Getting started

Create custom tasks that execute actions based on player achievements, time schedules, in-game events and more.

Go to Automations / Tasks >

Create automation / task

1. Open "Create new task" popup

Click next to "Automations" to create a new task.

Select what type of automation you want to create and enter a name. Click Create to continue.

tip

Use an automation template so you don't have to start from scratch.

2. Configure run condition

Select when the task should run. See all conditions per type >

3. Add actions

Click Add action to open the popup. See all available task actions >

You can add various actions to a task. Each action performs a different task that you can configure.

Click the action you want to add to the task. Click Save settings to save your changes.

Not every action will be available for each task type.

4. Finish task settings

Finally head over to the Settings tab to activate the task and select where (global, cluster, game server) the task should run. Click Save settings to save your changes.

Learn more about the settings tab >

Types

Achievement

Run actions based on player achievements, like playing for X hours or reaching level Y.

Achievement tasks can be triggered based on the following criteria:

• Player
  • Player played [X] hours in total
  • Player created more than [X] ago
  • Player was banned
  • Player was muted
  • Player is whitelisted for [X]
  • Player has over [X] tokens
  • Player voted [X] times [since]
• Character
  • Character reached level [X]

Scheduled

Schedule actions based on a particular day of the week, a specific date, or other intervals.

Scheduled tasks can be run based on the following criteria:

• Once
  • At specific moment [date & time] (runs once)
• Repeating
  • Every [X] minutes
  • Every hour at minute [X]
  • Every [X] hours at minute [Y]
  • Every day at [hour]
  • Weekly at specific day and time
  • Monthly at specific day and time

Trigger / event

Execute actions based on in-game events, like when players come online or someone votes.

Trigger / Events tasks can be run based on the following criteria:

• Character
  • Character comes online
  • Character goes offline
  • New character created
  • Character Wake up (ARK / ATLAS only)
• Player
  • Player chat contains [X] (one or multiple)
  • Player chat exactly matches [X] (one or multiple)
  • Player voted
  • Player voted [X] times [since]
  • New review posted
• Report
  • New report created
  • Report closed
• Game server
  • Game server comes online

Settings

Unrelated to game server or cluster

Avoid running the same task multiple times by checking Unrelated to game server or cluster. This is useful for sending Discord message at specific times.

Activate for server or cluster

Activate the task for specific game servers or all game servers in a cluster.

Ignore player status

This can be useful in cases where, for example, the player is not online but orders whitelist access from the shop.

caution

Do not use this in combination with in-game deliveries! Most games do not support this and the delivery will get lost.

Ignore server status

This can be useful in cases where, for example, the game server is offline and should automatically start at a specific time.

Manage tasks

Change the Task group via the Task overview. Use the quick action button to perform Test runs, See history runs and more.

Deactivate a task to delete it.

Task groups

Task groups help keep tasks organised and tidy. You can add existing tasks to a group or change the group for a task.

Create task group

Click next to "Task groups" to create a new task group.

Manage task groups

Reorder, rename or delete template groups by clicking .