How to Fix Valorant Secure Boot and TPM 2.0/VAN9001 error code

Despite being one of the most popular competitive FPS games in the world, installing and playing Valorant for the first time is not as simple as you’d hope, with many players being hit with error code VAN9001 and a message mentioning Secure Boot and/or TPM 2.0.

If you’ve been unfortunate enough to come a cropper with this error, don’t worry. We’re going to show you how to fix it and explain what it is.

Unfortunately, this will require some adjustments in your PC’s BIOS, so be careful, as there are settings that can cause issues if changed incorrectly.

It’s worth mentioning that depending on your motherboard, this process might not be exactly the same, as each motherboard manufacturer will configure their BIOS setup screens differently. However, the broad strokes are the same. With that in mind, follow these instructions to get Valorant working properly.

• Restart your PC.
• During the first boot screen, press F2 or Delete to enter your BIOS.
• You may need to exit “EZ Mode” on some motherboards. Generally, the relevant settings will be located under a tab labeled “Advanced”, “Security”, or “Trusted Computing.” The setting itself can also be labeled a number of different things, such as “Security Device”, “Security Device Support”, “TPM State”, “AMD fTPM switch”, “AMD PSP fTPM”, “Intel PTT”, or “Intel Platform Trust Technology.”
• It’s possible that an Intel system has an AMD fTPM chip and vice versa.
• Once you’ve changed your setting, press F10 to save your changes and reboot your computer.

Valorant should no longer throw an error on startup now, as the Vanguard anti-cheat system now has what it needs to operate properly.

For a more visual reference, here’s how we enabled TPM on one of our PCs. The following steps were performed on a GIGABYTE X670E AORUS Master Motherboard.

Our BIOS opened up in “EZ Mode,” so we had to press F2 to change it to “Advanced Mode.”

1. Once there, we clicked on the “Settings” tab to access TPM settings.

2. In the “Settings” tab, we scrolled down to “Miscellaneous” and hit enter.

3. Here, we had to enable two different settings. The first of which was the “Trusted Platform Module” selector, which we changed to “Auto”

4. Then, we entered the “Trusted Computing” tab, right below the TPM selector.

5. Finally, we enabled “Security Device Support” and pressed F10 to save and exit.

6. Once the computer booted back up into Windows, we ran tpm.msc to verify that our changes were successful:

Some additional details about TPM 2.0, Safe Boot, and the VAN9001/VAN9003 error code can be found directly from Riot and Windows themselves.

TPM stands for Trusted Platform Chip, and it allows for programs and applications to be "trusted" by windows to a higher extent. It might not be enabled for your motherboard out of the box. Normally this doesn't cause issues, but when it comes to Riot Vanguard, it does.

If you PC has a motherboard that's relatively modern, you probably do. Here's how to check:

1. Open the start menu by clicking on the icon or pressing the Windows key.
2. Type tpm.msc into the search bar and press enter.

One of two things will happen now: You’ll either see an error message stating that “Compatible TPM could not be found” or a TPM Control panel will open up. If the latter is true for you, make sure of the following:

• The “Status” box reads “The TPM is ready for use”
• The Specification Version reads 2.0