How long will it take to regain access to my account?

The speed to force access to your account depends on your luck and the mode used with the program. As a reference, the following calculations assume a speed of 10 attempts per minute (the optimal / default program performance scenario):

Normal Mode (6-digit TOTP)

In this mode, the software attempts to guess the 6-digit Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP).

Search space: 10^6 (1,000,000 possible combinations, from 000000 to 999999).

Code rotation: The 6-digit code expires and rotates automatically every 30 seconds.

Probability per attempt: You have a 1 / 10^6 (0.0001%) probability on each individual attempt.

Probability per search space (5 attempts): You have a 5 / 10^6 (0.0005%) probability in each 30-second window.

The time and luck factor: This probability is only valid within its respective 30-second window. Once that time has passed, the code changes and the search space resets completely. Since there is no cumulative progress (you cannot discard combinations from one cycle to another), everything depends purely on your luck.

Estimated probabilities of success based on continuous running time:

In 1 day: 1.430%

In 1 week: 9.589%

In 2 weeks: 18.258%

In 1 month: 35.079%

In 3 months: 72.638%

In 6 months: 92.513%

In 1 year: 99.478%

In 2 years: 99.997%

Formula for the estimated probabilities above Given that the probability of success in each 30-second window is 5 out of 1,000,000 (i.e., p = 0.000005), the probability of failing is 0.999995. To estimate the cumulative probability of success after a number of windows (N), we calculate the probability of not failing in all attempts:

Probability of success = 1 - (0.999995)^N

Where N is the number of 30-second windows in the time period (for example, in 1 day there are N = 2,880 windows; in 1 month there are N = 86,400 windows).

Note: Due to luck, Discord rate-limits, and the fact that the probability of success is technically NEVER 100%, it is impossible to determine exactly how long it will actually take the program to access your account in normal mode.

Backup Mode (8-character Backup Codes)

In this mode, the software attempts to guess the 8-character backup codes provided by Discord.

Search space: Since these are case-insensitive 8-character alphanumeric codes (letters a to z and numbers 0 to 9), the total number of combinations is 36^8, meaning 2,821,109,907,456 (over 2.8 trillion combinations).

Effect of multiple codes: If your account has 10 active backup codes, the success probability on each individual attempt is 10 in 36^8.

Advantage: These codes are static (they do not change over time), meaning progress is cumulative, allowing you to eventually try all possible codes.

Average time (50% probability): ≈ 48,761.2246 years of continuous running (assuming the 10 active codes on the account).

Maximum time: ≈ 536,373.4709 years to test all combinations. Therefore, attempting to guess a full backup code via pure brute force is highly impractical.

Formula for the estimated times above At a rate of 10 attempts per minute, the program performs 5,259,600 attempts per year. The maximum time results from dividing the total combinations (36^8 = 2,821,109,907,456) by the annual attempts. The average time assumes you have 10 active codes. Since there are 10 correct options distributed randomly, on average you only need to test in this way: Total combinations / (10 + 1) before finding a valid one.

Regex Mode (Backup Mode with known patterns)

This is the most recommended and effective method to recover an account using Backup mode. If you remember the value of some characters of your backup codes, you can define a regular expression (Regex) to restrict the search space.

By locking in known characters, the number of remaining combinations decreases exponentially:

If you know 1 character:

• Search space: 36^7 = 78,364,164,096 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 14,899.26 years.
• Average time: ≈ 7,449.63 years.

If you know 2 characters:

• Search space: 36^6 = 2,176,782,336 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 413.87 years.
• Average time: ≈ 206.93 years.

If you know 3 characters:

• Search space: 36^5 = 60,466,176 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 11.50 years.
• Average time: ≈ 5.75 years.

If you know 4 characters:

• Search space: 36^4 = 1,679,616 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 116.64 days.
• Average time: ≈ 58.32 days.

If you know 5 characters:

• Search space: 36^3 = 46,656 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 3.24 days.
• Average time: ≈ 1.62 days.

If you know 6 characters:

• Search space: 36^2 = 1,296 combinations.
• Maximum time: ≈ 2.16 hours.
• Average time: ≈ 1.08 hours.

The formula used for these calculations is the same as for Backup Mode.