How to Forward Ports in Your Router for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

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May 13, 2020 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is Nintendo's Open-World, Action, Role-Playing, and Adventure game released in 2020.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition artwork featuring the sword Monado and titan Mechonis
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition artwork featuring the sword Monado and titan Mechonis

Which Ports Does Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Require

The specific ports for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition are as follows:

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - Switch

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition that will show you the required incoming ports.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition has the following styles of gameplay.

Port Forward Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition

When you are playing Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 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:

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

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 usual process for forwarding a port is:

After that you're done - your ports should be open. Wait, there's more... Check out our growing list of games and applications.

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