rust hwid ban

[xKuromiMeow]

i got banned for cheating, what are the chances im hwid banned? and if i am for how long? does it affect other eac protected games?

[xynteuro]

If it's your first ban on that computer/hardware, you are likely fine. Rust does not usually issue a HWID ban (from my own experience) on the first account ban. It is still possible (very low chance) that you are HWID banned, but even if you are not, I would be careful about cheating on a new account because you will be much easier to catch from flags/being reported because they are aware that you have cheated before (unless you spoof, etc.). I would also change IP either through a residential VPN or something more reliable like being assigned a new IP through your router which can be done in several ways.

And no, HWID bans do not transfer across games when it comes to EAC.

[xKuromiMeow]

yeaaa about it being the first time..... but look i got banned in july 2025, the first time and i havent cheated since until now

[Semtex Services]

first ban you are not HWID banned, if you evade and you get manually checked by facepunch you are at risk of being banned again because your only allowed to rebuy and play the game after 8months, to evade certain servers you just need an ip change, certain servers have facepunch employees avoid these ones, for example rusty moose can see alot more than rustoria because of ern. i would just spoof and change ip if i were u saves all the hassle