Where Are Terraria Players and Worlds Stored?
Terraria player and world file locations on Windows, macOS and Linux, including the Steam Cloud remote folder variant.
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Terraria splits characters and worlds into separate Players and Worlds subfolders under one Terraria folder. Players are .plr files, worlds are .wld files.
Steam Cloud users have a second copy under the Steam userdata folder. Local files live in Documents or the OS equivalent whether Cloud is on or not.
Where Terraria stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Terraria
Players in the Players subfolder, worlds in Worlds. Steam Cloud copies (if enabled) sit under Steam\userdata\[ID]\105600\remote instead.
~/Library/Application Support/Terraria
Same Players and Worlds layout as Windows. In Finder use Go > Go to Folder, since Library is hidden.
~/.local/share/Terraria
Follows the XDG data directory. Some setups use $XDG_DATA_HOME/Terraria instead when that variable is set.
Frequently asked questions
How do I move a Terraria world to another PC?
Copy the .wld file plus its .wld.bak twin from Worlds on one machine into Worlds on the other. Do the same from Players for the character.
Why do I have two sets of Terraria files?
One set is local, the other is the Steam Cloud copy under userdata. The game reads the Cloud copy when Cloud is enabled for Terraria in Steam Properties.
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