# Creating stages

So, creating stages is as easy as it could be, just follow the first step of going to the instance's config folder and in there you should find a file called "**thitemstages-common.toml**" (File example #1), open it with your preferred text editor and start creating stages!

![File example #1](https://3669466450-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FngSK7iHxNxXVf8gmOdUS%2Fuploads%2FS3nOJgfywTGtA2d22a17%2FScreenshot%202022-06-20%20030910.png?alt=media\&token=deb0cfec-8fcd-4907-992d-0a6431590c3f)

So the contents of the config file should be similar to these:

```

["General Options"]
	#List all the stages that you want to have.
	stages = ["age_1", "age_2"]
	#Set this value to 'true' whenever you're having issues, this will allow the mod to output everything it tries to do in the log.
	debugMode = true
```

To create a stage you simply just list another stage in the "**stages**" parameter.\
Example: In the code provided above we have: "`stages = ["age_1", "age_2"]`" if we wanted to add a stage named "nether" we should modify that parameter to look something like this: "`stages = ["age_`*`1",`*`"age_2", "nether"]`"

Now that you know how to create stages let's get to creating restrictions
