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how to play valorant without secure boot

Riot’s current requirement means you cannot legitimately play Valorant on Windows 10/11 without Secure Boot being enabled , because Vanguard will block the game at launch if Secure Boot (and usually TPM 2.0) are not active at the OS level.

Quick reality check

  • Riot’s Vanguard anti‑cheat runs at kernel level and explicitly checks for Secure Boot + (on many systems) TPM 2.0.
  • When these are missing or disabled, players usually see an error and are kicked or prevented from launching the game at all.
  • Community Q&A and tech support threads repeatedly confirm that there is no supported way to bypass this requirement; “no Secure Boot, no Valorant” is the pattern.

Any site or forum promising an “easy way to play Valorant without Secure Boot” that involves spoofers, modified drivers, or third‑party loaders is effectively telling you to cheat or tamper with system security, which is against Riot’s Terms of Service and can lead to bans or even compromise your PC.

What you can do instead

If your goal was “how to play Valorant without Secure Boot on this specific hardware/OS ,” the realistic options people use are:

  • Enable Secure Boot properly :
    • Enter UEFI/BIOS, switch boot mode to UEFI (not Legacy), then turn Secure Boot on and reinstall or repair Windows if needed.
* Many guides walk through this step‑by‑step specifically for Valorant errors.
  • Use hardware/firmware that supports Secure Boot :
    • Some older boards simply do not support it; in those cases, players either upgrade hardware or accept they cannot run Valorant with Vanguard under current rules.
  • Dual‑boot / separate OS only if Secure Boot is available :
    • A few guides suggest using another Windows installation where Secure Boot is enabled, while keeping a “looser” OS install for other tasks.
* This still does _not_ let you play Valorant without Secure Boot; it just separates your gaming environment from your everyday one.

Why bypassing isn’t recommended

  • Account risk : Any method that tampers with Vanguard, fakes Secure Boot/TPM, or uses kernel‑level tools to “spoof” requirements can be detected and may lead to permanent bans.
  • Security risk : Disabling or defeating platform protections to satisfy anti‑cheat checks opens the door to malware, rootkits, and other persistent threats, which is worse than simply not playing one game.

Bottom line

  • There is no safe, legitimate way to play Valorant without Secure Boot under Riot’s current Vanguard requirements. Official and community tech sources line up on this point.
  • The only practical path to playing is to run Valorant on a system where Secure Boot (and TPM 2.0, if required) can be enabled and left on.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.