How To Set Up Rocket League Port Forwarding In A Few Simple Steps

Rocket League is an arcade, sports, driving, action game developed and released by Psyonix in 2015. The game offers unique gameplay to all its users by combining football elements with a typical racing arcade game. Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like, a couple of cars playing football in an arcade arena. As it’s an arcade-style game, there are no storylines involved. The game is designed to be played by up to 4 friends simultaneously, offline and online. Read on below to learn how Rocket League port forwarding can make this exciting game even more fun to play.

Getting Started With Rocket League Port Forwarding

In simple terms, port forwarding is meant to create a direct connection between you and other players online. All routers block incoming connections unless you direct them via the router’s port forwarding settings to be sent to the specified device at the end of the connection. This specified device is your gaming console or PC. You can expect faster data and better ping times, ultimately giving you a superior gaming experience.

Things You’ll Need Beforehand

You’ll only need three things before you can set up Rocket League Port Forwarding. These are:

• Your router’s IP Address (This is explained in the section below).
• Your PC/gaming console’s IP Address (Learn how to find this out in our detailed PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Port Forwarding guides).
• The TCP and UDP Ports to forward (Find these listed two sections below)

Find Out Your Router’s IP Address

It’s reasonably easy to find out your router’s IP Address. Just follow these steps:

• Open the Command Prompt from the Windows search bar.
• Once the Command Prompt window is open, type in “ipconfig/all”.
• Your router’s IP Address is mentioned right next to Default Gateway.

How To Forward Ports

Once you have all the info mentioned above, it shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Just follow this step-by-step guide, and you’ll have port forwarding set up on your PC/gaming console:

• Open any web browser and log in to your router (type in the IP Address of your router into the address bar.
• Scroll down and find the Port Forwarding section.
• Enter the IP Address of your PC/gaming console in the relevant box.
• Similarly, enter the TCP/UDP ports for your games in the appropriate box (Find these listed in the section below).
• Save the settings and reboot your router for the changes to take effect.  

Ports To Forward

Here are the ports that you’ll need to forward:

PC

Protocol TCP: 27015-27030,27036-27037

Protocol UDP: 4380,7000-9000,27000-27031,27036

Xbox One

Protocol TCP: 3074

Protocol UDP: 88,500,3074,3544,4500,7000-9000

PlayStation 4

Protocol TCP: 1935,3478-3480

Protocol UDP: 3074,3478-3479,7000-9000