Best Discord bots for ESO guilds
Most Elder Scrolls Online guilds run a few bots, each doing one job well. This is a plain rundown of the ones ESO guild Discords reach for, grouped by job. No rankings for their own sake.
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Event signups and trial nights
Raid-Helper (opens in a new tab)
An event and signup bot for MMO raid calendars. Members sign up from an embed; recurring raids, waitlists, time zones and reminders are built in, and custom templates give tanks, healers and DPS their own slots.
Apollo (opens in a new tab)
Another event scheduler, with RSVP slots that mean something: sign-up groups, per-slot capacity and waitlists that promote when someone drops. Between the two it is mostly taste.
ESO info in your server
M'aiq the Liar (opens in a new tab)
A community-made ESO information bot. It can autopost pledges and ESO news, show the luxury and alliance trader items, and run a TTC item search. Handy for keeping "what are today's pledges" out of your staff's DMs.
Gear and build readiness
GearCheck
Our bot, in plain terms. A member submits a CharacterMarkdown export or gear screenshots in a Discord thread; GearCheck scores it against your build and gives staff a pass, a review or what is missing. It checks what a member wears, not their DPS on a log.
General server management
Most guilds also run one general bot for moderation, reaction roles, welcome messages and logging. Carl-bot (opens in a new tab), Dyno (opens in a new tab) and MEE6 (opens in a new tab) are the usual choices; any one covers the housekeeping.
How to pick
Stack them by job. Most guilds end up with two to four. For the websites and addons around them, read the best tools for running an ESO guild.
- Scheduling trial nights?
- Raid-Helper or Apollo, or GearCheck's own events if you want signups and gear checks in one bot.
- ESO news, pledges and set lookups in chat?
- M'aiq the Liar.
- Checking members run the required build?
- GearCheck.
- Moderation and reaction roles?
- Carl-bot, Dyno or MEE6.
Add GearCheck beside your scheduler
Keep Raid-Helper or Apollo for signups. GearCheck checks the builds your roster runs.