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How to claim Discord Quest rewards on desktop and mobile
Step by step: where the Claim button is, how in-game codes are redeemed, where claimed codes are kept, and the deadlines people miss.
By @B3ni15 · Updated · 6 min read
Finishing a Quest is only half the job. Discord does not hand out the reward until you press Claim Reward, and for in-game items there is often a third step: redeeming a code in the game itself. This guide walks through all of it, on desktop and on mobile, and lists the deadlines that cost people their rewards.
Claiming on desktop
- Open the Discord desktop app or discord.com in your browser. When a Quest is finished, the Quest bar above your user panel turns into a completed state with a Claim Reward button.
- If you don’t see the bar, open Discover → Quests (Quest Home). Finished Quests show a Claim Reward button on their card.
- Press Claim Reward. For some rewards Discord asks you to pick a platform first (for example PC, PlayStation or Xbox). Choose carefully: codes are usually tied to the platform you pick and can’t be switched later.
- Discord shows you the reward. Orbs and Discord cosmetics are added to your account immediately; in-game rewards show a code and a link to where it is redeemed.
Claiming on mobile
- Open Settings → Quests (Quest Home) in the Discord app. Some versions also show the Quest bar on the home screen.
- Find the finished Quest and tap Claim Reward, then pick a platform if you are asked to.
- Copy the code if there is one. It is easier to redeem codes from a computer, so you can also leave it and find it again later in your Gift Inventory (see below).
Redeeming in-game codes
Discord can’t put items into someone else’s game directly, so most game rewards arrive as a one-time code. The redemption steps are set by the game’s publisher, but they almost always follow the same pattern:
- Follow the redemption link shown with the reward, or open the publisher’s official redemption page.
- Sign in with the game account you want the item on.
- Paste the code and confirm.
- Start the game. The item usually arrives in an in-game mailbox or your inventory, sometimes after a restart.
Where claimed codes are kept
A code you have claimed stays with your account. On desktop open User Settings → Gift Inventory to see the codes from your Quests and copy them again. This is the place to look if you closed the reward window before copying the code.
Deadlines that matter
Each Quest has up to three separate dates, and its details in Quest Home list them:
- The Quest’s end date: after this you can no longer make progress.
- The claim deadline: the last day to press Claim Reward. It is sometimes the same as the end date and sometimes later.
- The code’s expiry: set by the game publisher, and printed in the Quest’s promotion terms. An unused code can expire even though it is still listed in your Gift Inventory.
The safest habit is to claim and redeem on the same day you finish.
If you can’t claim
- No Claim button, but the bar is full: restart Discord. The finished state is fetched from Discord’s servers and an old client sometimes misses it.
- “Something went wrong” on claim: wait a few minutes and try again. Claims are rate-limited and briefly fail when many people claim at once, typically on a popular Quest’s first day.
- Asked to verify: Discord occasionally asks for a CAPTCHA or for your account to be verified before claiming. Complete it in the official app.
- Code says “already redeemed” or “invalid”: check that you are signed in to the right game account and platform, then contact the game’s support with the code. Discord can’t reissue it.
For progress problems before a Quest finishes, see Discord Quest not progressing?
If you use Disquest Helper
Disquest Helper finishes Quests, but it never claims them. Claiming stays with you, in the official Discord app, for two reasons: some rewards need you to choose a platform, and a claim is the kind of action Discord may ask you to verify in person. When a run finishes, the dashboard’s Quests page lists it under Done, and you can turn on a “Finished runs” notification in Settings to hear about it as soon as your rewards are ready.