Proxies for PUBG: the right type, setup, regions and bans

PUBG's publishers have written down most answers about proxies. The PUBG MOBILE End User License Agreement forbids using "IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence". The rule applies "whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on the Services or for any other purpose". KRAFTON's terms for Battlegrounds Mobile India carry the same rule. The terms of PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS never use the word proxy, and PUBG Support lists disabling VPN software among its connection fixes. KRAFTON's Rules of Conduct add a rule on addresses. When one player uses several accounts from one IP address for misconduct, every account tied to that address can be banned.

We read KRAFTON's PUBG terms and Rules of Conduct, 82 PUBG support articles, the PUBG MOBILE EULA and the BGMI terms on October 13, 2026, as text from our server. We also read India's 2020 press release on blocked apps and six pages by VPN, proxy and game booster sellers. Each rule below is quoted from its publisher, with the date of the version we read. This page shows no way to play any version of PUBG, a second account or someone else's account through a proxy.

What people search around PUBG

Keyword Planner puts "pubg proxy server" at 260 searches a month worldwide on October 13, 2026, up 41% on the three months before. "pubg mobile proxy server" adds 70, and "pubg proxy server apk" 40, up 170%. With the three smaller proxy phrases, the proxy searches come to 450 a month. The versions of the game draw far more: "pubg mobile india" has 12,100 searches a month, and the short name bgmi 450,000. In Search Console, this page's main query is "pubg proxy server", with 12 impressions and one click in 90 days. A search in Persian for a PUBG proxy added one more, and of the 13 impressions Search Console assigns to a country, 12 came from India. The publishers have a rule or a route behind each of these searches, and the table lists them.

Three games, three rulebooks

The name PUBG covers three products, and each has its own rules.

• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS runs on PC and consoles and comes from KRAFTON, Inc. of Seoul. Its Terms of Service took effect on January 7, 2026, and its Rules of Conduct hold the penalty table.
• PUBG MOBILE runs under an EULA with Proxima Beta Pte. Limited, and the game site's footer carries both KRAFTON's name and Proxima Beta's. That EULA, which the English site links as its User Agreement, was last updated on March 17, 2026.
• Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) comes from KRAFTON. Its terms carry the date June 30, 2023, its Rules of Conduct February 19, 2024.

The texts quoted on this page come from different years, and the timeline puts the main ones in order.

The PUBG proxy server question

The phrase describes a proxy or VPN in another country that PUBG traffic would run through. For PUBG MOBILE, the EULA settles it in its list of things a player agrees not to do. Item (s) bars any use of "IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence". It allows no exception, since the rule holds "for any other purpose" as well. The same EULA lets Proxima Beta limit the game "depending on the territory in which you are located". It warns that content or a whole game "may not be available (in whole or in part) where you are located". Players also confirm that they are not "operating from or located or resident in a country or territory that is the target of comprehensive sanctions".

Most of this page's search impressions come from India, and India is the clearest case. On September 2, 2020, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology blocked 118 apps under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. The list names "PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik" and "PUBG MOBILE LITE". KRAFTON publishes Battlegrounds Mobile India, and its terms hold a rule close to the PUBG MOBILE one. No player may "use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the location of your use or Device". The ban covers getting around geographical restrictions and any other purpose. Both rulebooks name IP proxying outright. Our page on proxies for BGMI goes through those terms and their penalty table in depth.

Searches for a "pubg proxy server apk" point at apps. The PUBG MOBILE site links its own APK download. Its EULA bars unauthorized third-party programs that "intercept, emulate, or redirect any communication between the Services and us". It also lists "tunneling, third party program add-ons, and any interference with online or network play" among the extras no player may use or offer.

Regions and servers

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS handles regions inside matchmaking. A PUBG Support article from 2018, last edited in 2020, names the regions AS, KR/JP, SEA, EU, NA, OC and SA. It announced more "ping restrictions" so that "people with similar pings are playing together". It also described a new step: "Players will be offered the chance to change regions if a match isn't found in a set time". For custom matches, the host can "Select the server region".

That article is old, and we found no newer one on choosing a server. Two seller pages disagree about the PC client. PureVPN writes "On PC, there’s no server selection at all", and LagoFast tells readers to "Click on the Server Selection Menu". PUBG's own article points to a region choice, and we leave the two sellers' claims as they stand.

For PUBG MOBILE, we found no publisher page on choosing or changing servers, because its help center answered our server with an error. PureVPN writes that PUBG MOBILE "allows you to switch servers manually, but only once every 60 days, and your rank resets in the new region". We could not check that against a Proxima Beta page. For UC from another country's store, the EULA has a rule on codes and keys. They "must be purchased (or otherwise obtained legally) through us or one of our authorized retailers to be valid". Its proxy clause covers any other purpose too.

Accounts: sharing, selling and several accounts

KRAFTON's Rules of Conduct cover accounts in several items. A player "may not attempt or gain access to another user's account". Trading or selling accounts, or their game data, without KRAFTON's written approval draws measures, and attempts at cash trades "will lead to bans". Extra accounts used for unfair gains bring strict penalties, such as a reset of the character's data, BP and items included. The same goes for "account boosting" for cash under an arrangement with another player. PUBG Support adds that it is "unable to help with accounts that have been purchased since that is against the terms and services".

The clause on addresses sits among the penalty rules, as item 9 of section 6. It covers cases where "multiple accounts were created on a specific hardware device or accessed from the same IP address by a particular user". The accounts must have been used "for the purpose of engaging in misconduct", and KRAFTON may then sanction them all. The sanctions reach "all accounts created on that device or associated with that IP address, even if accessed on a different PC/console".

Phone numbers form a second link. PUBG Support says "you can verify only one game account with one mobile phone number". When an account is banned, "the phone number linked to it will be blocked simultaneously". For Ranked, "If an SMS verified account is banned, the device connected to it will also be permanently blocked". Support articles from January 2026 add a secondary password, set up by SMS, which Rank Mode requires. A reset of that password asks for your "Country of residence and frequently used IP address".

The PUBG MOBILE EULA says it in one line: "Also, don't share your account with others without our permission". Its section on account sharing says players may not sell, resell, "rent, lease, share or provide access to your Game Account to anyone else". It names its means against misuse too: "technological barriers, IP mapping, and, in serious cases, directly contacting your Internet Service Provider (ISP) regarding such unauthorized use". Playing on another person's game account to boost its status, level or rank is barred as well. The BGMI Rules of Conduct repeat KRAFTON's line on trading and selling accounts word for word. This page shows no way to run several accounts.

What gets a PUBG account banned

KRAFTON's penalty table sets a maximum penalty for 18 kinds of misconduct. We counted 13 with a permanent ban at most, 4 with 30 days and 1 with 3 days. The permanent ones include unauthorized programs and hardware, modified game data, manipulated match results, using another player's account and attempted cash trades. Inappropriate language and names stop at 30 days.

PUBG Support adds three lines on bans. Restrictions "cannot be lifted and applied period cannot be reduced even if you contact our support multiple times". Whoever cheated on an account, "the game account will be the one that is restricted". And "Bans on accounts cannot be reversed once evidence of a violation is determined". The Rules of Conduct have a hardware side as well. KRAFTON "may restrict users from running the game if misconduct was found from a specific hardware device". Unauthorized programs or devices can bring a "permanent game ban and restrictions of using the Service on your hardware devices".

PUBG on PC runs BattlEye, whose error messages have their own support articles. BattlEye's FAQ says: "Generally we only ever ban for the use of actual cheats/hacks or components of such hacks which are designed to intentionally bypass BE's protection". On PUBG MOBILE, the EULA describes its Cheat Detection Software. It "may collect and transmit details about your Game Account, gameplay, and unauthorized programs or processes in connection with Cheating".

Ping, lag and the VPN line

PUBG Support's general connectivity guide, from August 18, 2020, lists its steps in this order.

• Check the server status on the PUBG_Support account the guide links.
• Run the game as administrator, and restart the computer and the router.
• Switch to a wired connection, since wireless ones are "more prone to environmental interference".
• Update Windows, reinstall the game cleanly, set up port forwarding and flush DNS.
• Check your provider's status, update the router's firmware and toggle UPnP.
• "Disable any third party networking software such as a VPN".
• Test another connection, such as mobile tethering, and update the network adapter drivers.

A support request about connections asks "Which country you are playing from?" along with the region you normally connect to. The article on lag adds that it "is influenced by different factors like heavy system load, intermittent network drop, high server load etc". Its fixes are closing programs that use the network, checking the firewall, cooling the computer, lowering graphics settings and updating drivers.

A proxy adds one more stop on the way to the match server, and we tested no route through one. Five of the six seller pages we read say a proxy or VPN can cut lag or ping, ExpressVPN and CyberGhost with hedges. None prints a ping figure measured through its own service. CyberGhost's own FAQ puts it plainly: "Because your data travels through an extra server, latency usually goes up". Activision's and EA's rules on the same questions are on our pages about Call of Duty and Apex Legends.

The right type of proxy for PUBG

For play, the publishers leave no type to choose. The PUBG MOBILE EULA and the BGMI terms forbid IP proxying "or other methods" to disguise where you are. The PUBG terms forbid using the game "in connection with unauthorized software, services, or devices", and PUBG Support lists switching VPN software off among its fixes. Proxy types matter for work outside the game, such as checking how your own site looks in another country.

What sellers' pages promise

We read six pages on PUBG by PureVPN (two pages), ExpressVPN, Surfshark, CyberGhost and LagoFast on October 13, 2026. Rayobyte's PUBG page is one we did not read. Three of the six promise play from a country where the game is banned, past a region lock, or with an address from another country. PureVPN's proxy page is the most direct. "PUBG Mobile users in countries where the game is banned", it says, "can still access the game by routing their connection through proxies based in unrestricted regions". It also sells a way back after a ban. "If you've been IP banned or shadow banned in either version", it says, "a proxy lets you change your IP and resume playing instantly". Further down, the same page warns that "location spoofing or evading bans" can bring permanent bans.

ExpressVPN's BGMI page says "Using a VPN isn’t prohibited under the Terms of Service for Battlegrounds Mobile India". It adds a condition: "as long as you play fairly and don’t exploit it for abuse or cheating". It offers players abroad an Indian IP address to "keep playing with your existing account and teammates". The BGMI terms forbid "IP proxying or other methods to disguise the location of your use or Device". We quote both and leave the reading to you.

Surfshark is the one page of six that sends readers to the game's terms. "Some explicitly prohibit the use of VPNs", it warns, "and violating those terms could result in account suspension or termination". The same page suggests that "lesser populated servers may allow you to win free skins, weapons, and other goodies", with no source for it. None of the six quotes the IP proxying clause of either rulebook.

Where HProxy fits

No HProxy proxy belongs in a PUBG match. We sell none for another country's version of the game, a second account or someone else's account. The rules quoted above settle that, and PUBG Support's connection steps are the place to start with lag. Our proxies serve web work: reading public pages, checking how your own site, ads and prices look from other countries, and testing your site from many locations. Residential proxies start at $0.44 per GB, and what a residential proxy is explains where those addresses come from. Premium costs from $1.00 per GB and adds targeting by city and by ISP, with sticky sessions of up to 24 hours. Mobile proxies cost $1.50 per GB, datacenter proxies $1.58 per IP a month, and every type works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. Our proxy checker and the guide on how to check if a proxy is working test a proxy you already have. The free proxy list has entries for a quick web test. Are free proxies safe lists the risks to weigh before a login passes through one.

What we could not find out

• Whether KRAFTON or Proxima Beta has penalized anyone for playing through a proxy or VPN, and how they would detect one. KRAFTON and Proxima Beta publish no count we could read, and the PUBG MOBILE transparency report loads only in a browser.
• PUBG MOBILE's own rules for choosing and changing servers. Its help center answered our server with an error page, and the 60-day rule appears only on a seller's page.
• Which ports and protocols the games use today.
• Whether a proxy raises or lowers ping to any PUBG server. No game traffic of ours went through any proxy.
• When the PUBG Rules of Conduct last changed. The page shows no date.
• Whether other country versions of the PUBG MOBILE EULA word the proxy clause the same way. We read the version the English site links.
• Who may play PUBG MOBILE KR, a version people search 12,100 times a month. We read no page on it.

We will check each of these sources again by January 13, 2027.

Sources

Each publisher text below was read from our server on October 13, 2026, and the brackets give the date the publisher shows for that version.

• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Terms of Service, KRAFTON (effective January 7, 2026).
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Rules of Conduct, KRAFTON (no date shown).
• GENERAL CONNECTIVITY GUIDE, PUBG Support (August 18, 2020).
• The game continuously lags., PUBG Support (edited August 3, 2020).
• Is matching done by ping?, PUBG Support (2018, edited June 1, 2020).
• How to setup and create custom matches on normal mode, PUBG Support (edited April 10, 2019).
• I want to know more about bans, PUBG Support (edited August 11, 2023).
• If someone else uses cheats/hacks on my account, will I get banned?, PUBG Support (edited August 3, 2020).
• I'm getting a message for being banned. What do I do?, PUBG Support (edited August 3, 2020).
• I want to know more about SMS Verification, PUBG Support (edited May 20, 2020).
• Frequently Asked Questions about Ranked Mode, PUBG Support (edited March 22, 2023).
• I bought the account with money and my password changed., PUBG Support (edited March 19, 2018).
• Please tell me about the secondary password., PUBG Support (January 15, 2026).
• I need help resetting the Secondary Password., PUBG Support (January 15, 2026).
• Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (577), PUBG Support (edited February 21, 2022).
• PUBG MOBILE End User License Agreement, Proxima Beta (last updated March 17, 2026), the User Agreement the PUBG MOBILE site links.
• PUBG MOBILE, the game's official site, for its footer and its APK link.
• Battlegrounds Mobile India Terms of Service, KRAFTON (June 30, 2023).
• Battlegrounds Mobile India Rules of Conduct, KRAFTON (February 19, 2024).
• Government Blocks 118 Mobile Apps Which are Prejudicial to Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Press Information Bureau, Government of India (September 2, 2020).
• BattlEye FAQ, BattlEye.
• Google Keyword Planner, worldwide monthly averages for 50 phrases around PUBG, read October 13, 2026.
• Pages by sellers on the same questions, read October 13, 2026, and not linked here: PureVPN (a proxy page and a region-lock page), ExpressVPN, Surfshark, CyberGhost and LagoFast.