Bot Responses & Error Messages

Albion Online Objectives (AOO) communicates through ephemeral messages — responses only visible to the user who triggered the command. This page documents every response you may encounter, what causes it, and how to resolve errors.

Success Messages

/add Confirmation

When you successfully report an objective with /add, the bot replies:

Your objective (Core) has been successfully added! It will be available at 14:30 UTC (<relative countdown>) on the map Murdergulch Ravine

The message confirms the objective type, the calculated UTC spawn time with a live Discord timestamp, and the map name. The objective immediately appears in the /list output for all server members.

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/remove Confirmation

When you successfully remove an objective with /remove, the bot replies:

The objective has been removed successfully

The objective is deleted from the database and disappears from /list immediately.

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/list Output

The /list command displays all active objectives for your server, grouped by category (Nodes, Cores, Vortexes). Each entry includes the rarity, spawn time with live countdown, and map name. If no objectives exist, the bot replies:

No objectives to display

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Error Messages

Duplicate Detected

Message:

It appears that the objective you are trying to add already exists

Cause: Someone already reported an objective with the same type, rarity, and map within an 8-minute window (plus or minus 4 minutes of your reported time). This is intentional — Albion Online Objectives prevents the same objective from appearing twice when multiple scouts spot it.

Resolution: No action needed. The objective is already tracked. Run /list to verify it appears in the list.

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Invalid Values

Message:

One or multiple value(s) are incorrect, please try again. If the problem persist, please contact the Bot Developer.

Cause: One or more of the four /add parameters failed validation. Common triggers:

• Type was typed manually instead of selected from autocomplete, resulting in a value not in the supported list
• Rarity does not match the selected type (e.g., entering 7.4 for a Core, or Gold for a node)
• Map name was misspelled or not in the 276 supported maps
• Time does not match the HH:MM 24-hour format (e.g., 2:30 instead of 02:30, or 14:60 with invalid minutes)

Resolution: Re-run /add and use the autocomplete suggestions for type, rarity, and map. For time, use two-digit hours and minutes: 01:30, 04:00, 12:45.

Missing Values

Message:

Something went wrong, please try again. If the problem persist, please contact the Bot Developer.

Cause: A required parameter was missing from the command. This typically happens due to a Discord client glitch rather than user error, since Discord enforces required fields.

Resolution: Try the command again. If the error persists across multiple attempts, restart your Discord client.

Objective Not Found

Message:

We cannot find the objective you want to remove

Cause: The index number you provided to /remove does not match any active objective. Either the objective was already removed by another user, it expired and was cleaned up, or the index number is incorrect.

Resolution: Run /list to see current objectives and their index numbers (displayed as #1, #2, etc.), then use the correct index with /remove.

Permission Denied

Message:

You don’t have permission to remove this objective!

Cause: You attempted to /remove an objective that was reported by another user, and you lack the required Discord permissions.

Who can remove an objective:

Resolution: Ask the original reporter to remove it, or have a moderator or administrator handle the removal.

Cooldown Active

If you use a command too quickly after the previous one, Discord shows a cooldown notice. The bot enforces these delays:

Resolution: Wait for the cooldown to expire and try again.

Maintenance Flag

When an objective’s calculated spawn time crosses the 10:00 UTC daily maintenance window, Albion Online Objectives flags it in the /list output. This tells your guild that the objective may not survive the server reset.

• An objective flagged with the maintenance indicator means the game servers will restart before or around its spawn time
• The daily reset occurs at 10:00 UTC every day
• Objectives that spawn well before or well after maintenance are not flagged

Use this flag to avoid committing resources to an objective that may disappear during the server restart.