Getting Started – How to Access Your tModLoader Server and Control Panel


Have you purchased your tModLoader server at GGServers? Here’s how to get started!

GGServers offers full access to your game server control panel, where users can manage everything that happens on the server.

This article will show the first steps for joining your server and using the AMP panel to manage it.

||| Here you can find our guide for installing mods on your tModLoader server and client.

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# ✔️ How Do I Find My AMP Panel and Server Connection Details ✔️

To access your AMP panel, you need to follow the next steps:

1. Log in to your billing account [here](https://ggservers.com/billing/index.php/login).

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2. Click on your customer’s profile button, then on `Email History`.


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3. Click on the first option, `Your Game Server Details`, and you’ll see your server information and the AMP (Control Panel) credentials as well.

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4. Note your AMP panel credentials and server connection details, then go [here](https://amp.ggservers.com) to log in. You can find the AMP panel link in the welcome email as well.


|| ⚠ **NOTE **⚠: Your server connection details will be used to join your server [further in the guide](#1-how-do-i-join-my-tmodloader-server).

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5. Use the credentials from the last step and log in.


Now, you’ve just logged in to your tModLoader AMP control panel, where you can see and manage your server.

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6. After logging in, you will be able to find all your instances (game servers). Click on the `tModLoader` instance to see the connection details or to start or stop it. You can also click on `Manage` to customize and make changes to your server.


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7. Before you start playing, you will have to click on the `Manage` button mentioned in the last step, then on the `Update` button.


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8. If you click on the tModLoader instance, then on the `Manage` button, a new page will open where you can fully manage your server. Also, a new menu will pop up where you can select between multiple options, such as `Console` to see the server logs or `File Manager` to access your server files.


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# ️ How to Install tModLoader on Your Client ️

To be able to join your server, you will have to set tModLoader up on your machine, as explained below:

1. Start Steam, go to the `Store` section and search for `tModLoader`.

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2. Find tModLoader, then click on `Install now`.

|| ⚠ **NOTE **⚠: Keep in mind that you will need a purchased version of Terraria to use tModLoader.


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# How Do I Join My tModLoader Server

You can connect to your server via your AMP panel, in-game, or by adding the server to Steam.

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## AMP Panel

To join your server, you will have to:

1. Log in to your AMP panel [here](https://amp.ggservers.com).


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2. Click on the `tModLoader` instance, then click on the `Manage` button.


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3. Click on the icon located after the `View Connection Details` button, then click on `Open Link`.



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4. Click on `Join Game`.


Now, you’ve just connected to your server!

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## Join In-Game

To connect to your server, you will have to use the server connection details that you noted [in step four](#1-how-do-i-find-my-amp-panel-and-server-connection-details), as shown below:

1. Start tModLoader, then click on `Multiplayer`.


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2. Click on `Join via IP`.


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3. You will have to first create an avatar to be able to join your server by clicking on `New`, and then on `Create`.



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4. Once the avatar is created, just click on it.


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5. Paste your server’s IP without the port, then click on `Accept`.

|| ⚠ **NOTE **⚠: From your server connection details, the part before the colon is the IP and the part after the port.


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6. Paste your server’s port, then click on `Accept`.


Now, you’ve just joined your server.

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## Steam

To manually add your server to Steam, you need to follow the next steps:

1. Open your Steam client and click on `View`, then on `Servers`.


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2. Click on `FAVORITES`.


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3. Click on `Add A Server` and put your server connection details (`IP:port`) there in the address box. Then click on `ADD THIS ADDRESS TO FAVORITES`.


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4. Now click on `REFRESH`, select the server you added, and click on `Connect`.


Now, you’ve just connected to your server!

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| If you find any issues, contact us on live chat or via the [ticket system](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/).
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# ❕ Useful Links ❕

– [How to Join Your ARK Game Server](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-join-your-ark-game-server-9pepfi/)
– [How To Open a Support Ticket](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-open-a-support-ticket-qjzuyd/)
– [How to Reset Your Billing Area password](https://help.ggservers.com/en-us/article/how-to-reset-your-billing-area-password-1ik6zm5/)