PoE 2 Cheats: What Actually Gets You Banned and Which QoL Tweaks Are Safe

Updated: July 2026

What players call "cheats" in PoE 2

"Cheats" covers wildly different things — from bots that farm for you to simple comfort tweaks. Lumping them together is a mistake, because their risk is completely different. Here's where the real line is, the one past which a ban starts.

What GGG actually bans

GGG punishes a specific category of tools, not "any third-party software":

• Reading and writing process memory — ESP, auto-target, memory-based highlighting.
• Gameplay automation — bots, auto-pickup, auto-flasks, macros that play for you.
• Client injection — interfering with the running game process.

That's what gets detected and leads to a ban. Classic "cheats" fall entirely into this bucket — which is why they're a direct route to losing your account.

A different risk class: offline file edits

There's a category of tweaks built differently. It never touches the running process: edits are made to local client files with the game closed, with no memory reads and no automation. GGG's rules formally forbid any client modification — that's the honest caveat. But by known practice, enforcement has historically hit bots and memory tools, not offline cosmetics. That's an observation, not a guarantee, and the call is always yours.

What you can improve without cheats

Most of what people reach for cheats to get is covered by plain comfort — no memory, bots, or injection:

• Mod readability — dangerous map mods in red, valuable rolls in gold. Guide: mod coloring.
• FPS and a clean screen — remove delirium fog, rain, particles. Guide: FPS and effects.
• Loot filter — so valuable drops aren't lost on the ground. Guide: PoE 2 loot filter.

All of this Prism does by editing local files offline, with a full backup and one-click revert — without the things that actually get you banned. More on safety in the FAQ.