Valorant is a tactical shooter game that’s quickly made its place in the market and proven to be an alternative to CS: GO. Fans were really excited for this skill-based shooter as they wanted to experience a shooting game in a new era. But for a game that has been newly out in the gaming scenario, there are bound to be a few bugs and errors. In this article, we are going to be discussing how to fix Valorant error code 57.
What Causes Valorant Error Code 57?
The Error seems to be happening because of the following conditions:
- If your system has 4 GB ram or less it might be closing Valorant’s anti cheat system (Vanguard) in the background so that the system works smoothly.
- You might have disabled the Vanguard Client or exited the application from running in the background
- In minor cases the files in the Riot game folder or the Vanguard client might have been corrupted unknowingly
How to Fix Valorant Error Code 57
- Check the tray menu for the Vanguard client – When you encounter the error, the first thing you should do is check the tray menu for the Vanguard client. If the Vanguard icon is missing, you know the cause of the problem is Vanguard. In that case, below the solutions you can try.
- Restart Valorant – If the pop displays Valorant Error Code 57, simply close Valorant and launch it again, it should fix the error, as lot of times the game times out due to inactivity. Also, if there was a problem with the Vanguard client not launching, a reboot of the game should fix it.
- Restart your system – If the Vanguard client is not getting reinitialized after the reboot of the game, a PC boot can do that.
- Flushing your DNS: If the above methods didn’t work for you, the problem might be in your network files that’s why flushing your DNS will serve in removing any prevalent issue. Here’s how to do it
- Press on windows key from your keyboard or click on the windows key using your cursor
- Write “Command Prompt” or “cmd” for short, right click on the search and select “run as administrator”
- Select “Yes” if prompted to make changes on your computer, don’t worry it won’t harm your system.
- Once the black screen appears type in “ipconfig /flushdns” and press enter.
- Follow up with “ipconfig /registerdns” and press enter.
- Next “ipconfig /release” and press enter.
- Next “ipconfig /renew” and press enter.
- Finally, “netsh winsock reset” and press enter.
- Set the startup type to automatic – Press Windows Key + R and type services.msc. Locate Vanguard > Right-click > Properties > ensure that the startup type is set to Automatic.
- If none of the above solutions worked, unisntall Vanguard and reboot the system. The next time you launch Valorant, the Vanguard client will download automatically.
After you have gone through the above steps, reboot the computer once more, and hopefully, the Valorant error code 57 would be gone.
