Valorant Error Code Van 185 | How To Fix

Seeing Valorant Error Code VAN 185 when trying to launch the game? This error typically means that Riot Vanguard (the anti-cheat engine) crashed or failed to load during startup.

🛠️ Don’t worry — this video shows you step-by-step how to fix VAN 185 quickly and safely.

🔧 In this video, you’ll learn how to:
Restart the Vanguard anti-cheat service

Reinstall Riot Vanguard the clean way

Fix startup conflicts that cause Vanguard crashes

Run Valorant & Riot Client as Administrator

Prevent future VAN 185 errors

✅ Works for Windows 11 & Windows 10
✅ No need to reinstall Valorant itself!

📌 What causes VAN 185?
This usually happens when Vanguard is corrupted, outdated, or blocked by another program or Windows update.

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[lovelypet]

i do this all thing but nothing change :<

[usrr]

I did this and more and it didn't solve anything, I realized that like 3 minutes into the game the disk goes to 100 percent and what causes it is the vanguard vgc service, and after that the game stays open for 30m before the error appears, it goes 185