How to Create a Port Forward in Your Router for Beat Saber

Beat Saber is a Music, Action, and VR game published by Hyperbolic Magnetism, Beat Games released in 2018.

Beat Saber has the following styles of play.

• In a music style of video game the gameplay focuses on playing musical instruments. Some music games like Rockband use instruments and microphones, while others like Rocksmith teach you how to play your own instrument with a special adapter cable. Other music style games employ trivia, memory, or focus on the experience of listening to the music.
• Action games are usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and
• Most VR games use a VR headset and hand held input devices.

When you are playing Beat Saber 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 frequently 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.
• The TCP and UDP ports to forward.

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.

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 process for forwarding a port is generally:

• 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 proper 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 incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Beat Saber are as follows:

Beat Saber - Steam

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

Beat Saber - PC

• We do not know the PC ports for Beat Saber yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

Beat Saber - Playstation 4

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

Beat Saber - Playstation 5

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

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

• Beat Saber - Steam
• Beat Saber - Playstation 4
• Beat Saber - Playstation 5

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.