Valorant VAN -81 Error Solution

"VALORANT has encountered a connection error. Please rerun the client to connect." error restricts the access of many users to the game.

What is Valorant VAN -81 Error?

The "Error Code: VAN -81" error encountered in the Valorant game consists of many problems and prevents the user from accessing the game. These are generally listed as follows; Various problems in the internet connection, the vgc service being disabled in the background, the antivirus program's blocking the vgc service may cause such problems. For this, we will try to solve the problem by telling you a few suggestions.

How To Fix Valorant VAN -81 Error?

We have provided you with guidance on how to solve the encountered VAN -81 error. If you are facing such a problem, but you do not know exactly how to solve the Valorant VAN-81 connection error, you can find the solution to the problem by performing the following steps.

1-) Restart the computer

Restarting the computer classically can fix many errors cleanly. If the Riot Client is restarted, that is, the computer is restarted, we can find the solution to this error. For this, restart our computer, run Valorant as an administrator and try to enter the game.

2-) Allow Firewall

The firewall might be blocking the Valorant game. In order to prevent this, we will need to allow a few valorant applications from the Windows Defender Firewall.

• Type "Windows Defender Firewall" on the start search screen and open it.

• Click on the Allow an application or feature to bypass the Windows Defender Firewall option on the left side of the screen that opens.

• Click on the Change Settings button in the menu that opens.

• After clicking the button, the Allow another application button below will be active. Let's click this button.

• Let's open the file location listed below by pressing the "Browse" button on the screen that opens.

• Then, let's make our selection by accessing the file location I left on the side. C:\Riot Games\VALORANT\live\VALORANT.exe

• Then we add the following folders by applying the same way.
• C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe
• C:\Riot Games\Riot Client\RiotClientServices.exe

• After performing these operations, we restart our computer by pressing the OK button. Then you can run Valorant Launcher .

3-) Check Your Internet Connection

You may be encountering such an error because your internet is slow and your computer is not able to send the required information to the Riot Client completely. For this, check your internet connection.

4-) Check Vgc Service

You may be encountering such errors due to the vgc service. For this, we can reach the solution of the problem by checking the Vgc service.

• If you have performed the above operation but are getting the same error, let's access the "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard" file. (The file access of your Fix game must also be in the C:\ folder.)
• Let's open the uninstall.exe program and perform the deletion process. (Let's say yes to the warning that appears.)
• Let's run our VALORANT game on our desktop.
• Launcher will scan for missing files and reload and reinstall vgc in services status.
• After the scanning process is ready, we type Services in the start search bar and open it.

• In the Services window that opens, we find the vgc service and double-click it.
• We will need to start the service status by changing the startup type to Automatic on the screen that appears.

• After performing this operation, the service status will show as Running.

After this process, you can restart your computer and log in to the game.