Terraria Server Commands — Vanilla & TShock

On a vanilla dedicated server, type console commands (no slash) in the server window — say, save, kick, time. On a TShock server, type commands in the in-game chat with a leading slash (/ban, /item, /tp), once you're logged into an admin account.

Vanilla Terraria has a small console command set for basic server control. TShock is a server mod that adds a large in-game command set plus user accounts and permissions — far more admin power, at the cost of running TShock instead of the stock server.

You need TShock — then /item <name> [stack] gives yourself an item and /give <item> <player> [stack] gives one to a player. The stock vanilla server has no item-giving command.

Register an account with /register, log in with /login, then have an existing superadmin assign your account to a group with /user. TShock gates commands by account group, not just presence on the server.

On vanilla, use dawn / noon / dusk / midnight in the console. On TShock, use /time <day|night|noon|...> in chat. Both set the world's time of day.

save in the vanilla console, or /save in TShock chat. exit saves and stops the vanilla server cleanly.

You need TShock — /spawnmob <mob> [amount] spawns mobs and bosses (e.g. /spawnmob "Eye of Cthulhu"). The vanilla server has no spawn command, so this only works on TShock.

With TShock, /tp <player> teleports you to a player and /tphere <player> brings them to you. These are admin commands gated by your TShock user group.

Players /register a password then /login; admins create or assign accounts with /user add <name> <pass> <group> and manage permissions by group. TShock gates its commands by account group, not just being on the server.