Phanuel NEAC HWID Bans in FragPunk
Phanuel is Bad Guitar Studio's anti-cheat system for 1 TraceX-listed game. This guide explains its hardware profile, supported games, and current TraceX compatibility.
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What is Phanuel?
Phanuel is the anti-cheat name shown by the FragPunk PC launcher. The installed stack is also associated with NEAC naming, but public FragPunk material gives players the Phanuel label and does not publish a full component map. This hub is therefore specific to FragPunk.
FragPunk support documentation confirms that Phanuel can block launch and that Secure Boot is part of the platform checks on affected configurations. Bad Guitar Studio also combines automated monitoring with manual review for enforcement. Those facts are stronger than guessing at a private telemetry packet.
TraceX Spoofer rewrites its supported Windows identifiers once and can then be deleted. TraceX does not modify Phanuel, NEAC, Secure Boot, or the FragPunk client.
How does Phanuel track hardware?
Phanuel's public documentation does not enumerate HWID fields. The concrete Windows surfaces available to a PC anti-cheat are `Win32_BaseBoard`, `Win32_DiskDrive`, and `Win32_PhysicalMemory`, with the SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial supplying board data and `IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY` exposing lower-level physical-disk descriptors.
Software and network identity can include `MachineGuid` at `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography`, volume and Windows installation values, and MAC enumeration. A new FragPunk account or client reinstall leaves those machine inputs intact, which is why account identity and device identity must be discussed separately.
FragPunk documents Secure Boot troubleshooting. Windows exposes the TPM 2.0 endorsement key through TBS, but neither Bad Guitar Studio nor the public launcher FAQ confirms that Phanuel stores that key as an identifier. Secure Boot state is confirmed; the private TPM field list is not.
A composite or fuzzy model can combine board, disk, OS, network, and boot-state signals. Because Phanuel is FragPunk-specific, the exposure concerns a returning FragPunk machine under another account. It is not evidence that one Phanuel action bans games outside Bad Guitar Studio's service.
Which Phanuel games does TraceX support?
TraceX lists 1 Phanuel-protected game. Open a game page below for its current compatibility, ban details, and setup guidance.
How does TraceX handle Phanuel HWID bans?
TraceX rewrites supported SMBIOS, storage, memory, Windows, and network identifiers as a consistent device profile. It does not patch the Phanuel loader or offer driver-loading instructions.
Complete the one-time setup, run TraceX once, and delete it. The documented rewrite persists without a background tool. Keep Secure Boot and any other current FragPunk requirements enabled.
The consumer-facing Phanuel loader and underlying NEAC-labelled components can update on different schedules. Check the latest published status, including Unverified, after a FragPunk patch rather than relying on a static version claim.
Phanuel HWID Ban FAQs
Phanuel is the name players see in FragPunk's launcher and official troubleshooting. NEAC naming is associated with underlying installed components, but the studio does not publish a complete architecture map. It is safest to describe the combined FragPunk stack without claiming undocumented ownership or field behavior.
The anti-cheat loader performs prerequisite and integrity checks before handing off to the game. FragPunk's official troubleshooting covers Phanuel launch failures and Secure Boot prompts. That pre-launch gate is distinct from an in-match detection or a later account review.
No complete field list is public. `Win32_BaseBoard`, SMBIOS Type 2, `Win32_DiskDrive`, `IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY`, `Win32_PhysicalMemory`, `MachineGuid`, and MAC enumeration are real Windows surfaces a PC anti-cheat can use. The page does not present them as a leaked Phanuel schema.
No. A game reinstall does not normally change the motherboard, physical-disk descriptors, memory-module data, Windows `MachineGuid`, or network adapters. A composite matcher can still associate the recurring device. TraceX rewrites the supported system identifiers rather than the FragPunk files.
TraceX publishes Phanuel compatibility on the detection-status page with its current status and as-of date, or shows a missing result as Unverified. FragPunk's loader and the underlying NetEase NEAC driver can update on different schedules, so a published result does not predict the next game patch.
No. TraceX rewrites its supported machine identifiers and leaves Secure Boot configured for the game. Complete the one-time setup, run TraceX once, and delete it. Check the latest published status, which may be Unverified, because FragPunk can change its loader and platform requirements.
Where can you learn more about Phanuel?
The linked TraceX guides explain how Phanuel builds a hardware profile, what enforcement looks like afterwards, and which supported identifiers TraceX rewrites.
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Which anti-cheats are related to Phanuel?
TraceX links Ironshield, ACE, GameGuard as related anti-cheat guides for comparison.
How do you check TraceX compatibility with Phanuel?
The status below shows the current published Phanuel compatibility result. An unverified result remains Unverified.
Undetected
As of (US Eastern)