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Baneto

Baneto was a questing, farming and dungeon bot whose shutdown was reported in a circulated October 2025 announcement. No current service or successor has been verified.

Historical Windows + macOSClosure reported

Historical price / status

Historical plans only

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Shutdown reported; no current service verified

Reported closedEdited by M1Sources checked

Overview

BamboBaneto promoted Baneto as a profile-based bot framework for Classic and Retail. Its older feature lists covered leveling, questing, grinding, gathering, fishing, battlegrounds and dungeons, with a separate unlocker required and some profiles charged on top. [1][2][8][9][3]

More about this product

A statement circulated on October 28, 2025 and reproduced by iXBT the next day said Baneto would immediately end development, support, sales and service after contact from Blizzard and Activision legal representatives. The shutdown remains reported because the original private announcement could not be independently authenticated. [8][9]

Surviving sales posts and directory listings describe the historical product without confirming current availability. No public evidence was found verifying Otenab or another named product as Baneto's successor. [3][8]

Before you buy

  • The October 2025 closure report comes from a reproduced announcement whose original private notice we could not independently authenticate.
  • A current service, revival or successor remains unverified.
  • The listed prices, game branches and unlocker combinations describe historical offers and should be read in that context.

Pricing and access

Historical first session

EUR 20Monthly, user-reported July 2025

Baneto bot only

Required: A separate unlocker was required, with optional profile subscriptions on top.

More on Historical first session

This historical offer left OneZero profiles and unlocker access as separate costs.

[6]

Historical bulk tokens

As low as 11 per token; currency not explicit in developer's wordingToken duration not stated in this post

Minimum purchase of 30 tokens

Required: This offer required a bulk purchase.

More on Historical bulk tokens

Bambo made this statement on November 20, 2024, so it does not supply a current monthly price for one session.

[4]

Historical launch promotion

EUR 10; EUR 70 for 10 sessions30 days

November 2020 promotion

Required: A compatible unlocker was required.

More on Historical launch promotion

This promotion has expired and cannot be used as a current price.

[2]

A July 2025 report gives EUR 20 per month as a historical example; no current sale or subscription has been verified.

Requirements

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Game branchSystem / regionCoverage and limits
Classic and Retail, including historical Cataclysm and Anniversary useHistoricalWindows with a supported unlocker; macOS with TinkrFull regional matrix not establishedThe original sales posts advertised Classic and Retail, while users described NN and Tinkr setups in 2025. Those records leave present support unconfirmed. [1][6]

Community and support

Historical support came from BamboBaneto and the Baneto community, and was included in the reported shutdown. A current service remains unconfirmed.

Original Baneto forum threadForum / The historical discussion is publicly readable.
Support details

The reported closure also ended the support previously provided by BamboBaneto and the community; current support could not be confirmed.

A buyer criticized delayed tickets and profile quality in July 2025. Bambo replied that he had declined a ticket while going to sleep, defended the profiles and said he lacked the money and knowledge to build his own unlocker. The exchange records a dispute, without enough information to measure support speed more generally. [5]

The announcement reproduced in October 2025 says support ended with the rest of the service. [8]

Features and plugins (2)
  • Older offers listed profiles for questing, grinding, gathering, fishing, battlegrounds and dungeons. [source]
  • The framework, required unlocker and optional commercial profiles were separate purchases. [source]

These details come from the linked published sources; we have not tested the software ourselves.

Related products
NilNameHistorical Windows dependency and reported Baneto + NN bans[source]
TinkrHistorical macOS dependency reported by a user in July 2025[source]

Privacy and security

We have not tested Baneto. The linked documentation and attributed incident reports describe its history without providing a performance or security assessment.

Update record

A post from October 2020 promised weekly updates, but the reviewed record did not pair outages with restoration times needed to measure recovery after individual game patches. [2]

Update log and evidence (4)

The original posts trace features added in 2020, later restrictions on new admissions and the reported 2025 shutdown. No release log for a current service was found.

The October 2020 promise of weekly updates gives no timing for recovery from individual patches, and comparable outage and fix times were unavailable. [2]

  1. 2020-09-22
    The provider announced a seven-day test for Retail BFA.[2]
  2. 2020-10-01
    The provider announced support for five-person dungeons.[2]
  3. 2023-05-30
    The provider closed new admissions, then later edited the post to mention a brief reopening in 2025 without dating that edit.[3]
  4. 2025-10-28
    A reported announcement said development, sales, support and service would end immediately.[9][8]
  • The edited post retains its 2023 date, which leaves the addition of its 2025 text undated.
  • No revival, successor or current purchase route has been confirmed.

Ban reports and history

Baneto's public history includes an acknowledged dispute over reseller licenses, admission changes, July 2025 ban reports with competing explanations, and a reported legal shutdown.

About these reports

The reseller-license dispute, admission changes, July 2025 ban reports and reported legal shutdown are distinct parts of Baneto's history. The ban discussions offer competing explanations, leaving the technical cause unresolved.

The history draws on original posts from 2020-2025 and a reproduced closure announcement from October 2025. No forensic report establishing a technical detection was found.

What do the cause labels mean?
2020-10-18Commercial dispute

Reseller key cancellation and refund dispute

Disputed; cancellation acknowledged

orca- alleged that Baneto disabled a reseller's sessions without refunds. Bambo acknowledged ending the relationship, saying the reseller owed him EUR 300, PayPal had refunded customers and buyers had then purchased directly. [10]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: A reseller's Baneto sessions

  • Bambo also denied an earlier allegation of copying GMR code, though the thread supplied no code comparison to settle it.
Cause: UnknownExplain the labels

The exchange is about licensing and payments; it provides no evidence establishing a leak, malware or a detection mechanism.

Unknown [10]
Provider response
In posts 11 and 14, Bambo denied code theft and gave his account of the debt and refunds.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [10]

2023-05-30Service access change

New-user admissions closed

High for provider statement

Bambo announced the end of new admissions, with a later edit mentioning a brief reopening in 2025. [3]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: New Baneto customers

  • The 2025 edit has no exact timestamp.
  • Closing admission to new users leaves the existing service's status in 2023 unresolved.
Cause: UnknownExplain the labels

Participants speculated about attention from videos without reporting an observed ban wave.

Not a detection claim [3]
Provider response
The access announcement came from the original developer.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [3]

2025-07-17Firsthand ban report

User reports a ban after a week with Baneto and NN

User-reported; mechanism unverified

wardel said their initial account using Baneto and NilName was banned after a week, after which they switched to Tinkr. [6][5]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: One reported Baneto + NilName setup in a Cataclysm/Anniversary review

  • The account leaves out the precise ban date, game build and enforcement notice.
  • It describes a ban without establishing which component caused it.
Cause: UnknownExplain the labels

The report leaves bot activity, unlocker detection and enforcement for earlier activity as unresolved possibilities.

Unknown [6][5]
Provider response
In a separate July discussion, Bambo associated fast bans with NN, while other posters disputed that explanation and pointed to farming behavior or pathing.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [6][5]

2025-07-19Provider statement and dispute

Developer publicly disputes the cause of fast farming bans

High for statements; low for causation

Bambo claimed that NN users were being banned after about 24 hours and said bans had changed while pricing had stayed the same. Other participants disputed the generalization, suggesting bot behavior or navigation instead. [5]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: Baneto using NN and other Windows farming setups

  • Bambo described Baneto as using server-side encryption but supplied no technical evidence that it prevented bans.
  • The discussion does not establish that every NN user was flagged or every Windows bot shared a detection.
Cause: UnknownExplain the labels

Participants offered competing explanations without demonstrating what the anti-cheat had detected.

Unknown [5]
Provider response
Bambo defended the bot's profiles while acknowledging its reliance on external unlockers.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [5]

2025-07-24Secondhand ban reports

Reports of recent bans seen in Baneto community

Low

Breakdown88 said they had seen several recent ban reports after joining Baneto, but did not reproduce the individual reports. [7]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: Baneto + NNR, as named by the reporter

  • The reporter said they used NNR without fully identifying the product build.
  • The post supplies no affected-group size, date range or ban notices.
Cause: UnknownExplain the labels

Secondhand accounts of several bans cannot establish a technical ban wave or what caused it.

Unknown [7]
Provider response
No direct Baneto response to these particular reports was found.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [7]

2025-10-28Reported service shutdown

Reported shutdown following legal contact

Moderate; announcement reproduced by others

A circulated statement attributed to Baneto said the project would close immediately after contact from Blizzard and Activision legal representatives. [9][8]

Full report, cause and response

Affected scope: Baneto development, support, sales and service

  • iXBT reproduced the announcement on October 29.
  • A legal filing and an independently retrieved original provider notice were both unavailable.
  • Public predictions of a rebrand remain speculation.
Cause: Legal/service shutdownExplain the labels

The statement attributes the closure to legal contact, without establishing a simultaneous ban wave, leaked build or technical detection.

Provider claim, reproduced [9][8]
Provider response
The reproduced statement describes the closure as final and says no further updates would follow.
Date precision
Report date unless stated otherwise

Sources [9][8]

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References

  1. [1] Baneto original sales threadBamboBaneto / elitepvpers / Original provider thread / Published: 2020 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  2. [2] Baneto original updates, page 2BamboBaneto / elitepvpers / Original provider thread / Published: 2020-09 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  3. [3] Baneto closes admissions, post 477BamboBaneto / elitepvpers / Provider statement / Published: 2023-05-30 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  4. [4] Baneto bulk-token statement, post 235BamboBaneto / elitepvpers / Provider statement / Published: 2024-11-20 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  5. [5] Bot and unlocker ban debateBamboBaneto, Yumbalomba and others / elitepvpers / Original public discussion / Published: 2025-07 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  6. [6] Original Baneto and SIN user reviewwardel / elitepvpers / Firsthand user report / Published: 2025-07-17 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  7. [7] Reports seen in Baneto community, post 421Breakdown88 / elitepvpers / Secondhand user report / Published: 2025-07-24 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  8. [8] Report reproducing Baneto closure statementiXBT Games / Boris Piletskiy / Secondary report quoting provider announcement / Published: 2025-10-29 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  9. [9] Contemporaneous shared closure announcementJagulars / Reddit / Reposted announcement / Published: 2025-10-28 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  10. [10] Baneto reseller dispute and provider responsesorca-, Aphr0 and BamboBaneto / elitepvpers / Original public dispute / Published: 2020-10 / Checked: 2026-09-12
  11. [11] Baneto final page of original sales discussionBamboBaneto and users / elitepvpers / Original provider statement and historical discussion / Checked: 2026-09-12
    Source notes: Baneto final page of original sales discussion

    The provider's June 4, 2023 post describes semi-private access, with an active session required for Discord. Later inquiries through May 2025 leave current admission unverified.

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