Valorant is a 5v5 tactical shooter that provides players with a platform to express their individual styles and skills.
With its focus on attack and defense rounds, the game demands rapid decision-making and shooting abilities.
Players can participate in different game modes, including Competitive, Unranked, Deathmatch, and Spike Rush.
As of July, many players are unable to launch the game because of a Virtualization-based security (VBS) update.
The update prevents systems that did not enable UEFI and TPM 2.0 from launching Valorant.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to fix the VAN9005 error code in Valorant when your build of Vanguard is out of compliance.
What does the VAN9005 error mean?
VAN9005 means that you didn’t change your BIOS mode to UEFI and enable TPM 2.0.
Enabling both of those features are requirements for running Valorant on your machine.
UEFI provides enhanced security features while TPM 2.0 provides security for cryptographic operations.
If your system does not support those features, you need to disable virtualization-based security (VBS) instead.
How to fix VAN9005 error in Valorant
To fix the VAN9005 error in Valorant, you need to enable UEFI and TPM 2.0.
If your system does not support those features, you need to disable virtualization-based security (VBS) instead.
Fix 1: Enable UEFI and TPM 2.0
- Restart your PC and press the BIOS key (e.g. F2 or DEL).
- Boot > Boot Mode > UEFI.
- Security > Set Supervisor Password > Enter New Password (e.g. 123).
- Security > Change TPM (TCM) State > Enabled.
- Exit > Exit Saving Changes > Yes.
Note #1: The BIOS key is different for every system—you can check the correct key by searching for “BIOS key for x” on Google (e.g. BIOS key for Acer laptop).
Note #2: Check if your system supports UEFI by searching for “msinfo32” using Windows Search, opening it, and checking if the BIOS Mode is UEFI.
Note #3: Check if your system supports TPM 2.0 by searching for “tpm.msc” using Windows Search, opening it, and checking if the status is “The TPM is ready for use”.
Note #4: If the BIOS Mode is not UEFI and your system does not support TPM 2.0, you need to use the next method instead.
Fix 2: Disable VBS
- Use Windows Search and search for “CMD”.
- Right-click the command prompt and select “Run as administrator”.
- Type “bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off” and press enter.
- Restart your computer, use Windows Search, and search for “Core Isolation”.
- Turn off “Memory Integrity” and restart your computer.
Note: You can check if VBS is disabled by searching for “msinfo32” using Windows Search, opening it, and finding “Virtualization-based security”.
Further reading
How to Fix VAN9001 Error in Valorant
