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Onboarding Survivors: Starter Kits

Public Terraria servers can be daunting for brand-new players. By providing a “Starter Kit” or loadout, you can give them essential mobility tools (like a Magic Mirror) or basic protection to ensure they don’t quit before discovering the world’s depths.
Reading TimeDifficultyLast Updated
5 minutesIntermediateJanuary 2026

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Utilizing the StarterPack Plugin

The most efficient way to manage loadouts is through the StarterPack plugin for TShock.
  1. Installation: Upload StarterPack.dll to your /ServerPlugins/ folder and restart.
  2. Configuration: Open the auto-generated StarterPack.json in the same directory.
  3. Item IDs: Add the Item IDs of the items you wish to group into the kit.
    • Recommended: 50 (Magic Mirror), 2322 (Mining Helmet), 20 (Copper Broadsword).
    • Warning: Avoid giving powerful items like the Zenith or Terraspark Boots, as this removes the sense of progression from the game.

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Server-Side Characters (SSC)

For starter kits to be effective, you must enable Server Side Characters in your config.json.
  • Logic: Set "ServerSideCharacter": true.
  • Reason: If SSC is disabled, players can join your server with high-tier items from their singleplayer worlds. Enabling SSC forces them to start with the loadout you’ve defined, saving their progress directly on the server’s database.

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Last Updated: January 2026 | Terraria: Starter kits initialized.