How to become admin on your TShock server

Start your TShock server, join it, and type /setup followed by the code printed in the Console at start. The code is also in the file tshock/setup-code.txt. TShock then lets you run one command: create your own account in the owner group with /user add, log in with /login, and type /setup again to close the setup.

Find the setup code

1. Start the server and open the Console tab. Until you finish the setup, TShock prints this as it starts: To setup the server, join the game and type /setup followed by the code.
2. Or open the Files tab, open the tshock folder and open setup-code.txt.

Keep the code to yourself: anyone who types it first gets the one command.

Make yourself owner

1. Join the server with Terraria: How to join your Terraria server.
2. Open the chat and type /setup, a space and the code.
3. TShock answers Temporary system access has been given to you, so you can run one command. and shows the command to use.
4. Type /user add followed by a user name, a password and owner: /user add <username> <password> owner, with your own user name and password in place of the words in brackets.
5. Log in: /login <username> <password>.
6. Type /setup again. TShock says Your new account has been verified, and the /setup system has been turned off.

From now on, log in with /login and your user name and password when you join. You are in the owner group, TShock's highest built-in group.

Make a friend admin

Once you are owner, create accounts for your helpers and put them in a group: How to manage TShock groups and permissions.

Good to know

• TShock accounts, groups and bans live in the tshock folder, in TShock's own database. They are in your panel backups.
• Being owner in TShock is separate from panel access. To let someone restart the server or change settings in the panel: How to let a friend help run your Terraria server.
• In the panel Console, commands are typed without the /: the Console already has full rights.
• TShock's own guide: the Documentation link on the Modding tab's TShock card.