How to Port Forward The Elder Scrolls Online in Your Router

The Elder Scrolls Online is a MMO, Role-Playing, Open-World, Action, and Adventure game published by Bethesda Softworks released in 2014.

Which Ports Does The Elder Scrolls Online Require

The specific incoming ports for The Elder Scrolls Online are as follows:

The Elder Scrolls Online - PC

TCP: 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

The Elder Scrolls Online - Steam

TCP: 4380, 27000-27037, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 4380, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507, 27000-27037

The Elder Scrolls Online - Xbox One

TCP: 3074, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3479, 3544, 4500, 5060, 5062, 6250, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

The Elder Scrolls Online - Playstation 4

TCP: 3478-3480, 10040-10060, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 6250, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

The Elder Scrolls Online - Xbox Series X

TCP: 3074, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3479, 3544, 4500, 5060, 5062, 6250, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

The Elder Scrolls Online - Playstation 5

TCP: 3478-3480, 10040-10060, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 5060, 5062, 6250, 24100-24131, 24300-24331, 24500-24507

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The Elder Scrolls Online includes the following styles of gameplay.

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.
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.
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.
An adventure game is where the player is usually the protagonist and plays through an evolving story. The storyline is the driving part of an adventure game.

How to Port Forward The Elder Scrolls Online

When you are playing The Elder Scrolls Online 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:

The IP address of your 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 to forward.

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 general process for forwarding a port is:

Start by logging in to your router.
Locate your routers port forwarding section.
Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the appropriate box in your router.
Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

That should be all you have to do to forward your ports. Check our growing list of games and applications for more port forwarding guides.