Making money off the game: For those who want to profit from the game, bots help them farm in-game items that can be traded for real currency. Furthermore, bots are used to rapidly establish numerous high-level accounts, which unethical users then resell to others for profit.

Quite simply, video game bots are instances of artificial intelligence (AI) that play a game instead of a player. Game bots are present in nearly every multiplayer game, from Halo to MMORPGs. Game bots perform various tasks, everything from acting as the player would or NPCs doing farm work.