How to Port Forward Fallout 76

Fallout 76 is a Role-Playing, MMO, Open-World, Action, and Shooter game published by Bethesda Softworks released in 2018.

The required ports that need to be forwarded for Fallout 76 are as follows:

Fallout 76 - PC

• TCP:
• UDP: 3000-3010

Fallout 76 - Steam

• TCP: 27015, 27036
• UDP: 3000-3010, 27015, 27031-27036

Fallout 76 - Playstation 4

• TCP: 3478-3480
• UDP: 3000-3010, 3074, 3478-3479

Fallout 76 - Xbox One

• TCP: 3074
• UDP: 88, 500, 3000-3010, 3074, 3544, 4500

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Fallout 76 simply follow one of these links:

• Fallout 76 - PC
• Fallout 76 - Steam
• Fallout 76 - Playstation 4
• Fallout 76 - Xbox One

Fallout 76 has the following styles of play.

• Role-Playing Games give you hours on end of game play where you can explore a new world through the eyes of your own character. They tend to be the longest style of game with the most immersive story lines. Popular RPG titles include Skyrim, World of Warcraft, and Fallout.
• MMO stands for Massively Multiplayer Online game. MMO's are huge open worlds where large numbers of people play at the same time. The focus highly on character development and progression, as well as loot collection and grouping together.
• Open world style games are usually not on rails, meaning that the player gets to go anywhere and solve problems in the order that they choose. The player is usually allowed to roam freely through a normally massive environment.
• 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.
• Shooter games are fast paced action games that are based on testing the players reaction time. They usually involve the player holding a weapon in front of them and attempting to shoot other players or characters. Some shooters are short lived arcade style, but most have both a single player mission series and some have a large multiplayer following. Common shooters include Call of Duty and Battlefield.

When you are playing Fallout 76 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 can forward a port you need to know the following things:

• The IP address of your network router.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• A list of 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.

Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

• 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 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.

That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.