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Fortnite Override: Bass Boost XP Glitch Guide

Buy the Bass Boost through Loot Hacks, then break structures to bank tens of thousands of XP per shot.

Buy the Bass Boost through Loot Hacks, then break structures to bank tens of thousands of XP per shot.

The Bass Boost gloves came back into the loot pool with Chapter 7 Season 4, and right now they are paying out absurd amounts of XP for destroying builds. One well-aimed blast in a dense POI can be worth more Battle Pass progress than a full match of looting and fighting.

Quick answer: Spend Sprite Dust in the Override menu’s Loot Hack tab to add the Bass Boost to your chest pool, find the gloves in a match, then use the secondary attack (R2/RT) on clusters of player-built or map structures. Each structure destroyed is worth roughly 5,000 XP.


What you need before the Bass Boost XP glitch works

This runs entirely through the season’s Loot Hacks system, so the setup happens in the lobby before you ever drop. There is no code to enter and no special mode required.

RequirementDetails
Sprite DustUsed to buy the Bass Boost as a Loot Hack. Your configuration can be reset later with more Dust.
Override menu accessFound in the Battle Royale lobby under the Override tab, then Loot Hack.
ModeAny Battle Royale or Zero Build match.
In-match luckHacked items only have a chance to drop, so chests are still the gate.

Note: this only inflates your own XP total. It does not change anyone else’s match, and no anti-cheat action is tied to it.


How to trigger the Bass Boost XP glitch

From the Battle Royale lobby, open the Override tab and select Loot Hack. This is the screen where Sprite Dust gets converted into bonus items that can appear in your chests.
Pick the Bass Boost and purchase it with your Sprite Dust. Once it is active in your Loot Hack configuration, the gloves become part of your personal chest pool for every match you play.
Loot Hack tab in the Override menu with Bass Boost selected and the Upgrade option available
The Bass Boost sits in the Loot Hack tab of the Override menu, ready to be purchased and upgraded with Sprite Dust. Epic Games
Drop into a match and open chests until the Bass Boost gloves appear. There is no guaranteed spawn, so land in a chest-dense area and keep looting until you see the pickup prompt.
Bass Boost gloves on the ground in a match with the Pick Up prompt on screen
The Bass Boost drops from a chest and shows the standard Pick Up prompt. Epic Games
Head for a POI packed with buildings and use the secondary attack, bound to R2 on PlayStation and RT on Xbox. Structures break in a single hit, and the blast hits a wide area rather than one wall at a time.
Line up shots so each blast catches as many separate structures as possible. Aiming at rows of walls, floors and stacked builds rather than open ground is the whole trick here.

How much XP the Bass Boost actually gives

The payout scales with how many structures a single shot destroys, which is why positioning matters more than accuracy. Well-placed blasts stack into six-figure totals fast.

ActionApproximate XP
One structure destroyed~5,000
One well-timed blast hitting multiple structures~50,000
About a minute of sustained demolition600,000+

At that rate, more than five Battle Pass levels in a single minute is realistic, assuming you find enough buildings and the match does not end first.


How to confirm the XP glitch worked

Check the post-match summary. Gameplay XP will be dramatically higher than a normal match, and the level indicator on the results screen jumps several tiers at once. If your total looks like a standard match, the Bass Boost was not the source of the progress.

End-of-match results screen showing Level 16 alongside quest, gameplay and total XP earned
The end-of-match screen breaks out gameplay XP and shows the new Battle Pass level after the run. Epic Games

Why the Bass Boost XP glitch fails to trigger

  • The Loot Hack was never purchased, so the gloves never enter your chest pool.
  • You opened chests but the Bass Boost did not roll, since hacked items are a chance drop rather than a guarantee.
  • You used the primary fire instead of the R2/RT secondary attack, which does not shred structures the same way.
  • You aimed at terrain or open space rather than actual structures, so nothing counted.
  • The match ended, or the storm closed, before you could clear enough buildings.

Exploits like this rarely survive long once XP numbers get this far out of line, and Epic has not confirmed a fix timeline either way. If you want the levels, the Sprite Dust spent on the Loot Hack is a small price for what a couple of demolition runs return.