Opening Ports for God of War using Your Router

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God of War is an Action, Adventure, and Third-Person game published by Sony Interactive Entertainment released in 2018.

God of War game art showing characters standing in a boat.
God of War game art showing characters standing in a boat.

Which Ports Does God of War Require

The network ports for God of War are as follows:

God of War - Steam

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

God of War - PC

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

God of War - Playstation 4

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for God of War that will show you the connection ports.

God of War has the following styles of gameplay.

Forward Ports for God of War

When you are playing God of 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 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.

Before You Forward a Port

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

How to locate your router's IP Address

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.

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 general process for forwarding a port is:

When you are done following those steps your ports will be open. Do you need more games or programs forwarded? Check out our games and programs list.

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