Free ARC Raiders HWID Spoofer
Free permanent HWID spoofer for ARC Raiders. Bypass Embark's cross-title hardware bans by rewriting your IDs once, then delete the tool.
Free diagnostic
Is It Really a ARC Raiders HWID Ban?
Embark ID launch screen throws an ARAV-prefix hardware-ban error (ARAV0017, ARAV1017, etc.), the Speranza pod never deploys, and the same error blocks every other Embark title from launching on the rig.
Can you still log into your game account?
Hardware Coverage
What ARC Raiders Tracks — and What TraceX Rewrites
ARC Raiders's anti-cheat silently reads dozens of hardware identifiers from your PC while it's running — long before you reach a match. Learn how ARC Raiders's anti-cheat works and why it's difficult to bypass without a spoofer. Below is a sample of the identifiers being tracked.
| Hardware Identifier | ARC Raiders Tracks | TraceX Rewrites |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Serial (CPUID) | Yes | Yes |
| Motherboard Serial | Yes | Yes |
| GPU Device LUID | Yes | Yes |
| HDD / SSD Serial | Yes | Yes |
| NIC MAC Address | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Machine GUID | Yes | Yes |
Reality Check
ARC Raiders Appeals Almost Never Work
And when they're denied — which is almost always for HWID bans — your hardware stays permanently blacklisted. No second chances.
“A hardware ban means that your specific PC will no longer be able to access any of our products.”
Embark Studios — ARC Raiders Help Center, "Hardware Banning" policy
Why You Need This
Do You Really Need an HWID Spoofer for ARC Raiders?
A clean Stella Montis run — cooker in your bunker, gas mask topped up, four recipes scavenged in the Buried City and a kismet rolled at the Spaceport — and then the elevator at Blue Gate refuses to call. EAC has flagged the rig, the Embark ID screen returns an ARAV0017 hardware-ban error, and the Speranza never deploys back to Topside. New Embark account on the same machine: same error. New Steam account: same error. The Raider, the recipes, the cooker, the entire bunker freezes underground while a Rocketeer pings empty Buried City corridors with no one inside.
ARC Raiders is a PvPvE extraction shooter where every Topside run is a contract against permanence — you queue from the Speranza, drop into Buried City, Stella Montis, Spaceport, or Dam Battlegrounds, and either extract through Blue Gate with your scavenged recipes, kismet, and the contents of your bunker intact, or you don't. So when Embark's anti-cheat layer fires, the loss is not a single Raider — it is the entire rig. Embark's Help Center is unusually direct: under "What happens if I'm hardware banned?" the answer reads "A hardware ban means that your specific PC will no longer be able to access any of our products," and the same page adds that Embark's hardware bans apply across all their titles and are final and non-appealable. The ARAV0017, ARAV1017, ARAV2017, ARAV3017, ARAV4017, ARAV5017, ARAV6017, ARAV8017, ARAV9017, ARAV10017, and ARAV11017 family of error codes — eleven distinct codes from a non-contiguous ARAV*017 sequence (ARAV7017 is reserved) — is the visible fingerprint of a structured, productionized hardware-key system, not an ad-hoc rule.
Reinstalling ARC Raiders does nothing. Reinstalling Windows does nothing. Buying a new Embark account on the same PC does nothing. EAC reads the kernel-level fingerprint — motherboard serial, disk identifiers, MAC, SMBIOS strings — the moment the launcher requests a session, and Anybrain's machine-learning behavioral layer (the same platform Embark rolled out for The Finals — same studio, same playbook) is keyed to the same machine identity. Because Embark explicitly states a hardware ban applies "to all Embark titles," a banned ARC Raiders rig is also a banned The Finals rig: the wallet of cosmetics, the season progression, the friends list — all dark.
That is why every plan to "buy ARC Raiders again" or "make a new Embark ID" dies on the first launch back into the Speranza: the Raider slot, the recipes pinned for the cooker, the unlocked bunker layout — none of it returns until the hardware identifiers EAC keyed on get rewritten.
Verified
"A hardware ban means that your specific PC will no longer be able to access any of our products." — Embark Studios, ARC Raiders Help Center "Hardware Banning" policy (id.embark.games/arc-raiders/support/faq/164-hardware-banning). The same page confirms Embark's hardware bans apply across all their titles (ARC Raiders + The Finals + any future Embark game) and are final and non-appealable. Eleven distinct ARAV*017 error codes (ARAV0017 through ARAV11017, with ARAV7017 reserved) signal a productionized hardware-ban subsystem.
Why TraceX
Built for ARC Raiders Players
You shouldn't need to replace your PC to play ARC Raidersagain. That's why TraceX exists.
Run TraceX once before launching ARC Raiders. No daemon, no startup entry, no background service. When you're done, delete the binary.
Your new hardware identifiers don't reset on reboot or reinstall. EasyAntiCheat reads them as permanent — exactly like a fresh build.
Every hardware identifier EasyAntiCheat reads — CPU, board, drives, GPU, NIC, Machine GUID — rewritten in a single pass.
TraceX runs before ARC Raiders launches — not during. No FPS drops, no stutter, no driver hooks left running while you play.
TraceX updates ahead of ARC Raiders detection cycles. New versions ship before changes land in the game.
When you load ARC Raiders, EasyAntiCheat fingerprints what looks like a fresh system. Your real hardware is never exposed.
Setup Guide
How to Bypass a ARC Raiders HWID Ban
Getting around a ARC Raiders HWID ban used to take hours — reinstalling Windows, flashing BIOS, wiping drivers, re-downloading everything, and praying it worked. One wrong step meant starting over and burning another account. With TraceX, a single click does more than all of that combined.
Free download
Get the free ARC Raiders HWID spoofer.
Submit your email and receive your free TraceX HWID Spoofer license in a few minutes. Run it once on your PC to permanently rewrite the identifiers EasyAntiCheat fingerprints, then delete the binary and reinstall ARC Raiders.
Detection Analysis
How ARC Raiders Scans Your Hardware
ARC Raiders tracks dozens of unique identifiers from your PC and creates a unique hardware profile. It also leaves behind registry traces even after uninstalling — designed to detect you on return. TraceX takes care of everything.
When you launch ARC Raiders, your real hardware IDs are scanned and matched against ban records. Every new account on a flagged PC is blocked.
ARC Raiders sees a completely new machine with no ban history. New account, clean hardware — access granted.
Ban Reference
ARC Raiders Ban Details
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FAQ
ARC Raiders HWID Ban — Frequently Asked Questions
Does ARC Raiders HWID ban?
Yes. Embark's own Help Center publishes a Hardware Banning policy that states a hardware ban "means that your specific PC will no longer be able to access any of our products," with eleven distinct error codes (ARAV0017 through ARAV11017, with ARAV7017 reserved internally) tied to it. The policy explicitly says hardware bans are final and non-appealable.
Can I appeal an ARC Raiders hardware ban?
No. The Ban Appeals page states verbatim: "Hardware restrictions are final and cannot be appealed." Embark accepts one appeal per eligible restriction for account-level bans, but hardware bans are excluded from the appeal process.
If I get hardware-banned in ARC Raiders, can I still play The Finals?
No. Embark's policy states directly that "Hardware bans are applied to all Embark titles." A hardware ban triggered by ARC Raiders also locks you out of The Finals on the same PC, plus any future Embark game.
Will reinstalling ARC Raiders or Windows lift the ban?
No. The ban lives on EAC's side, keyed to hardware identifiers — not to the install. A reinstall touches game files; EAC re-reads the same motherboard, disk, and MAC the moment the launcher tries to open a session, and the ARAV-prefix error returns immediately.
If I get banned, can I just make a new Embark ID and Steam account?
Not on hardware-banned PCs. A fresh Embark ID on a banned rig fingerprints to the same EAC identifiers as the original ban, and the launcher returns the same ARAV hardware-ban error. The hardware is the gatekeeper; the username isn't.
What does an ARC Raiders ban look like to a player?
You see an "account blocked" pop-up at launch, get kicked back to the Embark ID screen, and the launcher throws an ARAV-prefix error code (one of ARAV0017, ARAV1017, ARAV2017, etc.). The Speranza never deploys, your Raider, recipes, kismet, and bunker freeze in the inventory you can no longer touch.
How does Anybrain (the machine-learning anti-cheat) interact with hardware bans?
Anybrain runs alongside EAC and is the behavioral layer — it analyzes mouse, keyboard, and movement inputs for statistically impossible patterns (perfect headshot chains, inhuman reaction times). EAC is still the layer doing the hardware fingerprinting. The two combined make new-account/same-rig detection sharper than at launch, and the same Anybrain model is shared with The Finals.
Can I bypass an ARC Raiders ban with Steam Family Sharing?
Family Sharing only swaps the Steam license — it doesn't change the hardware EAC reads. A hardware-banned PC still throws the ARAV error when the borrowed copy launches. Embark's Ban Policy also explicitly extends restrictions across Steam Family Sharing accounts.
Why does my new Embark account get banned the moment I create it on a banned PC?
Because Embark's hardware ban applies to "your specific PC" — not to the Embark ID. The first time the new account tries to launch ARC Raiders, EAC reads the same hardware fingerprint that triggered the original ban and the ARAV error fires before the Speranza loads. Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund publicly confirmed in early February 2026 that Embark has "banned probably tens of thousands" of accounts.
Are ban appeals successful for confirmed cheating cases?
Almost never for confirmed hardware bans. Embark's Ban Appeals page says verbatim "Hardware restrictions are final and cannot be appealed," and the company won't share detection methods or evidence ("we can't share specific detection methods or detailed evidence"). Account-level (non-hardware) bans can be appealed once, with three possible outcomes — upheld, adjusted, or lifted.