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Register SignIn Advertisement in: Gamemechanics,Thirdpartysoftware English Español Français 中文 Server Viewsource History Talk(24) ATerrariaserverprovidesaplatformforplayerstoconnectovertheinternetorothernetworkformultiplayergames.WindowsinstallationsofTerrariaincludeitsserversoftware.ForrunningonaLinuxdistribution,youmustdownloadtheserverfiles.SeetheDownloadssection. Aservercanalsobeusedforstandalonesingle-playergameplay.Thisofferstheabilitytoadjustthein-gametimeatwill. Contents 1BeforeYouHost 2Publicservers 2.1JoiningServers 3Howto(Windows) 4Howto(Linux) 4.1Prerequisites 4.2Startingtheserver 4.3Launchinginthebackground 4.4Notes 5Howto(RPI/OthersOSes) 5.1Prerequisites 5.2Launchingtheserver 5.3Troubleshooting 6Downloads 7Serverfiles 8Listofconsolecommands 9Commandlineparameters 10Serverconfigfile 11Banningandun-banning 12Systemrequirements 13Notes 14LAN 15History BeforeYouHost TheserverrunsonTCPport7777bydefault.IfyouarebehindNAT(e.g.residentialuser),theportusedmustbeport-forwardedinorderforotherplayersbeabletojoin.Ifonecan'tforwardaport,onemaychoosetouseaVPNservicelikeHamachiorRadminVPNinstead(althoughinthosecases,everyplayerneedstoinstalltheVPNsoftware).Thedefaultmaxplayersis8(16asof1.4.0.1),butthiscanbechangedduringserverstart-up,aswellaswithintheserverconfigurationfile(serverconfig.txt).Non-NATconnections(e.g.businessordatacenteruser)typicallydonotneedportforwarding,butmayneedtoallowtheportthroughafirewall. IfrunningonacloudserviceprovidersuchasAWSorGCP,ensureport7777onTCPandUDPisopentoallowconnectionstotheserver. Publicservers Serverscanbefoundviatheseserverlists: ServerforumatOfficialTerrariaForum https://www.tserverweb.com https://topg.org/terraria-servers/ http://terraria-servers.com https://terraria.21yunbox.com JoiningServers AservercanbejoinedbyselectingtheMultiplayeroptiononthemainmenu,selectingacharacter,andthenenteringtheserver'sIPandport. Oftendifferentservershavedifferentrequirementsforaplayertojoin.SomeserverswillrequiretheplayertohaveaSoftcoreorMediumcoreplayertoplay,andsomemayrequirethatplayersbeatacertainlevelofthegamebeforejoining.Oftenapublicserverwillhavea/registerand/loginsystemwheretheplayermusthaveacharacterwithbothauniquenameandpassword. PublicserversalsousuallyarerunbyagroupofAdministratorsand/orModeratorswhoenforceorregulaterules.Oftentheseruleswilldisallowmodsandhacks,impersonation,andthelike.Someserversmayalsohavethecapabilitytoallowaplayertoplayonlinewiththeirsingleplayercharacterwithoutlosingtheirsingleplayerinventory. Alistofserversyouhaverecentlyplayedwillbesavedunder"JoinviaIP"inMultiplayer. Howto(Windows) Bydefault,ona32-bitWindowsinstallationofTerraria,TerrariaServer.execanbefoundat:%programfiles%\Steam\steamapps\common\terraria Ona64-bitWindowsinstallation,itcanbefoundat:%programfiles(x86)%\Steam\steamapps\common\terraria Ifyoucannotfinditinpathsabove,opensteamandrightclickTerrariainyourlibrary,thenhit"Properties">"LOCALFILES">"BROWSELOCALFILES..."toopenthefolder. Ifyoudonothavesteam:%programfiles(x86)%\terrariaor%programfiles%\terraria IfyouuseGOG:GOGGames\terraria AplayerthenmayjointheserverfromthegamemenubychoosingtheMultiplayeroption. Howto(Linux) Prerequisites Firstwewillinstallthetoolsweneedtoruntheserver.Thesearelikelypreinstalledonyourdistribution. ForaDebianbasedsystem(Ubuntu),run:sudoaptupdate&&sudoaptinstall-ywgettmuxunzip Startingtheserver SeetheDownloadssectiontogetthelinktothelatestdownload.Thendownloadthefile:wgetthe_latest_link_here Unzipthefile:unzipterraria-server* Navigateintothedirectoryyoujustunzipped.Asof1.4.1.2thedirectoryiscalled'1412'.Thismaychangeforfutureversions:cd1412 NavigatetotheLinuxdirectory:cdLinux Addexecutablepermissionstotheserverbinary:chmod+xTerrariaServer.bin.x86* Launchtheserver.The64bitversionisTerrariaServer.bin.x86_64,the32bitversionisTerrariaServer.bin.x86:./TerrariaServer.bin.x86_64 Placeyourworldfilesinthefollowinglocationfortheservertofindthem:~/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds/ Launchinginthebackground Tmuxisamodernversionofscreenthatallowsmultiplevirtualterminalinstances.Wewilluseittolaunchtheserverinthebackground. Launchtheserverinatmuxsession:tmux Inthetmuxsession,launchtheserver:./TerrariaServer.bin.x86_64 Nowtheservershouldstartupasnormal.Todetatchfromthetmuxinstance,leavingtheserverrunninginthebackground,usethefollowingkeycombination:d Youshouldnowbebackatthepreviousterminalinstance.Youcanseethatthetmuxsessionisrunninginthebackgroundwithtmuxlist Tore-attachtotheinstancetoeditorshutitdown,justruntmuxattach Notes InsomecasesitisneededtoexportTERMvariableinthisway:exportTERM=xterm Howto(RPI/OthersOSes) Ifyouareusinganoperatingsystem(SuchasRaspberryPiOS(previouslycalledRaspbian)orFreeBSD)thatdoesnotcomewithaprebuiltexecutable,youcouldusemonotostarttheserver.ThiscouldbeusefulifyouwanttohostaserveronadevicesuchasaRaspberryPi,oranydevicethatdoesnotrunonthex86architecture. Prerequisites NOTE:Ifyouareusinganon-x86Linux-basedoperatingsystem(SuchasRaspberryPiOS),thefirstfewinstructionsshouldbethesameastheonefoundhere,upuntilthechmodcommand.Youwouldneedtoinstallmonoandandanyotherrequiredlibraries(suchassqliteorscreen)ifitdoesnotcomepreinstalledonyoursystem. Launchingtheserver DownloadandextracttheTerrariafilesfollowingyoursystemspecifications.(ForRaspberryPiUsersFollowTheLinuxGuide) NavigatetotheLinuxdirectory. Launchtheserverbyusingthefollowingmonocommand:mono--server--gc=sgen-O=all./TerrariaServer.exe Theservershouldrunasexpected. Troubleshooting Ifyouencounteranerrorsaying"Yourmonoruntimeandclasslibrariesareoutofsync.",navigatewithintheTerrariadirectoryandremovemonoconfig,mscorlib.dll,andanyfilesthatbeginwith"Mono"or"System". ExampleinstructionswithLinux: rmSystem* rmMono* rmmonoconfig rmmscorlib.dll WindowsBase.dllandFNA.dllshouldbetheonly.dllfilesinthedirectory NOTE:Thisprocedurewilldeleteanyotherfilesstartingwith"Mono"or"System",sokeepthatinmind! Downloads ThevanillaTerrariaserversoftwareisincludedwiththeregularTerrariapackage(seeabove),butcanalsobedownloaded: TerrariaServer1.4.2.3 TerrariaServer1.4.3 TerrariaServer1.4.3.1 TerrariaServer1.4.3.2 TerrariaServer1.4.3.3 TerrariaServer1.4.3.4 TerrariaServer1.4.3.5 TerrariaServer1.4.3.6 TerrariaServer1.4.4 TerrariaServer1.4.4.1 TerrariaServer1.4.4.2 TerrariaServer1.4.4.3 TerrariaServer1.4.4.4 DedicatedServerGUIisathird-partyadd-onforthevanillaserverthatoffersgraphicalcontrols(theserverisnormallyacommand-lineprogram): DedicatedServerGUI. TshockandTDSMarethird-partyserverpackagesthatofferadditionalfunctionality,suchasin-gamecommands,whitelists,playerpasswords,andaplugininterfaceforaddedfeatures(suchasfactions): Tshock TDSM(Latestversion1.3.2.1;Nolongermaintained.) Serverfiles TheWindowsserverconsistsofthesefiles: TerrariaServer.exe-Themainserverfile.Canberunstand-alone. serverconfig.txt-Theserverconfigfiles.Definesallparametersfortheserver(seebelow). start-server.bat-AWindowsBatchfilewhichstartstheserverusingtheserverconfig.txtfile.Alsocontainsaloopbacktorestarttheserverifitshouldcrash. start-server-steam-friends.bat-functionsas"Host&Play"would,butthroughtheconsole.steamfriendswillbeabletojoinyourgamethroughthis. Listofconsolecommands Onceadedicatedserverisrunning,thefollowingcommandscanberun: help-Displaysalistofcommands. playing-Showsthelistofplayers.Thiscanbeusedin-gamebytyping/playingintothechat. clear-Cleartheconsolewindow. exit-Shutdowntheserverandsave. exit-nosave-Shutdowntheserverwithoutsaving. save-Savethegameworld. kick-Kicksaplayerfromtheserver. ban-Bansaplayerfromtheserver. password-Showpassword. password-Changepassword. version-Printversionnumber. time-Displaygametime. port-Printthelisteningport. maxplayers-Printthemaxnumberofplayers. say-Sendamessagetoallplayers.Theywillseethemessageinyellowprefixedwithinthechat. motd-PrintMOTD. motd-ChangeMOTD. dawn-Changetimetodawn(4:30AM). noon-Changetimetonoon(12:00PM). dusk-Changetimetodusk(7:30PM). midnight-Changetimetomidnight(12:00AM). settle-Settleallwater. Notethataforward-slash/isnotrequiredtoprecedethecommand,assomecommandinterfacesrequire.ForalistofTshockcommands,refertotheTShockreadme. Commandlineparameters ThefollowingisalistofparametersthatcanbeenteredwhenrunningTerrariaServerinitially: -config-Specifiesaconfigurationfiletouse(seeServerconfigfilebelow). -port-Specifiestheporttolistenon. -players/-maxplayers-Setsthemaxnumberofplayers. -pass/-password-Setstheserverpassword. -motd-Settheservermottoofthedaytext. -world-Loadaworldandautomaticallystarttheserver. -autocreate-Createsaworldifnoneisfoundinthepathspecifiedby-world.Worldsizeisspecifiedby:1(small),2(medium),and3(large). -banlist-Specifiesthelocationofthebanlist.Defaultsto"banlist.txt"intheworkingdirectory. -worldname-Setsthenameoftheworldwhenusing-autocreate. -secure-Addsadditionalcheatprotectiontotheserver. -noupnp-Disablesautomaticuniversalplugandplay. -steam-EnablesSteamsupport. -lobbyfriends/-lobbyprivate-AllowsonlyfriendstojointheserverorsetsittoprivateifSteamisenabled. -ip-SetstheIPaddressfortheservertolistenon -forcepriority-Setstheprocesspriorityforthistask.Ifthisisusedthe"priority"settingbelowwillbeignored. -disableannouncementbox-DisablesthetextannouncementsAnnouncementBoxmakeswhenpulsedfromwire. -announcementboxrange-Setstheannouncementboxtextmessagingrangeinpixels,-1forserverwideannouncements. -seed-Specifiestheworldseedwhenusing-autocreate Serverconfigfile Itispossibletostartthededicatedserverusingaconfigurationfilethatenterstheaboveparametersautomatically.Theconfigfilemustbecalledusingthe-configparameter.Thefilecanhaveanyname,butmustbeinthesamefolderasTerrariaServer.exe.Ifaserverconfigfileisdefinedandthefileisnotlocatedduringtheserverboot,thentheserverwillasktheusertoinputtheparametersasitwouldifrunwithoutadefinedconfigfile. Thefollowingisalistofavailableconfigcommands: world=C:\Users\Defaults\MyDocuments\MyGames\Terraria\Worlds\world1.wld-Loadaworldandautomaticallystarttheserver. autocreate=3-Createsanewworldifnoneisfound.Worldsizeisspecifiedby:1(small),2(medium),and3(large). seed=AwesomeSeed-Setstheworldseedwhenusingautocreate worldname=World-Setsthenameoftheworldwhenusingautocreate difficulty=0-Setsworlddifficultywhenusing-autocreate.Options:0(normal),1(expert),2(master),3(journey)[Note:MobileServersrequire1tobeaddedtothedifficulty(e.g.2isexpertformobileterrariaservers).] maxplayers=8-Setsthemaxnumberofplayersallowedonaserver.Valuemustbebetween1and255 port=7777-Settheportnumber password=p@55w0rd*-Settheserverpassword motd=Pleasedon’tcutthepurpletrees!-Setthemessageoftheday worldpath=C:\Users\Defaults\MyDocuments\MyGames\Terraria\Worlds\-Setsthefolderwhereworldfileswillbestored banlist=banlist.txt-Thelocationofthebanlist.Defaultsto"banlist.txt"intheworkingdirectory. secure=1-Addsadditionalcheatprotection. language-Setstheserverlanguagefromitslanguagecode.Availablecodes: en-US=English de-DE=German it-IT=Italian fr-FR=French es-ES=Spanish ru-RU=Russian zh-Hans=Chinese pt-BR=Portuguese pl-PL=Polish upnp=1-AutomaticallyforwardportswithuPNP. npcstream=60-Reducesenemyskippingbutincreasesbandwidthusage.Thelowerthenumberthelessskippingwillhappen,butmoredataissent.0isoff. priority=1-Defaultsystempriority0:Realtime,1:High,2:AboveNormal,3:Normal,4:BelowNormal,5:Idle JourneyModepowerpermissionsforeveryindividualpower.0:Lockedforeveryone,1:Canonlybechangedbyhost,2:Canbechangedbyeveryone journeypermission_time_setfrozen=2 journeypermission_time_setdawn=2 journeypermission_time_setnoon=2 journeypermission_time_setdusk=2 journeypermission_time_setmidnight=2 journeypermission_godmode=2 journeypermission_wind_setstrength=2 journeypermission_rain_setstrength=2 journeypermission_time_setspeed=2 journeypermission_rain_setfrozen=2 journeypermission_wind_setfrozen=2 journeypermission_increaseplacementrange=2 journeypermission_setdifficulty=2 journeypermission_biomespread_setfrozen=2 journeypermission_setspawnrate=2 Commentlinescanbeincludedusingthehashsymbol(#).Linesthatbeginwith#willbeskippedentirely. Banningandun-banning Thecommandbanwillbantheindicatedplayerfromtheserver.Abannedplayer,whentheytrytologin,willbedisplayedthemessage:Youarebannedfor[duration]:[reason]-[modname].Abannedplayermaythenbeun-bannedbyeditingthefile"banlist.txt,"whichislocatedintheTerrariafolder.Thisdocumentcontainsalistofallcurrentlybannedplayers.Toun-banaplayer,deletetheplayer'snameandIPaddressfromthelist. Systemrequirements WindowsOperatingSystem 500MBfreeRAMforasmallworld(RAMdependsonworldsizeandnumberofplayers) .NETFramework4.0 XNAFramework Aneasymethodofinstalling.NETandXNAistosimplyinstalltheTerrariaclient,whichshouldinstallbothaspartofitsregularinstallation. Notes Theserverwillauto-savetheworldnowandthen,butwillonlysaveonshutdownwhenusingtheexitcommand.Thatsaid,considersavingmanuallypriortoshutdown. Whennoplayersareonlinetheserverhibernates.Timeonlypasseswhenplayersareconnected. Whenyoulaunchaserver,itwillaskifyouwanttoautoportforward,howeverthisdoesn'talwayswork. ServersareoftensetupusingHamachi.Thisremovestheneedofhavingtoport-forward,butreliesonathirdpartyprogram. Someserverswillboosthealth,Ifaserverisinexpertmode,thedestroyermayhave1,000,000+health/hp(hitpoints) LAN BelowareinstructionsforaverybasicLANpartysetup.Attheveryleast,allcomputersmustbeconnectedtothesamenetworkforthistowork.Ifyoufeelsoinclined,youcansettheservertohaveastaticLANIPaddress,butthat'snotreallynecessary.Notethattheseinstructionsaretargetedatpeoplewhohavelittletononetworkingexperience,andjustwanttoplaygames. Makesurethatallcomputersareconnectedtothesamenetwork Connectthecomputerstothenetworkviaethernetifpossible,sinceethernetisalmostalwaysfasterthanwireless. Ifyouhavearegularhomerouterandwanttoconnectmanyplayers,youcanconnectmorecomputerstothenetworkviaethernetbyuseofaswitch.Simplypluganyportoftheswitchintotherouter,andplugtherestofthecomputers(andtheserver)intotheswitch.Ifyoudon'thaveaswitch,trytoatleastconnectthecomputerrunningtheservertothenetworkviaethernet.Ifyoucan'tdothat,justmakesureallcomputersareconnectedtothesamewificonnectionanditwillprobablywork,justabitmoreslowly. Getserverinformation First,makesurethattheserverisconnectedtotheinternet,oratleastconnectedtoyourrouter.Totestrouterconnectivity,youcantryloggingintoyourrouterviawebpanel.Usuallytherouterlogininformationisprintedonastickeronthebackoftherouter.Ifthepageloads,great-justmakesuretheothercomputersareconnectedtothesamenetwork. Windows: OpenCommandPromptandrun"ipconfig"togetinformationaboutyournetwork.RecordtheIPaddressthatappearsafter"IPV4Address......"Itshouldbesomethinglike192.168.1.27,172.16.0.5510.0.0.42.ThisistheIPaddressyouwilluseforjoiningonterraria.IftheIPaddressstartswith127,lookforonethatdoesn't.Ifitstartswith169,you'redoingsomethingwrong. MacOS: OpenSystemPreferences>NetworkandrecordtheIPAddress.SeeaboveforwhattheIPshouldlooklike. GNU/Linux: Run"ifconfig"or"ipa"fromaterminalwindowtogetyourlocalIP.SeeaboveforwhattheIPshouldlooklike. Connecttheclientstotheserver OpenTerraria,clickmultiplayer,andconnecttotheIPaddressthatyourecordedfromthesecondstep. Youshouldbeconnectedtotheserver! Troubleshooting(ifsomethingdoesn'twork) Makesurethatthefirewallonthecomputerrunningtheserverisdisabled,oratleastallowstrafficthroughonport7777.Besuretore-enablethefirewallonceagainwhenyouhavethechance. IfyourlocalIPaddressdoesstartwith169,youshouldcheckyournetworksettingstogetconnectedtotheinternet. TheIPoftheservermaychange,especiallyiftherouterrestarts.Ifyouareunabletoconnecttotheserver,gothroughstep2onceagaintoseeiftheIPhaschanged. Ifthisbecomesarecurringproblem,youshouldlookup"settingastaticIPon(OSName)",whereOSNameisthenameoftheserver'soperatingsystem. IfyousettheportoftheTerrariaservertosomethingotherthanthedefaultof7777,makesurethattheclientsareconnectingtowhateverporttheserverisconfiguredtouse. History  PCversion Desktop1.4.0.1: Newdifficultyvalues:2formastermode,3forjourneymode. Abunchofconfigurationfileoptionshavebeenaddedforcontrollingjourneymodepowerpermissions. Desktop1.3.0.4: Dedicatedserverscannowbelaunchedwith-forceprioritytooverrideserversettingsfile'sprocesspriority. Dedicatedservercannowuse-ipagaintosettheirlocalIPaddress. Desktop1.3.0.3:Youshouldnowhaveaneasiertimereportingerrorsiftheyhappenonaserver. Desktop1.3.0.2: Youwillnowbeabletoenterthepasswordeverytimewhenenteringorcreatingaserver. Manyissueswiththededicatedserveranditsconfigurationshavebeenresolved. Fixedanissuewhereuserswouldbeunabletoinviteeachotherwhenin"InviteOnly"mode. Desktop1.2.3.1:FixedcrasheswhenstartingthededicatedserverinalanguageotherthanEnglish. Desktop1.0.2: ServersnowlistentoallIPaddressesonthehostingPC,regardlessofhowmanynetworkconnectionsareactive. Typing"localhost"insteadofyourownlocalIPaddresswillconnecttoyourownsame-PCserver. Gamedefaultportchangedfrom31337to7777. ClientwillnowresolveahostnameintoitsIPaddress,forexample,ifrandomsite.orgranaserver,youcouldtyperandomsite.orgastheIPaddressandbeabletoconnect. Desktop-Release:Introduced.  Consoleversion Console-Release:Introduced.  Mobileversion Mobile-Release:Introduced. Nintendo 3DS version 3DS-Release:Introduced. 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