OcteraHow to stop Discord raids
Raids are coordinated floods of accounts that spam, scam or try to nuke your server. The fix is layered: stop the flood at the door, verify real members, and keep automatic protection armed for anything that slips through. Here’s how to set that up with Octera.
Block the flood before it starts.
Most raids are throwaway accounts joining all at once. Octera’s join-gate filters turn them away automatically.
- Set a minimum account age so brand-new accounts can’t join and immediately spam
- Require an avatar to weed out default-icon bot accounts
- Raid filters watch the join rate and react when a wave hits
- Configure all of it on the dashboard under Server Joins
Make everyone prove they’re human.
- Add a verification gate — a one-click button or image captcha
- Unverified members stay walled off from the rest of the server
- Set a fail action (kick, ban or re-verify) for accounts that don’t pass
Contain anything that gets through.
- Keep anti-nuke armed so mass bans and channel nukes auto-revert
- Heat tracking flags a member doing too many destructive actions at once
- If a raid breaks through, run
/security panic onto lock the server in one tap - Take a full server backup so you can restore structure fast if needed
Stopping raids — common questions.
Can a bot really stop a Discord raid?
Yes — a well-configured bot stops most raids before members notice. Octera layers join-gate filters that block waves of new accounts, a verification gate that turns away bots, and heat-tracked anti-nuke that auto-reverts mass bans or channel nukes if an attacker does get through.
What is the fastest way to stop a raid in progress?
Run /security panic on. Panic mode locks your channels and quarantines new joins in one tap, so the raid can’t spread while you sort it out. Turn it off with /security panic off once it’s handled.
How do I keep raids from happening again?
Set a minimum account age and avatar requirement on the join gate, keep a verification captcha in front of your server, and leave anti-nuke armed so any single compromised account is contained automatically.
Does anti-raid protection cost extra?
No. Octera’s security — anti-nuke, raid and join-gate filters, verification and panic mode — is part of the free core bot. Premium adds extras like custom cards and music, not security.
Keep raids out for good.
Add Octera, turn on join-gate filters, verification and anti-nuke, and keep a panic button one tap away — free.