How to join your Terraria server

Terraria joins a dedicated server by IP, with the port typed separately, which catches a lot of people out the first time. This guide covers joining from Terraria and tModLoader, the password, which versions of the game can join, and what to check when someone can't get in.

Find the address and password

1. Open your server in the dashboard.
2. The Server address sits in the panel's left rail, under your server's name. It looks like 27.124.105.40:25590: the part before the colon is the IP, and the number after it is the port.
3. If you set a password, the Join password sits under it. Both have a copy button.

Share all three with your friends: IP, port and password.

Join from Terraria

1. Open Terraria and pick Multiplayer.
2. Pick Join via IP and choose a character.
3. Type the IP only, the part before the colon, and press Accept.
4. Terraria asks for the port next. Type the number after the colon and press Accept.
5. Type the Join password if the server has one.

The server has to be running: the Console shows Your server is online - players can join now. when it's ready. A brand-new server builds its world first, which takes a minute or two.

Join a tModLoader server

A server running tModLoader only takes players in tModLoader, a separate free app on Steam. Plain Terraria can't see it.

1. Open tModLoader and pick Multiplayer, then Join via IP.
2. Type the IP, then the port, as above.
3. If the server has mods you don't, tModLoader downloads them as you join, as long as Download Mods From Servers is on in its settings. It joins once they've loaded.

The server's mods are chosen in the panel's Mods tab, and Terraria: getting started covers switching between TShock and tModLoader.

Who can join

Your server runs the PC version of Terraria. Terraria doesn't support multiplayer between PC, console and mobile, so phone and console players aren't supported on your server.

Everyone needs the same version of the game as the server, and Steam keeps players up to date. After a big Terraria update, TShock and tModLoader can take a few days to catch up. Once they do, the Server software card in Startup shows the new Version: pick it and press Reinstall on this version.

Ping from around Australia

Your server is in Sydney. Players on the east coast usually see low ping, and players in Perth or New Zealand a little more. Australian game server latency: what ping to expect from each city lists the typical numbers. Terraria is forgiving of ping, so the whole of Australia and New Zealand plays comfortably on one server.

If someone can't join

1. Check the server is running. The Console should show Your server is online - players can join now.
2. Check the IP and port. They go in separate boxes. Copy them again from the left rail.
3. Check the password. It's case-sensitive. The Join password in the left rail is the current one.
4. Check the software. A tModLoader server needs tModLoader, and a TShock server needs plain Terraria.
5. Check the player cap. Player slots in the Startup tab sets how many can be on at once.
6. On TShock, check bans and the allow list. The Players tab lists bans, and Only players I add under Accounts limits who can play.

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