How to Port Forward Bendy and the Ink Machine in Your Router

Bendy and the Ink Machine is a First-Person, Action, Puzzle, and Adventure game published by Joey Drew Studios, Kindly Beast, Rooster Teeth Games released in 2017.

When you play Bendy and the Ink Machine you will encounter the following styles of play.

• First person games are played from the perspective of the player. They typically have a gun or other weapon held out in front, but this is not always the case. Many first person games are sometimes called "shooters" because the primary goal of the game is to shoot other players or creatures, but this is not always the case.
• Action games are focused on physical challenges such as jumping over obstacles, climbing ladders, and shooting enemies. Reflexes play a large part in action game play.
• In a puzzle type game the player solves puzzles that may be either logic, patters, words, or numbers. Puzzle games sometimes use a timer to create a sense of pressure to solve the puzzle faster.
• An adventure game is where the player is usually the protagonist and plays through an evolving story. The storyline is the driving part of an adventure game.

When you are playing Bendy and the Ink Machine 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 intermittently 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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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 click the links to get 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.

An easy way to do this is use our Network Utilities software. It can open your ports with just a few clicks. Then when you are done you can just was quickly close your ports again. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

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 applicable box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
• Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The required incoming ports for Bendy and the Ink Machine are as follows:

Bendy and the Ink Machine - Steam

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

Bendy and the Ink Machine - PC

• We do not know the PC ports for Bendy and the Ink Machine yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

Bendy and the Ink Machine - Playstation 4

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

Bendy and the Ink Machine - Switch

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

Bendy and the Ink Machine - Xbox One

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Bendy and the Ink Machine that will show you the exact ports.

• Bendy and the Ink Machine - Steam
• Bendy and the Ink Machine - Playstation 4
• Bendy and the Ink Machine - Switch
• Bendy and the Ink Machine - Xbox One

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