How to Set Up Automatic Restarts for Your Terraria Server

Updated 10 June 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

The Host Havoc game control panel includes a Scheduled Tasks feature that lets you automatically restart your Terraria server on a daily or repeating schedule.

Create a scheduled restart

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Click the Scheduled Tasks icon on the left-hand side.
  3. Click New at the top, choose Scheduled Start/Stop/Restart, then click New in that section.
  4. Give the task a descriptive name so you can identify it later.
  5. Check the Enabled box.
  6. Set the Type to Daily if you want it to restart at the same time each day.
  7. Set the Start date and time. This is the time the task will run every day. To match your local time zone, check the time zone article linked in your panel settings.
  8. To repeat the restart multiple times per day (for example, every 6 hours), expand Advanced Options and enable Repeat Task with your preferred interval.
    Scheduled task form showing Repeat Task enabled with a 6-hour interval in the Advanced Options section
  9. Click Save.

Before you start: Advanced options such as action type and waiting until the server is empty are available in the Advanced Options section of the task form.

Troubleshooting

If the restart does not occur at the expected time, confirm the task is enabled and that the time zone in your panel matches your intended schedule. See Edit Your Configuration File if you also need to adjust server settings after each restart.