Setting up a server in Terraria is a fairly simple process, and it will be a big help towards letting you customize the game to your liking. Hosting a server is a great way to bring friends into a persistent world that you can return to over and over. It’s also a great way to test new things in a game that rewards experimentation and curiosity.
These console commands help you adjust your server and the players in it as well as helping you to close everything down when you’re ready to call it an evening. Here are all the console commands in Terraria and the command line parameters you can use when launching a server. You need to be hosting the server in order to use these commands, by the way.
Terraria Command Line Parameters
When you first run a new Terraria server, you can use these commands to help customize the rules and settings of the server.
-config — Indicates a specific configuration file to use -port — Indicates which port to listen on -players OR -maxplayers — Sets a maximum number of players -pass OR -password — Assigns a password to your server -motd — Sets your server’s message of the day -world — Loads and automatically launches a world -autocreate — Creates a world if none is specified. The number indicates the size. 1 is small, 2 is medium, 3 is large -banlist — Specifies the server’s banlist . txt file location -worldname — Sets the world’s name when it is autocreated -secure — Adds cheat protection -noupnp — Turns off universal plug and play -steam — Adds Steam support -lobby or — Determines whether friends can join the server
Terraria Console Commands
While you are hosting a Terraria server, you can input any of these commands into the console to change several parameters.
help — Brings up a command list playing — Loads a list of players currently on the server. You can also type /playing in chat to see the same effect. clear — Clears the console window exit — Save and shutdown the server exit-nosave — Shuts down the server without saving save — Saves the game world kick — Kicks someone off the server ban — Bans someone from joining the server password — Shows the server password password — Changes the server password version — Shows the version number time — Shows the current game time port — Shows the listening port maxplayers — Shows the maximum number of players allowed say — Sends a message to all players in yellow text from the server name motd — Shows the message of the day motd — Changes the message of the day dawn — Sets the time to 4:30 AM noon — Sets the time to 12:00 PM dusk — Sets the time to 7:30 PM midnight — Sets the time to 12:00 AM settle — Settles all water in the game world
That’s all there is to it. These console commands will help you customize your Terraria server however you see fit. If you simply can’t get enough of Terraria, check out our Terraria guides page for a whole lot more!
