How to eliminate lag in Apex Legends

Apex Legends is a First-Person, Tactical, Action, and Shooter game published by Electronic Arts released in 2019.

Apex Legends has the following styles of play.

• In a first person style game the main viewpoint is from the player looking forward. This can be either a first person shooter or a first person driving game.
• Tactical games are a subgenre of strategy games that focus more on operational warfare, military style tactics, and troop placement. They focus more on logistics and production than on combat, and can at times feature complex battlefield tactics.
• Action games are usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and
• Shooter games are fast paced action games that are based on testing the players reaction time. They usually involve the player holding a weapon in front of them and attempting to shoot other players or characters. Some shooters are short lived arcade style, but most have both a single player mission series and some have a large multiplayer following. Common shooters include Call of Duty and Battlefield.

When you are playing Apex Legends 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 sometimes 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:

• The IP address of your network router.
• Your gaming machine's IP address.
• A list of TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

The easiest way to find 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.

Our Network Utilities software makes port forwarding a breeze. You can be done in just a few minutes.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

• Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
• Find your routers port forwarding section.
• Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the correct box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
• On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The specific incoming ports for Apex Legends are as follows:

Apex Legends - PC

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3216, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 1024-1124, 18000, 29900, 37000-40000

Apex Legends - Playstation 4

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3216, 3478-3480, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 1024-1124, 3074, 3478-3479, 18000, 29900, 37000-40000

Apex Legends - Xbox One

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3074, 3216, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 88, 500, 1024-1124, 3074, 3544, 4500, 18000, 29900, 37000-40000

Apex Legends - Steam

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3216, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27015, 27036, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 1024-1124, 18000, 27015, 27031-27036, 29900, 37000-40000

Apex Legends - Switch

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920, 9960-9969, 1024-1124, 3216, 18000, 18120, 18060, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 1024-65535

Apex Legends - Playstation 5

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3216, 3478-3480, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 1024-1124, 3074, 3478-3479, 18000, 29900, 37000-40000

Apex Legends - Xbox Series X

• TCP: 1024-1124, 3074, 3216, 9960-9969, 18000, 18060, 18120, 27900, 28910, 29900
• UDP: 88, 500, 1024-1124, 3074, 3544, 4500, 18000, 29900, 37000-40000

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Apex Legends simply follow one of these links:

• Apex Legends - PC
• Apex Legends - Playstation 4
• Apex Legends - Xbox One
• Apex Legends - Steam
• Apex Legends - Switch
• Apex Legends - Playstation 5
• Apex Legends - Xbox Series X

That should be all you have to do to forward your ports. Check our growing list of games and applications for more port forwarding guides.