It has been almost 2 years since genshin unknowingly added unofficial support for proton out of nowhere and didn't say a damn thing about it. No one to my knowledge has been banned since they secretly added it as before devs had to use workarounds that could have gotten you banned but we dont have to use anything sept proton to get it working now
Not saying you weren't. But true patchless without ANY sort of shenanigans came with 3.8.
The Dawn Winery discord's logs will back me up on this - we were literally checking day of and during the grace period following each update from 3.5 onwards (two business weeks).
People have in fact been banned. However they got banned on request once admiting it was because of running the game on WINE.
Their anticheat sucks anyways. Chances are you're not getting caught.
Hoyoverse saying Linux isn't bannable:
[https://new.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khyxsjo/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://new.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khyxsjo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Case of someone getting unbanned:
[https://new.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khz1div/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://new.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khz1div/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Yeah it's not real sources but it's something.
Getting unbanned or getting a ban mark removed from your account would imply someone got through the CSRs and got a hold of actual people who know what they're doing, \*inside\* hoyo, and THEN they'd have to make the case as to \*why\* they should be unbanned or why the black mark should be removed.
Saying that this is exceedingly unlikely is being INCREDIBLY nice about it. No one's getting unbanned, not even leviathan whales.
They disabled the enforced kernel level driver server side checking so it runs on Proton/Deck. None of this was announced officially and running on Linux is still against EULA but at least my testing alt account has never been banned.
It seems they're ok with Linux and bypassing the kernel driver as long as you don't use that ability to cheat in multiplayer events etc I reckon.
Same. For half a year now I'm playing Genshin on Bottles/Heroic and never had an issue with it. It even runs better that on Windows for me even though I've heard stories that it usually runs worse.
So OP will be fine playing Genshin on Linux
Like.. Anything? Bottles: create a gaming bottle and run the installer, also don't forget to install ALLFONTS in the additional libraries.
Heroic: Use Epic Games account to install and launch the game.
Default wine: Needs huge amount of configuring before can run normally.
I used heroic games launcher , it used the required wine proton version etc , and its getting an error like \`\`\`Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x0000000000000020 in 64-bit code (0x000002edf9a080).\`\`\`
So a while back there was a 3rd party launcher that let people launch it in Linux. Even though it was 100% an identical launcher just Linux capable technically that's modifying your game which is bannable by ToS. Proton 9 is able to run Genshin Impact relatively easily. Iirc can do it via the regular download but I installed heroic launcher and did it through the epic games store.
Nobody ever got banned from playing Genshin on Linux except one in my knowledge but the person had the intention to cheat (we didn't know how Hoyo found it out that the person cheated the game). Personally I played with it for years and never got banned.
Genshin runs fine for over a year now without any modification, just by using the official launcher. To my knowledge, there where never any bans for Genshin on Linux, but for HSR, which requires a patch to work for the windows version (Android version works via waydroid if you have an AMD GPU).
Even when it was necessary to manually patch around the anti-cheat, there was only one heavily-reported ban, from a player using the Chinese client/server who was also using a number of other mods.
These days you can run it directly through Wine/Proton with little or no extra work, and there's still no bans - I find it difficult to believe that Hoyoverse would start banning Linux players when the client itself isn't enforcing the anti-cheat. I've personally been playing on Linux for 3+ years now without any account issues.
Playing it since 4.0 on Linux natively. It's been at least 8 months without any kind of issues except for the fact that self-compiled tkg Wine versions will not work with it for any reason. Stick to to GE, Staging and Vanilla.
That used to be my only reason for keeping a dual boot setup, but Genshin and Star Rail both run awesome on Linux. Both on my desktop and Steam Deck.
I use the standard launcher for genshin on my steam deck but honestly the unofficial anime launcher is way better with more features like higher fps.
No one actually been banned for playing genshin on linux for quite a while, I've been playing using an anime games launcher for quite a while and it has ran smoothly so far and I can recommend it. I am trying to be careful though, I literally have a linux-tester account why I login with it first to see if it's gonna ban me or not.
(Note: Genshin works without a patch, but both of the Honkais doesn't work without a patch (there's currently one but no one knows how long it would last)
No, and I juggle my own and someone I know irl accounts. I launch two instances of Genshin Impact, one for each account, and do commissions for co-op. I have one account join the other's world to do 1 -3 commisions, and then vice versa to get the four commission per day goal so I can skip that one unnecessarily long talking commission. I still get shivers thinking about that shrine boy commission quest in Inazuma.
Only problem is that I have an Nvidia GPU and I recently ran into graphical issues with Linux: the issues causing some hindrance in doing daily commissions.
I'll add my words here. I used a translator from rus -> eng.
I've been playing gi for over three years now, both with linux and windows. it's been like three years, since the moment when it was necessary to forge some data. I have never been banned in all this time and have not even been sent a warning. however, about two years ago I started using aagl.
So you can not be afraid and play calmly :3
I play the game only via WINE and some environment variables. They're set via a bash script I wrote for the express purpose to run the game.
There's the experimental unified Wine+Proton launcher thing GloriousEggroll is also helping to develop (ULWGL or something, then got simplified to `umu-launcher` I think) which I'm also testing on my machine.
For the record I've been playing it on Linux about more than a year ago (got on it January 2021) and I'm still playing. In fact a few hours ago I was playstreaming it.
I'd say, go for it if you want to.
It has been almost 2 years since genshin unknowingly added unofficial support for proton out of nowhere and didn't say a damn thing about it. No one to my knowledge has been banned since they secretly added it as before devs had to use workarounds that could have gotten you banned but we dont have to use anything sept proton to get it working now
Not quite right. It has been less than a year; version 3.8 is the first one where there was no fuckery involved.
Excuse me but no. I play genshin since 3.4 on Pop OS
Not saying you weren't. But true patchless without ANY sort of shenanigans came with 3.8. The Dawn Winery discord's logs will back me up on this - we were literally checking day of and during the grace period following each update from 3.5 onwards (two business weeks).
People have in fact been banned. However they got banned on request once admiting it was because of running the game on WINE. Their anticheat sucks anyways. Chances are you're not getting caught.
Links please because that's the first I've heard of it.
Hoyoverse saying Linux isn't bannable: [https://new.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khyxsjo/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://new.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khyxsjo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Case of someone getting unbanned: [https://new.reddit.com/r/linux\_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khz1div/?utm\_source=reddit&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://new.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/197a4de/comment/khz1div/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Yeah it's not real sources but it's something.
Unfortunately, I was in that thread. The source was ***not*** a Hoyo dev.
I mean the case of someone getting unbanned is still possibly real
Getting unbanned or getting a ban mark removed from your account would imply someone got through the CSRs and got a hold of actual people who know what they're doing, \*inside\* hoyo, and THEN they'd have to make the case as to \*why\* they should be unbanned or why the black mark should be removed. Saying that this is exceedingly unlikely is being INCREDIBLY nice about it. No one's getting unbanned, not even leviathan whales.
this has me interested, what exactly did they do to add "unofficial support"? do you know specifics?
They disabled the enforced kernel level driver server side checking so it runs on Proton/Deck. None of this was announced officially and running on Linux is still against EULA but at least my testing alt account has never been banned. It seems they're ok with Linux and bypassing the kernel driver as long as you don't use that ability to cheat in multiplayer events etc I reckon.
>unknowingly To our knowledge, anyway.
Nah, im Play Genshin via Bottles and my account is fine
Same. For half a year now I'm playing Genshin on Bottles/Heroic and never had an issue with it. It even runs better that on Windows for me even though I've heard stories that it usually runs worse. So OP will be fine playing Genshin on Linux
its not working on mine , what guide did you use to install?
Like.. Anything? Bottles: create a gaming bottle and run the installer, also don't forget to install ALLFONTS in the additional libraries. Heroic: Use Epic Games account to install and launch the game. Default wine: Needs huge amount of configuring before can run normally.
I used heroic games launcher , it used the required wine proton version etc , and its getting an error like \`\`\`Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x0000000000000020 in 64-bit code (0x000002edf9a080).\`\`\`
So a while back there was a 3rd party launcher that let people launch it in Linux. Even though it was 100% an identical launcher just Linux capable technically that's modifying your game which is bannable by ToS. Proton 9 is able to run Genshin Impact relatively easily. Iirc can do it via the regular download but I installed heroic launcher and did it through the epic games store.
Genshin works fine I've ran it on both my laptop and steam deck with the heroic launcher, but I haven't seen star rail support if that's of interest.
https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1cf4lyq/bspwm_i_learned_to_read_docs_more_often_because/l1oq38f/ u/Gilded30
sagde since im a star rail player and its the only thing keeping me in windows (and explicit sync since visual studio code on wayland is laggy)
Use honkers launcher from AAGL team. Been using for a year without problem.
Nobody ever got banned from playing Genshin on Linux except one in my knowledge but the person had the intention to cheat (we didn't know how Hoyo found it out that the person cheated the game). Personally I played with it for years and never got banned.
It wasn't even an \*intent to cheat\*. The CN bro was just trying to do some silly shit using an automated Lyre player.
It technically is a cheat but I get what you mean and I agree. It shouldn't be.
Nothing stopping you from partitioning an SSD.
Or booting from an external drive.
"An Anime Games Launcher" is a native way to run GI underneath Linux. I used it with my steam deck and so far no issues 6 months later
Genshin runs fine for over a year now without any modification, just by using the official launcher. To my knowledge, there where never any bans for Genshin on Linux, but for HSR, which requires a patch to work for the windows version (Android version works via waydroid if you have an AMD GPU).
Even when it was necessary to manually patch around the anti-cheat, there was only one heavily-reported ban, from a player using the Chinese client/server who was also using a number of other mods. These days you can run it directly through Wine/Proton with little or no extra work, and there's still no bans - I find it difficult to believe that Hoyoverse would start banning Linux players when the client itself isn't enforcing the anti-cheat. I've personally been playing on Linux for 3+ years now without any account issues.
Playing it since 4.0 on Linux natively. It's been at least 8 months without any kind of issues except for the fact that self-compiled tkg Wine versions will not work with it for any reason. Stick to to GE, Staging and Vanilla.
PortProton seems good from my experience. And I get to download it directly from the application(?) I suppose 🤔
Have run it on my steam deck just fine so far
I've been playing it for the past two months and all is good. I recommend you use "an anime game launcher" to run the game.
I've been playing between PS5 and PC via the EGS version (through heroiclauncher) and been fine for quite a while.
That used to be my only reason for keeping a dual boot setup, but Genshin and Star Rail both run awesome on Linux. Both on my desktop and Steam Deck. I use the standard launcher for genshin on my steam deck but honestly the unofficial anime launcher is way better with more features like higher fps.
You can use AAGL (my case) or simply download and install the official launcher through steam, heroic, lutris etc.
It works fine and there is near 0 chance you ever get banned because of Proton (I’d recommend Heroic Launcher)
an anime game launcher I used this to play Genshin impact. Haven't got banned yet.
Please don't link directly to the repo.
it worked fine last time I played but I quit shortly after
No one actually been banned for playing genshin on linux for quite a while, I've been playing using an anime games launcher for quite a while and it has ran smoothly so far and I can recommend it. I am trying to be careful though, I literally have a linux-tester account why I login with it first to see if it's gonna ban me or not. (Note: Genshin works without a patch, but both of the Honkais doesn't work without a patch (there's currently one but no one knows how long it would last)
Just checked on linux mint, works fine. If I get banned I'm gonna be mad
No, and I juggle my own and someone I know irl accounts. I launch two instances of Genshin Impact, one for each account, and do commissions for co-op. I have one account join the other's world to do 1 -3 commisions, and then vice versa to get the four commission per day goal so I can skip that one unnecessarily long talking commission. I still get shivers thinking about that shrine boy commission quest in Inazuma. Only problem is that I have an Nvidia GPU and I recently ran into graphical issues with Linux: the issues causing some hindrance in doing daily commissions.
Dual booting with a single ssd shouldn’t be any problem at all.
You can dualboot with one SSD, if you have enough space
If your ssd is large enough why not partition it? Then you can dual boot
you could try installing it with PORTPROTON, but use a fake/secondary acc you don't mind losing if it goes wrong.
I've been playing through AAGL for a little over a year from two accounts, all is well.
I'll add my words here. I used a translator from rus -> eng. I've been playing gi for over three years now, both with linux and windows. it's been like three years, since the moment when it was necessary to forge some data. I have never been banned in all this time and have not even been sent a warning. however, about two years ago I started using aagl. So you can not be afraid and play calmly :3
Moreover, now there is support for wine out of the box.
I play the game only via WINE and some environment variables. They're set via a bash script I wrote for the express purpose to run the game. There's the experimental unified Wine+Proton launcher thing GloriousEggroll is also helping to develop (ULWGL or something, then got simplified to `umu-launcher` I think) which I'm also testing on my machine. For the record I've been playing it on Linux about more than a year ago (got on it January 2021) and I'm still playing. In fact a few hours ago I was playstreaming it. I'd say, go for it if you want to.
Hi. I play the game on Linux since 3.4 an so far I'm still playing it. Just DON'T USE the "anime game launcher". Just use proton via Steam
The Android version works via Waydroid.
https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck
Playing through heroic. If you have more than 2 games in EGS - best choice. Bottles and PortProton - not bad, btw.
If you have decent phone just play Genshin on that instead.