All Terraria console commands & how to enable them
If you are playing Terraria on PC, you can active console commands at any time to make your world, or server, have different effects happen in it. While the console commands won't allow you to spawn certain items or get unlimited health, there are still some cool uses to take advantage of. If you want to use any of these console commands on the console versions of the game, you won't have any luck, as they are exclusively for PC players. However, there are also ways to add additional console commands through mods while on PC if you want to get additional options outside of what is available in the base game. How to enable console commands in Terraria You can only use console commands while in a Multiplayer server, so make sure you are not on a single-player world to use any of the below commands. If you are in a Multiplayer server, you can activate console commands by doing the following action: When in-game on the multiplayer session, press the backtick key (`) to bring up the console command Enter any console command below and then hit the Enter key for the action to happen. Every Terraria console command Console Command What it does help Command list pops up playing Shows everyone playing on the server clear Clears console exit Closes server exit-nosave Closes server without saving beforehand save Saves the current progress of the server kick Kicks a player that proceeds the message ban Bans a player that proceeds the message password Shows the server password and allows you to change it version Shows the version number time Displays the current time port Shows the listening port maxplayers Shows max players allowed on the server say Sends a message that proceeds "say" to everyone on the server motd Displays the message of the day dawn Time is set to dawn noon Time is set to noon dusk Time is set to dusk midnight Time is set to midnight settle Calms all water sources of the server As previously mentioned, the console commands on offer are a bit tame. They mainly affect the weather and act more like admin controls to control who is allowed to play on the server. It's pretty basic, so if you were looking for more advanced console commands or stuff that works in Single-Player games, go and look for mods. There's probably something out there that'll be exactly what you were looking for. The post All Terraria console commands & how to enable them appeared first on Destructoid.
If you are playing Terraria on PC, you can active console commands at any time to make your world, or server, have different effects happen in it. While the console commands won't allow you to spawn certain items or get unlimited health, there are still some cool uses to take advantage of.
If you want to use any of these console commands on the console versions of the game, you won't have any luck, as they are exclusively for PC players. However, there are also ways to add additional console commands through mods while on PC if you want to get additional options outside of what is available in the base game.
How to enable console commands in Terraria
You can only use console commands while in a Multiplayer server, so make sure you are not on a single-player world to use any of the below commands. If you are in a Multiplayer server, you can activate console commands by doing the following action:
- When in-game on the multiplayer session, press the backtick key (`) to bring up the console command
- Enter any console command below and then hit the Enter key for the action to happen.
Every Terraria console command
| Console Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| help | Command list pops up |
| playing | Shows everyone playing on the server |
| clear | Clears console |
| exit | Closes server |
| exit-nosave | Closes server without saving beforehand |
| save | Saves the current progress of the server |
| kick | Kicks a player that proceeds the message |
| ban | Bans a player that proceeds the message |
| password | Shows the server password and allows you to change it |
| version | Shows the version number |
| time | Displays the current time |
| port | Shows the listening port |
| maxplayers | Shows max players allowed on the server |
| say | Sends a message that proceeds "say" to everyone on the server |
| motd | Displays the message of the day |
| dawn | Time is set to dawn |
| noon | Time is set to noon |
| dusk | Time is set to dusk |
| midnight | Time is set to midnight |
| settle | Calms all water sources of the server |
As previously mentioned, the console commands on offer are a bit tame. They mainly affect the weather and act more like admin controls to control who is allowed to play on the server. It's pretty basic, so if you were looking for more advanced console commands or stuff that works in Single-Player games, go and look for mods. There's probably something out there that'll be exactly what you were looking for.
The post All Terraria console commands & how to enable them appeared first on Destructoid.
