Become an admin at Terraria

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~~{{warningbox}}To log in to Terraria as an admin you must have TShock installed first {{/warningbox}}~~~

What can an admin do in Terraria?

As an administrator, you can determine certain game rules on your server. You can decide who is allowed to play on the server and who is not. Furthermore, you have full control over the administration and gameplay on your server.

How do you become an admin on Terraria?

To become an admin on Terraria, you only need to follow a few simple steps. First you need to find your authcode and then log in with it.

Find authcode

1. connect to your Terraria server via FTP
2. search for the directory /terraria/tshock/
3. in this directory you will find the file authcode.txt
4. open the file authcode.txt with a text editor
5. search for the line /auth, there you will find your authcode
   1. example: /auth 3425349 - your code is therefore: 3425349 - make a note of this!

Authenticate as admin

1. now open Terraria and connect to your game server
2. open the chat in the game
   1. this also serves as a console for entering commands
3. enter the noted authcode with the following command: /auth your-code
   1. example: /auth 3425349
4. this entry authenticates your current IP address in connection with your player name as superadmin

Add to superadmin group

1. execute the command: /user add YourPlayerName YourPassword superadmin
   1. example: /user add player1 123456 superadmin.
2. your player has now been added to the superadmin group. Player name and password can of course be freely chosen.
3. log in with your player permanently as superadmin: /login yourplayername yourpassword
   1. example: /login player1 123456
4. finally verify and complete the process: /auth --verify
5. perfect, now you are admin on your Terraria gameserver

Things to know

/login <username> <password> is now your admin login. Example: /login player1 123456

If authcode.txt has already been used or the file cannot be found, simply delete the file auth.Ick in the directory /terraria/tshock/ from the server. Restart the server and the authcode.txt file will be regenerated. Proceed with the new code as described in our instructions.