Terraria Server Won't Start – World, Port, tShock

Terraria Server Won't Start – World, Port, tShock

Terraria dedicated won't start: missing world, port 7777 in use, tShock version, Mono/.NET.

Updated 27.10.2026 Game servers

Quick answer: World path, port 7777 free, don’t mix tShock and vanilla.

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Terraria dedicated stuck at “Starting server”?

Bad world path or port in use. ss -tlnp | grep 7777, check config path, don’t mix tShock and vanilla.

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