How to Create a Port Forward in Your Router for Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is a Third-Person, Open-World, Action, Hack & Slash, Role-Playing, and Adventure game published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released in 2017.

Ports Required for Middle-earth: Shadow of War

The necessary ports for Middle-earth: Shadow of War are as follows:

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Steam

TCP: 27015, 27036

UDP: 27015, 27031-27036

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - PC

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Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Playstation 4

TCP: 3478-3480

UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Xbox One

TCP: 3074

UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

We have guides that are custom tailored for Middle-earth: Shadow of War that will show you the incoming connection ports.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War includes the following styles of gameplay.

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.
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 usually a bit faster than other games and require quick reflexes. You frequently jump platforms, shoot enemy mobs, climb ladders, and
In a hack-and-slash style of game you spend most of the time just killing wave after wave of creatures. They are strongly emphasize combat over anything else. Hack-and-slash style games are usually also considered action games.
In a role playing game, or RPG, the player takes on the role of the main character and helps the story line to unfold. It usually involves a very long play time, inventory management, and a deep leveling system. RPG's are usually the longest style of game. Skyrim and Fallout are amongst the most popular RPG style games.
In an adventure game you generally play through a story, usually as the protagonist. They rely heavily on story telling and can be inspired from books or movies.

Forward Ports for Middle-earth: Shadow of War

When you are playing Middle-earth: Shadow of War 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:

The IP address of your network router.
Your gaming machine's IP address.
A list of TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

How to find your router's IP Address

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.

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 usual 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 proper box in your router.
Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

That should do it; your ports are now forwarded. Need something else forwarded? Check out our list of games and programs.