Guide
Valorant Hardware Ban
A guide to hardware bans in Valorant: what they follow, how they differ from an account ban, and the error people associate with them.
What a hardware ban is
A Valorant hardware ban is a restriction tied to the computer rather than only to one account. People also call it a hardware-related restriction.
It is the same family of limit as a Valorant HWID ban. This page stays with the hardware-ban wording.
Hardware identifiers
A hardware identifier is information associated with the machine. HWID, hardware ID, and hardware identifier are the same idea.
HWID explained goes further into that vocabulary. A hardware ban is what happens when a restriction uses it.
How it differs from an account ban
An account ban blocks one account. A hardware ban can remain when the account changes, because the identifying information is on the computer.
Seeing one does not prove the other. The names are often mixed, which makes the restriction harder to place.
VAN 152 in this picture
VAN 152 is commonly associated with a hardware-related Valorant restriction. If that code is what you saw, start there, then come back to the ban type.
What to check
These are checks on this site, not a list of system changes.
- 01
Name the limit
Decide whether you are looking at an account restriction or a hardware-related one.
- 02
Check the error
If the message is VAN 152, use that page for the code and this page for the ban type.
- 03
Read the product in context
The Valorant HWID spoofer is the product intended for a hardware-related restriction.
Related pages
Continue from the hardware ban into the cluster.
Questions
Short answers about Valorant hardware bans.
A restriction tied to identifying information on the computer, not only to one account.
No. An account ban follows one account. A hardware ban follows the computer.
The Valorant HWID Spoofer page is the product page.
The product for a hardware ban
The Valorant HWID spoofer is intended for this kind of Valorant restriction.