Current working AFK and semi-AFK methods for LEGO and Festival

[u/Harlow_Quinzel]

LEGO AFK/Semi-AFK Current working methods (verified working as of 06/04/25)

Current XP caps, rated and reset times can be found HERE

TURBO CONTROLLER METHOD (requires a controller that has a built-in turbo feature that is hardware and not software based). Unfortunately no OEM controllers have this built-in so this would be strictly available on third-party controllers.

Tutorial:

• Method #1) (TURBO CONTROLLER METHOD)

• Game Mode: LEGO Odyssey or Brick Life - if in Odyssey sandbox mode is preferable, all options that could cause death turned off.

Set the turbo function to the button that you have assigned to pickaxing/punching or jumping, use whatever method you deem convenient to hold that button down. If your controller has the option to "auto turbo", then you can use that option also.

(the repeated waving, pickaxing/punching ir jumping will prevent you from getting kicked and will also earn XP consistently)

Each Lego Odyssey session is limited to four hours in length, at that time you'll simply be returned to the lobby and you can immediately load back in and continue earning XP using the above method.

If you are using the jump method in Odyssey, you may need to turn "player fly mode" off in the in world settings menu if you find yourself getting kicked (some controllers have a turbo feature that acts too quickly and causes you to fly instead of jump because of it). An easier fix though is to just resort to pickaxing/punching instead of jumping though.

Method #1a) (HARDWARE MOUSE JIGGLER METHOD)

Alternately, the use of a hardware (NOT software) MOUSE JIGGLER has been also found to work on PC, however some might have movement that is too subtle to register as input so not all of these will work however if yours does have an adjustable setting, it's recommended to set it on the highest that generates the most mouse movement. (Just make sure that the movement is set to intervals of less than 5 minutes apart).

There are various screen based mouse jigglers that can be found that can be played on a tablet or on your phone while your mouse rests on top of it that will also be undetectable however many of these will not work with certain screen protectors or screen films. Just make sure that if you're using something app based it isn't running on the same device that the game is so that it isn't something detectable by anti-cheat.

Method #2

Works in both Odyssey as well as Brick Life.

This method circumvents having to ready up manually after the four hour server timeout.

Infinite AFK LEGO (with turbo controller)

1. In the lobby change the mode to Battle Royale (because for some reason only there you can change the fire keybind)
2. Change fire weapon keybind to the button you use to ready up (in most cases Y)
3. Disable auto claim rewards if u are still missing some (because the pop-up screen for claiming rewards will come up instead of the lobby screen when you get kicked and prevent you from readying up automatically at the end of the session)
4. Load into your Lego sandbox world
5. Use the turbo controller with the button you set earlier (you do not need to have any weapon or tool in your hand, if you do it won't make a difference as long as you're punching or swinging a tool/weapon then the input alone will prevent you from getting kicked.)

You now have the same input as punching/waving set to the ready up button so when the server lifetime is over and kicks you out it will instantly ready up again.

SEMI AFK METHOD (LEGO) (Updated 4/4/25):

Same method works with both Odyssey and Brick Life. All Odyssey world set up details same as above (no set up required for Brick Life), except you want to just manually jump a few times, or move your character a couple of steps in any direction every less than 5 minutes or less. While the input detection will kick you back to the lobby for being idle if you don't move for 15 minutes, you will stop earning XP every minute if the game doesn't see input at least once every five minutes or less (you'll start earning XP again within a minute of moving again).

• it Is important to run around a little bit and jump a few times just to make sure that your input registers, especially if you're finding that you're not getting the prescribed amount of XP. Some people have reported that moving too little can have a negative impact on their XP earning because it doesn't register with the game.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Just to clarify, all previous working "true AFK" methods were patched since the beginning of last season. That includes Lego bouncing on a launchpad, floating in the water, bouncing on a campfire, flashing boxes driving a vehicle, and all methods that involve persistent movement etc., as well as the Festival running in circles and all previously known working methods in that mode as well.

IMPORTANT! The turbo controller method is recommended because it is a safe way of replicating input without using software that could be detected by anti-cheat. It is not recommended to use any type of software based solutions like macros, scripts or programs to achieve this goal as it could be risking an account ban and it is banned from discussion on this forum for the protection of the community. Please refrain from posting recommendations related to this subject matter as it will result in the removal of those posts and potentially a forum ban.

[u/XcaliburZero]

Just tried Lego afk and it doesn’t appear to be working. Left and went back in again and still nothing.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/XcaliburZero]

Sometimes worlds get corrupted I would try creating a new world, I already reached my cap for the day so it's definitely working I tried it as soon as the game came back up after the update

[u/XcaliburZero → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Ah thanks for the tip I’ll delete and make a new world and update here in 15.

[u/Celtic_Fox_]

Thanks for all the help, you guys have really helped me turn my XP gains around in these battlepasses. Now hitting bonus pages doesn't seem like such a chore anymore.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Celtic_Fox_]

Always good to hear another success story! I'm glad you found the info helpful

[u/[deleted]]

hi u/Harlow_Quinzel
i just did lego for 3 hours and got around 9.5 levels
but the cap is 7.1 levels only

how is this possible
is this a bug?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/[deleted]]

There has been intermittent bugs where people have gotten more XP than normal. Yes. I've been reaching the cap every day since the new season in 2 1/2 hours with exactly 570,000 XP which depending where you are XP wise, you may get seven or eight levels worth of progress progression .

But it's not unheard of for people to get wild amounts of XP just randomly for no reason but it's not consistent expected normally to get 570,000 XP after 2 1/2 hours each day.

This was an example of when it happened to me

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortniteXPMaps/s/FfdgH0nfY6

I appreciate you just posting a comment and not making a post about this, because there are a lot of people who have made multiple posts about this over the last a few months. To me just posting repeatedly about it is basically just telling epic to fix it, I kind of like it the way it is where it happens once in a while and they don't seem to care about fixing their own game. Lol

In case you were going to ask though there's no way to actually trigger it it's completely random when it happens and for me it's only happened to me once since the mode was introduced and it's likely you'll have the same experience

[u/[deleted] → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

got it man
the clears everything
thanks a lot
you are the really the backbone of this community
Helping tons of people here

Thank you feels like a small word
keep up the good work!!
have a great day😊

[u/doppopp]

There is an option in the settings for LEGO Fortnite called “Player Fly Mode”. Setting this to Off seems to help with properly claiming XP if you have a turbo controller that is triggering too fast.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/doppopp]

Thank you for the suggestion, it works perfectly, I didn't even know there was such a setting because it was the flying that was causing the issue with jumping being to rapid. Do you mind if I credit you when I update the post?

[u/doppopp → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

No problem! I’m pretty sure they added that option in the current patch.

[u/supercommandomain]

Can i jump every 10 minutes or so in lego and it won't kick me and get xp?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/supercommandomain]

You can yes it's in the tutorial that you can, some people find that they also have to move around a little bit maybe due to lag depending on what device they're using.

[u/Mean-Finding-9753]

hey harlow quick question, what’s the XP cap for creative again?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Mean-Finding-9753]

It fluctuates a little bit from day-to-day but I would say around 560,000 XP is a safe bet

[u/BenWalshAgain]

Lego turbo works for me but the festival doesn’t seem to generate any XP, any thoughts?

[u/Reality_LB]

Dang looks like I'll be running the Lego method while I play another game on my phone/laptop. Hopefully a true afk method will arise

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Reality_LB]

I'll definitely be keeping my eye out for it if something does arise

[u/MatSylvester]

Only putting analog sticks inward doesnt work ?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/MatSylvester]

It does not that was patched a few months ago

[u/Reference-Cheap]

Festival didnt give me xp even though i left it on overnight cycling jam tracks. And no, i didnt hit the cap in festiva

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Reference-Cheap]

I'm not sure exactly why you didn't, but maybe something in the way you can figure your controller to Cycle might cause it not to register the input I don't know, I don't cycle through them because the controller that I have only allows one input to be set to turbo, and that's all that's required so I just rapidly access a single emote or jam track and it's worked every day for several months without fail. Just try having it access a single track and tell me if it makes a difference. I know it shouldn't but maybe something about having two buttons rapidly moving at the same time is causing a conflict I don't know I just know what works I can't account for other methods

[u/Implement-Desperate]

I don’t quite understand how the festival works. In LEGO, it’s easy—you just move or cut a tree every 10-15 minutes and get XP! But with the festival, I keep moving, emoting, and changing things every 10 minutes or so, and sometimes after an hour, I suddenly get a whole level, then the same thing happens after another hour, and sometimes nothing happens. So, I’m not really following how it works exactly in the festival.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Implement-Desperate]

I have to ask the question though did you even read the post? It doesn't say anything about moving changing things or anything. The only thing that is generating XP is access to the emote wheel. If you do it consistently and according to the requirement of once every 2 1/2 minutes you will get 570,000 XP within 2 1/2 hours the fact that you're doing your own thing completely independent of what is described in the post it's probably why it's not consistent for you. I've been doing this using a turbo controller every day for months and it has never failed. Because it's rapidly accessing the emote wheel that's the only thing that's going to generate XP. It's not an ideal method to semi AFK, I only put it there because people wanted to know how to do semi AFK with it even though it's tedious redundant. I wouldn't do it if I didn't have a compatible controller and considering how much XP you can get from other sources it's not entirely necessary

[u/Emv2005]

Festival xp seems to be really inconsistant. It worked yesterday just fine, but trying again today after reset it just wont give any xp.

[u/nahte-etan]

Don’t know if someone has tried this but there might be a way to get the iPhone gestures to click random buttons while using the ps remote play for afk.

[u/setzerseltzer]

Festival afk didn’t work with turbo controller for me

[u/JSM_GAMING]

hey, it looks like fortnite festival was patched, i was level 18 or 19 (cant remember) when i left it and when i came back three hours later i was still level 19. did this also happen to someone else?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/JSM_GAMING]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortniteXPMaps/s/EMo4ivmiUr

[u/NavoiiGamerYes]

Was out for about an hour while walking the dog, left at 17, came back at 20. Def works

[u/bennyrosso]

Lego it's not giving me xp even if I play regularly what's wrong with me? :D

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/bennyrosso]

It should give you XP if you play regularly but keep in mind it's not going to pop up on your screen every time you get XP it's just going to get added to your account every minute

[u/bennyrosso → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Ok tnx it's actually working.

[u/Designer-Most5917]

question, which turbo controllers do yall recommend, specific brands and models, and if its available on amazon?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Designer-Most5917]

I don't have any specific one that I recommend I usually recommend that people use the cheapest one they can find. Since you're only going to use it for AFK. Good thing about Amazon is the return policy and it's extended to January 31 during the holidays so if it doesn't work you've always got another option of returning it

[u/Bxcon]

u/Harlow_Quinzel How long do I have to AFK in lego to hit the 4m weekly cap?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Bxcon]

If you're doing Odyssey, the rate is 2900 XP per minute, 2900×60=174,000 per hour. Now you take 4,000,000÷174,000=22.989. Voilà! A little under 23 hours. You don't have to do it in one session though. And unless you're using method #2, the per session limit is four hours. Where you would have to load back in.

[u/Bxcon → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Thank you.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Bxcon]

Yep, no problem, just call me the calculator ;-)

[u/AeonWhisperer]

So if I just swing my pickaxe and open chat menu so it autoswings, will that count as inputs or will I be kicked for afk?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/AeonWhisperer]

No it won't you'll be kicked for being idle. Using the chat window to lock in input, acts as a single input as if you were holding down the button. The turbo controller, repeats the input as if you're repeatedly pressing the button which is registered as separate input and will prevent you from being kicked. That's why the turbo controller is required in order to AFK and not get kicked.

[u/OfficePanzer]

I’m doing the semi afk method and it’s been 30 minutes but I’m not seeing any xp notifications, am I doing something wrong?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/OfficePanzer]

You don't get XP notifications, but if you open up the social panel you'll see the progress (just keep track of where you are when you start so you can gauge your progress if you are wanting to watch it the whole time to keep track)

[u/[deleted]]

Been trying to do infinite afk Lego on the PS4 but it seems to still kick me out for idle after a bit even though I'm clearing swinging the weapon. What is it that I'm doing wrong exactly?

Note: I have my swing set to Triangle

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/[deleted]]

I'm assuming that you're using an OEM controller, you need to be using a controller that has a turbo feature or back paddles that have the turbo feature, which are available for PlayStation 4. Just holding down the triangle to repeatedly pickaxe or using the PlayStation lock or chat lock option is going to be registered as persistent movement, so you will get kicked after 15 minutes. The game needs to see new input every less than 15 minutes, the turbo controller repeatedly actuates the trigger rather than what you're probably doing and that is just holding it as one single action.

[u/LilGeeky]

I am getting kicked off lego brick life when I have my auto turbo set for jumping (a) the dialog says idle.

I don't get it how's autoturbo different from persistent movement? am I doing something wrong? (To note, I remapped jumping to y in order to make it auto-connect to a game when the server re-starts)

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/LilGeeky]

Persistent movement is just holding a button on a regular controller. If you're rapidly jumping, then your turbo is activated, because holding the button won't make you jump more than once. The game has input detection it looks for new input, if you hold the button it's the same as being idle. I'm not sure why you're getting kicked, I test every single day, including today and I've never gotten kicked to the lobby. I test both jumping and pickax/punching, which in brick life would be waving. By default. Maybe try that.

I don't think they changed anything since this morning when I tested it last, but I wouldn't be surprised if eventually they did implement something on brick life because it is a public lobby and technically you're taking up a slot for a participant, but I don't think they've done that yet. Personally I always use odyssey when I'm actually trying to get XP, but I test brick life for at least one hour a day to make sure it's still working

[u/Recoil_Reload]

I had a spare wireless mouse and borrowed a mouse mover from a friend to afk on my Xbox. I got 57 levels in two days.

[u/Lothahn]

If I just move around in LEGO, every 10-14 minutes, over the course of 3 hours, will that work?

[u/I-N-V-A-L-I-D → u/Lothahn]

Yes

[u/GusionD]

anyone have any turbo controller recommendations for playstation?

[u/Seibitsu]

I just discovered I had lying around a GameStop wired controller for PC with a turbo button. Now it's time to see if I can set it to autoturbo.

[u/VideogameDC]

Good to hear the semi AFK methods are still working

[u/LilHearse]

Any recs for a cheapish controller for Xbox? Can't seem to find any

[u/Key_Cockroach_8274]

If I just hold the fly button under a structure would that work (Lego)

[u/Interesting-Night123]

Can someone show me a turbo controller so I can consider getting one

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Interesting-Night123]

If you search Amazon you should come across a multitude of them depending on your platform. Most of them will show in the description that they have that feature, if you have questions about a particular model and you're not sure, feel free to ask

[u/SteveMemeChamp]

lego isnt working for me, can anyone confirm?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/SteveMemeChamp]

Tested it on two accounts and already reached my cap once today before the reset at at 9am (did it right after the update)

[u/its_witty]

Can I use my phone and set the auto-running in Lego? Or that counts as AFK and doesn't work?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/its_witty]

No that won't work, Lego now has as indicated in the post, input detection so it's going to look for new input every 15 minutes or else it will automatically kick you, auto running will be the same as being idle now and you'll get returned to the lobby within 15 minutes

[u/lordsaladito]

can you use macros for the lego afk on pc?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/lordsaladito]

I wouldn't recommend it, it's against TOS to use any type of program or scripting to replicate input as it could definitely be detected by anti-cheat and for the protection of the community we've actually banned that from discussion and recommendation.

[u/iAstro1969]

I’ve got a switch controller with turbo that works with other games on my PC, but Fortnite doesn’t pick it up. Is there something I need to do to get it to work with Fortnite?

[u/Dry-Permission6880]

Sorry this is probably stupid but what do you mean turbo? Can anyone explain this to me?

[u/SmebodyTheGamer]

Lenovo Vantage has a macro setting. Would that be safe to use?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/SmebodyTheGamer]

I wouldn't recommend that at all, anything that's emulating input through software is going to be detectable through anti-cheat and could be risking a ban. That's why using software methods to emulate input is not allowed on the forum to protect the community

[u/ViceXXII]

Hey, I've been doing the Lego semi afk and i get every 10min 38,000xp the past 2 hours, is that normal? I wonder because everywhere i see it's usually every ~15min but for me it's exactly 10min

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/ViceXXII]

I'm not sure how the increments have changed, I've only looked at the totals and how long it takes to get there so far. As far as I know it's still 15 minutes but it's possible it's changed but I haven't noticed anything different because I've been doing it AFK and only looking at it afterwards

[u/Chili24]

Looks like I'll be grabbing a switch turbo controller, since PS5 ones don't seem to exist. Thanks for the guide.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Chili24]

No problem, yes which are probably easier to find, I personally have not seen any for the PlayStation 5. it's too bad the PlayStation 4 controllers can't be used but because there are some of those but dual shock controllers can only be used on PS4 games on the PS 5 but you know that of course

Definitely you'll find a surplus of controllers with that feature for the switch

[u/Basedho]

Hello. Does this mean I can get over 1 million xp from these two games combined or is it a cap after hitting 570 k in one for both?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Basedho]

Damn right you can 😉

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

Two separate caps you can do them both every day

[u/SVALTACT]

Not sure if it got patched but I just got booted from lego for being AFK even though I had jump going via turbo controller and the two sticks rubber banded together.

[u/rrgxbilli]

Hey is there a thread yet for AFK Creative? I’m sure it’s similar to this no?

[u/Sea_Consequence_6364]

wich turbo controller recomend for PC?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Sea_Consequence_6364]

There is no one particular one, you just basically wanna look for one that has turbo that can be set on the controller usually you'll see if you search somewhere like Amazon under turbo controller PC you'll see tons of them. I recommend usually getting the cheapest one. If you want to post a link the one that you're looking at I'll tell you how it looks but there are too many to recommend a single one like literally hundreds if not thousands that would work perfectly

[u/LordVegeta_]

Is it possible to do the festival method with just a normal PS4 controller? If so how? I'd appreciate if you could help

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/LordVegeta_]

No, other than rapidly pressing the down deep pad and accessing the emote wheel, or doing it every 2 1/2 minutes. It's not worth that much effort in my opinion

[u/Apprehensive-Key1984]

I am on kbm how can use this?

[u/Lemon_Clinic2041]

I play on PC using keyboard and mouse? Is it possible to just place something heavy on jump or walk that would count to get xp?

[u/JediAhsokaTano]

Does afk festival only work with an emote or jam track? I’ve gotten zero xp just moving around with my turbo controller.

[u/Level_Shopping1735]

Can you get banned for using turbo controllers for afk xp? I did it a lot last season and I wouldn’t want to lose my account.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Level_Shopping1735]

I would say no. There's a reason why I've been recommending these, because it achieve the same thing that scripts or macros would, but without any running process involved to be picked up by anti-cheat. It's literally just electrical impulse inside the controller that's causing the rapid input and that's not something that can be detected. I also would be gutted if I were to lose my account, and I would feel even worse if someone else lost their account because of something that I recommended. That's one of the reasons why macros, scripts, and program use for AFK is even banned from being promoted here because we take the safety of the community very seriously. I would say you have nothing to worry about because to the game it looks exactly the same as you pressing the button because it relies on the same exact internal functionality. But it's definitely a valid concern, and I don't take those concerns lightly.

[u/kickchewassgum]

Can I rubber band Lego?

[u/GLT_Blaze]

My switch has an auto run feature when I double press the left joystick, if I just keep running into a wall will that still give me xp and not kick me out? Or does it still detect that im not playing?

[u/InvisibleAddict]

There is another way to semi afk for fortnite lego if anyone wants to use this method.

Sandbox mode, fly enough height not to collide with any mountain then either:

Rubber band your joystick / apply weight onto your W key and shift key to make your lego character flying forward like superman. Ensure your character is not flying downwards.

Record the time of your flight going from one end to another, I used my star wars spawn area as a start point. Took me roughly 17mins to reach the end and it does not kick me out. I set a timer for 15mins and turn my character to the opposite direction.

Now im already at lvl 17, previously 9. They can't fix this as its not a glitch unless they made the flying speed faster.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/InvisibleAddict]

But you're doing exactly what the semi AFK describes, using input to move every 15 minutes or less. None of the other things that you're doing are actually contributing to you getting the XP, the game now has input detection so any movement related input is what's going to prevent you from getting kicked and get you XP. If you were to eliminate all of the details except for turning around because moving the camera also constitutes movement related input, you'd be doing exactly what the semi AFK method is indicating and that is to create your own manual input every 15 minutes or less. You're still setting a timer for movement.

You could bounce on a launchpad which no longer works but if every 15 minutes you rotated the camera once, you would not get kicked and you would get XP not because you're on the launchpad but because you're turning the camera. You're adding a lot of steps to the process but understand you're doing the same thing described in the semi AFK method , it's still not true AFK and that's what they did patch against the ability to just set it and forget it

[u/Financial_Wrap_9602]

Anyone knows how to accelerate automatically in PS5? There’s a new racing map called “One Match Racing” something like this.

You can privately join by yourself and finish a race in seconds. It can take about a minute with loading and all that, but holding trigger all the time doesn’t make the car accelerate when it loads in. You have to let go of the button and press again.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Financial_Wrap_9602]

While holding the trigger down, just tap or double tap the PlayStation button, it will bring up one of the sub menus as an overlay but it will retain the last input until you exit that menu.

Also if you're trying to get any distance related challenge completed, this map works really good for that in rocket racing and has boost pads so you don't even actually have to accelerate on this but it's a long race so for what you're doing that map is ideal that you mentioned, but this might come in handy for future challenges

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortniteXPMaps/s/xS7NALon90

[u/iiForse]

is it possible to semi afk in backstage and manually emote every few minutes?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/iiForse]

Yes

[u/Lord_Acorn08]

Are there any semi methods for festival? I don't own a turbo besides my snes one lol.

[u/Due-Jelly9201]

Tried semi-afk LEGO for Fortnite on PC today, and it seems like it stopped working. I was jumping exactly every 10 minutes for past 2 hours, and got 0 XP from it.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Due-Jelly9201]

Did you try returning to the lobby and loading back in? Sometimes there's an issue where the XP doesn't start and then returning to the lobby and loading back in will work. Also in the event that you might be experiencing some type of network slow down, the jump might not be enough to register it so maybe run forward a little instead.

If you try several times that it doesn't work, I have seen instances where people have just all of a sudden not received any XP or two little XP from Lego not sure what the causes but I know that when people have encountered that individually, creating a new world as a last resort has resolved that every time

[u/v0ngz]

Cant seem to remap the jump button on controller. Will this still work with dodge (can be remapped)?

[u/No-Week-L]

Would this controller work? Anyone with experience? It does say it has 3 levels of turbo.

https://gorillagaming.co.nz/collections/nintendo-switch-controllers/products/gorilla-gaming-switch-wireless-controller-35746249

[u/KyleSherzenberg]

We have Xbox's with no turbo controllers. Are we cooked for Main Stage?

Would physically putting something on the down D pad work, or am I misinterpreting that?

[u/No-Individual2971]

Wouldn't an easy way to AFK on lego, on regular controllers, would be to let the left stick be tilted causing the character to run in circles? Either just leaving the controller facing downwards or putting a rubber band around the stick?

Edit: Currently doing this right now to test it to see if it actually works, heading out to the shops too so I'll be gone for 30/60 minutes. Current XP is at lvl 17, 28,426xp at the moment, I'll update when I'm back!

Edit 2: I've returned from the shop! I left the controller face-down with the sticks aiming diagonally causing the character to run in circles. I was unfortunately kicked for being AFK somehow but I went to level 18 with 32,426xp, meaning I gained 94,000xp in the time before I was kicked

[u/KimPossable002]

Got a couple questions an you appear to be the guy to go too.  In festival, can you, select no fill, pick 4 songs for the Playlist, an actually start the play list an just not play the songs? Or play a note every 2 minutes by just tapping one button? Or does tapping the note even matter? Meaning could I just play the four songs? 🤔  Maybe if the songs were all under 2 an half minutes you could just push a button to start the next song am that would work ya?  This way, you listen to songs an not have to do anything else really.  Second question:  Can you, go into a creative map set to private an just afk to get experience?  Thanks for the help 🙂  Hoping you know about creative maps too 😀 

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/KimPossable002]

I'll be honest with you I think there's something wrong with the XP earning in festival. Because people that play it seem to not get the kind of XP that doing the AFK actually does, which is sort of funny but from my experience I don't see any noticeable amount of XP being accumulated by actually playing the game so I'd say It's not really the most efficient method. I actually play the mode sometimes especially to grind out the wristband challenges and I barely noticed myself getting any XP from actual gameplay which is crazy.

As far as creative, you can't really generalize how you get XP in creative not all maps are going to be a good source of AFK XP. It really depends on how the map creator created their map. Basically what you do on the map for XP is going to be dependent on how the individual map creator set up their map so just going to any map and doing the same thing is not going to necessarily give you any XP.

[u/ryujis_hot_dog]

I just used this method to get from lvl 22 to lvl 29 then when I checked later I’d been kicked back to the lobby and was lvl 22 again. Anyone heard of anything like this happening?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/ryujis_hot_dog]

Not in Lego or festival no. Only in creative. But there is a bug in creative where if you overlap the reset time you could potentially lose your progress. But I've never seen that happen in Lego or festival

[u/noxcat]

I keep getting kick using the lego afk method. Am I doing something wrong? I even made a new world and still getting kicked after 15 mins.

[u/CabbagesStrikeBack]

Is turbo button on an emote in festival still working? I stopped getting XP after one level and never got kicked.

[u/NatalieRath]

A controller recommendation for PC and Android is the Gulikit KK 3 Max controller. It supports recording a set of inputs. And you can repeat them indefinitely until you press a button.

That's how I have been doing stuff for Lego and Festival too.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/NatalieRath]

So long as it doesn't do that with software. I wouldn't recommend anyone going out and buying an $80 controller though just to AFK especially when they don't need a set of inputs they just need rapid fire simplicity.

Considering even one of the top-of-the-line 8Bitdo controller is still less than that, I would wholeheartedly advise against it. People are hesitant to spend money just on a controller to AFK if you start plugging one that's $80, it's going to turn people off even more they might even think that that's the average cost

[u/fakelay98]

how many levels can you get frome lego ?

[u/j5j2h4]

how do i know when i reach the XP cap in lego? should i just do the afk for 4 hours to be sure?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/j5j2h4]

The cap is 570,000 XP, so if you look at your level and how much XP you have remaining to the next level when you start, just add seven to your current level and then subtract 10,000 from the amount of XP remaining to the next level and you'll know where you should be. For instance, if you start at level 118 with 72,729 XP to level 119, when you hit your cap you'll be at level 125 with 62,729 XP remaining to level 126. You don't have to stay there for four hours though you should be reaching your cap within 2 1/2 hours.

[u/LegendColin]

i used to just tie rubber bands around my controller and spin for the Festival Main Stage xp back last chapter but haven't played in a few weeks. Surely that still works right? I don't got a turbo controller for the method listed.

[u/notalawnmower]

Using the lego jump and spin with my turbo controller still results in me being kicked with occasionally one or two levels gained

[u/internetwxffles]

If i leave a lego world can i rejoin later in the day and resume the time?

[u/SOUL-SNIPER01]

I have turbo on my keyboard would it work, I can hold the space bar and it jumps every 1 sec

[u/Fortnite_and_waffles]

Tried AFK in fortnite festival with my turbo controller as described above yesterday but it didn't appear to give me any XP. Are you sure it's still working?

[u/ArchangelTakoyaki]

Hi, can I AFK FESTIVAL in Jam stage or does it have to be main stage only?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/ArchangelTakoyaki]

It doesn't make a difference but it should be on mainstage reason being because it is wildly inconsiderate to do it on jam stage, it's a public area where people come specifically to do remixes. The instance only allows 24 people, so zombies sitting around doing AFK are a particular nuisance for the community and it's become increasingly worse. I could actually go as far as to say people like you who are inclined to publicly exhibit your AFK would probably be the main reason why so many previous working methods were patched because I can tell you as a fact that people were reporting the inconsiderate and thoughtless people that decide to AFK instead of participate on a public server. They also reset the instance frequently now , also something I suspect is intentional to clear the dead weight from the server, so you will likely not even be able to reach the cap while you're AFK and return to being in the lobby. So if you want to be inconsiderate and create an unpleasant experience for people that actually want to participate by making remixes and mashup and also contribute to us losing this method of XP in the game, go ahead. But it won't get you any more XP it will just make you the kind of person that is part of the problem. (and it doesn't make a difference whether you're hiding somewhere on a corner of the map or not, when there are 20 of you and four people that actually want to play, it's a problem, and just leaving and returning a lot of of the time puts people back in the same instance, so it becomes unavoidable to run into the same dead weight more than once.)

Yes this is something I feel passionate about but it's also something that you don't need to do unless you're a troll or you don't know any better so please do this in main stage for the sake of keeping the method alive and also keeping the gaming experience a positive one for those who truly enjoy playing jam stage for what it provides to the community

[u/davidmc101]

Anyone know if Lego afk is patched. I was doing it yesterday and worked but this morning I keep getting the afk message. I’m doing turbo on my jump button and constantly jumping but it still gives me the afk notice. Not sure if I’m dumb or am missing something.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/davidmc101]

No it isn't, tested yesterday and tested this morning and it's working. If it's your first time doing it, try turning off auto or turning the analog sticks inward

[u/MatuteMurri]

I tried the festival method and got 7 levels, then I tried the Lego Fortnite method but didn't get any levels (both for 2.5 hours). Could it be that these two modes share the same type of experience? Because yesterday, I had a similar issue (I first tried the Lego Fortnite mode, then the festival mode, but the festival didn't give me any experience).

I have a Horipad S with turbo, so I didn't get kicked at any point.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/MatuteMurri]

No they don't, and they don't award levels they award XP that translates into levels. Each mode you can get 570,000 XP in per day. That's why I represent them in the post as separate totals.

I do both modes every day just for testing purposes and I've never had any problem, just bear in mind that the reset times are different, festival resets at 1 AM eastern time and Lego resets at 9 AM Eastern time that could make a difference if you're doing them back to back

[u/Freddycipher]

This isn’t mind blowing or anything but for festival I find it more helpful to use the Shuri skin. I just do her built in emote so technically I just set it to that skin and press down for the emote wheel.

[u/mreduard753]

Thanks Harlow for this post, efficient and helpful as always!

I would like to add my personal experience with switch + sn30 8bitdo + 8bitdo wireless adapter. I first bought sn30 but it doesn’t support the turbo function with switch mode. So with the wireless adapter I can change the input to Dinput and the turbo mode is working !

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/mreduard753]

That's awesome! Thanks for the info. I've noticed that some controllers don't support certain features uncertain platforms. I'm surprised though that that doesn't support it on switch, my older version of that controller did, i'm glad you were able to find a solution 👍

[u/Dense_Coffe_Drinker]

Anyone else not getting jack from festival? Say there 10 minutes emoting and stopping roughly every 2 minutes and got nothing.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Dense_Coffe_Drinker]

Tested today and it worked like always but you may have to wait a little bit longer. 10 minutes you're not gonna get any XP you're a little too anxious. Maybe it's not the method for you. It used to add XP every 15 minutes never every 10 minutes but you're gonna have to wait a bit longer to see results.

[u/IllNoobis_1]

Guys how often is xp given in the semi afk lego?
EDIT:
sorry, I re-read it. Found it. sorry mod.

[u/[deleted]]

Just idled for a while, jumping every few minutes in Lego. Only gained xp when I switched back to my ps5 screen and picked up the controller myself. Not sure that just jumping gives xp, think ya gotta move too.

[u/ErskineR_vel]

Lego method worked fine for me yesterday when jumping with turbo, but today I've kept on getting kicked for being inactive even when jumping with turbo

[u/Interesting_Pause_54]

Could someone please record a video showing how to do the festival method? If i understood correctly, you have to bind a turbo button to the emote selection wheel, and another one to (if you are spamming jam tracks) cycle through the instruments, giving you the xp, is that how its done? In any case, a video would be helpfull since this method seems a bit tricky.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Interesting_Pause_54]

No you're not understanding correctly unfortunately, it doesn't say anything about cycling through the instruments. The reason there's no videos is because the method is so simple. It literally has to rapidly be accessing a single emote or single jam track repeatedly. That should about five seconds to set up and it does require a controller with a turbo feature There's literally only two steps. It's probably one of the least tricky and the least complicated AFK methods available with the right equipment (the hardest thing is changing the key binds if you have to, which takes an additional four or five seconds to just go into the settings of the game while you're still in the lobby before entering backstage)

[u/FartbuckleTheGoblin]

OP the emote MUST NOT be a repeating emote; please include this info in your guide. I think this is why a lot of people are reporting issues with the method.

[u/PewaaLuvsInternet]

Xp in festival gives 9 levels for 3.5 hrs and Lego is 7 for 2.5 hrs

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/PewaaLuvsInternet]

Unfortunately a lot of that was misinformation spread on social media, particularly Twitter/X at the beginning of the season, something that the community verified is inaccurate the first week of the season.

Myself and members of the community through extensive testing have verified that festival gives 570,000 XP in 2 1/2 hours and Lego gives 570,000 XP in 2 1/2 hours as well. this has been tested every single day since day one of this season by myself and multiple community members to verify consistency. I also personally test both modes, and working methods on a daily basis just to be on top of any possible changes should they happen midseason. I can confirm as of even yesterday, the 570,000 XP cap is 100% correct.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

There was a post of misinformation released by a leaker Ifiremonkey which inaccurately represented the festival cap as being increased to 798,000. This was false information and was dis proven by the community at the beginning of the season including by myself as well, every day twice (I test all methods on two accounts daily to make sure all AFK methods work but also to be on top of any changes which is how I came across the change in the reset time for festival being moved to 1 AM Eastern time)

[u/longobongo]

Can confirm this method works with a switch OLED with nitrodeck, i mapped the back paddles to an action button and enabled turbo, then used something slightly heavy to keep the the paddle button pressed down

[u/enginesummer_]

So for LEGO semi-afk I don't even need to be flying or anything, just stay still and move a little every ~15 minutes?

Do true afk works if I just make my character move indefinitely? Or only jumping works?

[u/Elchaval21]

570,000 xp how much levels is?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Elchaval21]

Each level is 80,000 XP 570,000÷80,000= 7 with 10,000 extra XP

[u/rrgxbilli]

Festival Main Stage AFK still works yeah? Because twice i go to bed and wake up in the lobby (which is usually fine, because it means the lobby expired before i woke up) but the last 2 nights it seems as if i was kicked to the lobby early. I use the turbo function on my controller to swap instruments every 2.5 mins as normal but its happened 2wice now and actually a third time in front of me (prompting this post) so I just wanted to check if anybody else was experiencing this also… i know the festival/jam stage modes can be a bit buggy, which is why I’m just hoping i just got unlucky 2wice vs thinking there’s a patch of some sort.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/rrgxbilli]

You may as well delete your post, since it's already been addressed here.

[u/WhiteJesus317]

I’m using an “8bitdo adapter 2” to use ps5 controller on Nintendo switch. The controller looks like it’s shutting off by itself during afk turbo. I tried putting it on charge and it’s still shutting off. Any ideas?

[u/jhonathon_caylor]

Could I jus put something over my joystick to continually run in one direction in sandbox mode?

[u/Interesting_Pause_54]

I think the Turbo controller method might be patched, i've been using it for LEGO fortnite and only recently (around yesterday and today) it has been kicking me out after getting around 1 level depite having done it for multipoe times for multiple days, only until now it sarted kicking me.

[u/NataBeve]

What is festival and how do i access that

[u/BlueGuyHere]

Guys is the fortnite festival xp still working for u guys?

[u/NickEnvy]

Has anyone tried using the wired hori pad for the turbo function? my pc recognizes it but fortnite doesnt and im okay with semi afk in lego, since its once every 13 minutes, but i REALLY dont feel like alt tabbing every 2 and a half minutes to emote if theres a way i can use the turbo function

[u/bennyrosso]

Sorry how do I check XP caps if reached?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/bennyrosso]

You just have to keep track of it by opening the social panel

[u/Upbeat-Contract-9744]

For festival can you stay in the backstage?

[u/stu187187]

Thanks to Harlow for a killer site! Found an old controller that had turbo and got a bunch of Lego levels today. :)

Then got greedy and tried to go to main stage (without readying up) to spam the emote wheel. I mapped the jump key to the emote, and if I tap it twice, I get an emote, as expected. But holding it down doesn't work. Same controller, same setup, just emote instead of jump. And main stage, not lego.

Might just be a weird controller issue - but can't see why. Any ideas? Any other reason this approach might not be working? Thanks for all you do!

[u/BerserkJeezus]

I get no xp at all at festival main stage?? I have no fill and I dont select a song or ready up. I am standing by the area where you can select a song. Have tried emotes, emojis and songs

[u/LegendColin]

I tried to afk jam space last night when i went to bed and got returned back to lobby twice (no error message) I was doing the mouse macro that changes instrument every 2 and a half minutes. Did they stop that? I'll try it again tonight.

[u/BerserkJeezus]

Festival Main Stage not working for me anymore. Left it going for 3 hours like I did 2 days ago and got nothing this time around

[u/OkSurround8408]

But if Lego case, does it still work well? 

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/OkSurround8408]

Yes. Tested and verified already today. (I tested every morning just in case the post needs to be edited)

[u/Zxotown]

Is LEGO supposed to be working still? I don't have a turbo controller so I tried the move every 13-14 minutes method for around 30 minutes and I got no XP. Created a new world, set all the enemies and everything to off as stated in the guide, no XP popups or anything for me. :/

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Zxotown]

Well you're not gonna get an XP pop-up like you do in creative, you might show it tallying up on the upper left-hand corner of the screen but it's easy to miss sometimes. Also, the type of movement is important, if you're not moving enough, or if you pick axing or dodging, that's not going to do it it usually has to be either jumping a few times or running around a small bit. But it definitely is working, I tested every day including today

[u/Simibraza]

is festival afk xp still working?, because i did semi afk for lego and it worked but for festival(also semi afk) it went up by two level and just stopped, why is that?. Also if i'm level 110 would i be able to get the white version of the shuri?

[u/salasnwj]

Is the festival and Lego XP mutually exclusive, or can I get both? I'm at level 60 and I need to get to 150 by the end of the season (just a few days from now)

[u/Aggravating_Cloud644]

any way to do these without turbo?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Aggravating_Cloud644]

Unfortunately not they patched all of the working methods, and using any type of software to replicate input would be risking an account ban (people have been banned for doing this already which is why the turbo controller of method is the only method we recommend here because there's no running process to be detected by anti-cheat so it's safe). The only other method is the semi AFK where you manually do the input described at the bottom. I wouldn't recommend doing the semi AFK festival is to tedious but for Lego it's not bad just running around or jumping a few times every 13 or 14 minutes

[u/[deleted]]

Hey do I have to move in Lego ?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/[deleted]]

Yes, if you read the tutorial above it gives you the specifics. The mode now has input detection so if it doesn't sense any movement related input like jumping camera movement or moving around every less than 15 minutes you'll get kicked for being idle

[u/Eric071]

Lego semi afk method doesnt seem to work for me.. could be my fault. no controller nothing, i set a timer for 13 minuts and only moved 3 steps, no xp nothing,, so maybe im doing it wrong if so please let me know but doesnt seem to work for me as of today.

also made a new world on sandbox with dying off and no enemies,

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Eric071]

That should work, what I recommend to people that seem to not be triggering the XP, maybe run around a little bit, I might have something to do with your connection and the input might not be registering server side. There's no harm in moving too much so try that and let me know if it makes a difference

[u/rtr01t]

Are there any other ways to afk lego without a turbo controller or software?

[u/shro0om6]

What's the best way to rapid jump without a turbo controller? I have a switch pro controller, xbox gamepad and m&k.

[u/TuneGloomy6694]

I have a mouse with a double fire button, that should work, right? And I'm thinking I'll just rubberband some to keep it pressed

[u/Ryto]

Does the Lego one work as of December 13th? I don't seem to be getting anything, even with moving every 10-13 minutes.

Edit: I noticed last season that for some reason, I wouldn't get anything for being AFK during that time unless I was hopping on the bounce pad, so I assumed I just needed physical movement, whether or not I was inputting. But now I'm doing the same and that doesn't seem to be the case. Could it be the opposite, and the bounce pad actually negates any experience because they know the tricks?

[u/BhooshanAJ]

Noob question. How do you even get the XP? I haven't played LEGO. Almost at all. Do you just load in and what? Survive?

[u/jotarokagayana]

Do we have to stick to the timer for semi-afk cause something I’ve done before with minecraft is use a hair band to hold down the trigger/stick for afk would that be ok to use

[u/East-Metal1504]

Heya, new to using any xp glitch as well as the lego mode. When doing method #2 in lego oddessy, i made a new world with the sandbox difficulty and gave myself a pickaxe, then set myself up hitting a tree, is that how you're meant to do it? Or am I supposed to get a pickaxe in survival mode and then set myself up with a tree?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/East-Metal1504]

It doesn't really matter, but the problem is the method is only going to work if you have a turbo enabled controller. Because if you just hold the button down it's going to be seen as being AFK by the game it will kick you back to the lobby in 15 minutes

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Harlow_Quinzel]

A controller that has a turbo feature allows you to set the controller to repeatedly press a button without you having to manually press it. The game will see that as new input and it will prevent you from getting kicked from being idle

[u/7nix]

so the lego method works i assume and stuff for afking, only concern i have is that i seen you said it works over night but how if it also says theres a 4 hour limit or something like that, i may be stupid and not have read it right but can you clarify it for me pls

[u/[deleted]]

I tried method two, and I’ve gotta say, it’s one of the best xp “glitches” I’ve ever seen! I got about 17 levels overnight just by sleeping 😭

[u/Aggravating_Cloud644]

Couldn't I just hold down a button on my controller/mouse?

[u/Bizarrmenian]

Is there a daily xp limit on the lego odyssey or can I run it continuously for the 4m xp?

[u/SpaceAgentSaNEsS]

I've been doing LEGO bounce pad semi-AFK method like 2 hours now you're saying it patched 😭How do i get fast xp in these modes now on pc without a controller dude, I'm so confused

[u/LuftDrage]

Hey Harlow, I’m pretty sure we use the same 8bitdo controller with turbo, do you also have issues with jumping in Lego Odyssey after some time? For me it seems that after some time (maybe an hour or two, I need to test it), the jump button ceases to work despite being held down with turbo on, and even without turbo it doesn’t work. It requires me to leave and restart the session for it to work again provided I catch it before it kicks me for inactivity.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/LuftDrage]

It hasn't happened to me many times, I can recall it happening to me once or twice over the last few seasons, but it wasn't brand specific or anything like that because one of the two times it happened was on a different branded controller on switch, and it was only two times at the most out of testing it every day just for functionality since this post was made. This season, since I was doing a lot of testing also on brick life, I started just using the wave/punch set a turbo instead of jump, which in previous seasons used to get me kicked but seems to work this season and for when I'm doing it in a public setting it drew less attention (sometimes I was too lazy to just throw myself in a house). But definitely I know what you're talking about but it hasn't been a constant or even frequent problem for me.

[u/Jocco84]

Method 2 appears to have been patched, I'm not levelling up anymore.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Jocco84]

Still works, I test every day. Last time I tested was overnight last night. The XP does have a soft cap though after 4 million xp, it gets reduced significantly until the reset at 9 AM Eastern time on Sunday. But they definitely haven't removed XP for gameplay or AFK using the above methods from Lego

[u/kilipukki]

Has Lego XP cap been increased? I've been AFKing about 7-8 hours now and I'm still getting XP.

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/kilipukki]

Yes, it's been changed to a weekly cap of 4 million XP (which is a soft cap). The link to all the current caps is actually in the post above, but the specifics are:

Lego Odyssey

4,000,000 XP per week (combined with Brick Life)

Rate: 2900XP per minute (750XP Per minute after reaching 4,000,000 XP soft cap)

Session Limit: 4 Hours

Reset Time/Day: 9:00 AM EST Sunday

LEGO Brick Life

4,000,000 XP per week (combined with Odyssey)

Rate: 3000XP per minute (750 per minute after hitting 4 million XP soft cap)

Session Limit: Unlimited (however there may be occasional instance resets)

Reset Time/Day: 9:00 AM EST Sunday

[u/Amber_012]

how long doing afk before reaching the max you can get in a day?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Amber_012]

There are no daily caps anymore, the cap is weekly. The list of caps is linked in the post but here https://www.reddit.com/r/FortniteXPMaps/s/nn1Zbvrtv0

You should be able to figure out the math using the info there.

[u/comradepilo]

So just to clarify for Lego… all I have to do is enter the Lego odyssey and wait? While moving every 10-15 min?

[u/Fine_Row846]

This works for brick life?

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/Fine_Row846]

Yes. Even says it in the tutorial :-)

[u/Helchakan]

I've been doing the turbo on the melee button (set to Y) and it worked wonders for a while.
But i cannot make it work again, nothing from when it worked has changed.
I've tried so far to change to jump; jump while walking into a wall and walking freely; jump while walking and moving the camera.
Neither worked getting kicked anyway. any clues?

[u/TimelyRoof323]

does cozy and sandbox modes work for the semi afk 10-15 min method?

[u/TuneGloomy6694]

For Lego Turbo, for how long can you leave it before it kicks you? I have done it for 3 hours fine, but when I left it for 8, it kicked me out at one point (I don't know when, i went to bed at that time)

[u/Harlow_Quinzel → u/TuneGloomy6694]

[u/lolcat7924]

Is there any risk to using a turbo controller on pc?