Set up Red Box

About five minutes, start to finish. You need the Manage Server permission in your server.

1. Get access

Red Box is in a closed beta: approved servers play free, and any server can buy a plan.

• Free beta: join the Red Box server and apply in #apply-for-beta. When you're approved, the bot DMs you an invite link for your server.
• Buy a plan: pick one on the pricing page. Enter your server's ID at checkout (Discord Settings → Advanced → Developer Mode, then right-click your server → Copy Server ID).

2. Add the bot

Open your invite link, pick your server and press Authorize. Keep every permission ticked: the bot needs them to post its messages, show item icons and animations, and build its own channels during setup.

3. Run /setup

The bot posts a welcome with a Start setup button. Press it, or type /setup. Only people with Manage Server can use it. It walks you through:

1. Welcome and permissions: it checks it has what it needs and tells you what's missing.
2. Channels: build a 🟥 RED BOX category for you (a Starter or Full set of channels), or use channels you already have.
3. Announcements and events: where PvP notices, season countdowns, patch notes and town events go.
4. Where Red Box works: keep commands in its own channels, or allow them everywhere.
5. PvP hours: closed 12am–9am, closed 11pm–7am, closed 1am–8am, closed 2am–10am, always open (no night break), plus your server's time zone.
6. Features: switch off anything you don't want: gambling (casino), drugs, alcohol, smokes & vapes, town events, gold & silver exchange, garage sales, trading, duels, monthly season wipes.
7. Alt protection: Off: Anyone can play and trade right away; Standard: Discord account 30+ days old to play · no transfers in a player's first 3 days; Strict: Discord account 90+ days old to play · no transfers in a player's first 7 days.

Re-run /setup any time to change something. It opens on a summary with a button for each step.

4. Tell your members

Post the how-to-play message from /setup and pin it. Members type r/start to join and r/tutorial for a one-minute tour.

Troubleshooting

• Slash commands don't show up: wait a minute and restart Discord. If they still don't, re-invite the bot with the original link (it adds the commands scope).
• r/ commands don't work in a channel: the bot needs View Channel, Send Messages and Read Message History there, and the channel must be allowed in /setup.
• No item icons or animations: the bot needs Embed Links, Attach Files and Use External Emojis in that channel.
• Something else: post in our support forum or email info@1300studios.com.