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
Lost Ark layers Smilegate account enforcement over an EAC machine profile. TraceX Spoofer is a free permanent HWID spoofer: run once, then delete.
Free diagnostic
Lost Ark documents "Login Blocked: Suspicious Software or Corrupted Install Detected" as an EAC detection block; check the penalty portal before treating that message, an EAC Offline error, or one disconnect as proof of a hardware ban.
Hardware Coverage
Lost Ark'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 Lost Ark and why it's difficult to bypass without a spoofer. Below is a sample of the identifiers being tracked.
| Hardware Identifier | Lost Ark Tracks | TraceX Rewrites |
|---|---|---|
| CPU / Platform Identifier | Yes | Yes |
| SMBIOS Type 2 Board Serial / UUID | Yes | Yes |
| GPU Adapter Identifier | Yes | Yes |
| Disk / Volume Serial | Yes | Yes |
| Physical NIC MAC Address | 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.
“Do not cheat, bot, hack, or use other software or services that give you an unfair advantage through, for example, unattended gameplay or game modifications.”
Amazon Games — Code of Conduct, Section 3 "Play fair" (reproduced under "Anti-Cheat and Anti-bot Measures" in the Lost Ark March 25, 2025 dev post)
Why You Need This
You hit Play in Steam with a Guardian Raid group waiting, but Lost Ark stops at the EAC check with "Login Blocked: Suspicious Software or Corrupted Install Detected." Now the appeal portal, a routine EAC repair, and an HWID-ban thread are all telling you different things. Do not burn a fresh Steam account or wipe Windows on a guess. First separate a repairable EAC block from an account penalty; then look for the pattern that matters: the same restriction returning after clean software checks while the same PC presents the same hardware profile.
Lost Ark has three enforcement layers that thin answers often collapse into one. Amazon documents "Login Blocked: Suspicious Software or Corrupted Install Detected" as an Easy Anti-Cheat detection block, while "[EAC Offline]" is a service or connectivity error; neither message alone proves a permanent HWID ban. A warning, temporary suspension, or permanent account ban appears in the Lost Ark penalty portal tied to your Steam account. Amazon's March 25, 2025 team update separately names its internal Anti-Cheat teams, EAC, and Smilegate RPG as collaborators against bots. That confirms a layered stack, but it does not publish a hardware-matching threshold. Diagnose the exact message and penalty record before wiping Windows or assuming a Guardian Raid disconnect means the whole PC is blocked.
EAC does not publish a Lost Ark field-by-field hardware schema. The real Windows collection surfaces available to a hardware-aware client are still concrete: the SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial, the system or motherboard UUID, physical disk firmware serials returned through storage IOCTLs such as IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY, separate filesystem volume serials, and MAC addresses from physical network adapters. Windows adds MachineGuid under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography. TPM 2.0 endorsement-key material and Secure Boot state can provide hardware-rooted identity or boot-integrity context, although neither Amazon nor Epic confirms that Lost Ark uses either value as a ban key. A clean install may regenerate MachineGuid and volume metadata while leaving board, UUID, controller-reported disk, TPM, and factory network values unchanged. That is why reinstalling can repair EAC files without creating a wholly new composite device profile.
Cross-game exposure is a fingerprint issue, not one universal EAC ban list. Lost Ark, Fortnite, Rust, Apex Legends, and other EAC titles can encounter the same categories of board, storage, Windows, network, and security-state values on one PC, but each publisher administers its own sanctions. A Lost Ark action does not automatically ban every EAC game. Persistence matters too: a temporary session spoofer presents replacement values only while its runtime is active, so the original profile can return after reboot. TraceX Spoofer permanently rewrites its supported identifier set in a one-time workflow. Run TraceX once, verify the rewritten profile, then delete the tool; no daemon or per-boot session remains. TraceX does not remove a Steam-side penalty, alter Amazon's appeal decision, or disable EAC.
Verified
Amazon Games reported on May 13, 2022 that it had "permanently banned several million accounts that participated in botting, hacking, or gold selling." Its "Regarding Bots in Lost Ark" post listed improved Easy Anti Cheat detection and a native detection system among the measures, confirming layered enforcement rather than a disclosed HWID-only ban wave. (Source: playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/regarding-bots-in-lost-ark.)
Why TraceX
You shouldn't need to replace your PC to play Lost Ark again. That's why TraceX exists.
Run TraceX once before opening Lost Ark through Steam. The rewrite persists, so you can delete the tool before EasyAntiCheat starts.
Lost Ark's hardware ban (hwid) is tied to the profile EasyAntiCheat reads. Rewritten identifiers persist across reboots without a TraceX daemon.
For Lost Ark, the documented EasyAntiCheat coverage includes CPU / Platform Identifier, SMBIOS Type 2 Board Serial / UUID, GPU Adapter Identifier. TraceX rewrites the supported fields in one pass.
Lost Ark launches from Steam after the rewrite is complete. No TraceX process remains during EasyAntiCheat gameplay to consume resources.
Lost Ark'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 Lost Ark with Steam account, EasyAntiCheat reads the supported identifiers produced by the completed permanent rewrite.
Setup Guide
Getting around a Lost Ark 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 Lost Ark.
Detection Analysis
EasyAntiCheat can combine identifiers from your PC into a hardware profile for Lost Ark. TraceX rewrites the supported fields shown below before the game runs.
When you launch Lost Ark, your real hardware IDs are scanned and matched against ban records. Every new account on a flagged PC is blocked.
Lost Ark sees a completely new machine with no ban history. New account, clean hardware — access granted.
Ban Reference
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FAQ
Start with the exact message. Amazon documents "Login Blocked: Suspicious Software or Corrupted Install Detected" as an EAC detection block and "[EAC Offline]" as a service or connectivity problem, so neither alone proves an HWID ban. Check the Lost Ark penalty portal for a warning, suspension, or permanent ban. A durable device restriction is a different diagnosis from a repairable EAC startup failure; do not treat one disconnect as proof.
Lost Ark and EAC public documentation confirms EAC-backed cheat detection and permanent account penalties, but it does not publish a Lost Ark hardware-ban schema or a field-by-field device policy. Player reports can suggest machine-linked enforcement; they cannot prove the matching formula. The evidence supports treating device enforcement as possible within EAC's collection surface while being honest that Lost Ark's scope and threshold are not public.
EAC does not disclose Lost Ark's exact list. Relevant Windows surfaces include the SMBIOS Type 2 baseboard serial and motherboard UUID, physical disk 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 hardware-rooted context, but neither is a confirmed Lost Ark ban key.
A reinstall can regenerate MachineGuid and volume metadata, and it can repair corrupted EAC files, but it does not normally change the SMBIOS Type 2 board serial, motherboard UUID, physical disk firmware serials, TPM-rooted material, or a physical NIC's factory MAC address. A clean install is useful for a documented EAC service problem; it is not a complete reset of the durable machine profile, and it cannot remove a penalty stored against your Steam account.
A new Steam login changes the account identity, not the PC beneath it. If the restriction is account-level, using another account may breach the enforcement terms; if it is device-level, the same board, storage, Windows, and network profile remains available. Amazon does not publish Lost Ark's hardware-matching timing or guarantee what happens to a new account. Diagnose the exact penalty and use the official appeal route instead of treating an alt as a hardware-ban test.
Yes. Sign into the Lost Ark penalty portal with the affected Steam account and submit the evidence in one complete appeal; Amazon allows one appeal per penalty. Include the exact message, penalty details, relevant dates, and account-security evidence if compromise is possible. Amazon's March 25, 2025 update says appeals are manually reviewed, although a response template can be sent quickly after that review. Approval is not guaranteed, and repeat tickets do not create another review.
Amazon documents warnings, temporary suspensions, and permanent bans, but it does not publish a separate duration table for Lost Ark hardware restrictions. The penalty portal is the source of truth for an account suspension's status and expiry. A permanent account ban does not disappear because Windows was reinstalled or one component changed, and a forum claim about a fixed HWID-ban length should not be treated as official policy.
No automatic roster-wide rule is documented. Other EAC integrations can encounter the same categories of board, disk, Windows, network, and security-state values when the same PC launches them, creating recurring fingerprint exposure. Publishers still administer their own accounts and sanctions. A Lost Ark action therefore does not automatically ban Fortnite, Rust, Apex Legends, or every other EAC title.
A temporary session spoofer presents replacement identifiers only while its process or driver is active. After reboot, the original machine profile can return and the session tool must run again. TraceX uses a one-time permanent rewrite of its supported identifier set. Run TraceX once, verify the rewritten profile, then delete the tool; no daemon or per-boot session remains. The rewrite does not remove the server-side Steam penalty or change Amazon's appeal decision.
No. An IP address is a network-route signal, not the hardware profile, and changing it does not rewrite the SMBIOS board serial, motherboard UUID, disk and volume serials, physical NIC MAC address, or Windows MachineGuid. Lost Ark support also lists VPN use as one factor that can affect Trusted Status. A VPN cannot remove a Steam-account penalty, and it should not be used as proof that a restriction is or is not hardware-based.
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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 Lost Ark.
You can also browse every game TraceX supports or read up on the anti-cheat engines behind these bans.