How to Setup a Terraria Server (In Ubuntu 24.04)

https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Server#serverconfig

Set up the script that starts the server

This is the setup script I made:

#!/usr/bin/bash

TRAR_SERVER=/root/server/Linux/TerrariaServer.bin.x86_64
echo "Making Terraria server executable..."
chmod +x $TRAR_SERVER

echo "Starting Terraria server at $TRAR_SERVER..."
echo "Using config: " $(cat /root/server_config.txt)
$TRAR_SERVER -config /root/server_config.txt -ip 0.0.0.0 # 0.0.0.0 is all interfaces

This is the server config:

world=/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds/The_Chamberverse.wld
autocreate=3
seed=dontdigup
worldname=The_Chamberverse
difficulty=2
maxplayers=8
port=7777
password=sugoma
motd=Objective: Find Dad
worldpath=/root/.local/share/Terraria/Worlds
banlist=banlist.txt # Banlist is in /root
secure=1 # Enable Anti-Cheat
language=en-US # Set to English
upnp=0 # Disable UPNP

Using screen, I used the command cd /root && screen -dmS terraria ./start_server.sh to start a screen session named terraria and start the server. I also added the following line to my crontab so it runs on reboot:

@reboot cd /root && screen -dmS terraria ./start_server.sh

More information on screen can be found in this guide

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