How to Port Forward in Your Router for Age of Wonders 4

Age of Wonders 4 is Paradox Interactive's Turn-Based, Tactical, Role-Playing, and Strategy game with a release date in 2023.

When you play Age of Wonders 4 you will encounter the following styles of play.

• Turn based games differ from real time games in that each player is given a distinct turn in which to act. Some include a timer to limit the amount of time that a player takes while the other player is waiting.
• In a tactical style of game players focus more on operational warfare, military style tactics, and troop placement. They usually focus more on logistics and production than on combat, and can at times feature complex battlefield tactics.
• In an RPG the player assumes the role of the primary character in a story line and is the driving force behind the story line progressing. They tend to be very long and involve a deep leveling system and lots of inventory management.
• Strategy games tend to focus on planning and skillful thinking in order to beat either real players or bots. They can be either real-time in which the play clock ticks continuously or turn-based where each player has a dedicated turn to finish their action. It is not uncommon to include exploration and resource management.

When you are playing Age of Wonders 4 you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and on occasion even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

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Have you considered using a VPN instead of forwarding a port? For most users, a VPN is a much simpler and more secure choice than forwarding a port.

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Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

• Your router's IP address.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.

The easiest way to navigate to your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

• Start by logging in to your router.
• Locate your routers port forwarding section.
• Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the appropriate box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
• On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The required ports that need to be forwarded for Age of Wonders 4 are as follows:

Age of Wonders 4 - Steam

• TCP: 27015, 27036
• UDP: 27015, 27031-27036

Age of Wonders 4 - PC

• We do not know the PC ports for Age of Wonders 4 yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

Age of Wonders 4 - Playstation 5

• TCP: 3478-3480
• UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

Age of Wonders 4 - Xbox Series X

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

We have guides that are custom tailored for Age of Wonders 4 that will show you the network ports.

• Age of Wonders 4 - Steam
• Age of Wonders 4 - Playstation 5
• Age of Wonders 4 - Xbox Series X

That should do it; your ports are now forwarded. Need something else forwarded? Check out our list of games and programs.