HWID Spoofing Guides
How Anti-Cheat Detects Hardware (2026)
How does anti cheat detect hardware? It reads SMBIOS serials, disk and volume IDs, your MAC and MachineGuid, then matches them as one composite fingerprint
Arena Breakout Infinite combines Tencent ACE with long penalties. TraceX Spoofer is a free permanent HWID spoofer: rewrite device IDs once, then delete.
Free diagnostic
A warning reading "We have detected abnormalities in your game environment or network" is not by itself proof of an HWID ban; the stronger signal is a ten-year sanction followed by fresh Level Infinite accounts being blocked on the same PC, matching the security team's separate "Device/IP Bans" category.
Hardware Coverage
Arena Breakout Infinite's anti-cheat silently reads dozens of hardware identifiers from your PC while it's running — long before you reach a match. Learn how ACE works in Arena Breakout Infinite and why it's difficult to bypass without a spoofer. Below is a sample of the identifiers being tracked.
| Hardware Identifier | Arena Breakout Infinite Tracks | TraceX Rewrites |
|---|---|---|
| CPU / Platform Identifier | Yes | Yes |
| SMBIOS Baseboard / System UUID | Yes | Yes |
| GPU / PCI Device Identifier | Yes | Yes |
| Disk & Volume Serials | Yes | Yes |
| Physical NIC MAC Addresses | Yes | Yes |
| Windows MachineGuid | Yes | Yes |
Reality Check
And when they're denied — which is almost always for HWID bans — your hardware stays permanently blacklisted. No second chances.
“That is why we have a 0% tolerance policy for any instances of rule breaking that occurs within the game (including but not limited to using plug-ins or unauthorized apps and intentionally collaborating with a player who's using plug-ins). The instant we become aware of a potential rule violation, we will immediately investigate it and implement a serious penalty if needed (including but not limited to a ten-year ban, your device being banned, and a bulletin about being circulated both in and out of the game).”
Arena Breakout: Infinite Security Team - official Steam Bans Notice (January 14, 2026)
Why You Need This
You hit Play in Steam for a Forbidden Zone Tactical Ops run, ACE throws "We have detected abnormalities in your game environment or network," and the raid never opens. You close overlays, reinstall Arena Breakout: Infinite, switch to the Level Infinite launcher, and create a fresh Level Infinite Pass. The same machine gets stopped again before loadout. One warning can be a software conflict; a ten-year sanction followed by every new account failing on the same PC is the device-ban pattern the security team lists separately as "Device/IP Bans."
An Arena Breakout: Infinite reinstall only replaces game files. At launch, Steam or the Level Infinite launcher hands off to Tencent's kernel-level Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) before Tactical Ops, Solo Ops, or Covert Ops opens. A hardware profile can combine the SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial and motherboard UUID with disk device serials returned through storage IOCTL queries, filesystem volume serials, physical NIC MAC addresses, and Windows' `MachineGuid` at `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography`. Those surfaces do not all live in the game folder, and most survive an ABI reinstall; firmware and controller values also survive a Windows reset. That is why changing the account or launcher does not answer a device ban.
ACE does not need one magic HWID. It can compare a set of signals, so a new SSD leaves the baseboard, UUID, MAC, and other volumes matching; a new MAC leaves the storage and SMBIOS side intact. Secure Boot state and a TPM 2.0 endorsement key are common boot-trust surfaces, but the official ABI sources checked on July 27, 2026 do not document them as device-ban keys, so they should not be presented as confirmed for this title. The cross-game risk needs the same care. ACE protects other games, including Delta Force, Wuthering Waves, and Strinova, and those clients can collect the same machine surfaces. That creates re-identification exposure, but an ABI ban is not proof of an automatic ban in every ACE game; enforcement remains title and publisher dependent.
A temporary session spoofer changes the view ACE receives only while its driver or service is active, often requiring another run after reboot. TraceX Spoofer takes the permanent route: it rewrites the supported identifier set once, then you delete the tool. TraceX does not turn a banned Level Infinite Pass back into a clean account, erase server-side enforcement history, or make prohibited software safe. It addresses the machine fingerprint that a new account would otherwise inherit. If you only saw the "We have detected abnormalities in your game environment or network" warning, close conflicting software and appeal before assuming HWID; if a ten-year sanction is followed by fresh accounts being blocked on the same PC, that pattern is much closer to the device enforcement Arena Breakout: Infinite names in its official ban notices.
Verified
On January 14, 2026, Arena Breakout: Infinite's official Steam Bans Notice said serious penalties can include "a ten-year ban" and "your device being banned," then listed "Device/IP Bans" as a separate enforcement category. Steam's official App ID 2073620 listing also discloses "Uses Kernel Level Anti-Cheat: Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)." (Sources: official Steam news and store listing, checked July 27, 2026.)
Why TraceX
You shouldn't need to replace your PC to play Arena Breakout Infinite again. That's why TraceX exists.
Run TraceX once before opening Arena Breakout Infinite through Steam (App ID 2073620) / official Level Infinite launcher. The rewrite persists, so you can delete the tool before ACE starts.
Arena Breakout Infinite's hardware ban (hwid) is tied to the profile ACE reads. Rewritten identifiers persist across reboots without a TraceX daemon.
For Arena Breakout Infinite, the documented ACE coverage includes CPU / Platform Identifier, SMBIOS Baseboard / System UUID, GPU / PCI Device Identifier. TraceX rewrites the supported fields in one pass.
Arena Breakout Infinite launches from Steam (App ID 2073620) / official Level Infinite launcher after the rewrite is complete. No TraceX process remains during ACE gameplay to consume resources.
Arena Breakout Infinite's hardware ban (hwid) details stay separate from the current ACE status, so a game update is never treated as unchanged by default.
When you open Arena Breakout Infinite with Level Infinite Pass (+ Steam linkage), ACE reads the supported identifiers produced by the completed permanent rewrite.
Setup Guide
Getting around a Arena Breakout Infinite 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
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 ACE fingerprints, then delete the binary and reinstall Arena Breakout Infinite.
Detection Analysis
ACE can combine identifiers from your PC into a hardware profile for Arena Breakout Infinite. TraceX rewrites the supported fields shown below before the game runs.
When you launch Arena Breakout Infinite, your real hardware IDs are scanned and matched against ban records. Every new account on a flagged PC is blocked.
Arena Breakout Infinite sees a completely new machine with no ban history. New account, clean hardware — access granted.
Ban Reference
All ACE Games
All of these games use ACE — the same anti-cheat that banned you in Arena Breakout Infinite. One permanent TraceX rewrite covers every one of them.
FAQ
Yes. Arena Breakout: Infinite's security team says serious penalties can include a ten-year ban and a device ban, and its official Steam notices report "Device/IP Bans" separately from ordinary bans. That does not mean every ten-year account sanction includes an HWID block. The practical sign is that a fresh Level Infinite Pass is stopped on the same PC after the original account is sanctioned.
The "We have detected abnormalities in your game environment or network" warning alone is a security or compatibility flag, not conclusive proof of an HWID ban. A hardware sanction becomes more likely when the original Level Infinite Pass receives a long ban and a fresh account is blocked on the same PC before a raid. Test the account only through official support guidance; repeated account creation can muddy an appeal.
A kernel anti-cheat can correlate firmware, storage, network, and OS surfaces: SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial, motherboard UUID, disk serials returned through storage IOCTLs, volume serials, physical NIC MAC addresses, and `MachineGuid` under `HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography`. ABI does not publish ACE's weighting formula, so no honest page can name a single decisive field.
The sources checked for this page do not document a TPM 2.0 endorsement key or Secure Boot state as confirmed ABI device-ban identifiers. Arena Breakout: Infinite has discussed virtualization-based security and abnormal device environments, but that is not the same as publishing its ban-key list. Treat anyone claiming a specific TPM or Secure Boot match as inference unless MoreFun or Tencent documents it.
No. Reinstalling ABI replaces its files, while a Windows reinstall mainly changes OS-level values such as `MachineGuid`. The SMBIOS baseboard serial, motherboard UUID, storage-device serials, and physical NIC identity live elsewhere and can survive both actions. Switching between Steam and the Level Infinite launcher also reaches the same game account and ACE enforcement layer, so it is not a hardware reset.
A one-part change is weak evidence of a clean machine. Replacing an SSD leaves the SMBIOS baseboard, motherboard UUID, other drives, and NIC values in place. Changing a MAC leaves firmware and storage signals unchanged. ACE can compare a composite profile rather than one magic serial, so partial changes can still correlate with the sanctioned PC and can also make troubleshooting less clear.
Official ABI notices separate "10-Year Bans" from "Device/IP Bans," but they do not publish one universal expiry for the device component. A ten-year account penalty therefore should not be rewritten as proof that every HWID block has the same timer. Check the penalty shown on your Level Infinite Pass and use official support for the device status; forum estimates are not a policy source.
Not automatically. ACE protects several Tencent and Level Infinite titles, so those clients can observe the same SMBIOS, storage, network, and Windows surfaces on one PC. That creates cross-game re-identification exposure, but ban lists and enforcement decisions can remain title-specific. An ABI sanction is not proof that every ACE game has banned you, and this page does not make that guarantee.
Use the official support or penalty-appeal route before changing the PC. Include the Level Infinite Pass identifier requested by support, the exact warning or penalty text, when it appeared, and whether it happened before launch or during a raid. List legitimate overlays, remote-access tools, macro software, or unusual peripherals that were active. Do not invent a cause, and preserve screenshots so support can distinguish a compatibility warning from a device sanction.
A temporary session spoofer changes what a scanner sees only while its driver or service is active and may need another run after reboot. TraceX uses a permanent rewrite: run it once for the supported identifier set, then delete the tool. It does not restore the banned Level Infinite Pass or erase server records. It addresses the machine profile that a different account would otherwise present to ACE.
Learn More
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Next Steps
Work out which ban you are actually dealing with before you change anything. The ban-type checker walks the symptoms, and how long a ACE ban lasts covers whether waiting it out is realistic for Arena Breakout Infinite.
You can also browse every game TraceX supports or read up on the anti-cheat engines behind these bans.