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Set or remove a Terraria server password

Set, change or remove the Terraria join password under Passwords in the Config Editor, not on Startup. Up to 40 characters. It applies at the next start.

Updated , checked on Terraria 1.4.5.8

The join password is the Server password under Passwords in the Config Editor. It is not on the Startup page. A new Loafhosts Terraria server has no password, so anyone with the address and port can join. A change applies the next time the server starts.

Set or change the password

  1. Open the server and go to the Config Editor page.
  2. Open Passwords (1).
  3. Find Server password. Its help line says “Players type it to join. Empty for none.” Choose the eye icon to show what is in it.
  4. Type the new password. It can be up to 40 characters, on one line.
  5. Choose Save in the bar that appears (“Unsaved changes: (n)”). The page then says “Saved. Restart the server to apply the changes.” while the server runs, or “Saved. The changes apply when the server starts.” while it is stopped.
  6. Restart the server from the buttons at the top of the page.
Config Editor with the Passwords section open, showing the Server password field with its eye icon
  1. Passwords

The panel writes the password into the server’s settings before every start, so the new one is used from the next start. A server that keeps running uses the old password until it restarts. The Console hides the password too: the game’s own line shows as “Password: (hidden here; it is under Passwords in the Config Editor)”.

Remove the password

  1. Open Passwords in the Config Editor.
  2. Empty the Server password field.
  3. Choose Save, then restart the server.

With an empty field, the server has no password again. Anyone with the address and port can join.

Why not Startup

The Startup page lists the server’s other settings, but it does not show the password. It only points to Passwords. The password is a secret value, and the panel keeps secret values in that one place.

The Server settings file in the Config Editor also shows a locked row called Join password. It is the same password. It says to change it under Passwords.

Servers that run TShock

A server that runs TShock has a second field. In the Config Editor, the TShock settings file has TShock join password. Its help line says: “Empty uses the join password under Passwords; set here, TShock asks for this one instead.” So:

  • Leave TShock join password empty to use Server password from Passwords.
  • Fill it in only if you want TShock to ask for a different one.

If players are asked for a password you did not expect, check this field first. The program in use is shown on the World page.

Tell your players

Give the password to the players you want to let in. The game asks for it after they type the address and port. See how to join a Terraria server.

If it does not work

  • The old password still works. The server has not restarted since the change. Restart it.
  • A player is asked for a password and you set none. On TShock, check TShock join password. Otherwise check that the Server password field is really empty.
  • Save is refused. The password must be one line and at most 40 characters.
  • You cannot change it. Your role may not allow changing the startup values.

More about the game: Terraria servers.

Sources: terraria.wiki.gg: Server

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