Can I transfer my Terraria character from one PC to another?

If you are playing the Steam version with an Internet connection, you can just let Steam do all that work for you by enabling cloud saving for your character.

Otherwise, your characters are stored in:

• Windows: %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\Terraria\Players
• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Terraria/Players
• Linux: ~/.local/share/Terraria/Players

However, if you're using Steam cloud saves, the files will be in a different location.

<Steam directory>/userdata/<Steam3 ID>/105600/remote/players

To copy a character, you will need both the .plr file and the folder that are named like your character. Technically, only the file is necessary, but the folder contains your minimap data.

As of version 1.3 (1.3 Patch Notes), you can save your character via the Steam Cloud service. This can be enabled when creating a character.