Gaming knowledge base
The terms that come up in every cheat menu, every anti-cheat announcement and every ban appeal, explained without the jargon. Start with the feature you want to understand or the anti-cheat your game runs.
Cheat features explained
What ESP, aimbots, triggerbots and the rest actually do, and how each one works.
What Is ESP in Games? How ESP Cheats Work
ESP in games shows players, health and loot through walls. What the term means, what an ESP draws, how it reads the game and what it can never show you.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedInternal vs External Cheats: What the Difference Means
Internal cheats run inside the game, external cheats run beside it. How each works, what each can do, how anti-cheats see them and why it varies by game.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is a Magic Bullet Cheat? How It Works
A magic bullet cheat makes your shot land on the target wherever you point. What it means, how it differs from silent aim and why only some games allow it.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is a Radar Hack? How Cheat Radars Work
A radar hack puts every player on a small overhead map. How radar cheats work, how they differ from ESP and the in-game minimap, and what they cannot show.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is a Triggerbot? How Auto-Fire Cheats Work
A triggerbot fires the moment your crosshair is on an enemy. What a triggerbot is, how it decides when to shoot and how it differs from an aimbot.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is a Wallhack? How Seeing Through Walls Works
A wallhack lets you see players through walls. How wallhacks work, the difference between overlay and model wallhacks, and what a wallhack cannot show.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is an Aimbot? How Aimbots Work in Games
An aimbot moves your crosshair onto a target for you. What an aimbot is, how it picks targets, what FOV and smoothing do, and why some aimbots get spotted.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is No Recoil? How Recoil Control Cheats Work
No recoil removes your gun’s kick so the spray stays where you aim. How recoil works in shooters, how no recoil cancels it and how it differs from an aimbot.
Updated 6 October 2026 Features explainedWhat Is Silent Aim? How It Differs From an Aimbot
Silent aim lands your shots without moving your crosshair. What silent aim is, how it works, how it differs from an aimbot and magic bullet, and its tells.
Updated 6 October 2026Anti-cheat
How BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat, VAC, Javelin and the rest work, and how bans actually happen.
How Does Anti-Cheat Detect Cheats? Every Layer Explained
Anti-cheat finds cheats in layers: signatures, game integrity, system scans, hardware checks, server statistics and player reports. How each layer works.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is a Ban Wave? Why Games Ban Cheaters in Batches
A ban wave is when a game bans many flagged accounts at once instead of one at a time. Why developers delay bans, what a wave means for you and what to do.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is BattlEye? How the BattlEye Anti-Cheat Works
BattlEye is the kernel-level anti-cheat behind Escape From Tarkov, DayZ and PUBG. Where it came from, how it works, its common errors and how its bans work.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC)? How It Works
Easy Anti-Cheat is Epic's kernel-level anti-cheat used by Rust, Apex Legends, Fortnite and more. How EAC works, what its errors mean and how its bans work.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat? How It Works and Why
Kernel-level anti-cheat runs as a Windows driver with deep system access. What kernel level means, which games use it, what it can see and the trade-offs.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is Riot Vanguard? How Vanguard Anti-Cheat Works
Riot Vanguard is the kernel-level anti-cheat behind Valorant and League of Legends. Why it starts with Windows, what it needs and how to uninstall it.
Updated 6 October 2026 Anti-cheatWhat Is VAC? Valve Anti-Cheat and VAC Bans Explained
VAC is Valve Anti-Cheat, used by Counter-Strike 2 and Deadlock. How VAC works, what VAC Live does, why VAC bans are delayed and what a VAC ban means.
Updated 6 October 2026PC and Windows
Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, virtualization-based security, hardware IDs and overlays.
What Is a DMA Cheat? How DMA Cards Work in Games
A DMA cheat reads game memory from a second PC through a hardware card. How DMA setups work, what they cost, how anti-cheats fight them and who needs one.
Updated 6 October 2026 PC and WindowsWhat Is a Game Overlay? How Overlays Draw Over Games
A game overlay draws on top of a game without being part of it. How Steam, Discord and RTSS overlays work, why display mode matters and how to fix them.
Updated 6 October 2026 PC and WindowsWhat Is a HWID? Hardware IDs and HWID Bans Explained
A HWID is the set of serial numbers that identifies your PC. What makes up a hardware ID, how anti-cheats use it, how to see yours and what a HWID ban means.
Updated 6 October 2026 PC and WindowsWhat Is Secure Boot? Why Games Require It and How to Enable It
Secure Boot only lets trusted, signed software start your PC. What it is, why Battlefield 6, Valorant and FACEIT require it, and how to check and enable it.
Updated 6 October 2026 PC and WindowsWhat Is TPM 2.0? Why Windows 11 and Games Need It
TPM 2.0 is a security chip that stores keys and proves how your PC started. What it does, why Windows 11 and anti-cheats need it and how to enable it.
Updated 6 October 2026 PC and WindowsWhat Is Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) in Windows?
VBS walls off part of memory so even the Windows kernel cannot touch it. What VBS and Memory Integrity do, what they cost in games and who requires them.
Updated 6 October 2026Game updates
Why patches take builds offline, and what happens between a game update and the fix.
Setup and fixes by game
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