Cheat glossary themes: aim, visuals, mod menus, scripts and types, licenses, anti-cheat

Terms are grouped by theme. Where we sell a product that uses a feature, the definition links to it.

Aim features

Aimbot

An aimbot moves your aim onto a target for you. Most let you set how fast it moves, which part of the body it aims at and how far from your crosshair it looks for targets.

Silent aim

With silent aim, your shots hit the target without your crosshair visibly moving onto it. Kernaim Rust and Keyser are among the cheats that list it.

Triggerbot

A triggerbot fires for you as soon as your crosshair is over an enemy. It doesn’t move your aim. Pellix and MemeSense both include one.

Recoil control, no recoil and no spread

Recoil control (often written RCS) cancels out the kick of your weapon so your shots stay where you aim. “No recoil” removes the kick entirely, and “no spread” sends every bullet exactly where you point.

FOV and smoothing

In aim settings, the FOV is the circle around your crosshair inside which the aimbot picks a target. Smoothing sets how gradually the aim moves onto that target.

Humanized aim

Aim help tuned to move more like a human hand, with smoothing and small delays, instead of snapping straight onto targets.

Legit and rage

Two ways to set up a cheat. Legit settings keep the help subtle and close to normal play, while rage settings turn everything up, with instant aim and every feature on. Neither one protects your account from a ban. Our CS2 comparison shows which cheats offer each.

Visuals

ESP

ESP (short for extra-sensory perception) shows information the game normally hides, such as other players through walls with their name, health, weapon and distance. Loot ESP does the same for items, and resource ESP for things like ores in Rust.

Wallhack

A wallhack lets you see players through walls. Many product pages use the word as another name for ESP.

Chams

Chams paint player models in bright, solid colors so they stand out, often through walls too.

Radar and cloud radar

A radar shows every player’s position on a small map, including players you can’t see. A cloud radar shows it outside the game: Pellix has one that opens in a web browser.

Overlay

A layer drawn on top of the game window. External cheats use one to show their ESP and their menu.

Streamproof

A streamproof cheat keeps its overlay and menu out of OBS and other recording software, so they don’t show up on stream or in your videos.

Skin changer

A feature that changes the look of your weapons, knives or other cosmetic items in the game. Jupiter CS2 and MemeSense include one.

Mod menus

Mod menu

An in-game menu that changes what the game does: spawning vehicles and objects, editing your player, teleporting, online options and more. Mod menus are the main type of product we sell for GTA V, RDR2 and FiveM. Our GTA 5 mod menu comparison covers every one we sell for GTA V.

Protections

Features of a mod menu that block crash and kick attempts from other modders in your session. Cherax, Stand and Midnight are known for theirs.

Recovery

GTA Online features for money, rank and unlocks. The Cherax team, for one, names adding money as the riskiest thing you can do with a menu.

Spawner

The part of a mod menu that creates vehicles, objects or characters in the game on demand.

God mode, noclip and freecam

Three player options found in most mod menus. God mode makes your character take no damage, noclip lets you move through walls and fly, and freecam detaches the camera from your character so you can look around freely.

Solo or invite-only session

A GTA Online session with only you, or only the people you invite. Some menus are made to be used this way, like Stand, which is made for solo sessions with BattlEye off.

Legacy and Enhanced

The two PC editions of GTA V. Enhanced is the newer one, released by Rockstar in March 2025. Each menu supports one edition, the other or both.

PvP tool

A cheat focused on fights against other players (aim, ESP, no recoil) rather than on menu options. On FiveM, TZ Project and TZX Project are sold as PvP tools.

Scripts and how cheats run

Lua and Lua scripts

Lua is a light programming language that many menus use for add-ons. A Lua script is a small add-on written in it, which adds features to a menu that supports Lua. SpectraX, for example, is a Lua script made for Lexis.

Lua executor

A program that runs Lua scripts in a game such as FiveM or Roblox. redENGINE is a Lua executor for FiveM, and Phaze is a mod menu built to run on top of it. Our FiveM comparison explains how mod menus, Lua executors and PvP tools differ.

Script executor

The usual name for a Lua executor on Roblox. Our Roblox range lists the ones we sell.

Internal

An internal cheat runs inside the game’s own process, so it can change what the game does. Most mod menus are internal. Our guide to internal vs external cheats explains the difference.

External

An external cheat runs as its own program next to the game. It reads what the game knows and shows it in an overlay or a separate window, which suits ESP, radar and aim features. Kernaim Rust and TZX Project are external.

Loader

The small program a developer provides to start its cheat or mod menu. It comes from the developer’s own website or account area, not from our store.

Licenses and keys

License key

The code you buy from us. You redeem it on the developer’s website, not on our store, to unlock the product. Our docs explain where to redeem it.

Lifetime key

A key you pay for once, which works for as long as the developer supports the product. In our plan names, a plan with no duration is a lifetime key. Our guide to lifetime vs monthly keys compares the two.

Duration key

A key that runs for a set time, such as 1 day, 7 days, 30 days or 1 year, also called a subscription. The time starts at the first activation, and until then the key doesn’t expire. When it runs out, you buy a new one.

Upgrade key

A key that moves a license you already own to a higher tier, such as Cherax Standard to Premium. It only works on an account that already holds the lower tier.

HWID

Short for hardware ID: an identifier built from the parts of your PC. Some keys are locked to one PC through it, and a ban tied to it (a hardware ban) applies to the computer rather than to a single game account.

Official reseller

A shop the developer has approved to sell its keys. Some developers, like Cherax, only support keys bought from their listed resellers. EldroMods is on the official reseller list of Cherax and of many other developers we sell.

Product status

A label that shows whether a product is working, updating or down, based on the developer’s latest information. Ours are on the Product Status page. A status isn’t a promise: any cheat can get your account banned.

Anti-cheat and bans

Anti-cheat

Software a game uses to find cheats and ban the accounts that use them. Product pages usually name the anti-cheat a cheat is made for.

BattlEye (BE)

The anti-cheat used by GTA Online on PC, and by other games such as DayZ and Escape from Tarkov. In our plan names, “BE” stands for BattlEye: a BE plan is made to run with it on.

EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat)

An anti-cheat used by many games. Our cheats for Rust and Apex Legends name it on their product pages.

VAC

Valve Anti-Cheat, the anti-cheat Valve uses in its own games, CS2 included.

Ricochet

The anti-cheat of Call of Duty. The product page of Kernaim Black Ops 7 names it.

Ban

When a game publisher blocks your account, for a while or for good, for breaking its rules. Using a cheat or mod menu online breaks those rules, so any of them can lead to a ban, whatever its status or type.

Spoofer

A tool that changes or masks the hardware identifiers (HWID) a game can read from your PC. Using one breaks the rules of most games, just like a cheat.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between ESP and a wallhack?

A wallhack shows players through walls. ESP is the broader term: it can also show names, health, weapons, distance and loot. Many product pages use the two words almost interchangeably.

What is the difference between an aimbot and a triggerbot?

An aimbot moves your aim onto a target. A triggerbot doesn’t move your aim: it fires for you when your crosshair is already over an enemy. Many cheats include both.

What is a Lua executor?

A program that runs Lua scripts in a game such as FiveM or Roblox. Some mod menus are built to run on top of one: on FiveM, Phaze runs on the redENGINE executor, which is sold separately.

What does BE mean in a plan name?

BE stands for BattlEye, the anti-cheat used by GTA Online on PC. A BE plan is made to run with BattlEye on. That describes what the developer built: it isn’t a promise that you won’t be banned.