How to Port Forward in Your Router for Shovel Knight: Dig

Shovel Knight: Dig is a 2D, Action, Adventure, and Platformer game published by Yacht Club Games released in 2022.

Shovel Knight: Dig has the following styles of play.

• In a 2D style game the graphics are usually more flat and do not have a 3D appearance. Some 2D games will have flat graphics with a 3D appearance to them but they are still considered 2D games.
• Action games are fast paced and tend to put the player in the middle of the action, requiring you to jump over obstacles, climb ladders, and shoot things.
• Adventure games are very heavily story driven. You are usually the main character and are the one who discovers the true plot as the game progresses.
• Platform games are usually action games that require the player to hop from one platform to another, usually in some sort of acrobatic way. They are good for people with fast reflexes. They can come in short and long story varieties. Typical platform games are Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog.

When you are playing Shovel Knight: Dig 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.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• 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.

An easy way to do this is use our Network Utilities software. It can open your ports with just a few clicks. Then when you are done you can just was quickly close your ports again. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

• Login to your router.
• 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 specific ports for Shovel Knight: Dig are as follows:

Shovel Knight: Dig - Steam

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

Shovel Knight: Dig - PC

• We do not know the PC ports for Shovel Knight: Dig yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

Shovel Knight: Dig - Playstation 4

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

Shovel Knight: Dig - Switch

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

Shovel Knight: Dig - Xbox One

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Shovel Knight: Dig that will show you the required ports that need to be forwarded.

• Shovel Knight: Dig - Steam
• Shovel Knight: Dig - Playstation 4
• Shovel Knight: Dig - Switch
• Shovel Knight: Dig - Xbox One

After that your ports should be open. Check out our full game and application list for more port forwarding guides.