Genshin Impact co-op hack explained, Dev takes action with recent patch

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Since the game’s release, Genshin Impact has been in the spotlight for several bug exploits and new hacks. A new Co-op hack using the four-star Dendro character Kaveh and a third-party plug-in has been making the rounds on the Genshin Impact online forums over the last several days.

The hack allegedly could delete important objects permanently from other players’ worlds through the Co-Op system of the game. Recently, the developer of the game, HoYoverse, turned to Twitter to address the ongoing situation and explained the measures taken by the developer to mitigate the losses of the affected players. 

The exploit, which is now known as the ‘Kaveh Hack,’ was discovered when Chinese gamers began posting and complaining that their in-game objects, such as Statues of the Seven, Elemental Totems, and other items, had been irretrievably removed from the game. To make matters worse, some users reported that objects cannot be returned to the game once deleted. Restarting the game or logging in on a different platform did not fix the problem.

A post from u/AntonioS3 on the Genshin Impact’s official Reddit community, r/Genshin_Impact, reads, “It is actually an account-wide bug and not just client because later in the video he logins with his cloud account to check, and they are still not there, meaning that his world/account has been bricked and unable to get 100%.”

The official Genshin Impact Discord server moderators also sent out a message to the community to refrain from using the game’s Co-Op feature with any unknown player until the issue gets resolved.

HoYoverse is well known for taking prompt action against hacking and bug exploitation in its games. In this case, as well, it did not take much time for the