VAN 68Vanguard lost its connection while the game was running
Vanguard lost the session it needs while your game was starting or playing.
Try these in order
- Restart your PC. This gives Vanguard a fresh start.
- Check that your Windows date, time and time zone are correct. A wrong clock can break secure connections.
- Set the Vanguard service to start automatically: press Win+R, run services.msc, open vgc, set Startup type to Automatic and click Start.
- Uninstall Riot Vanguard from Windows Apps, restart your PC, then launch your game so Vanguard installs again.
- Do a clean boot to find out whether a background app or service is getting in Vanguard’s way.
- Reinstall the game to replace any damaged or missing game files.
- If you have a Killer network card, turn off the Killer Network Service.
- Work through Riot’s PC connection troubleshooting guide.
- Test in the Practice Tool or a custom game, so a repeat of the error doesn’t cost you a ranked match.
Still broken? Restart your PC once more, then contact Riot Support with your logs.
Based on Riot’s official guide.
More vanguard errors
- VAN 1067Vanguard ran into a problem while startingVanguard hit an unexpected issue while starting or checking in with Windows.
- VAN 128Vanguard couldn’t finish its startup checksWindows security or debugging settings are stopping Vanguard from verifying your PC.
- VAN 185Vanguard, Riot Client and the game lost their sessionA session or connection problem between the game, Riot Client and Vanguard.
- VAN 84Vanguard couldn’t confirm your PC is readyVanguard couldn’t verify your PC or hit a problem while starting up.
- VAN 135Vanguard couldn’t initialize on your PCVanguard couldn’t verify that your PC is ready or failed while starting.