PUBG Cheats FAQ 2026 — 50 Questions Answered

PUBG cheating in 2026 has fifty discrete questions worth answering. The Zakynthos rollout in August 2025 changed the kernel-AC architecture. The Feb 23 - Mar 1, 2026 ban wave killed 45,000+ accounts and ended static no-recoil at scale per the PUBG Weekly Bans Notice. The March 25, 2026 Anti-Cheat Roadmap telegraphed where Krafton's enforcement is heading through H2 2026. Most blogs answer 10 of these questions and call it comprehensive. We answered 50. This is the FAQ.

This post is a cluster of the PUBG Cheats Complete 2026 Guide pillar. The pillar covered context; this piece answers the questions that keep coming up.

Anti-cheat architecture

1. What is Zakynthos? Krafton's proprietary kernel-mode anti-cheat that launched in August 2025 alongside BattlEye. It scans kernel memory for cheat-driver code patterns and operates with a persistence design where the driver stays engaged independent of the service. Per PUBG dev Alex's X post 1470616237692833792, force-quitting the Zakynthos service doesn't unload the kernel driver.

2. Does Zakynthos replace BattlEye? No. The two run simultaneously as a coexistence stack. BattlEye continues to handle signature-based detection while Zakynthos handles kernel-memory scanning that BattlEye doesn't reach. The dual-AC architecture is the 2026 PUBG standard.

3. Why did Krafton build Zakynthos when BattlEye was already running? Pre-Zakynthos detection rates were ~30K/week. BattlEye is signature-driven and externally maintained, leaving gaps Krafton wanted closed — particularly around loading-order evasion and kernel-memory regions BattlEye doesn't scan. Post-Zakynthos detection climbed to ~100K/week.

4. How does AI video review work? Krafton's server-side ML models analyze match-replay video to identify aimbot snap patterns, wallhack pre-fire behavior, and recoil-curve anomalies visually. The model doesn't need to read your memory; it watches your replay. AI video review accounted for ~39,000 bans through November 2025 per Krafton's transparency disclosures.

5. Does PUBG have voice chat anti-cheat? Yes. Server-side natural-language processing on voice comms identifies cheat-related solicitation and advertising. Krafton has had it deployed for approximately 12 months. Don't discuss cheats in PUBG voice chat — use Discord / forums off-platform.

6. What's the full anti-cheat stack in 2026? Five layers: BattlEye (kernel AC), Zakynthos (kernel AC), server-side behavioral analytics, AI video review, voice chat NLP. Plus hardware re-entry blocks reinforced per the 2026 roadmap. See the How PUBG anti-cheat works cluster for the deep dive.

The Feb 2026 wave specifically

7. What was the Feb 2026 ban wave? A seven-day enforcement window (Feb 23 - Mar 1, 2026) where Krafton banned 45,000+ PUBG accounts via the Weekly Bans Notice. Daily average 6,400, peak 8,200. Detection distribution: aimbot 35%, wallhack/ESP 28%, radar 15%, no-recoil 12%.

8. Why is the 12% no-recoil number such a big deal? Because PUBG was historically lenient on mouse-script no-recoil due to detection difficulty. The Feb 2026 wave was the first time Krafton's pipeline caught static no-recoil at scale. The architectural implication — they can now do this reliably going forward — is the story, not the raw number.

9. What kind of no-recoil scripts got caught? Static AHK scripts, Logitech G-Hub macros, Razer Synapse driver-level scripts, and the public no-recoil tools sold on forum-tier marketplaces. Even moderately-randomized scripts (±5% jitter) got swept because the underlying curve was still detectable.

10. What kind of no-recoil survives Feb 2026 detection? Dynamic recoil compensation integrated into a proper cheat's aim subsystem — reading weapon state in real time, computing inverse compensation per-shot with proper randomization. The Raw PUBG Control Recoil feature works this way. The PUBG aimbot settings cluster covers the math.

11. Why did the Feb 2026 wave happen specifically? Krafton deployed "mouse script manipulation" detection per the Dev Letter at pubg.com/en/news/9935. The detector statistically analyzes input regularity across multiple engagements; pixel-perfect inverse-recoil curves get flagged.

12. Are there going to be more waves like Feb 2026? Based on the March 25, 2026 Roadmap, yes — DMA enforcement is priority #1, hardware re-entry blocks are being reinforced, AI video review is expanding. Expect H2 2026 to produce multiple substantial waves.

DMA and the 2026 Roadmap

13. Does DMA still work for PUBG? Technically yes, with caveats. PUBG has not mandated IOMMU enabling (unlike Fortnite's Feb 2026 IOMMU mandate). Consumer DMA hardware still reads PUBG game state. But Krafton's 2026 Anti-Cheat Roadmap names DMA as enforcement priority #1; the detection landscape is tightening.

14. How many DMA bans did Krafton issue in 2025? Approximately 260,000 DMA-specific permabans across 2025. Sources include the September 2025 DMA Hacks Update at 80,000+ DMA permabans plus subsequent monthly enforcement.

15. Is DMA still worth the investment for PUBG? Marginal. Hardware costs $500-1,500, monthly firmware $50-200. Software cheats like Raw PUBG at $4.99/day deliver feature parity (aimbot, ESP, radar, exploits). The DMA premium reflects detection resilience that's narrowing per Krafton's roadmap signaling.

16. Will PUBG mandate IOMMU like Fortnite did? Possibly. The 2026 Roadmap doesn't commit to IOMMU mandates but the DMA-priority designation suggests it's a possibility for H2 2026 or later. If Krafton ships IOMMU mandate, DMA hardware becomes immediately non-viable.

17. What does "DMA priority #1" mean in practice? Continued investment in PCI configuration-space fingerprinting (Xilinx 7-series detection), firmware-pattern analysis, behavioral correlation of likely-DMA accounts. Specific enforcement actions like the Sept 2025 DMA Hacks Update will continue.

18. Can DMA users avoid detection with firmware obfuscation? Some vendors market "firmware obfuscation" or non-Xilinx FPGAs as DMA-evasion strategies. They work — for a while. The arms race between obfuscation and BattlEye's PCI pattern updates is open-ended. The honest take: software cheats at 5% of DMA's cost deliver 90% of the value.

HWID bans and spoofing

19. Are PUBG bans hardware-locked? Yes. BattlEye + Krafton fingerprint approximately 16 hardware identifiers per session and pair them with your Steam account. Hardware re-entry blocks (reinforced in the 2026 Roadmap) attach the ban to your machine.

20. What identifiers does BattlEye read? Motherboard serial, motherboard UUID, CPU serial, GPU serial, MAC addresses (all NICs), HDD/SSD serials, Volume Serial, RAM serials, monitor EDID, USB controller IDs, BIOS UUID, TPM endorsement key, computer name, Windows installation ID, disk GUIDs, audio device IDs. Documented in the ACM MATE Workshop 2025 paper.

21. Why does Volume Serial matter specifically? Most cheap spoofers miss it. Volume Serial is a NTFS-level identifier BattlEye reads alongside hardware-level identifiers. A spoofer that handles SMBIOS without touching Volume Serial leaves an obvious mismatch signature. Raw Spoofer covers it; many competitors don't. See the PUBG HWID spoofer cluster.

22. Will a HWID ban affect my Tarkov account? Possibly. BattlEye's centralized fingerprinting means a PUBG BattlEye ban can propagate to other BattlEye-protected titles — Tarkov, Rainbow Six Siege, Arma series. Run Raw Spoofer for cross-BattlEye coverage.

23. Can I appeal a PUBG ban? Historically: no. Krafton's 2026 Roadmap announced a false-ban review system rolling out H2 2026. The system is intended for false positives, not legitimate cheaters. Don't rely on appeals as a strategy.

24. What's the H2 2026 false-ban review system? A formal appeal pathway for users banned by automated detection that may be false positive. Krafton hasn't published implementation details yet — likely launches Q3-Q4 2026. The system is unproven; legitimate cheaters shouldn't expect benefit.

25. Do I need to spoof if I have a clean account? Yes. The spoofer's job isn't only to recover from existing bans — it's to prevent linking your current cheating activity to your hardware in the first place. If you eat a ban without having spoofed, your hardware is now flagged forever.

Raw PUBG specifically

26. Did Raw PUBG survive the Feb 2026 wave? Yes. Our dynamic Control Recoil architecture was specifically engineered against the mouse-script detection Krafton deployed. No users banned for using Raw PUBG features within safe-default configurations. Status posts at PUBG cheat status.

27. Is Raw PUBG external or internal? External. The cheat runs as its own process and reads PUBG game state through kernel-driver-layer access. External architecture is meaningfully harder for both BattlEye and Zakynthos to detect because their signature scanners don't sweep memory regions the AC doesn't own.

28. Does Raw PUBG require DMA hardware? No. Pure software cheat, single machine. No second-PC requirement, no $500-1,500 hardware investment, no monthly firmware updates.

29. What anti-cheat does Raw PUBG bypass? Both BattlEye (BEDaisy.sys) and Zakynthos. The dual-AC environment is the 2026 PUBG standard; our bypass infrastructure handles both.

30. How much does Raw PUBG cost? $4.99/day, $14.99/week, ~$35/month. Bundle pricing with Raw Spoofer discounts the spoofer add-on.

31. What does the menu actually contain? Three sidebar tabs: Aimbot, Visuals (Players/World/Radar accordion), Settings. Aimbot covers bone priority, FOV, smoothness, visible-only, auto-prediction, aim key. Visuals/Players has 13 toggles for TARGETS/BOXES/INFO. Visuals/World has 12 toggles for item ESP plus the Brutalist Item Filter card. Visuals/Radar has show_fov, show_players, hide_dead_players, show_dead_boxes.

32. What languages does the menu support? English plus Arabic (AR), German (DE), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Brazilian Portuguese (PT-BR), Russian (RU), Simplified Chinese (ZH-CN). 9 menu localizations beyond English.

33. Can I save multiple aim profiles? Yes — per-user config slots store the full menu state. Save presets for scoped engagements, CQB, mid-range, etc. Hotkey-swap between them.

34. Does Raw PUBG work on Windows 11? Yes — Windows 10 and Windows 11 both supported. Intel + AMD CPUs, Intel / AMD / NVIDIA GPUs all supported.

35. Does Raw PUBG support controllers? Yes — controller input for keybinds. Aim activation modes (hold/toggle/always-on) bind to gamepad buttons.

Aimbot tuning

36. What FOV cone should I use in PUBG? Pubs / casual: 40-60%. Ranked: 20-40%. Sniper fights: 5-15%. Tournament: 10-25%. Tighter cones are more important in PUBG than CS2 because scope-stacking restricts the visual cone — your aimbot FOV should approximate your scope's natural FOV. See the PUBG aimbot settings cluster.

37. What smoothness value passes replay review? 300-500 is the spectator-safe band. Below 200 produces snaps visible on kill cam; below 100 is mechanically obvious. The 280-380 range is the sweet spot for ranked play.

38. Should I keep auto-prediction on for close-range? Yes. The system computes lead distance based on target velocity and weapon projectile speed; at 5-20m the compensation is near-zero. No reason to toggle it off.

39. Why is classic No Recoil disabled in Raw PUBG? Because Krafton's Feb 2026 mouse-script detector flags it reliably. Even with ±5% jitter randomization the underlying mathematical signature is machine-generated. We force-disable features that produce known-bannable behavior.

40. What's the difference between Control Recoil and No Recoil? Control Recoil is dynamic — reads weapon state in real time, computes per-shot compensation, randomizes with human-error variance. No Recoil is static — subtracts a fixed value from camera transform per frame. The Feb 2026 detector catches static reliably; Control Recoil survives.

ESP and visuals

41. How many ESP toggles does Raw PUBG ship? Player ESP: 13 (5 TARGETS + 3 BOXES + 5 INFO). World ESP: 12 plus the item filter card. Radar: 4. Total: 29 individual ESP controls.

42. What's the Brutalist Item Filter card? A text-input filter with a gold "+" add pill and chip-flow tags. Type item names ("AKM", "8x", "Level 3 Helmet"), commit to whitelist, and World ESP draws only matching items. See the PUBG ESP cluster.

43. What's visibility-based ESP coloring? Different colors render based on whether the enemy can see you. Standard: red for "visible to you AND can see you back," yellow for "visible to you but cannot see you (flanking)," cyan for "not visible to you (drawn only if Show Occluded is on)." Critical at 600m+ engagements because line-of-sight reciprocity is decisive information.

44. Does Raw PUBG draw vehicle ESP separately? No. We draw player ESP on vehicle drivers; vehicle silhouettes as a distinct ESP layer aren't shipped. Vehicles aren't bannable targets anyway.

45. Can I show only specific items on the map? Yes — the Brutalist Item Filter card lets you whitelist by item name (partial-match supported). Combined with the 12 category toggles, you get full granular control over what draws.

Setup and OPSEC

46. What's the right setup order for PUBG cheats? Cold-boot Windows → Run Raw Spoofer as admin → Spoof → Wait for "Spoof complete" → Run Raw PUBG loader → Open Steam → Launch PUBG → Wait for main menu → Click Inject → Press INSERT to open menu. See the Setting up PUBG cheats safely cluster.

47. Should I force-quit the Zakynthos service? No. The Zakynthos kernel driver stays engaged independent of the service — killing the service doesn't unload the driver, and may trigger anti-tampering flags. Per PUBG dev Alex.

48. What happens if I launch PUBG before running the spoofer? BattlEye / Zakynthos read your real hardware fingerprint and commit it to the session. Close everything, re-run the spoofer, restart the workflow. Conservative response: abandon the Steam account for cheating purposes.

49. Can I stream my PUBG cheating to Twitch? No. Even with the cheat menu hidden, replay-review and AI video review will identify the cheating pattern. Streaming is a behavioral signal Krafton's analytics specifically look for among high-skill players.

50. Why are voice-chat cheats a bad idea? Krafton's voice NLP catches cheat-related solicitation. The account gets observation-flagged; bans typically come downstream from observation combined with other signals. Use Discord / forums off-platform.

Where to go next

The PUBG Cheats Complete 2026 Guide pillar is the canonical reference. Specific deep-dives:

• How PUBG anti-cheat works — kernel-AC architecture deep-dive.
• PUBG aimbot settings — Control Recoil, FOV cones, smoothness tuning.
• PUBG ESP 12-toggle world filter — Visuals tab reference.
• PUBG HWID spoofer guide — Volume Serial coverage and hardware fingerprinting.
• PUBG ban wave history 2018-2026 — full timeline.
• PUBG cheat pricing comparison — vendor pricing.
• Free PUBG cheats malware warning — infostealer payload economics.
• Setting up PUBG cheats safely — pre-flight workflow.
• Raw PUBG vs UC vs Battlelog — competitor comparison.

Raw PUBG and Raw Spoofer ship the architecture this FAQ describes. Status posts at PUBG cheat status. Discord 24/7 at discord.gg/rawcheats.