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Introduction to Bots

Among Us in Minecraft introduces the ability to use bots.

Bots behave like real players, but are fully controlled by the server.

At the moment, bots have a limited set of abilities and features. They can:

  • Move around
  • Perform tasks
  • Kill players
  • Report bodies
  • Chat and vote in meetings
  • And more coming soon!

Basic bot functionality works out of the box and requires no setup.

However, to enable chat and smarter voting behavior, you need to configure AI support.

Currently, only OpenRouter is supported.

To enable AI:

  • Enable it in config.yml
  • Add your OpenRouter API key in secrets.properties

We recommend using google/gemini-2.5-flash. It is a fast and cost-efficient model — and speed matters here.

There are currently nine available bots. The only difference between them is their name and skin.

We use default Minecraft skins and names for the bots:

  • Alex
  • Air
  • Efi
  • Kai
  • Makena
  • Noor
  • Steve
  • Sunny
  • Zuri

To add a bot to your game, run:

/au bot add <bot_name>

To remove a bot from your game, run:

/au bot remove <bot_name>

Once added, bots will join the game and send a random message in chat.

If AI is enabled, you can also write messages to the bot(s), and one or more of them will respond.