How to Forward Ports in Your Router for Nioh 2

Nioh 2 is an Action, Role-Playing, and Hack & Slash game published by Koei Tecmo Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment released in 2020.

The exact ports for Nioh 2 are as follows:

Nioh 2 - Steam

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

Nioh 2 - Playstation 4

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

Nioh 2 - Playstation 5

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Nioh 2 that will show you the ports.

• Nioh 2 - Steam
• Nioh 2 - Playstation 4
• Nioh 2 - Playstation 5

Nioh 2 has the following styles of gameplay.

• Games that are considered action are all about centering the player in the middle of an evolving situation.
• In an RPG the player assumes the role of the primary character in a story line and is the driving force behind the story line progressing. They tend to be very long and involve a deep leveling system and lots of inventory management.
• Hack-and-slash refers to a style of game that strongly focuses on combat. Most of the game play is based on slaying the most number of creatures.

When you are playing Nioh 2 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 can forward a port you need to know the following things:

• The IP address of your router.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• The TCP and UDP ports to forward.

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.

The fastest 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 usually:

• Login to your router.
• Locate your routers port forwarding section.
• Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the applicable box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
• Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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