Secure Boot is the bouncer at the door. It checks the cryptographic signature of everything that tries to load. If the signature doesn't match Microsoft’s or your motherboard manufacturer’s key? Denied.

However, Valorant's anti-cheat system, Vanguard, had issues with Secure Boot. Vanguard needed to have low-level access to the system to detect and prevent cheating, but Secure Boot prevented it from doing so.

To enable Secure Boot for Valorant, follow these steps:

To change these settings, you must reboot into your motherboard's firmware menu:

To play Valorant now, you must have two specific Windows features turned on: