How to Open a Port in Your Router for Call of Duty: Warzone

Call of Duty: Warzone is Activision's First-Person, Survival, Action, and Shooter game released in 2020.

Call of Duty: Warzone 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.
• Survival games are usually focused on resource management, such as ammo and health, and occasionally include elements of stealth. They tend to be based on either supernatural enemies, have horror themes, or be post-apocalyptic. The primary gameplay mechanic is to simply stay alive.
• Games that are considered action are all about centering the player in the middle of an evolving situation.
• 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 Call of Duty: Warzone 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:

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

The easiest way to locate 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.

The fastest way to forward a port is to use our Network Utilities suite of tools. With our software you can quickly and easily turn your port forwards on and off for multiple programs at any time. Or just keep reading to learn how to do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

• Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
• Locate 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.
• Sometimes you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The required incoming ports for Call of Duty: Warzone are as follows:

Call of Duty: Warzone - PC

• TCP: 3074, 27014-27050
• UDP: 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036

Call of Duty: Warzone - Playstation 4

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

Call of Duty: Warzone - Xbox One

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074-3075, 3544, 4500

Call of Duty: Warzone - Playstation 5

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

Call of Duty: Warzone - Xbox Series X

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074-3075, 3544, 4500

We have guides that are custom tailored for Call of Duty: Warzone that will show you the specific incoming ports.

• Call of Duty: Warzone - PC
• Call of Duty: Warzone - Playstation 4
• Call of Duty: Warzone - Xbox One
• Call of Duty: Warzone - Playstation 5
• Call of Duty: Warzone - Xbox Series X

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.