How to set a password on your Terraria server

TerrariaUpdated Oct 24, 20263 min read

Open Settings, Game Settings, type a password in Password (Terraria Vanilla) or Server Password (TShock and tModLoader), and restart the server. Players then type it when they join. Leave the field empty to run a public server that anyone with the address can join.

Set the password

Open your server in the panel and click the Settings tab.
Click Game Settings in the Server Settings card.
Type the password in Password or Server Password, then click outside the field or press Enter.

Click Restart now in the banner, or restart the server yourself. The new password applies from the next start.

To make the server public again, empty the field and restart.

What the password may contain

Server type	Field	Rules
Terraria Vanilla	Password	Plain letters, numbers, spaces and punctuation, 64 characters at most. No accented letters, emoji, double quotes or backslashes.
TShock	Server Password	No double quotes or backslashes, 20 characters at most.
tModLoader	Server Password	No double quotes or backslashes, 20 characters at most.

If the panel refuses a password, it says why: The panel will not save your Terraria world name or password.

The Play with friends card on Overview shows the password in its Password row, and Copy invite message puts it in the invite. Someone on your team without the View startup permission sees Hidden for your account, and their invite says It has a password: ask me for it. See How to invite friends to your Terraria server.

Good to know

On Terraria Vanilla, the Console command password followed by a new password changes it only until the next restart. The panel setting wins at every start.
The password has to match exactly, capitals included.
On TShock you can also make every player log in to their own account, or allow only listed addresses: How to change TShock settings on your Terraria server and How to use a whitelist on your TShock server.
A password keeps strangers out. To remove someone who is already in, see How to kick or ban a player on your Terraria server.

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