Giveaways

Members enter by reacting to the giveaway message. Discortics checks that they qualify when they enter and again when it ends.

Before you begin

  • You need Manage Server.
  • In the giveaway channel, Discortics needs View Channel, Send Messages, Embed Links, Add Reactions, and Manage Messages.
  • A winner role also needs Manage Roles and must be below the Discortics role.
  • Giveaways can only be posted in text or announcement channels.

Create your first giveaway

Create from the Dashboard
  1. Open Dashboard → Giveaways.
  2. Open the Giveaways tab and select New running giveaway.
  3. Enter the prize, channel, duration, and winner count.
  4. Leave requirements empty for your first test.
  5. Customize the giveaway message, then save and test its entry reaction.

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The giveaway creation form

Create a quick drop in Discord
  1. Run /giveaway drop prize:Test Prize winner-count:1 channel:#giveaways.
  2. Add a milestone such as at-entry-count:, or choose one in the preview.
  3. Select Start.
  4. Enter from a test account. The drop ends when it reaches the milestone.

Use /giveaway create for schedules and entry requirements.

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A running giveaway with its entry reaction

How entry works

  1. A member reacts with the entry emoji.
  2. If they qualify, their reaction stays.
  3. If they don't, their reaction is removed and Discortics tries to DM the reason.
  4. When the giveaway ends, Discortics checks again before picking winners.

Removing the reaction withdraws the entry. Reacting again refreshes it, and doesn't create a second entry.

Next steps

Troubleshooting

A member can't enter. Their reaction was removed because a check failed. Ask them to read the DM, then check required roles, blocked roles, account age, server age, messages, voice time, and level.

The giveaway ended without a winner. No entry qualified at the end. The requirements may be too strict, or members may no longer qualify.

Discortics didn't add the winner role. Give it Manage Roles, move its role above the winner role, and check the role isn't managed by an integration.

Manage giveaways in the dashboard

Config opens by default for server defaults, Giveaways for Running, Scheduled and Recently Ended tables, and Templates for reusable setups. Creating or editing opens a separate page. Use the row actions to open the Discord message, end a running giveaway, reroll an ended giveaway, or save a template. Templates can be edited and reused without publishing immediately.

The message builder supports text, images, containers and link buttons. These variables update when Discortics renders the message:

  • {{prize}}: the current prize.
  • {{time}}: the end time, or the target for an active milestone drop.
  • {{winner}}: the winner count while running; selected winners after ending.
  • {{owner}}: the configured host.

Other text, including requirement wording, is editable. Reset message replaces the message with a snapshot of the current form settings, so use it before making custom wording changes. Editing message text does not change eligibility; configure the requirement controls separately. Discortics adds the participation/status footer and entry controls itself. Custom text cannot enable additional mentions.