[GUIDE] How to bot safely and easily without the risk of getting caught! [GUIDE]

*For some reason I don't have permission to post in the Guides section, it'd be great if someone could move this there*

This is my first thread created on this forum and it's basicly a simple guide on how to get started with botting safely and most likely without getting caught enjoy!

1. Make sure that your bot is working correctly.
I can't explain how awkward it is having your bot get stuck somewhere cause of an error, whether you made it yourself or the bot. When I was new to botting I often experienced that my character sometimes just standing in front of people jumping up and down for 3-5 minutes, getting stuck and doing the same thing etc, until I found out that it was a coding error. Stuff like this can be CRITICAL, many people know about the "botting plague" and your character will most likely fall directly under the report radar.

ALWAYS make sure that your bot works correctly, test it, monitor it. Don't come and cry over your account cause you couldn't bother to check it for just a minute. Would you prefer checking your bot a few minutes at first and then a few minutes every hour, or risk a permanent ban?

2. Avoid macros during your botting time.
Using a macro to send automated responses is one of the most stupid things you can ever do while you're botting. First of all, any player with knowledge about bots (there are actually quite many of them, it's just the ignorant 12 year olds that won't notice) will get suspicious about how you managed to respond to them so fast. Second, it is possible that your bot bugs and sends multiple responses, whether it's to the same player, other players or in the wrong chat (I saw some kid spamming automated responses in the /y, clever people really).

Macros saying stuff like "Hi" when you enter a dungeon, Battleground etc are also very risky. Should you get caught in any way during botting, Blizzard can use stuff like this as evidence, making it more likely that you'll get banned.

On the other hand, just have your character shut up while you play and you shouldn't have to worry about anything major.

3. Make sure your character doesn't fall under the radar.
This is one of the most important steps you must take if you want to bot safely.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, whether it's your closest friend or some random dude, talk about botting in-game. Blizzard, whether you believe it or not, acually has sensors which will detect words such as "bot", "botting", "Honorbuddy" etc. These words will be sent directly to some clerk over at Blizzard and you will most likely get hit by the banhammer. This is actually the most normal way to get caught botting, and the sad thing is that many people fall for it.

Avoid having your character say something at all while botting, Occasionally, when you check the bot, whisper one of your friends and chat for a few minutes. When you're switching on the bot again, just type "brb" or something. It's not like they will suspect that you are a bot, and even more unlikely that they will report you (That sure gave a new meaning to being a fake/false friend, lol).

4. Avoid repeating patterns.
Varie (spelling?) your botting. This will drastically reduce the chance that you'll be caught. Bear in mind that this is one of the main things that Blizzard checks when they're going to decide if a account they're investigating is guilty of botting or not.

For an example, it isn't really clever to have your character always /lol everytime the bot logs on, assuming you're using programs like ARelog. Going deeper into this, if you're using a program that automatically logs into your character and starts the bot, change it so that it waits 3 seconds at the log in screen instead of instantly logging in with it's extremely fast typing. This will make it seem more realistic, and it's really good aswell if you change the time it takes to log in each time the bot logs on.

I had a friend which had a macro that always did /shrug when anything, whether a player or a NPC, targeted him. He got banned obviously, and even though he was (and still is) a good friend, I must say he deserved it. >_>

5. Be completely cut off from the rest of the world.
Display as offline for your Real-ID friends. Make a status update like "Quite busy at the moment, please don't message me" or something along that line. Ignore any friends that you do not have on the Real-ID (except if they are good friends, maybe you know them IRL?) There will most likely not be a chance that they will ever find out that you're botting anyway, but just in-case. Keep real friends close, and fake friends away.

This is one of the main mistakes that can get you banned. Be careful with who you chose (It sounds dramatic, I know, but isn't it true?).

6. Do not bot Battlegrounds during the day.
Don't be a jerk. Show some respect. It's in the daytime when most "legal" people play, enjoying themselves. Think about how frustrating it is to face a bot during a daytime Battleground, when most assume that they only show up during night (which is true, to some extent).

Use your daytime to Battleground in control of your own character, and report any Battleground bots you find (this will REALLY minimize the chance you'll be caught, trust me). If you're not into Battlegrounds, do something else that you enjoy. Or just bot other things

Only bot Battlegrounds during night.
The risk is minimal that you'll get caught, and you'll most likely be playing with other bots aswell. Think about how reliefing it is to finally be fully geared when you wake up and don't having to worry about getting one-shotted by a Night Elf/Draenei male

Blizzard often does a "night strike" during nights (yes they do actually have people up during the night which monitor servers etc). A night strike basicly means that a hidden GM goes around and investigates characters that they suspect botting, such as Gatherbuddy. People like these are experts at detecting bots and not even the most advanced bot is a problem for them. It is VERY likely to get caught on high-population realms if you bot over night, but it depends. Wouldn't you think it'd be a bit odd if you saw someone running around at 4 in the morning gathering herbs?

Spend the time you save thanks to botting valuably.
This is just something I'd like to add. While your bot is on - enjoy yourself! Hang out with friends, family, do some exercise, improve your grades - basicly anything useful. Remember that WoW is a resort from the ordinary world, so don't make it a part of your life !

I hope you found the guide useful, I turned 15 just 4 days ago so maybe not the most well-written guide, it should still come handy to some people, hopefully.

 

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Please leave feedback aswell, greatly appreciated!

 

i'm not sure about point 5
it's weird when you are jsut farming gold and they pm you and they see that you are DND

I found an really old video on YT he shows you how to get bannend and it's 100% true
so you can see there what you 100% not need to do
you can find the link below
It an good guide but for the next time try to make it look better and more profession
How to get caught Gliding! - World of Warcraft Bot - YouTube

 

Yeah, I was thinking about if one of your friends on the friends list would get suspicious you could be reported (not so high chance though) so just to absolutely reduce the chance you'll get caught. Some people are very trigger-happy about the report function.

Thanks by the way.

 

I have said to all me friends in my list that they net to call me because I want see the /w

 

That's also a good way. Either way you need to make sure you can trust them, it's not worth of taking the risk to get banned just cause one of your fake friends reported you. Good luck

 

I don't have allot of friends that play wow just 2 and 1know that I bot
and being banned is still bad luck