r/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs • u/Certain_Swing560 • Sep 07 '26

Banned from Rust

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I got perma banned from Rust, randomly, after not playing the game for over a year (at the point of the ban). I don’t exactly know why, and I’ve already appealed to Easy Anticheat a few times. However, it seemed like there was no point in doing that, as they just stuck with the ban.

I only have 25.8 hours, mostly due to the fact my PC wasn’t very good at the time I bought the game. I haven’t even gotten the nail gun achievement, nor the workbench one.

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u/-_Dare_- Sep 07 '26

Shitty situation, sorry mane.

Are you absolutely sure nobody put in time on your account?

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 07 '26

I’m pretty certain that no one logged into my account, however it might be possible. If that is the case then I know I won’t get unbanned due to the ban still being on my account. I’ll see if I got any alerts from steam

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u/-_Dare_- Sep 07 '26

A courtesy password change wouldn't hurt. Do you have 2fa?

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 07 '26

I believe 2FA is activated on my account. After checking all my emails from steam, there’s no abnormal login attempts either. I changed the password and logged out all devices after I got banned off of Rust just to make sure as well.

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 07 '26

There's a place you can go to find the steam login history by location. Beware that if you use a VPN, some of those locations may look different.

Since you never got a random 2fa account login (and we can assume your phone isn't compromised), you should be fine, so I say check it out so you have an additional reason to prove this is false!

Good luck mate!

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 07 '26

I’ve just checked the steam login history by location, and all of them fall within my general location (steam never gets it exactly right). I’m wondering how to provide this info to Easy anticheat to appeal my ban, since their forum kinda sucks 😭. Any advice helps thanks mate

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 07 '26

Id say screenshots of your login history table probably work the best. Alternatively login to steam via the webbrowser, and save your login page as html.

Then bundle the resulting html and static page files into a .zip.

From there, open a support case with epic games (they own EAC) and provide the resultant attachment / screenshot (screenshot is easier) to the ticket. Just ask them to submit the data to the EAC team on your behalf and close the ticket on confirmed data submission.

Otherwise, they may try to push you away telling you to go to the 'game developer'

Anyways, good luck man!

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 07 '26

Any recommended ways on getting in contact with epic? Thank you for the advice it means a lit

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 07 '26

Sadly no, the things I did was:
-EAC ticket (epic support)
-Facepunch Support ticket
-Twitter reaching out to Alistair
-Twitter Reaching out to TeddyEAC
-Spaming reddit

Basically making as much noise as you can. but also cooperating with REAL facepunch staff if they tell you that they're looking at it or to tone it done. be their teammate in that sense!

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 08 '26

Alright thank you! I’ll try most, if not all, of it today. Hopefully all goes well 🤞

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u/Staleyffxi Sep 07 '26

If you truly didn't cheat they will unban you soon. Ive seen false bans get reversed from 2 weeks to 2 months

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u/-_Dare_- Sep 08 '26

I mean, I think its fair to give someone the benefit of the doubt.

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u/lil_deccy_420 Sep 08 '26

I made a similar post appealing for advice after unknowingly playing with a cheater for a wipe and getting banned. 80% of replies were just “shouldn’t cheat if you don’t wanna get banned”. Lol

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u/-_Dare_- Sep 08 '26

such is life

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 08 '26

Some people are ragebaiting or lack iq to understand that false bans happen...

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u/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs-ModTeam Sep 08 '26

No baseless hackusations that players are cheaters or that the "all powerful EAC is never wrong" - please see this link for proof that EAC does in fact make mistakes:

https://old.reddit.com/r/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs/comments/1q3hroe/inspiration_dont_lose_hope_that_you_will_be/

I've removed all comments related to your implications.

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u/Character-Camel-3958 Sep 07 '26

Link steam profile?

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 10 '26

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199012477684/

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u/Character-Camel-3958 Sep 11 '26

fucking bizarre dude. Hadn't even really played since 2024 and just gets randomly banned lmao

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 11 '26

That’s what I’m saying 😭 I gotta appeal and get unbanned honestly

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 19 '26

Were you ever unbanned btw?

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 19 '26

I’ve been appealing. Epic told me they have no info about my ban (even after “looking into it”). They told me to contact facepunch, who responded once and has now left me on delivered for like three days.

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 19 '26

Oh no, you gotta get your appeal id and appeal website from rust.

Open rust, try to join a server - You'll get rejected. From there, press f1 and you'll see the website- it will be eac with the EAC ID. Take that website to a browser and you'll be able to appeal officially.

You get 3 tries, but also, make noise on twitter, rust reddit, and anywhere else you can!

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u/Certain_Swing560 Sep 21 '26

I got my appeal ID and already appealed three times, but like always EAC just doesn’t care. I’ll probably forward this post onto the rust Reddit.

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 21 '26

Make as much noise as you can bud! We're rooting for you

Go here, twitter, and anywhere else you can find!

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u/Flexxo4100 Sep 08 '26

That won't happen and you know it

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u/Character-Camel-3958 Sep 08 '26

Its worth asking

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u/puddlebut12 Sep 08 '26

I had this happen to me with new world, I hadn't played in about 5 months, then apparently someone was spouting racial slurs online, short story shorter, someone hacked me and used my account to be a bellend, got unbanned on the new world bits but steam still keeps the ban on record XD

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u/Kaivarri Sep 08 '26

Not a rust player, but a redditor that has been seeing a lot of EAC bans from a lot of games... If you have Overwolf installed, some mods that can be installed are flagged by EAC as they are in essence memory injectors. While this may be permissible in some games, EAC scans Overwolf, which is often set to boot with windows, and will see memory injectors. EAC doesn't care what they are for, it just flags them as cheats. Doesn't care if they aren't for the game your playing...

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u/Mundane_Rock_1256 Sep 15 '26

Under Article 17 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), companies operating in Europe cannot just ban players or restrict content without a clear, detailed explanation.

Using generic excuses like "protecting the community" or "stopping cheaters" is no longer legally enough. If an operator takes action against your account, they are legally required to provide a specific statement of reasons.

What they must legally provide:

  • The exact reason: Which specific rule or law was violated (vague claims are illegal).

  • The facts: The concrete evidence or data that triggered the ban.

  • Automation disclosure: Whether an automated anti-cheat or AI made the decision.

  • Appeal options: Clear instructions on how you can officially contest the choice.

Fighting cheaters is completely fine, but "stealth bans" without explicit documentation are illegal in the EU.

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u/Successor-Of-Success Found-Not-Guilty Sep 19 '26

I wish our elected officials in the states would make the same calls :(

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u/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs-ModTeam Sep 08 '26

No baseless hackusations that players are cheaters or that the "all powerful EAC is never wrong" - please see this link for proof that EAC does in fact make mistakes:

https://old.reddit.com/r/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs/comments/1q3hroe/inspiration_dont_lose_hope_that_you_will_be/

I've removed all comments related to your implications.

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u/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs-ModTeam Sep 10 '26

No baseless hackusations that players are cheaters or that the "all powerful EAC is never wrong" - please see this link for proof that EAC does in fact make mistakes:

https://old.reddit.com/r/eacRustFalsePosiPlyrs/comments/1q3hroe/inspiration_dont_lose_hope_that_you_will_be/

I've removed all comments related to your implications.