Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for Xenoblade Chronicles 3

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February 11, 2022 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is Nintendo's Open-World, Action, Role-Playing, and Adventure game with a release date in 2022.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 game artwork featuring Noah, Mio, and others
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 game artwork featuring Noah, Mio, and others

Ports To Forward for Xenoblade Chronicles 3

The specific ports for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 are as follows:

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Switch

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 that will show you the connection ports.

When you play Xenoblade Chronicles 3 you will experience the following styles of play.

Forward Ports for Xenoblade Chronicles 3

When you are playing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 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 on occasion 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 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

The easiest way to do this is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities can forward your ports in just a few clicks, and close them back down when you are done just as easily. You can also do it the manual way.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

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.

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