MTG Arena is one of the most popular online trading card games, where players spend many hours building the best decks to win against other players. Having network issues in a competitive game can be quite frustrating, so below, I'll show you all the ways you can fix them.
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How to troubleshoot MTG Arena network errors
- Check your internet and ensure it is working.
- You can try to reset your router if it is not working by turning it off for a short period of time before turning it back on.
- Close the game and then relaunch it.
- Temporarily disable your firewall or add exceptions for MTG Arena.
- Open Control Panel.
- Select System and Security.
- Select Windows Firewall.
- Turn the firewall on or off.
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- Check out if there are any reported issues with the game at the moment.
- Try to connect to another network or use a VPN to see if the issue still persists.
- Perform a flush of your DNS cache.
- Close the MTG Arena client.
- Launch the Command Prompt app by pressing the Windows + R and typing cmd.exe.
- In the command prompt, type in ipconfig /flushdns and hit Enter.
- Next, type ipconfig /registerdns and click Enter.
- Next, type in ipconfig /release and press Enter.
- Lastly, type ipconfig /renew and hit Enter.
- The last thing you'll need to do is type in netsh winsock reset and press Enter.
- You'll then want to restart your PC before relaunching the game.
Feel free to leave a comment if you find another way that works for you, different from any of the above. If none of them did the job, then I recommend reaching out to the MTG Arena support team and submitting a request.
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Rayed is a fifth-year student of medicine. His gaming journey started on his hand-me-down PlayStation 1. From that to Xbox, and finally to PC. In his free time, he likes to play FPS and open-world games.