How to Port Forward in Your Router for Core Decay

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February 04, 2021 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Core Decay is a First-Person, Action, and Shooter game published by 3D Realms with a currently unknown release date.

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Core Decay includes the following styles of play.

How to Port Forward Core Decay

When you are playing Core Decay 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:

How to find your router's IP Address

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.

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 usually:

Which Ports Does Core Decay Require

The necessary ports for Core Decay are as follows:

Core Decay - Steam

  • TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
  • UDP: 4380, 27000-27031, 27036

We have guides that are custom tailored for Core Decay that will show you the exact ports.

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

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