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===Nintendo Switch/PS4/3DS/Wii U===
Playing on a gaming console requires a bit more work as you can't natively install a VPN client
====Setting up a VPN connection on your router====
This type of set up is usually supported for paid VPNs, but
====Using your WiFi-enabled Windows computer to broadcast a VPN connection via hotspot====
This option assumes you have already chosen a VPN provider and that VPN provider has a supported app you can download onto your computer. This also requires your computer to be powered on and actively broadcasting the connection while you're playing on your gaming console.
*First, make sure you have downloaded a client from your VPN provider, installed it and are currently connected to either a Japanese or US endpoint
*Next, you will need to enable a mobile hotspot. From your desktop, hold shift and right-click the start button and click on Network Connections.
[[File:windows_network_connection.PNG|300px|none]]
*On the left, click on "Mobile Hotspot". Click "Edit" to rename your broadcasted network name and password (if desired) and click the toggle at the top to "On". Make sure you're sharing your connection over WiFi. You may also want to turn "Power saving" off for ease of use.
[[File:enable_mobile_hotspot.png|300px|none]]
*From the "Mobile Hotspot" screen, click "Status" on the left and click "Change adapter options"
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*Look at the connections listed here. One specifically will have an asterisk (*) towards the end of its name. In this example, we have "Local Area Connection* 2". This is the virtual adapter that was created when we turned our hotspot on. Note this name down.
[[File:hotspot_adapter_name.png|300px|none]]
*Find the other adapter listed in here that your VPN provider created. It usually has the name of your VPN provider in its description. In this example, we're using ExpressVPN and have an "ExpressVPN TUN Driver" adapter. This is the adapter your VPN provider created to route your connection. Right-click this connection and click "Properties".
*Click on the "Sharing" tab and check "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection". In the dropdown, select the hotspot connection we found earlier. Check the second box "Allow other network users to control or disable the shared internet connection" and click OK. We're done with your computer and your hotspot is now broadcasting your VPN connection.
[[File:share_vpn_to_hotspot.png|300px|none]]
*On your gaming console (we're going to use the Switch in this example as its commonly used for this game), go to "System Settings", "Internet" and begin the process of connecting to a new WiFi connection. Find your hotspot name in the list once it's done searching
[[File:connect_to_hotspot_on_switch.png|300px|none]]
*Enter the password you made for your hotspot and connect
[[File:switch_successfully_connected.png|300px|none]]
*You're all set. You can validate the connection by going back to the "Mobile Hotspot" screen from earlier and you'll see your gaming console listed as connected
[[File:switch_connected_to_hotspot_windows.png|300px|none]]
====Using your phone as a hotspot====
'''Note that this only works for Android and ONLY if you have rooted your phone. If your phone is not already rooted, we suggest NOT rooting it for the purpose of this game. Your phone is likely more important to you than DQX and can have financial consequences if you mess it up'''
This option
▲This option also requires you to leave your phone on and connected (and of course uses your phone's data if you aren't on WiFi), but you would connect to the VPN service you signed up with and make your phone a mobile hotspot. From there, have your console connect to your hotspot's WiFi connection.
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