How to Forward Minecraft Forward Minecraft

Minecraft is an Open-World, Survival, and Adventure game developed by Mojang, Microsoft Studios released in 2011.

Which Ports Does Minecraft require?

The incoming ports that require forwarding to Minecraft are as follows:

Minecraft - Xbox 360

- TCP: 3074 - UDP: 88, 3074

Minecraft - Playstation 3.

- TCP: 3478-3480, 5223, 8080 - UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658

Minecraft - Xbox One

- TCP: 3074 - UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500, 19132-19133

Minecraft - Playstation 4

- TCP: 3478-3480 - UDP: 3074, 3478-3479, 19132-19133

Minecraft - PC

- TCP: 25565 - UDP: 19132-19133, 25565

Minecraft - Switch

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

We have guides for Minecraft that will explain the network ports.

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Your router will hide your Minecraft server from the internet after you install it in your home. To allow your family and friends to connect to your Minecraft world, you will need to set up an port forward on your router.

It's easy. We'll show you how.

How do I Port Forward Minecraft

You may require forwarding ports to your router while playing Minecraft. Forwarding ports is an effective technique in gaming as it can make your network connection most stable and , sometimes, even faster. Routers are not designed to handle incoming network requests. Certain games will work better when the router forwards the connection 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 gaming machine's IP address. - A list TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.

How can you determine the IP address of your router

The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to use our free Router Detector utility. It is part of the Network Utilities suite and is completely free to use.

How to Forward Ports

Our Network Utilities are a quick and simple way to forward your ports. Network utilities make it simple to enable and disable your port forwards in order to keep your network's security as tight as possible. EXTREME CRAFT You can also do it by hand by following these steps.

The process for forwarding a port is generally:

- Start by logging in to your router. - Find your routers port forwarding section. - Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console into the correct box of your router. You must match the boxes in your router to put in the UDP and TCP ports to play on. Often, you will need to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

This should be all you have to do to forward your ports. For more tips on port forwarding take a look at our growing list.