{"id":1135319,"date":"2026-02-04T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/YBEtzyatA2LqKxeYni6Rck"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:55:54","slug":"epic-will-give-fortnite-cheaters-a-second-chance-with-a-new-more-forgiving-ban-policy-as-long-as-they-didnt-do-anything-too-awful-or-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/epic-will-give-fortnite-cheaters-a-second-chance-with-a-new-more-forgiving-ban-policy-as-long-as-they-didnt-do-anything-too-awful-or-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic will give Fortnite cheaters &#8216;a second chance&#8217; with a new, more forgiving ban policy, as long as they didn&#8217;t do anything too awful or illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Everybody makes mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes arise from good intentions\u2014paving the road to Hell and all that\u2014and sometimes, well, maybe you just didn&#8217;t think things through very well. But Epic Games says it believes in second chances, so if you&#8217;ve made a mistake in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/fortnite\/\">Fortnite<\/a> at some point in the past, it&#8217;s going to give you a shot at redemption\u2014after you serve some suitable penance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While maintaining game integrity is our top priority, we also believe in allowing second chances for players who made a bad decision and have learned from it,&#8221; Epic wrote in a Fortnite <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fortnite.com\/news\/fortnite-anti-cheat-update-february-27-2025\" target=\"_blank\">anti-cheat update<\/a>. &#8220;Starting in April, we\u2019ll be moving to a one-year matchmaking ban for first-time cheating offenses, allowing former cheaters to learn from their mistakes while still punishing and deterring cheating. A second offense will result in a lifetime ban.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Any existing lifetime bans for cheating that have been in effect for more than a year will also be lifted, Epic said. Players under a matchmaking ban will be able to log into the game and chat with others via voice or text, &#8220;but won\u2019t be able to matchmake into Epic- or creator-made experiences, or spectate other players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note that there are some mitigating factors regarding the specific mistakes made in Fortnite that will play into this new policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Players who have <em>used <\/em>cheats: One-year matchmaking ban for the first offense, lifetime ban for the second.<\/li>\n<li>Players who have <em>used <\/em>cheats and participate in tournaments: One-year matchmaking ban + immediate lifetime ban from tournaments + potential loss of past tournament winnings. A second offense of using cheats will result in a lifetime ban.<\/li>\n<li>Players who have <em>sold <\/em>cheats, or broken other rules resulting in a lifetime ban: Nothing changes. The lifetime ban is still in effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Epic also warned that &#8220;additional consequences may include legal repercussions,&#8221; and it&#8217;s not kidding on that front because it&#8217;s also filed a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn2.unrealengine.com\/2025-02-27-epic-v--strock-complaint-5a69b553b2a2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit<\/a> against someone named Isaac Strock over the alleged theft and sale of Fortnite accounts belonging to other people.<\/p>\n<p>Epic claims Strock has gained control of accounts by using email-password combinations acquired elsewhere (presumably less-than-legal channels) and also by fooling Epic&#8217;s support team into believing he&#8217;s the legitimate owner of the accounts in question; the lawsuit says he&#8217;s been caught trying to scam player support &#8220;at least four times,&#8221; going back to December 2022, but he&#8217;s also managed to do it successfully an indeterminate number of times.<\/p>\n<p>Strock&#8217;s website, which now appears to be down, claimed he&#8217;s sold 482 &#8220;products,&#8221; according to the lawsuit, &#8220;which consist of other Fortnite players&#8217; Epic Games account information that his customers can use to deceive Epic in order to steal control of those accounts. These \u201cproducts\u201d include the email addresses, IP addresses, and\/or geolocations associated with a particular Epic Games account.<\/p>\n<p>Hijacking other players&#8217; Fortnite accounts and selling them off is a big step up from running a cheat in a quick pickup match, and Strock is facing a lot more trouble than just a ban from the game. But Epic recently demonstrated that it&#8217;ll drop <em>das lawyerhammer<\/em> on straight-up cheaters, too: Earlier this month it settled a lawsuit with a player who&#8217;d shared his account with someone else in order to qualify for the 2024 Fortnite Championship Series grand finals, forcing them to pay a monetary settlement including unfairly won prize money, and worse, to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/epic-sues-fortnite-cheater-donates-his-winnings-to-charity-forces-him-to-publicly-apologise-bans-him-for-life-and-all-but-sends-him-to-his-room-without-dinner\/\">issue a public apology<\/a> for his misdeeds and promise never to do it again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"e72cc4fa-a30c-4d25-9831-9556203d4dbf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/epic-will-give-fortnite-cheaters-a-second-chance-with-a-new-more-forgiving-ban-policy-as-long-as-they-didnt-do-anything-too-awful-or-illegal.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"e72cc4fa-a30c-4d25-9831-9556203d4dbf\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/battle-royale\/epic-will-give-fortnite-cheaters-a-second-chance-with-a-new-more-forgiving-ban-policy-as-long-as-they-didnt-do-anything-too-awful-or-illegal\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody makes mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes arise from good intentions\u2014paving the road to Hell and all that\u2014and sometimes, well, maybe you just didn&#8217;t think things through very well. But Epic Games says it believes in second chances, so if you&#8217;ve made a mistake in Fortnite at some point in the past, it&#8217;s going to give you a shot at redemption\u2014after you serve some suitable penance. &#8220;While maintaining game integrity is our top priority, we also believe in allowing second chances for players who made a bad decision and have learned from it,&#8221; Epic wrote in a Fortnite anti-cheat update. &#8220;Starting in April, we\u2019ll be moving to a one-year matchmaking ban for first-time cheating offenses, allowing former cheaters to learn from their mistakes while still punishing&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/epic-will-give-fortnite-cheaters-a-second-chance-with-a-new-more-forgiving-ban-policy-as-long-as-they-didnt-do-anything-too-awful-or-illegal\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1135320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[103,748],"class_list":["post-1135319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-battle-royale","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Epic will give Fortnite cheaters &#039;a second chance&#039; with a new, more forgiving ban policy, as long as they didn&#039;t do anything too awful or illegal | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everybody makes mistakes. 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