How to Generate Your First Image with Midjourney on Discord

Midjourney runs inside Discord, so there is no separate app to install for the classic workflow. You type a text prompt, the bot returns a grid of four images, and you pick the one you want to keep. This guide walks you from a fresh account to a downloaded image in about seven minutes.

What you need

• A free Discord account (web, desktop, or mobile)
• An active Midjourney plan (the free trial is usually paused, so a Basic subscription is the reliable path)
• A short idea you want to turn into an image

Step 1: Subscribe to a plan

Go to midjourney.com, sign in with Discord, and open Manage Subscription. The Basic plan gives you roughly 200 generations a month in Fast mode. Pick a plan and complete checkout before you try to generate, otherwise the bot will reply that you have no active subscription.

Step 2: Join the Midjourney server

From midjourney.com click the Discord invite, or accept the join prompt. In the left server list look for the Midjourney sailboat icon, then open any channel named newbies followed by a number. Beginners are welcome to generate there, and you will see other people's grids stream past.

Step 3: Run the /imagine command

Click the message box, type a forward slash, and select /imagine from the popup. A prompt field appears. Type a clear description and press Enter. Be specific about subject, setting, and style so the model has something concrete to work with.

/imagine prompt: a cozy reading nook by a rainy window, warm lamplight, soft watercolor style

Step 4: Wait for the grid and pick an image

After 30 to 60 seconds the bot posts a grid of four numbered images. Buttons U1 to U4 upscale a single image to full resolution, and V1 to V4 create new variations of that image. Click the U button matching the image you like best.

Step 5: Download the final image

Once the upscale finishes, click the image to open it large, then click Open in Browser. Right-click and save, or on mobile press and hold to save to your camera roll. That file is yours to use under the terms of your plan.

Result: in well under ten minutes you went from a blank Discord account to a saved, upscaled image. From here the same /imagine loop powers everything else Midjourney can do.