Queue servers punish you for looking away. This guide covers how to use a hosted bot to wait in a queue, and is upfront about the parts a bot cannot protect.
What a bot helps with
- Waiting without your PC. The bot sits in the queue from our servers. Your computer can be off.
- Watching your position. Most queues announce your position in chat. Open the dashboard on your phone to check it.
- Knowing when it stops. With browser push on or Discord linked, you get an alert when the bot stops and cannot get back on its own.
What a bot cannot do
A reconnect usually does not keep your queue position. If the connection drops and the bot rejoins, most servers put you at the back. Auto-reconnect gets you back in the queue quickly. It does not get you back your place.
It also cannot play once you are through. When the queue ends, the bot only stands there unless a macro on a paid plan takes the next step.
Set it up
1. Remove the time limit first
The Free plan's 15 minutes a day (3 hours for Discord members) is shorter than most queues. If the limit is reached, the bot is stopped and your position is gone. For queue waiting you need unlimited AFK time, from a Tip boost or a subscription. See Plans.
2. Join the queue automatically
If the server needs a command to enter the queue, add it under Post-Spawn Actions on the bot's Plugins page, for example /queue main. It is sent every time the bot joins.
If the queue is entered by clicking an item in a menu, open the bot in the dashboard and click it under server menus. That needs a paid plan, and it is a manual click, not something the bot repeats on its own.
3. Keep it from being kicked while waiting
Anti-AFK is on by default. Queue lobbies sometimes kick faster than normal servers, so set the interval to 1 or 2 minutes under Plugins, then Anti-AFK.
4. Turn on alerts
In Settings, enable browser push, or link Discord for direct messages. Install the dashboard on your phone so the alert reaches you away from your desk. The phone chat guide shows how to watch your queue position there.
Taking over when you are close
One account can only be online once, so you cannot join with the game while the bot is in the queue. Stopping the bot to join yourself is a disconnect, and on most servers that costs you the position.
Check how your server handles this before relying on it:
- Some servers hold your place for a short grace period after a disconnect. On those, stop the bot and join with the game straight away.
- Some keep your place only if you stay connected. On those, a bot can hold a queue but cannot hand it to you.
Be straight with the server
Many queue servers have rules about AFK accounts and bots, and some sell priority queue as their income. Read the rules before you use a bot there.