Terraria

Terraria
Terraria	2011
Terraria 2	TBA

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Collector's Edition.
Amazon.co.uk		Retail Collector's Edition.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\config.json %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\input profiles.json
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Terraria/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Terraria/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Terraria/
Linux	~/.local/share/Terraria/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use RTResolution.
Ultra-widescreen		Forces a higher zoom level. Use RTResolution as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Change in settings or toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Causes tooltip flickering, faster menu scrolling, and faster item crafting/buying. Game logic capped at 60fps.

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		No actively controlled camera.
Controller
Controller support		Uses XInput on Windows.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Fully customizable plus many presets.
Controller sensitivity		Can set deadzones; game uses a cursor so sensitivity is unneeded.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Can invert X and Y axis on both thumbsticks.

Additional information
Button prompts		DualShock Controllers use DualShock Prompts Mod Switch Controllers use Nintendo Switch Prompts Mod
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Occasionally changes button prompts

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Official Steam Controller bindings only.
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

In-game keyboard/mouse keybinding settings.
In-game controller keybinding settings.

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

In-game language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound and ambient.
Surround sound
Subtitles		No voiced dialogue
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Non-Latin text is not displayed in the stylized font.
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Fan translation. Download here.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Non-Latin text is not displayed in the stylized font. Numerous other issues reported by users.^[3]
Russian				Fan translation by «L&K (Livan и Kiro)». Addresses issues with translation and fonts.
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	Co-op Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod.
LAN play	255	8 max through Terraria.exe, 255 if using dedicated server
Online play	8

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		For dedicated server use, run standalone command-line binary located in the root of the installation folder `TerrariaServer.bin_x86_64` (64 bit, Linux and MacOS, _x86 for 32 bit) or `TerrariaServer.exe` (Windows).
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7777

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved[edit]

German version[edit]

The German (Steam) version of Terraria has currently lots of bugs and crashes (for example social slot items), the only fix is to set the language to English.^{[citation needed]}

Issues fixed[edit]

Game running slowly/low frame rate[edit]

Change Frame Skip and Lighting Settings^{[citation needed]}
This usually happens when the game is running on an older PC. In Settings make sure Frame Skip is set to "On" and Lighting is set to "Retro". This should increase performance.

OS X and Linux versions, update FNA to newer version^{[citation needed]}

The OS X and Linux versions of the game use older version of FNA. Updating to newer version makes the game faster.^[4] Copy and run a script to update FNA.

Steps on how to use this script with the Linux version of Terraria.

Game will not start[edit]

You may be missing required components^{[citation needed]}

Download and install the following:

This should fix the problem.

XNA/.NET Installation Issues[edit]

Make sure to install .NET 4 before installing XNA 4. If that does not solve the issue, try uninstalling both of these and installing a clean copy of both.

Download them from their official websites^{[citation needed]}

If you're having issues downloading either XNA or .NET try to install the files manually via their websites:

Teleporting mob lag in multiplayer[edit]

Limit FPS to 30^[5]
See Frame rate capping.

Graphics Cards Issues[edit]

Make sure you have the most recent updates to your system^{[citation needed]}

Check to make sure you have the most recent updates to your graphics card. You can do this through Steam (in Windows) by pressing (in the top right corner) 'Steam' > 'Check for Video Driver Updates...'.

Notes

Also check to make sure you have the most recent version of DirectX.

You should also check the list of XNA's Officially Supported Graphics Cards (XNA is the engine Terraria runs in) for your graphics card.

Control Configuration Issues (non-Steam)[edit]

Some users are reporting that they have blanked all their controls and are unable to set them again

Delete config.dat^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file location. Delete `config.dat`.

Hosting Issues[edit]

Firewall/Network Access^{[citation needed]}
Make sure your Firewall is off or that it allows Terraria Network Access. View this forum thread to get information on giving Terraria Network Access.

Port forwarding^{[citation needed]}
Look up port forwarding if you are trying to host behind a router.

Use Hamachi^{[citation needed]}
If all else fails, you can use the third party program Hamachi. This allows you to more simply host a server without having to forward your ports.

Game Crashes Immediately / Does Not Start[edit]

Set Steam and Terraria.exe to launch as administrator^{[citation needed]}
Try launching again, and make sure you have set both Steam and Terraria.exe to launch as administrator (Windows Vista and Windows 7).

Game has reverted to an older version (Steam)[edit]

Verify your Game Cache^{[citation needed]}

To force the game to update itself you must Verify the Integrity of your Game Cache:

Right click Terraria in your Steam Games Library and select 'Properties'
In the new pop-up window, go to the 'Local Files' Tab
Select 'Verify Integrity of Game Cache'

This will make sure all of your game files are up to date and automatically replace any damaged files.

Switching to Cloud save and then back makes you lose discovery/map data/explored regions[edit]

Fix^{[citation needed]}

This is a temporary issue with the game which will get fixed, but until then, this is what you need to know:

Switching to Cloud takes the files off your computer, from %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\ Aside from your .plr player file which keeps character info, what we're interested in are the .map files. For various reasons what can happen is that the file that gets downloaded back either has one extra period before the extension, say 11111..map instead of 11111.map, or doesn't get downloaded at all. If it has extra periods, remove and keep the extension. If you don't see the extension then just remove all extra periods at the end of it.

If you don't have your map data files there, try looking in your Steam cloud temporary folder which can be found at <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\105600\remote It should be there. If it ain't there or in your My Documents location, get a file recovery software (i have had luck with Recuva) and point it in the Steam cloud temporary location. With luck it's recoverable. (this can happen when no valid files are present in the my docs location, so you cloud, local then cloud). If you have more than one set of files, go for the most recent set (the one with more periods or last modified date is latest) and remember that each is saved per world you character has visited.

Invisible mouse pointer on Linux[edit]

Disable Xbox driver^[6]
The issue is caused by the game detecting a running Xbox driver, used to enable the Xbox gamepad, and switching to controller mode. It is not necessary to have a controller currently attached for this to happen. To fix this, stop the Xbox driver: `sudo service xboxdrv stop` Upon next game start, the hints for controller buttons will be hidden and the mouse will be visible.

Can't use hotbar on non-QWERTY layouts on Linux[edit]

Configure FNA^[7]

Edit <Steam-folder>/steamapps/common/Terraria/Terraria to set the FNA_KEYBOARD_USE_SCANCODES environment variable to 1.
The last two lines of the file should look like this:

export FNA_KEYBOARD_USE_SCANCODES=1
./${BASENAME}.bin.${ext} $@

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	3.0	OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista	7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.6 GHz	3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	256 MB of VRAM Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5	10.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2.5 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible	256 MB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	3.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2.5 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible	256 MB of VRAM

References

↑ News - New Release: Terraria
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 PC - Terraria 1.3.0.8: Can Mac & Linux Come Out & Play? | Terraria Community Forums
↑ Russian translation mistakes and bugs
↑ Want to make Terraria on Linux faster? FNA creator Ethan Lee has a script to help with that
↑ Slow MP/MP Desync Fix - Forums - Terraria Online - last accessed on 2017-01-23
↑ Lost mouse pointer - Steam - last accessed on 2017-11-21
↑ Unable to bind 1-9 keys in AZERTY keyboard - Terraria Community Forums" - last accessed on 2020-05-19

[1] News - New Release: Terraria

[release_date-2] 2.0 ^2.1 PC - Terraria 1.3.0.8: Can Mac & Linux Come Out & Play? | Terraria Community Forums

[3] Russian translation mistakes and bugs

[4] Want to make Terraria on Linux faster? FNA creator Ethan Lee has a script to help with that

[5] Slow MP/MP Desync Fix - Forums - Terraria Online - last accessed on 2017-01-23

[6] Lost mouse pointer - Steam - last accessed on 2017-11-21

[7] Unable to bind 1-9 keys in AZERTY keyboard - Terraria Community Forums" - last accessed on 2020-05-19

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Developers

	Re-Logic
Engines
Windows	XNA
OS X, Linux	FNA
Release dates
Windows	May 16, 2011^[1]
macOS (OS X)	August 10, 2015^[2]
Linux	August 10, 2015^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Sandbox
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Terraria