Forwarding Ports in Your Router for World of Tanks

World of Tanks is an Action, MMO, Third-Person, and Shooter game published by Wargaming.net released in 2011.

World of Tanks has the following styles of play.

• 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.
• An MMO game is a Massively Multiplayer Online game where 1000's of players play in the same game world at the same time. They are frequently fantasy based like World of Warcraft, but they can also be sci-fi like Star Citizen. MMO's have a strong focus on character development and loot collection.
• Third person games have the game camera behind the players shoulder. You generally see the main characters back, shoulders, and head. Popular games that are in the 3rd person are Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed, and Gears of War.
• In a shooter the player must have a very fast reaction time. Usually there is a weapon held out in front of the player that is used to target other players or enemies. They can be either single player or multiplayer. The single player versions usually have a short storyline with minor RPG elements. Call of Duty and Battlefield are some very popular examples.

When you are playing World of Tanks 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:

• The IP address of your router.
• Your gaming machine's IP address.
• The TCP and UDP ports to forward.

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.

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the fastest 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:

• 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 appropriate box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
• Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The ports for World of Tanks are as follows:

World of Tanks - PC

• TCP: 5222-5223
• UDP: 3432, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

World of Tanks - Steam

• TCP: 5222-5223, 27015, 27036
• UDP: 3432, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

World of Tanks - Xbox 360

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 3074

World of Tanks - Xbox One

• TCP: 3074, 5222-5223
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3432, 3478-3479, 3544, 4500, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

World of Tanks - Playstation 4

• TCP: 3478-3480, 5222-5223
• UDP: 3074, 3432, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

World of Tanks - Switch

• TCP: 5222-5223, 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900-29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

World of Tanks - Xbox Series X

• TCP: 3074, 5222-5223
• UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3432, 3478-3479, 3544, 4500, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

World of Tanks - Playstation 5

• TCP: 3478-3480, 5222-5223
• UDP: 3074, 3432, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 12000-29999, 30443, 32800-32900

We have guides that are custom tailored for World of Tanks that will show you the required incoming ports.

• World of Tanks - PC
• World of Tanks - Steam
• World of Tanks - Xbox 360
• World of Tanks - Xbox One
• World of Tanks - Playstation 4
• World of Tanks - Switch
• World of Tanks - Xbox Series X
• World of Tanks - Playstation 5

That's all it takes to forward your ports. For more on how to port forward, check out our list of games and applications.