How To Open Ports in Your Router for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

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July 24, 2020 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 3 minutes

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is GSC World Publishing's First-Person, Open-World, Action, Adventure, and Role-Playing game released in 2022.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl player wearing a gas mask.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl player wearing a gas mask.

Ports Required for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl are as follows:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Xbox Series X

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Steam

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - PC

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We have guides that are custom tailored for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl that will show you the incoming ports.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl includes the following styles of gameplay.

How to Port Forward S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

When you are playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 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 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

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the easiest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The process for forwarding a port is usually:

When you are done following those steps your ports will be forwarded. Be sure to check out our full list of games and programs that can be forwarded.

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