War Thunder keeps fighting the good fight against cheaters and griefers. The August 2025 Fair Play report reveals a hefty number of banned accounts caught using bots, cheat software, or just plain ruining the game for others. Here’s the rundown on what went down and some advice on keeping your account safe.
Every month, Gaijin shares how their BattlEye anti-cheat system is catching rule-breakers, with player reports playing a significant role too. If you want to understand how this anti-cheat stuff works or wish to report someone, check out their Wiki page. They’re serious about cleaning up the game.
Banned accounts
Since the last update, Gaijin has banned 3,647 accounts for breaking section 3.2.3 of the EULA. What’s that? It’s mostly about automating gameplay with bots or cheat software. For those who want to dig deeper, there’s a full list of banned players available for two weeks after this post.
On top of that, 319 accounts got banned for at least a week for teamkilling, ramming, and general griefing. Yeah, some folks just can’t play nice.
Recommendations
Here’s some solid advice from Gaijin to keep your account locked down: set a strong password and turn on two-step authentication. You can do this in your profile security settings. Options include email, SMS, TOTP (like Google Authenticator), and a Telegram bot. If SMS 2FA messages don’t reach you, try the Telegram bot instead. Also, enable 2FA on the email linked to your Gaijin account — that’s an extra shield against fraudsters.
