Linux host required
Host your Terraria world on hardware you already own. NodeMesh downloads the dedicated server, keeps it running and relays your friends' connections, so there is nothing to open on your router. It needs a Linux host.
Free on your own PC — one host, no time limit.
Sign up, then paste one command from your dashboard on the PC that will run the server — PowerShell on Windows, a terminal on Linux. The agent installs as a service and pairs with your account.
Choose the game in the panel. NodeMesh downloads the dedicated server, sets it up and starts it, and you watch every step in the live console.
Switch on the traffic relay for the server and the panel gives you a public address. Send it to your friends: their traffic goes through the relay to your PC, so you never open a port on your router.
The memory figures are for the game server alone. If you also play on the same PC, the game itself needs its own memory on top.
Terraria uses TCP on port 7777 by default. The relay forwards it to your PC, so you make no changes to your router. In the game, choose Multiplayer, then Join via IP, and enter the address the panel gives you.
Terraria's server is light: it asks for well under a gigabyte of memory. The Config tab covers the server message, password, player limit, world name, seed and difficulty. The server ships no remote-admin protocol, so there is no RCON console. For mods, NodeMesh has a separate tModLoader server type.
One host — your own PC — is free with no time limit, for up to 5 game servers: the web panel and console, the config editor, the mod manager, auto-restart on crash and the traffic relay. Extra hosts cost credits.
See pricing →Beta: you can create this server today, but we have not run it on our own hardware yet. Expect rough edges, and tell us what you find.
No. The dedicated server is a free download from terraria.org, and NodeMesh fetches it for you, with no Steam account involved on the host. Your friends still need the game to play.
Not yet. The Terraria server in NodeMesh needs a Linux host, as the requirements above show.
Not on this server type. NodeMesh offers tModLoader as a separate server type for modded Terraria.
Yes, for one host. Running game servers on your own PC is free with no time limit — up to 5 servers, traffic relay included. You only pay, in credits, if you add more hosts.
The server goes offline too: it runs on your PC, not on ours. Leave the PC on while your friends play, or use a spare PC as the host.
Create an account, install the agent and pick the game. One host is free with no time limit.
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