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A Call of Duty: Warzone player has demonstrated why the “silent aim” hack could make cheating much harder to detect in a now deleted TikTok video. Cheating is a rampant and long-running issue in Warzone, with developer Raven Software and publisher Activision banning cheaters by the thousands to seemingly no avail. From aim assist to a “god mode” Warzone cheat, hackers have made the game an unpleasant experience for many while some resorted to hacking in Warzone themselves to keep up.
In spite of the ongoing issue, Raven Software still continues to release substantial new content for the game. Season 5 of Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War was recently launched and brought a slew of new content to both titles. While the new update does deal with quite a number of bugs that players have been experiencing, it doesn’t directly mention any updates on the studio’s plans to deal with the game’s rampant cheating and hacking. However, recent rumors surrounding the 2021 entry in the series claim a new Call of Duty: Vanguard anti-cheat will also come to Warzone once the two games integrate.
Call of Duty: Warzone TikTok content creator rushman360 recently posted a video showcasing the difference between a typical aimbot hack and the silent aim variant. In the video, rushman360 explains and shows a regular aimbot almost instantly moves the player’s crosshairs onto a target’s head (often referred to as snapping), which makes it obvious to viewers as well as Warzone servers. On the other hand, silent aim doesn’t require the crosshair to actually snap to a target, instead using a bullet magnetism-like effect that hits enemy players regardless of where the hacking player aims. This makes silent aim much harder to detect, as the cheater simply needs to act like they’re actually attempting to hit their target to conceal the hack.
Opinions on videos such as these can obviously be divisive as many believe that demonstrating or streaming Warzone hacks, regardless of the intent, ostensibly promotes their usage. There are also those who think exposing how hacks work will help players spot and report them, however. Unsurprisingly, rushmans360’s video has since been deleted from TikTok, but a Reddit user under the moniker 420brain01 reposted it on the CODWarzone subreddit. It was eventually removed from there, as well, but can still be viewed on the user’s account.
Regardless of the intent or the potential effects of rushman360’s video, seeing how these cheats work is definitely eye-opening. It’s understandable how hacks like these easily ruin the game for a lot of people. It’s unclear if Raven Software and Activision are aware of silent aim in addition to regular aimbot hacks, but it seems the trickier version of the cheat could prove more difficult to spot and verify on a user report basis.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
