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How to change TShock settings on your Terraria server

TerrariaUpdated Oct 24, 20265 min read

On a TShock server, open the Settings tab and click config.json under Config files. The page lists TShock's main options with a plain explanation each, such as Player versus player, Spawn protection, Players must log in and Whitelist only. Change what you want and click Save & restart.

Open the page

  1. Start the server once if it is new, so TShock writes all its settings into tshock/config.json.
  2. Open your server in the panel and click the Settings tab.
  3. Under Config files, click config.json.
  1. Change the options. The bar at the bottom counts your unsaved changes.
  2. Click Save & restart to apply them now, or Save only to apply them at the next start. Revert throws the changes away.

The options

OptionWhat it does
Server name, Use the server nameShow this name to players instead of the world name.
Player versus playernormal lets players choose, always forces it on, pvpwithnoteam forces it on except within a team, disabled turns it off.
Spawn protection, Spawn protection radius (tiles)Stop players who are not admins from building or breaking blocks near the world spawn, and how far.
Players must log inEvery player has to log in to a TShock account to play.
Turn off login before joiningPlayers log in with /login once in, not from the join screen.
Turn off automatic loginA returning player is normally logged in by their game client ID. Turn this on for a public server, where an ID can be copied.
Whitelist onlyOnly addresses listed in tshock/whitelist.txt can join. See How to use a whitelist on your TShock server.
Reserved slotsExtra slots above the player limit for players with the reserved-slot permission.
Hardcore characters only, Mediumcore characters only, Softcore characters onlyOnly that kind of character can join.
Freeze the worldNobody without the build permission can place or break anything.
Block hardmodeThe world cannot enter hardmode.
No tombstones, No Dungeon Guardian, No clown bombs, No snowballsTurn those off.
Fixed time of daynormal lets the clock run, day or night keeps it there.
Always Christmas, Always HalloweenThe events and drops all year.
Enemies per player, Enemy spawn delay, Invasion sizeSpawn rates. The game defaults are 5 enemies and a delay of 600; lower delay spawns faster.
Respawn time (seconds), Respawn time during a boss (seconds)How long a dead player waits. 0 keeps the game default.
Autosave, Announce saves, Save when the last player leavesWhen the world is written.
TShock world backups every (minutes), Keep TShock world backups for (minutes)TShock's own world copies in tshock/backups, on top of the panel backups. 0 turns them off. They use disk space.
Show join countryAnnounce the country a joining player connects from.
Kick proxy usersKick players connecting through a known proxy or VPN.

What is not on this page

  • The join password and the player limit are panel settings, written into this file at every start: Server Password in Game Settings, and the slots on Overview.
  • Accounts, groups, permissions and bans are in TShock's database, not in config.json: How to manage TShock groups and permissions.
  • Any other TShock option: edit tshock/config.json in Files, with the server stopped.

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