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There are dozens of unfortunate error codes that can (and will) crop up at any given time. From an invalid display name to the Vanguard anti-cheat not being initialized, here’s the full rundown of error codes in VALORANT, what they mean, and how to fix them.
All VALORANT error codes
Standard VALORANT error codes
| Code number | Meaning | Solution |
| 0 | Connection error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| 1 | Connection error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| 4 | Your display name is invalid | Something’s up with your Riot ID. You can change it here. |
| 5 | Account was logged into elsewhere | You should log out from all devices. |
| 7 | Couldn’t connect to session service | You might have a suspension on your account. Check your email for more information. It could also be a platform issue. Make sure to check the VALORANT Discord or Support site banner for more information. |
| 8-21 | Problems with the Riot client | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 29 | This is a network issue | Make sure your firewall allows VALORANT through. Further details can be found here. |
| 31 | Failed to get player name information | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 33 | The Riot client process was closed. | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
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| 38 | Connection error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| 43 | A system has timed out | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 44 | Vanguard not initialized | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and estart VALORANT |
| 45 | Vanguard reboot required | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and restart VALORANT |
| 46 | Platform downtime | This is planned downtime allotted for the engineers to work on Riot’s systems. Check back with the game later. |
| 49 | Chat did not initialize | There seems to be an issue with the chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 50 | Voice did not initialize | There seems to be an issue with the chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 51 | Problem creating a party | There seems to be an issue with the Party System. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 52 | Problem fetching skill information for players | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 53 | Problem with Riot client chat. | There seems to be a problem with the Riot client chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
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| 54 | Content service failure. | VALORANT was unable to retrieve your content. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 55 | ApplicationRepairManagerInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. If there are no issues with the client, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 56 | LegalInfoInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. If there are no issues with the client, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 57 | PlayerAffinityInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. If there are no issues with the client, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 58 | RSOValidationFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. If there are no issues with the client, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 59 | LoginQueueFetchTokenFailure | There seems to be an issue with the login queue. Go ahead and restart the Riot client and check for any Support Site banners. |
| 60 | PatchInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot client.. |
| 61 | You have been banned from playing VALORANT | Submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 62 | NoGamepodsToPingFailure | Something seems to be amiss with your network. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 63 | ManagerDeleted | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
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| 64 | SessionFetchFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 65 | PatchAvailabilityInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 66 | ContentIndexInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. |
| 67 | ChatFriendMetadataInitFailure | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. If the problem persists, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 68 | CapEntitlementsFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. |
| 69 | CapWalletsFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. |
| 70 | StoreOffersFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, check the Support Site banners. |
| -81 | Service start failed | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riotclient. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 128 | VALORANT has encountered a connection error. Relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riotclient. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, submit a ticket to Riot. |
| 138 | VALORANT has encountered a connection error. Relaunch client to reconnect | Looks like you’re running VALORANT or Riot Vanguard from a virtual machine. Since this isn’t allowed, you’ll have to install both on a regular instance of Windows instead of a virtual one. |
| 152 | HWID ban | This is a hardware ban which typically lasts four months. |
VAN VALORANT error codes
| Code number | Meaning | Solution |
| VAN -1 | Uninstall feature | Reinstall Riot Vanguard. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN 0 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| VAN 1 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect, | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| VAN 6 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot client. |
| VAN -81 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN -102 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN -104 | Connection error. | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN 128 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard and VALORANT, then do a fresh reinstallation of both. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN 138 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect. | Looks like you’re running VALORANT/Riot Vanguard from a virtual machine. Since this isn’t allowed, you’ll have to install both on a regular instance of Windows instead of a virtual one. |
| VAN 152 | HWID Ban. | This is a hardware ban which typically lasts 4 months. Please submit a ticket at the bottom of this page if you have further questions. |
| VAN9001 | Secure Boot or TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 2.0 is not enabled. | Please see this article on how to check whether your Windows 11 system supports Secure Boot and TPM 2.0, and how to troubleshoot. |
| VAN9002 | This build of Vanguard requires Control Flow Guard (CFG) to be enabled in system exploit protection settings. | Please see this article on how to change exploit protection settings. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket. |
| VAN9003 | Secure Boot is not enabled. | Please see this article on how to check whether your Windows 11 system supports Secure Boot, and how to troubleshoot. |
| VAN9005 | This version of Vanguard requires TPM version 2.0 and UEFI compliant firmware in order to use Virtualization-based Security (VBS). | Please see this article to change your BIOS Mode to UEFI and enable TPM 2.0. |
| VAN9006 | You are currently running an older version of Windows that will no longer be supported by Vanguard. | Please update to Windows 10 20H1 (Version 2004) or later to continue playing VALORANT. |
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