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19 ArticlesHow To Ban Or Unban Players From Your Terraria Server
You can ban or unban players from your Terraria server by entering commands in your server’s console. If you don’t know how to access your server’s control panel, check out our guide here. --- Banning a Player From Your Server Sometimes, it is necessary to ban a player from your server to keep the game fair and enjoyable for everyone. You might need to do this if the player is disruptive, cheating, or breaking the rules. Banning them can improve the experience for the other players. Here’s a simple way to ban someone. --- Banning a Player on Vanilla Server 1. Log into your control panel and navigate to your Console. 2. In the text field below the console log, type , replacing with the name of the player you wish to ban ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="\\To successfully ban a player, they must be online at the time of the ban.\\" appearance="default"} :: Once a player is banned, they will be unable to connect to your server using any character --- Banning a Player on TShock Server There are two ways to ban users with TShock; temporarily and permanently. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="When banning or unbanning players, you will need to have the permission on your server." appearance="default"} :: To ban a player permanently, log into your server and open the chat (is used by default). In the chat, enter the command to ban a specific username with a reason. If you know the player’s IP, you can use the command to ban them by their IP. To ban a player temporarily, log into your server and open the chat. In the chat, enter the command . --- Unbanning A Player From Your Server Players might sometimes find themselves banned from your server by mistake, or they may face temporary bans. If you wish to remove a ban, this guide will detail the process to unban a player and reintroduce them to the server. Unbanning a Player on Vanilla Server 1. Log into your control panel. 2. Navigate to the Files tab. 3. Locate and Open the file. 4. You will see two lines for each banned player: one line with the Player's Username and a second line with the banned Player’s IP Address. To unban a player, delete both lines and then click Save. Once you save your changes, the player will be unbanned immediately. --- Unbanning a Player on TShock Server If a player was banned by their username or IP, they will need to be unbanned the same way. To unban a player by their username, log into your server and open the chat ( is used by default). In the chat, enter the command . To unban a player by their IP, log into your server and open the chat ( is used by default). In the chat, enter the command .
How To Backup And Restore Your Terraria Server
Backing up and restoring your Terraria server is simple once you know the steps. Regular backups protect your progress, and restoring enables you to recover your world when needed. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="Due to how Terraria works, player data is stored on your own computer. This means that if your character files are corrupted on your computer, it won’t be possible to restore them from your server backup." appearance="default"} :: Backup Your Terraria Server You can quickly generate a manual backup anytime through your control panel. 1. Navigate to the Shockbyte Panel and open your server panel. 2. On the left-hand sidebar, click the Backups tab 3. Click Instance, then select the server instance you would like to schedule backups on. 4. Click Create Backup to begin generating the backup. --- Restore Your Terraria Server To restore your server backup, check out our helpful guide on doing this here: Restore Server Backups
How To Add A New Admin User On Your tShock Terraria Server
The tShock admin group holds a variety of permissions which gives administrators access to almost all in-game tShock commands. While logged in as a tShock owner, it is possible to create new users with Admin access or migrate existing users to the admin group. ::ProseNote{title="Important" description="To manage users and user groups, you must first install and setup tShock by following this article." appearance="default"} :: Adding a New Admin User While logged in as a tShock owner, create a new user with admin permission using a chat command. Alternatively, you can enter these commands from your server's console page. If you use commands from the console, you do not need to include the /sudo part of the command. 1. Type the command . 2. Instruct the user to type the command . --- Changing an Existing User's Group to Admin While logged in as a tShock owner, set the existing user's new group using a chat command. Alternatively, you can enter these commands from your server's console page. If you use commands from the console, you do not need to include the /sudo part of the command. 1. Type the command .
How To Add Mods To Your Terraria Server (Using tModLoader)
If you've played Terraria before, mods are a great way to change up the game experience and add cool new features that can help you enjoy the game even longer. tModLoader is our recommended Terraria-modding software since it works for both your client and server, which makes getting started simpler and faster. --- Installing tModLoader on Your Computer While tModLoader is a software designed for Terraria, it installs to your computer as a separate game. This means it will appear separately from Terraria in your Steam library. 1. Navigate to tModLoader's Steam Store page. 2. Download tModLoader onto your computer through Steam, following the prompts. Once tModLoader is installed, you will need to open Terraria through tModLoader to play modded Terraria. --- Installing Mods via tModLoader Compared to many other games, modding Terraria has fewer steps. You can install mods directly through the in-game mod browser, rather than downloading external files. 1. Launch tModLoader from your Steam library. 2. Under Workshop in the main menu, select Download Mods. 3. Either browse through the mods or search for specific mods using the search bar in the top-right. 4. When you have located a mod you wish to use, select the Download With Dependencies option. This ensures the mod downloads its required files. 5. Install additional mods as you see fit. Once you are done selecting mods, return to the Workshop Hub and select Manage Mods. 6. Enable All of your mods. 7. Restart tModLoader. We strongly recommend creating a new single-player world with your new mods before moving to the next stage to ensure your mods work together. If a single-player world doesn't load with these mods, you will need to disable them to determine which mod(s) are causing the problem. --- Installing tModLoader onto Your Server Just as your computer needs to have tModLoader to run Terraria mods, so does your server. Luckily, installing tModLoader on our servers is as easy as the click of a button! 1. Access your Control Panel and Stop the server. 2. Click on your current server type at the top of the control panel. If you wish to create a new instance, you can follow this guide. 3. In the Server Type menu, select tModLoader and click Next Step. 4. Select the latest version and click Next Step. 5. Click on Save Changes and Start your server. Let your server fully boot once to ensure the correct files are generated. Once done, press Stop again before proceeding. --- Adding Mods to Your Server 1. Return to the Workshop Hub in tModLoader and select Manage Mods. 2. Scroll through your mod list and write down all of the mod names in a Notepad file. 3. Open a new tab and search for your mods' tModLoader Workshop pages. Copy their mod IDs and paste them next to their corresponding names in the Notepad file. 4. Access your Control Panel and navigate to the Config tab. 5. Locate the setting and enter your mods' IDs. Once you are done, click Save. To add a new ID, simply click on . 6. On your desktop - Navigate to , this folder should contain a file named enabled.json. 7. Navigate to the Files tab on your Terraria server and upload the enabled.json file to the folder. 8. Start your server. Depending on the mods you uploaded to your server, you may need a new world to get the most out of them. If you haven't done this before, we have covered it for you with our guide on How to Reset Your Terraria Server World.