VALORANT isn’t without its flaws.
See Valorant on AmazonThere 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.
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. |
| 229 | 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. |
| 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, then restart VALORANT |
| 45 | Vanguard reboot required | Go ahead and restart the Riot client. If the problem persists, uninstall Riot Vanguard, then 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 Riotclient. 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/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 4 months. |
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