Opening Ports for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War using Your Router

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August 27, 2020 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 3 minutes

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a First-Person, Action, and Shooter game published by Activision released in 2020.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War game cover artwork
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War game cover artwork

Ports Required for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

The ports that need to be forwarded in your router for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are as follows:

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - PC

  • TCP: 3074, 27014-27050
  • UDP: 3074-3079

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Steam

  • TCP: 3074, 27014-27050
  • UDP: 3074-3079, 27015, 27031-27036

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074-3079, 3478-3479

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Xbox One

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074-3079, 3544, 4500

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Xbox Series X

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074-3079, 3544, 4500

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - Playstation 5

  • TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074-3079, 3478-3479

We have guides that are custom tailored for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that will show you the network ports.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has the following genres of gameplay.

Forward Ports for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

When you are playing Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War 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.

Before You Forward a Port

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

How to click the links to get to your router's IP Address

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.

How To Forward Ports

Most people use our Network Utilities software package to forward ports. It's the easiest way to forward ports when you need them and then close them when you do not. You can also do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

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