How to Open a Port in Your Router for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

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May 27, 2021 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is an Action, Adventure, and Role-Playing game published by Square Enix with a currently unknown release date.

Dragon Quest III HD 2D Remake game art showing a castle.
Dragon Quest III HD 2D Remake game art showing a castle.

When you play Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake you will experience the following styles of play.

Port Forward Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

When you are playing Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 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.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to locate 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:

Ports To Forward for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

The required incoming ports for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake are as follows:

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake - Switch

  • TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
  • UDP: 1-65535

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake - Xbox One

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

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake simply follow one of these links:

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