How To Port Forward Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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July 18, 2017 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 3 minutes

Call of Duty: Black Ops III is Activision's First-Person, Shooter, and Action game with a release date in 2015.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III game cover artwork
Call of Duty: Black Ops III game cover artwork

Ports To Forward for Call of Duty: Black Ops III

The ports for Call of Duty: Black Ops III are as follows:

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Xbox 360

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 3074

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Xbox One

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Playstation 3

  • TCP: 3074, 3478-3480, 5223, 8080
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658, 5223

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Playstation 4

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

Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Steam

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

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

When you play Call of Duty: Black Ops III you will enjoy the following styles of play.

Forward Ports for Call of Duty: Black Ops III

When you are playing Call of Duty: Black Ops III 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 find 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

The easiest 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 generally:

After that you're done your ports should be open. Wait, there's more... Check out our growing list of games and applications.

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