avatars. Anyone can switch that off for themselves.
/sb config optout - 08
Start the server over
Deletes all game data in this server: gifts, cards, missions and so on. It asks you to confirm first and keeps the drop channel and Premium.
/sb config contest
When the bot joins, it posts a short welcome with these steps in the system channel.