What Is VAN 152?
VAN 152 is the HWID ban error code issued by Vanguard — Riot Games's Valorant anti-cheat. After an account ban, your hardware identifiers are also added to Vanguard's ban list. On the next launch Vanguard reads the hardware, finds it on the list, refuses access and shows "VAN 152".
You may see VAN 152 even without an account ban — in that case you are trying to log in from a HWID-banned PC with a new account. Vanguard recognizes you by your PC, not by your account.
Why VAN 152 Isn't Solved by Standard Spoofers
Unlike other anti-cheats, Vanguard uses a kernel driver that loads at system boot — meaning Vanguard's driver initializes BEFORE any user-mode process. That makes standard HWID spoofers ineffective against Vanguard, because by the time the spoofer runs, Vanguard has already settled into memory and read the HWIDs.
Additionally, Vanguard performs hypervisor-level checks. It talks to Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) and includes the TPM 2.0 Endorsement Key hash in its banned-ID set.
Result: no user-boot HWID spoofer — HWID Core included — can lift a Valorant VAN 152 ban. That is why HWID Core officially does not support Valorant.
Realistic Fix Paths for VAN 152
The practical ways to clear VAN 152 today:
1. Hardware replacement: physically swap motherboard + disk. Costly, but these are the IDs Vanguard reads most.
2. Second PC: play on a machine Vanguard has never seen, with a new account. Most reliable, but expensive.
3. Riot Support appeal: rarely approved, but you can try the ban-appeal route for the account ban.
Alternative: HWID Core works with games that use EAC and BattlEye — including Fortnite, Rust, Apex Legends, Escape From Tarkov, Counter-Strike 2, Call of Duty: Warzone, Rainbow Six Siege, PUBG, FiveM, Wardogs and Arc Raiders. If you want to lift bans in those games instead of Valorant, HWID Core is the right tool.