Once you've installed Discord and made an account, it's time to join the Scrimba Discord 🎉!

To join the Scrimba Discord, head to **https://scrimba.com/discord** then click Join Scrimba Community:

Meet Pumpkin 🐈‍⬛👋

New members need to talk to Pumpkin from Scrimba (our Scrimba mascot personified as a Discord bot) before being awarded access to the server:

Before onboarding

After onboarding

When you join, Pumpkin from Scrimba will make a channel just for you called 👋welcome-<your username> (you can see an example of this in the top-left screenshot)

Pumpkin from Scrimba is a stickler for our community values and encourage you to set a nickname, avatar, and so on:

Next steps

After talking with Pumpkin from Scrimba, you should have full access to the server. It's about time you learned how to make the most of it.