Set up Solo Discord - The Dodo Suite Wiki

Setup a Discord server alongside your solo site

Prerequisites:

You should have at least one island tile set up and connected in SDT before starting Discord setup.
You need a Discord account. If you don't have one, sign up at discord.com
A Discord server. This wiki will not be covering the creation & setup of a Discord server. If you'd like to create a mini guide for the wiki for hosts who may struggle with this please (invite link coming soon) :)
This guide assumes you've set up at least a basic server, recommended to add channels for #announcements, #rules, and #flight-information before proceeding

You must stay in Solo Mode (Website Team Mode is not checkmarked) in HostHelper for setup. You must stay in Solo Mode in SuperDodoTerminal for setup.

Open HH and go to the Host Modes tab
Make sure Website Team Mode is not checkmarked

Open SDT General Settings ()
Make sure EDITING MODE is set to Solo Mode This is how you tell the app which website/Discord settings you're setting up or editing, and how you're able to manage both from one app at the same time.

Discord is used for island status updates, community interaction, and subscriber channel access. It is not required to host, but it's a nice addition for your players and community.
Villager Requests, Item ordering, and Queue signup all occur through the website
Set your server up with a verification channel, when users login on the website they'll see a code on their player page, they say !verify 'code' to auto link their Discord account to their website account

Once set up your bot will send updates for: online/offline status, open/closed gates, and whether villager requests, item ordering, or queue mode is enabled. You can also set custom messages to send per island among other things.
Each update automatically includes the link to its island page on the website

This guide walks you through setting up the unified bot in HostHelper + how to set up the settings for each island. You only use one bot for all of your islands, in each islands settings you can set a display name and avatar for that island to be used when messages are posted to its channel by the bot.

Discord support is a work in progress; if something doesn't work as expected please submit an issue on Github. If you need/want a support feature added for Discord send a message in the #feature-requests channel on (invite link coming soon)

Step 1 — Create a Discord Bot & Connect it to HH & SDT

The bot token is what tells HH & SDT "this is my bot, connect to it." No token = no Discord features. It's that simple.

Go to the Discord Developer Portal and log in
Click New Application

Name your application (this is private, players won't see it — something like Dodo Island Bot works)
Accept the Terms of Service and click Create

On the left sidebar, click Bot

Click Reset Token to generate a bot token

Your bot token is like a password. Never share it with anyone. If it gets leaked, come back here and reset it immediately. Anyone with the token can control your bot.

Copy the Bot token — you'll paste this into SDT in a moment
Keep this Discord page open for now

Open HostHelper ()
Click the Discord Server Setup tab
Click Open Discord Server Settings (this will eventually be in-panel)

Paste your Bot Token you copied into the token field
Leave this panel open

Go to your Discord Server (do not close the Developer page yet)
Right click the server name
Go down to Copy Server Info
Click Copy Server ID

Go back to the HostHelper Discord settings panel
Paste your Server ID in the Server (Guild) ID box

Go through the rest of the Discord Server Setup menu and create/assign channels and roles for flight information, verification, and moderation.
CLOSE HOSTHELPER WHILE YOU FINISH SETUP
In the future it doesn't matter as much, but HostHelper is what runs the bot, so if it's running when you do the next few steps then HostHelper will try to finish setting up the server before you've customized anything.

Bot settings:

Go back to the Discord Developer page you left open now
Scroll down to Privileged Gateway Intents
Enable Server Members Intent
Enable Message Content Intent
Click Save Changes

Step 2 — Invite the Bot to Your Server

Helpful tips:

In HostHelper → Discord Server Setup tab → Open Discord Server Settings → Channels tab you can enable auto-creating Island Channels when you add a new island tile.

If you're offering subscriptions, paid island channels will be created/managed automatically when you mark islands as paid in the Monetization Tools if you enable auto-creation.

On the same Discord page, click OAuth2 in the left sidebar

Scroll down to the OAuth2 URL Generator Scopes section and checkmark bot

Scroll down to the Bot Permissions section and select Administrator (simplest option — the bot needs to manage channels and roles for subscriptions)
If you don't want to give Administrator, the minimum permissions needed are: Manage Channels, Manage Roles, Send Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files, Read Message History, View Channels

Scroll down to the bottom of the page now, and click the Copy button to the right of the Generated URL
Paste it to the address bar (in a new tab) and press enter

Select your server from the dropdown and click Continue and then Authorize

The bot should now appear in your server's member list (it will show offline until HostHelper connects it)
If you have any island tiles currently set up, the channels for them will start to populate if you enabled auto-create channels.

Step 3 — Finish Setup

In SDT, open an island's detail panel (click the island tile)
Under the Hosts icon() open Discord Bot Settings to finish setting up each island
- Name in Discord
- Island Channel (set up auto-create channels in the unified bot panel in HostHelper)
- Channel Avatar
- Island Page URL → You should not need this. If you do please reach out on (invite link coming soon) so I can document and fix it. Only included this in case anyone has an issue with this link not generating correctly.
- Message Template
- Live Message Preview
- Loop Interval
- Island/Discord Map Image (if you want it to send something different than what you have assigned in the island host details panel
- Discord Channel Behavior
- Channel Roles
- Click Save when you're satisfied
- Repeat for as many islands as you have

The panel includes more info about each option not covered here, make sure you read it while setting up.

Scroll down to see a live preview of the Discord message that'll be sent for this island's channel.

Step 4 — Test it

Make sure SDT is running
Make sure HostHelper is running
Island channels will be automatically created
Connect at least one switch/island
Island channels should each receive a status message upon connection
Open gates on at least one island to test the status updates (it sends the same message)
Check each Discord channel
If the bot shows offline or isn't posting, double check:
- The bot token is correct (no extra spaces)
- The bot was invited to the correct server
- The bot has permission to send messages in the assigned channel
- The intents (Server Members + Message Content) are enabled in the Developer Portal
If things work as expected, you're all set!

If you're still having issues, reach out via (invite link coming soon) or Github