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You just got banned. You make a new account, log in, and within minutes you're banned again. Sound familiar? If that's happening to you, you're not dealing with a simple account ban. You're dealing with a hardware ID ban, and it's an entirely different beast. Let's break this down so you actually understand what's going on under the hood.
Some tools claim to "permanently change" your hardware IDs. Others talk about "temporary emulation." Which one do you actually need? And more importantly, which one actually works against Vanguard?
An HWID spoofer changes the hardware identifiers an anti-cheat reads. What one actually changes, what it cannot change, and where the limits are.
Let's break down how Valorant's ban system actually works, what makes Vanguard different from every other anti-cheat you've dealt with, and what you need to know before you waste time on methods that haven't worked since 2023.
Vanguard is a kernel-level anti-cheat that loads before you even reach your desktop — and it doesn't care whether a modification is cosmetic or competitive. So what actually happens if you run a skin changer on Valorant? We break down how Vanguard detects skin changers, what types of bans Riot enforces, and what your options are if you've already been caught.
So let's break down exactly how to get unbanned from Valorant in 2026, what your real options are, and why most of the advice you've been reading online is completely outdated.
Here is how to quickly tell if you have been HWID Banned on Valorant.
Riot's official penalty durations, which bans actually get reversed, and the exact ticket steps. Find your error code first - VAN 152 and VAL 61 need different appeals.
Unlike instant bans that tip off cheat developers immediately, ban waves are delayed, coordinated purges where Riot bans thousands—or hundreds of thousands—of accounts simultaneously after silently detecting them over days or weeks.