Discord Essentials — How to get started with Discord

omega
3 min readJul 11, 2022

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Discord. The ever-popular application that has been blooming in popularity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Discord is an online text, video, and voice application used by millions worldwide. Discord has many unique features such as Discord servers.

Contents Covered:

  • How to make your own Discord account
  • How to create your first Discord server

How to Make your Own Discord Account

  1. Head over to the Discord Homepage (Discord | Your Place to Talk and Hang Out)
  2. Choose the “Open Discord in your browser” option

3. Enter in the username you’d like to go by and complete the captcha. Keep in mind this IS changeable!

4. Enter your birthdate. Discord requires you to be at least 13 years old.

5. Finish your account creation by entering in your email address and password. If you don’t do this step, then your account will be lost as it’s unclaimed!

6. You now have your very own Discord account!

Creating a Discord Server

  1. Click on the small “+” circle on the left side of your screen.

2. From here, you can either create your Discord server based off of a few templates or make it fully custom.

3. Fill out the questions following and choose a name for your server. Finally, press the blue “create”!

4. There you have it. You just created your own Discord server! You can customize this server now for whatever purposes you need.

There you have it! You now have your own Discord server that you can set up for whatever you need.

If you’ve ever wondered how you can create your own Minecraft server and even make profits from it, check out this blog series!

How to make a Minecraft Server — An Introduction | by omega | Jul, 2022 | Medium

Thank you for reading. Feel free to comment below any topics that you’d like to see added to the “Discord Essentials” blog series!

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omega

Minecraft Server Creation really isn’t that hard, trust me.