How to Add a Discord Birthday Bot to Your Server

There are many Discord bots (with some being popular, multi-purpose bots) that can help you do a birthday announcement on your server, but not all of them could do the job, as well as a dedicated birthday bot.

To help you find the best one for your community, we rounded up the top 3 birthday bots you can find on the internet: Birthday Bot, Birthday Bot (yes, those two are different), and Birthdayy. But if you can’t still decide which one to invite, we will recommend one we think is the best out of the three, so you can try testing it out on your server.

Ready? Let’s begin.

There are a number of Discord birthday bots available on GitHub and directories like top.gg. However, I recommend using any of these three: Birthday Bot, Birthday Bot (a different both with the same name), and Birthdayy.

What is A Discord Birthday Bot?

First off, if you’re not sure what a birthday bot is, let me explain it briefly.

Birthday bots are automated programs that send out greetings on a user’s birthday. Most bots of these types have varying features, but they all have these core functions:

• Allowing members to input their birthdays
• Recording the birthdays of server members on their database
• Making a birthday announcement

Some have more unique features, such as giving the admins the ability to create a more customized birthday message. This is a pretty cool way to let your members know that even though a bot sent it out, the birthday greeting still came from a real, living person–you.

Birthday Bot (1), Birthday Bot (2), Birthdayy: Which one is the best Discord server birthday bot?

Before we tell you what we think is the current best Discord server birthday bot, here are the three contenders for that spot with a summary of their features:

1. Birthday bot (1)

   

   This Birthday Bot is probably the most popular out of the three on this list–and there’s a good reason. It’s easy to use, there are a lot of commands available, and it even has a support server you can join for troubleshooting Birthday Bot problems. Moreover, you can set up a customizable birthday role for your server.

   Although it can be used for free, Birthday Bot Premium is also available which will give you a host of new features such as customizing birthday embed color, and all of the vote-locked functions are removed. Plus, you will be able to create multiple custom messages up to 500 in total.

2. Birthday bot (2)

   

   Next on our list is also called Birthday Bot, but don’t let the similarities of their names fool you into thinking that it doesn’t have anything new to offer. It gives you the ability to set up other users’ birthdays, as long as you have the administrator’s permissions on that server.

   It also has a premium version that allows you to set age and images for birthday announcements.

3. birthdayy

   

   Last but not least is Birthdayy, a cute and easy-to-use birthday bot. Although it doesn’t have as many commands as the previous two on this list, it makes up for user-friendly design and beautiful aesthetics. It has a number of neat features, too, such as setting a special role for the day’s birthday celebrants, multiple announcements, and more.

Verdict

To be honest, just choosing one best bot out of the three listed here isn’t too easy, especially since they each have their own advantages. But if we have to pick a birthday bot we could recommend to anyone whether they are new to Discord or a veteran, we’d have to say the first bot on the list, Birthday Bot (1).

The only downside, though, is a lot of cool perks, such as multiple custom messages being locked behind a paywall.

But, if having the minimum features is good enough for your server as of now, then Birthday Bot basic can already be a great addition to your community.

If you were to ask me, though, I’d say you can also test out the other two and see which one meets your server needs. All three bots are high up on our list, and we’d recommend trying any of them out.

Below is a guide on how to add a birthday bot to your Discord server. For this tutorial, we’ll invite Birthday Bot (1) to a test server and set it up. Here’s how:

• STEP 1

  Make sure you’re logged in to your Discord account on either the desktop or mobile app. The desktop version would be much easier, but if you can’t get to a computer right now, then the mobile will do.

• STEP 2

  

  Go to top.gg to search for a birthday bot. Since we’re using Birthday Bot (1) for this guide, we’ll invite this one. Click the pink “Invite” button.

• STEP 3

  

  Select the destination server, and then click “Continue”.

• STEP 4

  

  Set permissions for the bot, and then click “Authorize”.

• STEP 5

  

  Verify CAPTCHA.

• STEP 6

  Wait until the bot joins your server. When it does, start setting it up. I would recommend typing the commands on a private admin-only channel.

• STEP 7

  To begin setting up this bot, type /setup then hit “Enter.”

• STEP 8

  

  You can either create a new channel for birthday announcements or use an existing one. For this tutorial, let’s set up a different channel for it, so we’ll select “Create New”.

• STEP 9

  A new channel will be created on behalf of you, specially made for birthday announcements! Here’s what it will look like:

  

How to set your birthday

Now, members can easily set their birthdays. Follow these steps:

• step 1

  First, on the designated channel, type /set and then press “Enter”.

• step 2

  Choose a time zone. If you’re using Birthday Bot (1), they have a map time zone picker that you can use as a guide to know what to enter.

• step 3

  Choose a birthday.

• step 4

  The command should look something like this:

  

  After you’re done setting the time zone and birthday, hit “Enter.”

• step 5

  Birthday Bot will ask you to confirm the date and time zone. If it’s all correct, click “Confirm.”

Your birthday is now set.