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Pro Administration: The TShock Framework

While the official vanilla Terraria server binaries are highly stable, they lack the essential feature sets required for public community hosting, such as strong anti-griefing protection, persistent account registration, and modular plugin support. TShock is the definitive industry-standard replacement that provides these complete management tools while maintaining absolute technical compatibility with vanilla game clients. This guide walk you through the professional initialization of TShock on the FREAKHOSTING platform.

Difficulty

Beginner

Time

5 Minutes

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Technical Deployment via Panel

FREAKHOSTING has integrated the TShock deployment process directly into our automated startup pipeline, eliminating the need for manual binary injection.
1

Access Startup Settings

Log in to the Game Panel and navigate to the Startup tab.
2

Select Software Build

Locate the Server Version dropdown and select TShock.
3

Initialize Automated Patching

Return to the Console and click Restart. Our system will programmatically retrieve the latest TShock binaries and synchronize the necessary libraries during the boot sequence.

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Authorizing Your Administrative Identity

Upon the initial boot, TShock generates a unique, one-time security token required to claim the “SuperAdmin” rank.
1

Monitor the Console

Watch your server logs for a stylized notification: To become SuperAdmin, type /setup [9-Digit-Code]
2

Initialize Handshake

Launch Terraria on your workstation and join your server instance.
3

Execute Setup

Type the /setup command (including your specific code) into the in-game chat interface.
4

Secure Your Account

Once authorized, execute /register <Password> followed by /login <Password> to link your character UUID to your administrative permissions permanently.

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Last Updated: January 2026 | Terraria: TShock installed.

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Last Updated: January 2026 | Terraria: TShock installed.