How To Port Forward War Thunder

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

War Thunder is an Action, MMO, Flight, and Simulation game published by Gaijin Entertainment released in 2016.

War Thunder game cover artwork
War Thunder game cover artwork

Which Ports Does War Thunder Require

The incoming connection ports for War Thunder are as follows:

War Thunder - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 3478-3480, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3480, 16172, 20000-30000

War Thunder - Xbox One

  • TCP: 3074, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3480, 3544, 4500, 16172, 20000-30000

War Thunder - PC

  • TCP: 5222, 6881, 7800-7802, 7850-7854, 8090, 20443, 27022-27042, 33333
  • UDP: 3478, 3480, 16172, 20000-30000

War Thunder - Steam

  • TCP: 5222, 6881, 7800-7802, 7850-7854, 8090, 20443, 27015, 27022-27042, 33333
  • UDP: 3478, 3480, 16172, 20000-30000

War Thunder - Xbox Series X

  • TCP: 3074, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3480, 3544, 4500, 16172, 20000-30000

War Thunder - Playstation 5

  • TCP: 3478-3480, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3480, 16172, 20000-30000

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and War Thunder simply follow one of these links:

When you play War Thunder you will experience the following styles of play.

How to Port Forward War Thunder

When you are playing War Thunder 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 sometimes 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 navigate to your router's IP Address

The easiest way to navigate 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

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the easiest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

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.

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