Command-line parameters

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Command-line parameters are pieces of information provided to Terraria when it is started. They influence various parts of the game.

Client

The following command-line parameters are available for the standard Terraria application:

• -savedirectory
• -logfile
• -minidump
• -logerrors
• -fulldump
• -disableannouncementbox
• -announcementboxrange
• -forcepriority
• -localsteamid
• -localwegameid
• -ip
• -j / -join
• -pass / -password
• -host
• -loadlib
• -p / -port
• -steam
• -lobby
• -friendsoffriends
• +connect_lobby

Server

The following command-line parameters are available for Terraria's server application, TerrariaServer:

• -config <file path> - Specifies a configuration file to use (see Server § Server config file).
• -port <number> - Specifies the port to listen on.
• -players <number> / -maxplayers <number> - Sets the max number of players.
• -pass <password> / -password <password> - Sets the server password.
• -motd <text> - Set the server motto of the day text.
• -world <file path> - Load a world and automatically start the server.
• -autocreate <number> - Creates a world if none is found in the path specified by -world. World size is specified by: 1(small), 2(medium), and 3(large).
• -banlist <file path> - Specifies the location of the banlist. Defaults to "banlist.txt" in the working directory.
• -worldname <world name> - Sets the name of the world when using -autocreate.
• -secure - Adds additional cheat protection to the server.
• -noupnp - Disables automatic universal plug and play.
• -steam - Enables Steam support.
• -lobby friends / -lobby private - Allows only friends to join the server or sets it to private if Steam is enabled.
• -ip <ip address> - Sets the IP address for the server to listen on
• -forcepriority <priority> - Sets the process priority for this task. If this is used the "priority" setting below will be ignored.
• -disableannouncementbox - Disables the text announcements Announcement Box makes when pulsed from wire.
• -announcementboxrange <number> - Sets the announcement box text messaging range in pixels, -1 for serverwide announcements.
• -seed <seed> - Specifies the world seed when using -autocreate