How to Activate Riot Mobile MFA For VALORANT: 2026 Guide

If you’re having trouble queueing into VALORANT Ranked, you may need to activate Riot Mobile MFA. This provides an extra layer of account protection, and it will also make your queues more trustworthy. The process only takes a few minutes to set up and complete on the Riot website. Here’s a quick guide.

What is Riot Mobile MFA?

Riot Mobile MFA is a security feature that adds an extra login step to your Riot Games account using the Riot Mobile app. Instead of relying on just a password, players confirm their identity through their phone.

Sometimes, players need to complete this process before entering Competitive queue in VALORANT. Riot built this system to cut down on account sharing and give Ranked extra protection. Setting it up only takes a few minutes, and once it’s active, it keeps your account locked down while also unlocking full access to ranked play.

If you have to enable Riot Mobile MFA to play Ranked, you’ll see a pop-up appear on your VALORANT Competitive queue. You won’t be able to queue in until you complete the activation process.

Why Do Players Need Riot Mobile MFA to Queue VALORANT Competitive?

Riot Games requires Multi-Factor Authentication through Riot Mobile to tackle one of Valorant’s biggest problems, smurfing. Shared accounts and smurfing have long frustrated the ranked community, since experienced players hopping on low rank alternate accounts creates unfair, one sided matches.

By requiring Riot Mobile MFA for Ascendant and above players, along with any account flagged as shared, Riot makes it much harder for players to hide behind multiple accounts. This also strengthens account security overall, since Riot has found that most stolen accounts never had MFA enabled in the first place. The result is an overall better Ranked experience. It gives players more confidence that the opponents and teammates they’re matched with are actually who they claim to be.

How to Activate Riot Mobile MFA

Here’s how to complete the Riot Mobile MFA activation process:

• Log into your Riot Account on your web browser. Use this link.
• Go to the Multi-Factor Authentication section in the bar on the left hand side.
• Click on Activate.
• Open up your Riot Mobile app. Scan the QR code and follow the instructions.
• Once the process is complete, you can play Competitive. You might have to login again, though.