HWID Spoofing Guides
Games That HWID Ban: 2026 Coverage List
Games that HWID ban, grouped by anti-cheat engine: 59 titles across EasyAntiCheat, BattlEye, Vanguard, RICOCHET and more, with what each ban covers
Dead by Daylight uses EAC to recognize a returning PC behind a fresh account. TraceX Spoofer is a free permanent HWID spoofer you run once, then delete.
Free diagnostic
Steam's "You've been permanently banned in Dead by Daylight by Easy Anti-Cheat on behalf of the game developer" notice confirms a game ban; repeated sanctions on separate accounts used only on the same PC are the stronger hardware-ban signal.
Hardware Coverage
Dead by Daylight's anti-cheat silently reads dozens of hardware identifiers from your PC while it's running — long before you reach a match. Learn how EasyAntiCheat works in Dead by Daylight and why it's difficult to bypass without a spoofer. Below is a sample of the identifiers being tracked.
| Hardware Identifier | Dead by Daylight Tracks | TraceX Rewrites |
|---|---|---|
| CPU / CPUID Profile | Yes | Yes |
| SMBIOS Type 2 / Motherboard UUID | Yes | Yes |
| GPU 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.
“...you acknowledge that in such an instance BHVR is not required to provide you notice before suspending or terminating your Account(s), temporarily or permanently banning your device from some or all BHVR Services.”
Behaviour Interactive — Terms of Use, §III.G "Termination of BHVR Account & Services by BHVR"
Why You Need This
Steam shows "You've been permanently banned in Dead by Daylight by Easy Anti-Cheat on behalf of the game developer." You never reach the Survivor or Killer queue, so you try a new platform account through Epic Games Store or Microsoft Store. If that account works on another PC but is sanctioned after touching this one, the problem is bigger than the Bloodweb or your Behaviour login. EAC can recognize machine-level signals that survive a game reinstall. A disabled Driver Signature Enforcement warning or EAC Error Code 4 is different: BHVR documents those as repairable launch faults, not proof of an HWID ban.
Dead by Daylight has three layers that thin ban guides often collapse into one. A Steam game-ban notice or BHVR's in-game permanent-ban notification confirms an account sanction. An EAC Driver Enforcement Error means Windows Driver Signature Enforcement may be disabled, while EAC Error Code 4 can point to corrupt files or faulty RAM; neither message proves a hardware ban. Device enforcement is real, however. BHVR's Terms of Use §III.G expressly allows it to temporarily or permanently ban a device, and §III.B says a ban can remain valid across platforms connected to the same Account or Single Account and the linked equipment. That is why the useful HWID signal is recurrence: separate platform accounts work elsewhere, then receive enforcement after using the same Windows PC.
An EAC machine profile can draw from collection surfaces below the Dead by Daylight folder. Those include the baseboard serial in SMBIOS Type 2, the motherboard or system UUID, physical disk firmware serials returned through storage IOCTLs such as IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY, separate filesystem volume serials, physical NIC MAC addresses, and Windows MachineGuid at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography. TPM 2.0 endorsement-key material and Secure Boot state can add hardware-rooted identity and boot-integrity signals. BHVR and Epic do not publish the per-title weighting formula for Dead by Daylight, so no honest page can promise that one serial is always decisive. The mechanism is composite recognition: stable firmware, controller, network, and Windows values can be compared together rather than trusting one field that changes during normal maintenance.
That explains why reinstalling the game, formatting Windows, switching launchers, or replacing one SSD can fail. A clean Windows install may regenerate MachineGuid and a volume serial, but it does not rewrite the SMBIOS Type 2 board serial, motherboard UUID, other drive firmware serials, physical NIC identity, or TPM endorsement key. EAC also runs across Fortnite, Rust, Apex Legends, and other titles, which creates shared fingerprint exposure; each publisher still administers its own sanctions, so a Dead by Daylight ban does not automatically ban every EAC game. TraceX Spoofer addresses the supported identifier set with a permanent rewrite rather than a temporary session spoof that vanishes on reboot. Run TraceX once, verify the rewritten profile, then delete the tool. No resident daemon or per-boot rerun remains, and the rewrite does not remove the original BHVR account sanction or replace the official appeal process.
Verified
Behaviour Interactive's "Game Bans" support article, dated January 21, 2026, says a permanent ban produces an in-game notification detailing the offense and directs players who believe it is wrong to submit a ban appeal. BHVR's Terms of Use §III.G separately reserves the right to temporarily or permanently ban a device from some or all BHVR Services.
Why TraceX
You shouldn't need to replace your PC to play Dead by Daylight again. That's why TraceX exists.
Run TraceX once before opening Dead by Daylight through Steam / Epic Games Store / Microsoft Store. The rewrite persists, so you can delete the tool before EasyAntiCheat starts.
Dead by Daylight's hardware ban (hwid) is tied to the profile EasyAntiCheat reads. Rewritten identifiers persist across reboots without a TraceX daemon.
For Dead by Daylight, the documented EasyAntiCheat coverage includes CPU / CPUID Profile, SMBIOS Type 2 / Motherboard UUID, GPU Device Identifier. TraceX rewrites the supported fields in one pass.
Dead by Daylight launches from Steam / Epic Games Store / Microsoft Store after the rewrite is complete. No TraceX process remains during EasyAntiCheat gameplay to consume resources.
Dead by Daylight's hardware ban (hwid) details stay separate from the current EasyAntiCheat status, so a game update is never treated as unchanged by default.
When you open Dead by Daylight with Steam, Epic Games, or Xbox account linked to a Behaviour account, EasyAntiCheat reads the supported identifiers produced by the completed permanent rewrite.
Setup Guide
Getting around a Dead by Daylight 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 EasyAntiCheat fingerprints, then delete the binary and reinstall Dead by Daylight.
Detection Analysis
EasyAntiCheat can combine identifiers from your PC into a hardware profile for Dead by Daylight. TraceX rewrites the supported fields shown below before the game runs.
When you launch Dead by Daylight, your real hardware IDs are scanned and matched against ban records. Every new account on a flagged PC is blocked.
Dead by Daylight sees a completely new machine with no ban history. New account, clean hardware — access granted.
Ban Reference
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FAQ
Yes, device-level enforcement is part of BHVR's published policy. Its Terms of Use §III.G reserves the right to "temporarily or permanently" ban a device from some or all BHVR Services. That proves the authority exists; it does not mean every permanent Dead by Daylight account ban is an HWID ban. Repeated enforcement on separate accounts used only on the same PC is stronger evidence than one ban notice by itself.
Start with the exact message. Steam's "permanently banned ... by Easy Anti-Cheat on behalf of the game developer" notice and BHVR's in-game notification confirm a game/account sanction, not the matched field. Hardware enforcement becomes more plausible when separate accounts work on another computer but are sanctioned after this PC launches the game. An EAC startup error alone is not enough; diagnose Driver Enforcement Error and Error Code 4 first.
Relevant collection surfaces include the SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial, motherboard UUID, physical disk firmware serials exposed through storage IOCTLs, filesystem volume serials, physical NIC MAC addresses, and MachineGuid under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography. TPM 2.0 endorsement-key material and Secure Boot state can add platform-trust signals. BHVR does not publish which fields Dead by Daylight requires or how EAC weights them.
Not reliably. Reinstalling Windows may change MachineGuid and the system volume serial, while replacing an SSD changes one physical storage serial. Neither action rewrites the SMBIOS baseboard serial, motherboard UUID, other connected drive serials, physical NIC MAC addresses, or the TPM endorsement key. A composite profile can still resemble the old machine after one software reset or component swap, so neither is a guaranteed diagnosis or fix.
Changing storefront changes the platform account, not the PC. BHVR officially supports Steam, Epic Games Store, and Windows Store in cross-progression, and its Terms say a ban can remain valid across platforms connected to the same Account or Single Account and linked equipment. Do not sync a disputed platform ban into another account as a test. Appeal first, because a storefront move neither clears the original sanction nor proves the hardware profile is clean.
No automatic roster-wide ban is documented. Dead by Daylight, Fortnite, Rust, and Apex Legends use EAC, so the engine can observe comparable device categories when each title starts. Publishers administer their own sanctions, however; a BHVR ban does not become a universal Epic, Facepunch, or EA ban. The cross-game risk is that the same machine-level signals may be recognizable across integrations, not that every EAC title shares one ban list.
Yes. BHVR's January 21, 2026 Game Bans article tells permanently banned players who believe the decision is wrong to contact Support, choose "ban appeal," and provide the required details. Include the exact notification, platform, approximate time, and account-security evidence if relevant. Do not call a repairable EAC launch error a hardware ban in the ticket. An appeal is a review path, not a guarantee that a confirmed sanction will be removed.
BHVR does not publish one universal HWID-ban timer. Its Terms authorize both temporary and permanent device bans. The separate Game Bans policy lists escalating account suspensions and says severe or repeated conduct can become permanent, while a permanent ban has no displayed expiry in that policy. Read the duration in the notification if one appears and use the official appeal route rather than assuming a device record will disappear after a forum-suggested wait.
A temporary session spoofer presents replacement values only while its driver or process is active; the original profile returns after reboot, so the tool must run again. TraceX uses a one-time permanent rewrite of its supported identifier set. Run it once, verify the new values, then delete the tool. No background daemon or per-boot session remains. The rewrite changes supported identifiers; it does not restore the banned Behaviour or platform account.
No. BHVR's support page says Driver Enforcement Error can appear when Windows Driver Signature Enforcement is disabled. Its Error Code 4 article tells players to verify game files and notes that faulty RAM can cause that code. Those are launch or integrity diagnostics, not published HWID-ban messages. A permanent-ban notification is separate. Repair the documented error first, then use account and device recurrence to judge whether hardware enforcement is actually involved.
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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 EasyAntiCheat ban lasts covers whether waiting it out is realistic for Dead by Daylight.
You can also browse every game TraceX supports or read up on the anti-cheat engines behind these bans.