{"id":628385,"date":"2026-03-26T23:22:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:22:59","slug":"call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty&#8217;s anti-cheat system is now taking cheaters&#8217; weapons away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nAs part of its ongoing war against cheaters, the team behind Call of Duty&#8217;s server-side and kernel-level anti-cheat solution, known as Ricochet, has unveiled a new mitigation technique that takes a player&#8217;s weapons (and fists) away when the system identifies them as a cheater.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWord of this latest mitigation technique comes via a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.callofduty.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/call-of-duty-ricochet-anti-cheat-update-community-questions-answers\">new blog update<\/a> detailing the current state of Call of Duty&#8217;s anti-cheat solution, and follows previously revealed anti-cheat techniques Cloaking and Damage Shield.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDamage Shield, Richochet&#8217;s first major mitigation technique, essentially works by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-warzone-cheaters-will-have-to-face-god-mode-opponents-in-this-latest-anti-cheat-initiative\">turning on God Mode<\/a> for all legitimate players when a cheater is detected in-match. Cloaking, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-preventing-cheaters-from-seeing-opponents-in-game\">makes it impossible<\/a> for detected cheaters to see opponents and bullets, or even hear sounds.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-dutys-anti-cheat-system-is-now-taking-cheaters-weapons-away\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its ongoing war against cheaters, the team behind Call of Duty&#8217;s server-side and kernel-level anti-cheat solution, known as Ricochet, has unveiled a new mitigation technique that takes a player&#8217;s weapons (and fists) away when the system identifies them as a cheater. Word of this latest mitigation technique comes via a new blog update detailing the current state of Call of Duty&#8217;s anti-cheat solution, and follows previously revealed anti-cheat techniques Cloaking and Damage Shield. Damage Shield, Richochet&#8217;s first major mitigation technique, essentially works by turning on God Mode for all legitimate players when a cheater is detected in-match. Cloaking, meanwhile, makes it impossible for detected cheaters to see opponents and bullets, or even hear sounds. 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