Setup your tModLoader server

This guide explains how to setup a Modded Terraria server using tModLoader. Modded servers have more setup steps than vanilla servers, so read with attention

Basic setup steps

1. Stop the server and remove the "saves" folder
2. In the FPS Dashboard, click on "Startup", modify as you wish and check Terraria server configs guide if required.

Setup your server-side mods

1. In the tModLoader Terraria client, go to workshop > manage mods, and disable mods filtered as "client-side only" (so only mods required for the server AND client are enabled)
2. Export your enabled mods: go to workshop > manage modpacks, click on save enabled as a new modpack, and finally on the new created modpack, click on Export Pack Instance", Terraria tModLoader will export that modpack. Your file manager should open automatically. Your server mods will be in /SaveData/Mods
3. For uploading mods, zip the Mods folder. If the file is less than 80 Mb, simply drag and drop, then extract in the panel. If it is bigger refer to SFTP setup guide as it will be your only way to upload it.
4. To make sure you properly uploaded your mods: in the server, you must have the mods folder (all lowercase), inside you must see all mod files, including a file called enabled.json (generated by the modpack export tool)

After following all the steps, you can start the server. If you wish to tweak more specific options, or the world generation crashes, review the Terraria world uploading guide

Connect to your server

1. In Terraria, click on Multiplayer, then on "Join via IP"
2. Choose a character or create one
3. In the Console window of the FPS dashboard, look for your address. It has the following format: aFruitName.fps.ms:25555
4. For Server IP address, you would write "aFruitName.fps.ms", click on Accept. For port, write the right numbers in the address.

After connecting to a server, the address gets stored in Terraria, so you can rejoin without writing again the data. Now, your server is ready!