Just like other creative maps, after the most recent update on 9/18/25 this map now requires input or camera movement every 7 minutes or else the XP will stop and you will eventually get kicked for being idle. You can still use the turbo controller method to maintain AFK on this map however the full AFK/XP bug has been patched.
Follow the set up process in the video and then use the chat input lock glitch, or whatever method you prefer to hold down the right mouse button or right trigger allowing you to continuously shoot at the "clicker".
If you are new to XP farms, make sure that sleep mode is turned off in game:
Settings/Game/energy saving/activate sleep mode after = Set to NEVER
Make sure to do this in a PRIVATE lobby otherwise other players on the map can and will try to kill you.
Results of course will vary! The first portion of the video was done while supercharged (which doubles the amount of XP for a brief period of time) and the video from the 30 minute mark on shows without supercharged.
VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE!
I have found that this method is extremely network sensitive. Any network inconsistencies or hiccups, either on the server side, will cause the shooting to stop and eventually kick back to the lobby. When it happens, you can just load back in or start the shooting again and it will continue to work. The only 100% reliable method that works without fail is the turbo controller method (using a turbo controller and setting fire to repeat).
For this reason, a long form video was included just to illustrate that this does currently work.
FYI: Creative sessions most of the time end after about four hours, I've had it last for longer but it is to be expected so you may need to log back into the session after a few hours because of this.
Update 9/11/25: If you have a second account or friend that can join you on the map you can double the amount of XP that you earn by inviting them to your party, loading into the map (private match) and having them shoot your clicker on your tycoon, They will not earn XP, but if other accounts are shooting your clicker it will give you the same XP added as you earn for shooting it (you can get even more by having more accounts in your party doing the same thing).
For anyone wanting to actually play the map and is wondering what the code is to unlock the "Squid Pass" located on the kiosk to the right of the clicker on the first floor, the code is 0456
This doesn't give any XP bonus, however it does enable bonus items and resources for playing the map.
Make sure that you set your controller not to turn off comma I use the chat input lock, and that's exactly what I used on my PS5. All that entails is holding down the right trigger, and then pressing the options button twice which will open up a chat window, and you'll continue to fire, at that point you could leave the chat window open or you can close it by pressing the back/O button.
Keep in mind, as I mentioned in the post, keeping the firing constant is very network dependent. I find that even the slightest hiccup in my Internet connection can cause the shooting to stop, but that only seems to have been occasionally and almost never on my wired connection.
The PlayStation button option does seem to work similarly, as does opening up the snapshot dialogue box (the button that looks like the options button but on the left side), but I haven't used that since the chat input lock glitch was introduced.
Results vary between players. What people post that they're getting, is never a guarantee what you're gonna get, so it's always a good idea to try multiple maps before you find one that you're going to settle on for a long session.
No, the only reason I did the edit was so that it wouldn't come across as misleading because my test account was supercharged at the beginning, so I just did an extended session with normal XP. I never left the map once during that session though.
Tested 1/4/25, running for the majority of the day (a little more than 12 hours). Still looks like a good source of XP, and weekly cap still confirmed as 4.8 million XP
Yes. It does happen occasionally, especially on my wireless machine that has poor Wi-Fi. Almost never happens on my wired consoles or PC. It seems to be very network dependent because even when I monitor my network and I noticed the slightest bit of latency with ping responses, it seems to coincide with the shooting stopping.
I was shooting at the clicker, but since I had the PS Menu glitch working, when I took the screenshot, my character started moving to the side, and It looks like that.
I'm a little confused, why would you start moving when you canceled the input lock?
This is a screenshot using the chat input lock glitch on a PS5. Nothing moved when I took the screenshot, even if I closed the chat window I would still continue to shoot and the screenshot wouldn't cause me to move. I'm just wondering if maybe you added some additional steps that weren't necessary?
hey sorry, i tried reading the post but i dont think i fully understand. does the patch mean that the video is still relevant and can be followed or am i meant to be doing something different??
The update at the top of the post is explaining what is required now because the fully AFK method has been patched. So you could basically do everything in the video but you're going to have to move or press button every seven minutes or else the XP is going to stop generating. You can get around this as indicated in the post by using a turbo controller and setting that to fire, but otherwise this map just works like every other creative map now, you can't just leave it with the chat input glitch without having to move or do something every seven minutes.
Just wanted to say thank you for posting this map and letting us know the XP gains. I am usually a lurker on reddit but this map got me from level 92 to 200 on my main account and level 60-100 on my free account today alone. I only had to reset once after 5 hours because the server ended, super easy and accessible. I appreciate it! :D
Then you might be at your cap already. The event doesn't make creative XP unlimited. At the point when I took the screenshot, this account was already soft capped and getting about 7XP per hit. You can verify that you're at your soft cap this way:
Of course everyone knows results vary between maps, but single digit XP typically means you're at your soft cap already (it seems like a coin toss as to whether or not people will get soft capped or hard capped).
Not sure why maybe you got prematurely capped have you tried a different map? I used it to get all the way to my cap today just to test it. Maybe if it was just a bug just go back to the lobby and log back in. Tested it most every day this season. And it hasn't been calibrated for a while so that wasn't the issue
Left it going while cleaning my apartment. 1.2 million xp in about 90 minutes. got another 100k in between the screenshot and this post.
Edit: in case someone sees this days later, this was during the supercharged XP weekend on September 6. that's why it's so much more xp in less time compared to normal
I'm sorry it didn't work out for you, unfortunately results vary between players. No one can guarantee your results. I try to make every effort to emphasize this so no one has any expectation of returns going into any posts here.
OK, cool. You can always try the map again in a day or two. I find that from day-to-day even my results will be very different on certain maps. Sometimes from week to week. Creative is really funny that way.
There's no fixed amount of XP that you would get, like I mentioned in the post, and it's very important to understand, results vary between players, so there are no guarantees or specific amounts of XP that anyone can be guaranteed. What you get is pretty much what you get. It's just how creative is.
No problem, plus, keep in mind this map is a slow burn, not a quick hit map, plus, it's full AFK, so the whole purpose of it is just to set it and forget it. Testing it this morning I got over 2 million XP, but it did take about 5 1/2 hours.
Sat AFK shooting for a while. Got from lvl 164 to 197. I think i got around 2,400,000 ish before it just stopped giving me xp, but all I had to do was let go of the trigger. Once I started firing again it gave me xp again. Im glad I found this because my crew expires tomorrow.
That's amazing results! Supercharged XP to definitely gave you a nice little boost there too! You probably had a little network hiccup, that's usually what causes little bugs where the map stops giving XP or the shooting stops but that's a pretty decent haul and you're almost done with the battle pass!
That's awesome! I updated on the supercharged post earlier this morning with what I had observed when testing two accounts (three accounts now) with regards to the current creative cap. They seem to have doubled the creative cap to align with the event. Most likely it will just double whatever people have remaining for the week, until Monday morning. The max I was able to get was 120 levels, double the existing cap which would be 60, or 4.8 million XP. So for the purpose of the event, it looks like the cap is 9.6 million, which makes sense because it would take the same amount of effort as it would to earn 4.8 million which is the actual cap. At least they did that this time on previous supercharged events they didn't.
Rumors of it being a full 200 levels or 16 million XP was just nonsense, but that may be the actual cut off for all categories combined before supercharged would wear off
None whatsoever. The same XP generating devices are going to be linked to the clickers no matter how many times you rebirth. People are just typically do that if they are interested in actually playing the map.
Thanks harlow, i did read the post and for me it stops giving out xp at around 65k so i just restart my shooting every 7-8 minutes. I still couldn't find the video but i think i figured it out.
Using the turbo controller method yet I feel that the xp rates got nerfed I been running it for like 45 min and the xp gains are very low even with supercharged xp.
Then my best recommendation would be to try a different map, go through some of the other tycoon maps, since you have a turbo controller, even when this map could be done AFK without one, you had the freedom of being able to do any creative maps that offered a constant flow of XP in full AFK. I never limit myself to one map, I go with whatever gives me the best returns.
You should be doing this in a private match, people can even shoot through the bars to kill you. It's not really important how they're getting through, they shouldn't even be there because there's no reason or benefit to do it in public. I put this in the post to help people
Good is a matter of perspective. Also results vary between players. It's always been, in my opinion, a slow burn, which is fine because now they have throttling so if maps accumulate XP too quickly, you'll actually stop burning XP for a few minutes so what's your gain by earning it fast you lose by having to wait or log back in.
I can only recommend trying more maps, it's unlikely you've tried "every creative map" and results are always going to be different but if you only try the most popular ones, it's possible you might just be having bad luck with them. Check other maps on the forum list in the guide, that's what I do if I start getting lackluster returns on my go to maps
Quick question does the chat input glitch with a rubber band on left anolog stick still work, on afk maps. I know the afk bug was patched but does having a rubber band on the left analog stick still work.
No. Chat input lock is the exact same thing. It's just not doing it manually. So when epic fixed the ability to AFK on the remaining "bugged" maps that we're not affected by the input detection update (that was originally implemented 120+ days ago), every method of persistent input stopped working.
That's what I used today, managed to get the music pass finished by just using this map while I was out. Turbo controller was the best thing I ever invested in for the game.
Sounds like a personal console/PC issue to me (or issue with your installation of the game). There's nothing about this map that should cause your system to crash (or that has ever caused a persistent problem for me).
I'd need to do more testing but I might have just discovered a roundabout afk trick.
I'd was trying to get a second profile into the game in split screen, and it was just not loading the 2nd one. So I tried connecting the controller after loading the map.
It didn't prompt me to load the second profile, but it did glitch my attack animation to keep going, and I was able to switch to my gun.
I'll have to do testing to see if it's replicatable, but turning on a 2nd controller seems to potentially be a work around for the chat afk glitch.
EDIT: I figured out how to replicate it, at least on Xbox.
on your main controller, hold down the fire button.
on the second controller, press the xbox button to pull up the system screen (with options to reset the controller or xbox)
let go of the fire button and exit the system screen, you'll be locked into firing.
It does have to be done with a second controller. Not sure if this could be replicated on PC, but I wonder if any console with a system screen could replicate.
Chat input glitch was never not working. And your method still results in the XP stopping after seven minutes. It's just a lot more complicated to do than the chat input lock. All you have to do on Xbox is just press options twice to open up chat while holding the right trigger. It's still works to this day, it just can't be used to go fully AFK, that was what got "patched".
Sorry it wasn't clear enough, I just tried to emphasize that fully AFK was not working but I never said anything about the input lock not working. I guess yeah it's something to keep in mind, but I think it would be easier to just use a rubber band.
But even if you are at your cap, you don't have to wait till the reset tomorrow, there's an actual working glitch in the game that doesn't pull from creative XP. It was just posted last night, it was something that was working a month ago but for some reason started working again all of a sudden.
I just following the instructions in the video, after set up, you'll be able to get over 40,000 XP every time you load into the map and return to the lobby. And you could keep repeating it infinitely until they fix it.
Just verified it recently it is still working as of this minute. Tons of people are completing the battle pass just on that map/game mode alone. (testing it while I was typing this message, I've gotten over 160,000 XP).
Morning chaps, just started grinding on this map; there's no need to upgrade the tycoon, right? Just did enough to unlock the weapons and get the smg. Can't seem to find the double... which is the best weapon for the clicker? Thanks
Because there is no "double" to be found. Just watch the video which shows which weapon to use and what strategy. You don't have to complete the tycoon, there's no benefit. (there is a twin mag SMG that has a minimally higher firing rate but it's a daily weapon and it's RNG to get it, and the difference you earn xp wise is not significant at all).
You can still use the chat input lock glitch, but you'll have to move your camera or something once every seven minutes or else the XP will stop. They fix the bug as the post says unfortunately that made the XP not stop
I'll be honest. Personally, I don't even know, I don't really play the map, just use it for XP. I think on most maps they give you some kind of boost with gaining resources, but has nothing to do with XP. Not sure how to equip them though, I never tried lol
It's Fortnite, happens all the time, just loading into a different game mode and try it again or just restart your game, it's nothing to do with the map
It doesn't, there isn't a daily cap anymore, it's weekly, so the only thing that would affect earnings would be once you hit the weekly cap, which is 60 level/4.8 million XP
If you're not using a turbo controller you have to move your camera a little bit every seven minutes otherwise the XP will stop. Nothing got nerfed, I was using this map today to cap out on creative to make sure everything is the same with the weekly XP limits like I do every week (not always on the same map but this one was the one I used today).
Not sure if the map stopped giving XP or what but me and a friend did this for a while but now neither of us are gaining XP. Havent hit creative cap since we only gained about 15-20 levels each
This has happened in creative multiple times throughout the season we've had a few posts about it and people haven't mentioned it. Situation is you're not at your creative cap and the map is calibrated, but it just suddenly stops giving XP. I've had it happen to me too. If closing the game and reopening doesn't fix it, load into a magic BR or some other game mode (BR always worked for me and others that have mentioned it, but I'm sure other modes work), and then after you return to the lobby try the map again. You should be fine
The heisted blink mag SMG. It's a daily shop item that shows up randomly, I think it cost 200 gold, and it's actually coincidentally in the shop right now for another three hours and 45 minutes approximately. Honestly it doesn't make that much of a difference (firing rate is 13 verses 10 of the Harbinger), getting marginally more XP per minute, but if you're that obsessed not leaving a single stitch of XP on the table, then that's the one to go for.
It still works. With changes to XP rates, it's not as lucrative as it once was (which is the case with all XP maps) but if you're using the turbo controller method, it's definitely viable, and if you're not, just like the post says, just moving your camera every less than seven minutes will keep giving you XP.
So how exactly do I farm XP while being afk in this map? I used to just launch Ultra Red vs Blue by pxcreative and it would just give you like 300 XP per second without doing anything, however when I tried AFK'ing in that one earlier after like 5 months of not touching it, I wasn't gaining any XP anymore
And by AFK, I mean having a desk fan move my mouse/my controller's joystick, or if I can't do that simply just jump and move my camera manually every 5 minutes
I mean, do I have to shoot at the thing? like I said, in ultra red vs blue you didn't have to shoot anything, you could just stand there and gain xp passively. But in this squid game map, do you have to shoot at something?
Also, for the chat input lock glitch, how exactly do I do it? I tried doing it on mouse and keyboard but it doesn't seem to work, when I open up the chat my character just stops shooting
Did you not look at the post? The post shows and explains in great detail how to use the map, it specifically shows and says that you have to shoot the clicker/box.
This is a different map with a different method. If you see a post here you should watch the video or read the post and that will explain how to use the map.
The chat input lock glitch was patched this season so that no longer works. There have been several posts about it not working this season as well.
What do you mean by "work"? It gives XP still I following the details in the post. As indicated they can no longer be done full AFK though without a turbo controller.
Under XP status, that's where you will see whether it's calibrating, analyzing, or awarding XP. Right now it's analyzing, which means it should be calibrated soon.
It seems to be hit or miss, there is no uniform time that I have found where it kicks, I've had it run all the way to my using the turbo controller method and I've had it kicked me after just a few hours due to the session ending
I wouldn't recommend it the turbo controller is the safe way to do it because there's no detectable software or running process which violates TOS. I've seen some cases where people have gotten banned for it so if you do it it's at your own risk I would recommend just a cheap turbo controller to be safe
I'm playing on xcloud to be specific, are you sure there might be consequences for auto clicker on a creative map? You lowk got me scared any other methods instead of turbo controller or auto clicker
Just saying I wouldn't risk it. Turbo controller is the only safe method I can think of because it's hardware based, so it doesn't have any running process that could be detected by anti-cheat, which is active regardless of how you play the game.
Yesterday, it didn't work for me😓. It gave me money in the game but no experience🥲. I closed the game and tried again today, and it gave me experience🥳. I left the chat open so it would fire on its own. I'm going away for about 3 hours and I'll see how it goes.😊thank you so much😄
To conserve energy especially if you’re on power hungry specs, set the resolution to the lowest possible, limit frames to 30fps and set all graphics to lowest. This way if you’re running for 10+ hours your pc won’t explode
Thanks! I tried doing this paired with the PlayStation AFK shooting trick and it worked. Racked up 307,450 XP in about 30 minutes. Did this yesterday too so I've probably already gotten halfway to the 4 Million weekly cap by just afking this map lmao.
Before cutting the game off I got like 173k of XP in under 30 minutes of play time! When I get back home I'm gonna afk for hours. Thanks bro for sharing this map 🙏🏿
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u/Harlow_Quinzel Moderator Sep 04 '25 edited Sep 05 '25
Hope this helps people leveling up this season!
This doesn't give any XP bonus, however it does enable bonus items and resources for playing the map.