The Forest is an Open-World, Survival, Action, Simulation, Adventure, and First-Person game published by Endnight Games released in 2018.
If you play The Forest, you may want to consider setting up a port forward for it. There are many reasons to set up a port forward for The Forest, for instance:
- Fewer crashes when online
- Improved connection
- Less lag
- Easier to play with friends
- Better quality voice chat
- Overall enhanced online experience
Interested in getting your port forwarded? Follow one of the sections below to learn how and get it done today.
Forward Ports for The Forest
When you are playing The Forest 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:
- Your router's IP address.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- The TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.
How to find your router's IP Address
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.
How To Forward Ports
A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. Since Network Utilities allows you to both forward and un-forward ports easily you can keep your network security maximized, and then forward ports only when you need them. Alternatively you can do it by hand.
The process for forwarding a port is generally:
- Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the proper box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
- On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
Ports Required for The Forest
The network ports for The Forest are as follows:
The Forest - Steam
- TCP: 8766, 27015-27030, 27036-27037
- UDP: 4380, 8766, 27000-27031, 27036
The Forest - Playstation 4
- TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and The Forest simply follow one of these links:
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.
