Discord Reaction Roles Bot: Buttons, Dropdowns and Emoji Panels

What a role panel does

A role panel is a single message in a channel you choose. A member uses it to give themselves a role and uses it again to take that role back. That is the whole job, and it removes a lot of busywork: ping roles, game roles, region roles and colour roles no longer need a moderator.

Noxyr panels hold up to 20 roles, and a server can have up to 20 panels. That is enough for one panel per topic, such as one for pings, one for games and one for regions, instead of one crowded message.

Pick a style by who will use it

With reactions every role needs its own emoji. With a dropdown, picking a role a second time takes it back. For a deeper walk-through of the three, read the guide how to set up Discord reaction roles.

One role only, for choices that exclude each other

Turn on One role only when a member should hold just one role from a panel: a region, a colour, a team. Picking a new role removes the old one in the same click. Leave it off for panels where members may want several, like notification pings.

Set one up

1. Order the roles. In Server Settings, then Roles, move the Noxyr role above every role members can pick.
2. Open the panel builder. On the dashboard go to Greetings, then Reaction roles. In Discord, run /reactionrole create.
3. Choose style and channel. Add the first role, an optional label and emoji, a title and a message.
4. Add the rest. Use the dashboard, or /reactionrole add for each extra role. The live message updates each time.
5. Test with a normal account. Pick a role, then pick it again and confirm it goes away.

Managing panels later

• /reactionrole remove takes a role off a panel. Members who already have it keep it.
• /reactionrole delete removes a panel and its message. Members keep their roles.
• /reactionrole list shows every panel in the server.

Saving a change on the dashboard updates the live message, so you never need to repost a panel to fix a label.

The safety rule that matters most

Anyone who can see a panel can take every role on it. So Noxyr refuses roles that carry moderation permissions, such as Administrator, Ban Members or Manage Messages. It checks again every time someone picks a role, which means a role that gains one of those permissions later stops being handed out instead of quietly becoming an escalation path.

Members with Manage Roles can run /reactionrole; the dashboard page is for server admins.

When it does not work

• The role never arrives. The bot's role is below the role it should give, or the bot lacks Manage Roles.
• No emoji under a reaction panel. The bot needs Add Reactions and Read Message History in that channel, plus View Channel, Send Messages and Embed Links.
• A custom emoji is rejected. It must be uploaded to your own server so the bot can always use it. Normal emoji work everywhere.
• You switched to a custom bot. Save the panel again so the bot that runs your server posts it. Reaction roles work on a custom bot too.

Roles at join are a different feature

If every new member should get a role, do not use a panel. Auto role gives roles the moment someone joins, and verification gives roles after a button press. Both are covered in the verification and welcome docs.

Panel ideas that work

• Ping roles. Announcements, events, giveaways. Use buttons and let people hold several.
• Region or time zone. One role only, so members are in exactly one group.
• Colours. A dropdown with one role only keeps a long list short and avoids a rainbow of overlapping name colours.
• Interests and games. Each role unlocks a channel, so people see only the topics they chose.

Put the panel somewhere new members pass early, right after the rules or the verify channel. A panel nobody finds is a panel that does nothing.

Next steps

All options are in the reaction roles docs. To compare bots first, see the best Discord reaction role bots. Then add Noxyr; reaction roles are free in all three styles.