Free The Finals HWID Spoofer
Free permanent HWID spoofer for The Finals. Bypass Embark's TFAV-prefix hardware restrictions by rewriting your IDs once, then delete the tool.
Free diagnostic
Is It Really a The Finals HWID Ban?
Launcher pops a "Hardware restricted" notice with a TFAV*017 error code, the Embark ID login screen kicks back, and the contestant slot, World Tour rank, sponsor track, Multibucks balance, and every battle-pass cosmetic from Season 1 onward sit visible on an account you can no longer queue into a cashout with.
Can you still log into your game account?
Hardware Coverage
What The Finals Tracks — and What TraceX Rewrites
The Finals's anti-cheat silently reads dozens of hardware identifiers from your PC while it's running — long before you reach a match. Learn how The Finals'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 | The Finals 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
The Finals 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 restriction means that the specific physical device you're trying to play on has been banned from launching THE FINALS. This restriction is tied to your hardware, not your account.”
Embark Studios — THE FINALS Help Center, "Hardware Restricted (Error Code: TFAV7017 and Related Variants)"
Why You Need This
Do You Really Need an HWID Spoofer for The Finals?
The cashout is on the spawn pad in Skyway Stadium, your Heavy is rolling Mesh Shield + RPG-7, your Light teammate is queued up to Demat through the vault wall — and the launcher refuses to load past the splash screen because EAC has flagged the rig and Embark's TFAV7017 "Hardware restricted" notice is sitting where the contestant select used to be. Reinstalling the game won't help, a fresh Embark ID won't help, a brand-new Steam profile won't help; the moment you try to drop into Monaco, Las Vegas, or Seoul, EAC reads the same hardware that fingerprinted you on the first ban and locks the contestant slot back out. The Goo Gun, the Healing Beam, the Charge n Slam, the Throwing Knives, the FCAR — none of it touches the Arena floor again. The coin is gone, the show is over, and the wire-frame is somebody else's problem.
The Finals is a free-to-play class-based shooter built around Light, Medium, and Heavy contestants fighting for cashouts in Skyway Stadium, Monaco, Seoul, Las Vegas, and Bernal — and Embark Studios runs an unusually candid layered enforcement stack on top of it. The first layer is account-level: an EAC ban on your Embark ID, with rejection emails that reference Easy Anti-Cheat directly — community-posted Embark Support replies cite that "your account was flagged and suspended by Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) for violating our game's policies" and that the security team "maintain[s] a high level of confidence in our system, and as a result, accounts with severe violations are not being reinstated." The second layer is the one almost no other publisher publishes the policy text for: a hardware restriction keyed to the device itself, not the account, with its own dedicated error codes (TFAV1017–TFAV10017) and its own dedicated help-center article. Embark's own words on appeals: "we cannot review or remove hardware restrictions." No appeal. No process. No exception.
That's why reinstalling The Finals does nothing. Reinstalling Windows does nothing. Buying a fresh Embark ID does nothing. EAC reads the rig — motherboard serial, disk identifiers, MAC, SMBIOS strings, the kernel-level fingerprint Embark builds the moment the launcher hits EasyAntiCheat_EOS_Setup.exe — and the next Embark ID you sign in with on the same machine walks into the same TFAV*017 wall. Embark explicitly prohibits virtual machines under its System Integrity Violation policy and lists Core Isolation, Memory Integrity, and Secure Boot among its System Integrity troubleshooting checks. As of Update 8.9.0 (Nov 13, 2025), Embark layered AnyBrain behavioral detection on top of EAC for Xim and Cronus Zen detection, plus Denuvo Anti-Cheat for binary protection — both rollouts complete and now running alongside EAC.
That's why every "I'll just smurf back into Ruby" plan dies at the first Quick Cash queue: the Heavy roster, the Mesh Shield + RPG-7 loadout, the World Tour ranked grind, every battle pass from Season 1 onward — none of it returns until the hardware identifiers EAC keyed on get rewritten.
Verified
"A hardware restriction means that the specific physical device you're trying to play on has been banned from launching THE FINALS. This restriction is tied to your hardware, not your account." — Embark Studios, THE FINALS Help Center "Hardware Restricted (Error Code: TFAV7017 and Related Variants)." The same page lists ten distinct hardware-ban error codes (TFAV1017 through TFAV10017), and Embark's own words on appeals: "we cannot review or remove hardware restrictions."
Why TraceX
Built for The Finals Players
You shouldn't need to replace your PC to play The Finalsagain. That's why TraceX exists.
Run TraceX once before launching The Finals. 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 The Finals launches — not during. No FPS drops, no stutter, no driver hooks left running while you play.
TraceX updates ahead of The Finals detection cycles. New versions ship before changes land in the game.
When you load The Finals, EasyAntiCheat fingerprints what looks like a fresh system. Your real hardware is never exposed.
Setup Guide
How to Bypass a The Finals HWID Ban
Getting around a The Finals 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 The Finals 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 The Finals.
Detection Analysis
How The Finals Scans Your Hardware
The Finals 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 The Finals, your real hardware IDs are scanned and matched against ban records. Every new account on a flagged PC is blocked.
The Finals sees a completely new machine with no ban history. New account, clean hardware — access granted.
Ban Reference
The Finals Ban Details
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FAQ
The Finals HWID Ban — Frequently Asked Questions
Does The Finals HWID ban?
Yes. Embark publishes a dedicated "Hardware Restricted" support article confirming that specific physical devices can be banned from launching The Finals, signaled by error codes TFAV1017 through TFAV10017. Embark says the restriction is tied to the device itself and that "we cannot review or remove hardware restrictions."
If I get EAC-banned, can I just make a new Embark ID?
No. Embark's own Ban & Enforcement Policy classifies a new account on the same machine as ban evasion ("Creating or using additional accounts to bypass a ban is considered ban evasion and is against our Terms of Service. This may lead to further actions."), and a hardware restriction means your device is blocked from launching The Finals at all — the new Embark ID will hit the same TFAV*017 wall before it reaches contestant select.
Will reinstalling The Finals lift my EAC ban?
No. The ban lives on EAC's side and on Embark's hardware-restriction list, keyed to motherboard, disk, and other identifiers — not the install. Reinstalling the game touches client files; EAC re-reads the same hardware the moment The Finals launches and re-applies the restriction.
Does Embark auto-ban based on player reports?
No, not directly. EAC issues automated bans when its detection signatures match. Embark Support reviews appeals on a case-by-case basis and says they only take action "when there's clear evidence." Player reports feed the system but the ban itself is fired by EAC (or, since Update 8.9.0, by AnyBrain on input behavior).
What does an EAC ban look like when I try to launch The Finals?
You get a "permanently suspended" pop-up during the splash screens (account ban) or a "Hardware restricted" notice with a TFAV*017 error code (device ban). The Arena won't load, the cashout queue won't queue, and your contestant slot, World Tour ranked progress, sponsor fans, and Multibucks balance sit visible but locked.
How long does Embark's ban appeal take?
Community reports describe waits of 12 to 19+ days with multiple tickets, copy-paste rejections, and only sporadic reversals (often only after a GDPR data request or a moderator escalation). Embark says appeals are reviewed "on a case-by-case basis" but the pattern is slow and the bar for reversal is high. Hardware restrictions specifically have no appeal channel at all.
Are appeals successful for a confirmed The Finals cheating ban?
Almost never for confirmed cheating cases. Reddit-posted Embark rejection emails state the security team "maintain[s] a high level of confidence in our system, and as a result, accounts with severe violations are not being reinstated." For hardware restrictions specifically, Embark's help center explicitly says they "cannot review or remove" them — there is no appeal channel for a device ban.
Why does my new Steam account still get banned in The Finals?
Because the restriction is keyed to the hardware, not the Steam ID or Embark ID. Embark's "Hardware Restricted" article explicitly states that the ban is "tied to your hardware, not your account." A fresh Steam profile and a fresh Embark ID on banned hardware will hit the same TFAV*017 error before contestant select.
What is AnyBrain and does it do hardware fingerprinting?
AnyBrain is behavioral — it analyzes mouse, keyboard, and controller inputs for abnormal patterns and is specifically aimed at Xim and Cronus Zen-style devices. It runs alongside EAC, which is the layer doing the hardware fingerprinting. Together with the Denuvo rollout completed in the same November 2025 patch, they make new-account-on-banned-rig detection sharper than at any point since launch.
Does buying The Finals on console (Xbox / PS5) escape a PC hardware ban?
Account-side, no — Embark says explicitly that an account ban applies on every platform tied to that Embark ID. Hardware-side, the TFAV*017 restriction targets the PC; a console signs in via a different device. But progress, purchases, and any Embark-ID-level ban follow you across platforms, so console isn't a clean restart of the account itself. The PC hardware ban is a PC problem.