Error Codes in VALORANT are very common and every player encounters them every once in a while. Here we’ll explain what these error codes refer to and how to fix them in 2023.
It’s not uncommon for an online game like VALORANT to experience issues, crashes, and errors. However, it may be aggravating at times, especially if you’re trying to get into VALORANT after a long hard day and the game doesn’t work.
When VALORANT faces a problem, a pop-up with an error code appears, helping you to figure out what went wrong and why you’re having trouble running your game. However, the message VALORANT presents do not immediately guide you on how to address the problem. As a result, resolving the issue is not as simple as it appears.
Instead, the client displays a message along with an error code. Each VALORANT Error Code has a numerical value ranging from 0 to 152 and VAN 0 to 9002, and each code has a unique meaning and reason for the difficulty you’re experiencing.
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All Error Codes and How To Fix Them
There are a ton of Error Codes that you can experience while playing VALORANT. The reasons and origin of these Error Codes vary from each other; however, there are similarities in many of them.
You can face some of these Errors while starting up or in the middle of a sweaty match. In any case, we’ll now show you all the possible Error Codes and tell you how to fix them so you can get back to playing VALORANT instantly.
| CODE # | MEANING | SOLUTION |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Connection Error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 1 | Connection Error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 4 | Your display name is invalid. | Something’s up with your Riot ID. You have to change your Riot ID. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 5 | Account was logged into elsewhere. | You should log out from all devices. Here’s how to do it. |
| 7 | Couldn’t connect to session service. | You might have a suspension on your account. Here’s how to fix it. |
| 8 – 21 | Problems with the Riot Client. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here’s a step-by-step guide. |
| 29 | This is a network issue. | Please make sure your firewall allows VALORANT through. Here’s how you can fix it. |
| 31 | Failed to get player name information. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 33 | The Riot Client process was closed. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 38 | Connection Error | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 39 | Unavailable Server | The server may be down for scheduled or emergency maintenance. Please try to log in again later. Here is how to solve the issue. |
| 43 | A system has timed out. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 44 | Vanguard not initialized. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is how to solve the issue. |
| 45 | Vanguard Reboot required. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is how to solve the issue. |
| 46 | Platform downtime. | This is planned downtime allotted for the engineers to work on the systems. Please try to log in again later. Here is how you can check the issue. |
| 49 | Chat did not initialize. | There seems to be an issue with Chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is how to solve this issue. |
| 50 | Voice did not initialize. | There seems to be an issue with Chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is how to fix it. |
| 51 | Problem creating a party. | There seems to be an issue with the Party System. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client Here is how to fix it. |
| 52 | Problem fetching skill information for players. | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how to solve this issue. |
| 53 | Problem with Riot Client chat. | There seems to be an issue with Chat. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how to solve this issue. |
| 54 | Content service failure. | VALORANT was unable to retrieve your content. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 55 | ApplicationRepairManagerInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how to solve this issue. |
| 56 | LegalInfoInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how to do it. |
| 57 | PlayerAffinityInitFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 58 | RSOValidationFailure | Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how to do it. |
| 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. Here is how to do it. |
| 60 | PatchInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 61 | You have been banned from playing VALORANT | Please submit a ticket to Riot Games if you see this error. Here is how to do it. |
| 62 | NoGamepodsToPingFailure | Something seems to be amiss with your network. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket to Riot Games. Here is how to do it. |
| 63 | ManagerDeleted | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is how to do it. |
| 64 | SessionFetchFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 65 | PatchAvailabilityInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 66 | ContentIndexInitFailure | Something went wrong during the startup process. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 67 | ChatFriendMetadataInitFailure | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please submit a ticket to Riot Games. Here is how to do it. |
| 68 | CapEntitlementsFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how you can solve it. |
| 69 | CapWalletsFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how you can solve it. |
| 70 | StoreOffersFetchError | VALORANT can’t seem to fetch your owned content. Go ahead and restart the Riot Client. If the problem persists, please check the Support Site banners. Here is how you can solve it. |
| -81 | Service Start Failed | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is how you can solve it. |
| 128 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 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. Here is how you can solve it. |
| 152 | HWID ban | This is a hardware ban that typically lasts 4 months. Here you can learn more. |
VAN Error Codes
| CODE # | MEANING | SOLUTION |
|---|---|---|
| VAN -1 | Uninstall failure | Reinstall Riot Vanguard. Here is how to do it. |
| VAN 0 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| VAN 1 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| VAN 6 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart VALORANT and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| VAN -81 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| VAN -102 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is how to do it. |
| VAN -104 | Connection Error | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is how to solve it. |
| VAN 128 | VALORANT has encountered connection error. Please relaunch client to reconnect | Go ahead and restart your PC and the Riot Client. Here is a step-by-step guide. |
| 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. Here is how to solve it. |
| VAN 152 | HWID Ban | This is a hardware ban that typically lasts 4 months. Please submit a ticket to Riot Games if you have further questions. |
| VAN 9002 | 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. |
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