This guide will show you about Terraria Command Line & Server Controls
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Managing a Terraria server effectively means understanding the tools that power it behind the scenes, and nothing gives you more control than the command line. Terraria’s server console lets you monitor activity, adjust gameplay settings, manage players, and troubleshoot issues in real time. Whether you’re hosting a small world for friends or running a large public server, mastering these controls helps you keep your world stable, secure, and running exactly the way you want. This introduction walks you through the essentials of the command line interface, the most important server commands, and how to use them confidently to shape your Terraria experience.
Terraria Server Console Commands
(NOTE: This requires the TShock framework mod to work correctly.)
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ban | Bans a player from the server. |
| clear | Clear the console window. |
| dawn | Change time to dawn. |
| deop | Removes server operator status from a player |
| dusk | Change time to dusk. |
| exit | Stops the server |
| exit-nosave | Shut down the server without saving. |
| fps | Toggle FPS monitoring. |
| give | Give a player items |
| hardmode | Enables hard mode. |
| help | Displays the commands available to the user. |
| info | Get information. |
| invasion | Begins an invasion |
| itemrej | Manage item rejections |
| kick | Kicks a player from the server |
| list | Lists online players |
| login | Allows a user to sign in after a reload |
| maxplayers | Print the max number of players. |
| me | 3rd person talk |
| midnight | Change the time to midnight. |
| motd | Print or change the message of the day. |
| noon | Change the time to noon. |
| npcspawning | Turn NPC spawning on or off. |
| online | Lists online players |
| op | Allows a player to have server operator status |
| oplogin | Allows an operator to log in |
| oplogout | Logs out a signed-in operator. |
| pass | Change your password |
| password | Shows or changes to the password. |
| platform | Show what type of server is running TDSM |
| players | Lists online players |
| playing | Lists online players |
| plugin | Manage and view plugins |
| plugins | Lists plugins running |
| port | Print the listening port. |
| rcon | Manage remote console access. |
| refresh | Redownload the area around you from the server |
| save | Save the game world. |
| save-all | Save the world and configuration data |
| say | Say a message from the server |
| serverlist | (not available in the release version, yet) Manages the heartbeat and server list |
| settle | Settle all water. |
| spawnboss | Spawn a boss |
| spawnnpc | Spawns NPCs |
| status | Server status |
| stop | Stops the server |
| time | Change the time of day |
| timelock | Forces the time to stay at a certain point. |
| tp | Teleport a player to another player |
| tphere | Teleport a player to yourself |
| version | Print version number. |
| webauth | No description specified |
| who | Lists online players |
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