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RuneScape: Dragonwilds · free & open source

Your own Dragonwilds server, with Discord built in, in one command.

An installer, a server mod and a Discord bot for Linux VPS and dedicated servers. Answer a few questions and get a running server with live leaderboards, two-way chat, a penguin hunt leaderboard, backups, updates and admin tools.

on your server
curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joaopmsilva/RSDWServerAPI/main/install.sh && sudo bash install.sh

Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 12+, 64-bit. About 15 minutes, most of it the game downloading.

Step-by-step guide View on GitHub See it in Discord
Players install nothingUpdates itselfHourly backups~3% of one core
The live status board in Discord: how to join, who's online, top XP today and server health

Features

What you get

Everything runs on your server. Players join the way they always do.

A server in one command

  • Installs everything: packages, Node.js, steamcmd, the game, the mod and the bot
  • Hourly backups, newest 10 kept
  • Daily update and restart, with warnings in game and in Discord
  • Updates itself: a DM with an Update now button

For players, in Discord

  • /levels /quests /kills for anyone, live or last seen
  • Leaderboards: total level, any skill, quests, kills, penguins
  • /me, /gains, /playtime, /item
  • Raid and hunt alerts by DM, for those who want them

Live in your channels

  • Channels made for you when the bot joins
  • Two-way chat between the game and Discord
  • Deaths with the cause, level-ups, 99s and quests
  • Status board with how to join and who's on

For admins

  • /server: start, stop, restart, update, back up, restore
  • /admin: kick, ban, give items, announce
  • Private alerts for crashes, high CPU, RAM or disk
  • Carry-over checks for characters coming back from other worlds

Setup

Set up in four steps

No Linux experience needed. The full guide walks through every click.

Make a Discord bot

Create an application in the Discord Developer Portal, copy its token and turn on Message Content Intent.

2 minutes

Connect to your server

Open Terminal or PowerShell and ssh into the VPS your host gave you.

1 minute

Run the installer

Paste the command and answer the questions: your Player ID, server name, passwords and the bot token.

about 10 minutes

Invite the bot

Open the link it prints. The bot makes its channels and DMs you the admin commands. Then play.

1 minute
A Linux server: Ubuntu 22.04+ or Debian 12+, 2 GB RAM plus 1 GB per player, ~20 GB disk
A Discord server where you can add bots
Your Player ID from the bottom of the game's Settings

Penguin hunt leaderboard

Patch 1.0.2 let over 200 Killer Gentoo Penguins loose across Ashenfall. The bot ranks your hunters.

  • /leaderboard penguins: everyone ranked, with this week's haul
  • Fair: each penguin counts once per character
  • Catches up on penguins found before the mod loaded
/leaderboard penguins: the top penguin hunters with medals and this week's count

Screenshots

See it in Discord

Rendered from the bot's own code, with sample players.

/leaderboard: top players by total level
Leaderboards: total level, any skill, quests, kills
Death messages with their cause, and quests completed
Deaths and quests as they happen
Joins, level-ups, 99s, leaves and AFK kicks
Live activity: joins, level-ups and 99s
/levels: every skill by category
/levels: every skill, with progress
/quests: quests left by region and where to start next
/quests: what's left and where to start
Raid and hunt alerts by DM
Raid and hunt alerts by DM
The weekly recap
Weekly recap every Sunday
/admin performance
/admin performance: is the server keeping up
A carry-over alert DM
Carry-over alerts for admins

More screenshots on GitHub →

Run a hosting company?

The mod is one file loaded with LD_PRELOAD and the bot is a small Node.js app, so both fit panel hosting like Pterodactyl and Pelican.

Read the host guide →

Just the mod?

A REST API and optional RCON for players, quests, kills and penguins, with a live event feed, for your own tools.

Mod and API reference →

Free and open source

Everything is on GitHub: the installer, the mod and the Discord bot. Read the code, report a bug, suggest a feature, or leave a star so other server owners find it.

Star it on GitHub Releases Report a bug

Support

Help and support

Questions, bugs or ideas: message me on Discord as joaosilvajs (DMs are open), run /admin contact in your server, or open a GitHub issue.