What credits pay for
Standard credit-based Discord bot servers use credits to buy runtime. A base standard bot server starts at 3 credits per day. Resource upgrades increase that server's daily cost. The exact current daily bill is shown in your dashboard.
- Credits are account balance, not server RAM or storage.
- Adding time converts credits into server runtime.
- Manual add-time supports 1, 2, or 3 days at a time, and runtime is capped at 7 days ahead.
- A server with no runtime can be suspended until more time is added or Unlimited auto-renew extends it.
How to earn credits
The ad system awards 1 credit after the required active watch period, currently 10 seconds, and an eligible ad invite action can award an additional credit. The affiliate program currently awards 5 credits for a qualifying referred signup.
The normal earning floor is 25 credits per day, but the backend can raise your earning limit to cover your combined Discord bot daily bill plus a 5-credit buffer. Your dashboard is the best place to see what you can earn and what your servers cost.
Why the balance can feel different from runtime
Credits sit in your wallet until you spend them. Runtime sits on each individual server. Buying three days for one server does not add three days to another server, and upgrading a server can change the future daily cost for that specific server.