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# Arcane

Setup guide for Arcane on Apex Legends.

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**Single PC** · No DMA hardware needed · Menu key `HOME` or `INSERT`
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**Restart your PC before you run Arcane.** This is mandatory, not a suggestion. Do not use Arcane on your main account.
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### Before you start

Arcane will refuse to load until all of this is done:

* Uninstall any third-party antivirus, and turn off **Windows Defender** and **SmartScreen**
* Uninstall **FACEIT** and **Riot Vanguard**. Disabling them is not enough
* Disable **Intel Rapid Storage Technology** in your BIOS
* Enable virtualisation in your BIOS (**Intel VT-X**, or **AMD-V** / **SVM Mode**), and disable **Hyper-V** inside Windows. These sound like the same setting and are opposites
* Restart your PC
* Have the **Visual C++ redistributable** installed. Most people already do

The [Support Tool](/getting-started/support-tool.md) handles the antivirus, Defender and SmartScreen side in one click.

### Set up your overlay

Arcane draws its menu through an overlay, so one has to be running before you start. Pick **one** of these. Do not run both.

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1. Install [Discord](https://discord.com/download) and sign in, or create an account
2. In **Settings > Game Overlay**, turn **Enable Overlay** on and **Enable Legacy Overlay** off
3. In **Settings > Advanced**, turn **Hardware Acceleration** on
4. Check the overlay is not disabled for your specific game
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Use this only if you cannot use Discord.

1. Install [Medal](https://medal.tv/download) and sign in, or register
2. Open the settings and confirm the overlay is enabled. It is on by default
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### Setting up

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### Download the loader

Download the Arcane loader and put it in a folder of its own.

[Download Loader](https://e-arcane.cc/download/loader)

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If that page says the loader is temporarily unavailable, Arcane's own download is down. Grab it from a mirror instead: [MEGA](https://mega.nz/folder/SFEijIYB#ItpPdnVINK3H-rQXK6DJjw) or [Yandex Disk](https://disk.yandex.ru/d/68JncC0ROmFEzA).
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### Run it as administrator

Right-click the loader and select **Run as administrator**. It will update itself and close, so run it again once it does.
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### Enter your key

Type or paste your key and press **Enter**. The loader is a command prompt window, so paste with **right-click**, not Ctrl+V.

Your key is on your [purchases page](/getting-started/accessing-your-key.md).
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### Launch the game

The loader closes on its own once it has loaded. Start the game.
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### Wait for the menu

Do not switch to another window until the menu shows up. It appears on its own after one to two minutes.
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### Menu keys

| Key                | Action                  |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `HOME` or `INSERT` | Open and close the menu |
| `END`              | Unload Arcane           |

### If Arcane will not load

Run the [Support Tool](/getting-started/support-tool.md) first. It clears the usual causes in one click: antivirus, Windows Defender, SmartScreen, anti-cheats, Hyper-V and the Visual C++ runtimes. What is left is specific to Arcane.

| Error                                                                       | Fix                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Please enable Intel VT-X in the BIOS** or **Please enable AMD-V in BIOS** | Enable **Intel Virtualization Technology**, or **AMD-V** / **SVM Mode**, in your BIOS                                                              |
| **Please disable secure boot in the BIOS**                                  | Turn Secure Boot off in your BIOS                                                                                                                  |
| **Secure boot keys are incorrect**                                          | Enable Secure Boot and save. Run `Confirm-SecureBootUEFI` in PowerShell until it prints `True`, then reboot and turn Secure Boot back off          |
| **Unsupported firmware**                                                    | Convert the disk holding Windows to GPT with the built-in `mbr2gpt` tool                                                                           |
| **AES instruction set is not supported**                                    | Your CPU cannot run Arcane and it cannot be fixed. Contact us for a refund                                                                         |
| **Failed to map memory**                                                    | Arcane needs at least **12 GB of RAM**. If you have that, disable your startup programs and reboot                                                 |
| **Incorrect HWID**                                                          | Run `wmic diskdrive get Caption, SerialNumber` and `wmic baseboard get SerialNumber` as administrator. If either fails, Windows needs reinstalling |

**If the menu will not show, or will not click**

* Start Steam **without** administrator rights, and turn off any overlay other than the one Arcane uses
* Playing through the EA App? Disable its overlay in the app settings
* Menu gone after a game update? Wait for Arcane to update, then verify your game files
* **AMD only:** if the loader complains about libraries, close every AMD process in Task Manager, replace the DLLs in `C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext` with the ones Arcane supplies, then restart AMD Software with the performance display enabled

An error mentioning your Windows sign-in PIN means you need to remove the PIN and password from your account. If that does not clear it, open a ticket rather than following Arcane's own fix for it, which deletes Windows system files.

### Other products for Apex Legends

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fecurity</strong></td><td>Single PC, no DMA hardware needed</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/fecurity.md">Fecurity</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>KernAim</strong></td><td>Single PC, no DMA hardware needed</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/kernaim.md">KernAim</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Klar</strong></td><td>Single PC, no DMA hardware needed</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/klar.md">Klar</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Direct DMA</strong></td><td>Requires a 2 PC DMA setup</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/direct-dma.md">Direct DMA</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Evo DMA</strong></td><td>Requires a 2 PC DMA setup</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/evo-dma.md">Evo DMA</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Sensory DMA</strong></td><td>Requires a 2 PC DMA setup</td><td><a href="/select-your-product/select-your-game/apex-legends/sensory-dma.md">Sensory DMA</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**Staying undetected is on you.** Most bans come from how someone plays rather than from detection. Read [Stay Undetected](/playstyle-guides/stay-undetected.md) before you jump into a match.
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### Having trouble?

Work through the [Pre-Setup Guide](/getting-started/pre-setup-guide.md) first, or let the [Support Tool](/getting-started/support-tool.md) scan your PC and fix any issues in one click. [Common Fixes](/troubleshooting/common-fixes.md) covers the problems we see most often. Still stuck? Open a ticket in our [Discord](https://discord.camunlocks.com).