Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for Dragon Quest

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October 16, 2019 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

Dragon Quest is Square Enix's Role-Playing game released in 2011.

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Dragon Quest is a roleplaying game, or simply RPG. Role-Playing Games give you many, many hours of game play where you can explore a sometimes huge new world through the eyes of your own character. They are usually the longest style of game with the most detailed story lines. Popular RPG titles include Skyrim, World of Warcraft, and Fallout.

Forward Ports for Dragon Quest

When you are playing Dragon Quest 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 find 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

Our Network Utilities software makes port forwarding a breeze. You can be done in just a few minutes.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

Which Ports Does Dragon Quest Require

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Dragon Quest are as follows:

Dragon Quest - Wii

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

Dragon Quest - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

Dragon Quest - Switch

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for Dragon Quest that will show you the necessary ports.

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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