Update 12/31/24 results have become a bit inconsistent over the last week, sometimes only giving smaller amounts of XP, or giving no XP and sometimes giving XP for the full term of being on the map. This is definitely not by design, but epic being epic, there is no way of us knowing how this XP is supposed to be applied/earned. For me at least it has become hit or miss.

This can be done on ANY creative map that does NOT have XP enabled. *

Step 1)

Search for any map that does not have the little purple XP badge to the left of the tags (see pinned comment below for example).

You're more likely to find non calibrated maps if you search by typing in the category rather than clicking on the button because the button will give you the most popular maps which mostly have XP enabled. (for instance typing prop hunt, etc. in the search bar instead of clicking on the prop hunt button on the search page.)

Step 2)

Load into a PRIVATE match.

Step 3)

Just stand there. Literally do nothing. Creative does not have any movement detection kick.

Not confirmed yet but a user has mentioned that keeping the pause/social menu open while AFK will significantly hinder the amount of XP that you earn.

Typically creative maps have a maximum session of 4 hours so eventually it will return you to the lobby but this may not apply to all maps.

From my testing, and that of other community members, you should earn 3000 XP every minute. Due to a visual bug you may not see that added to your XP counter until you return to the lobby.

I strongly recommend NOT using publicly posted maps or popular maps for this method because you've run the risk of the map getting calibrated while you're on it and potentially not earning XP because of it (some community members have reported this happening).

This does not circumvent the posting policy of uncalibrated maps. The community is not here to harvest for the promotion of uncalibrated maps as this method is not map specific.

* Although content creators are claiming that there is playtime XP in creative, from hours of testing on multiple accounts, I have established that the only playtime XP that is being given consistently for doing nothing is on uncalibrated maps. Maybe this is just a bug but it is working as of this moment.

UPDATE: Beginning late last night and carrying over after the update, it seems like the maximum amount of XP per session that can be earned, which needs confirmation is approximately 150,000 XP. This is probably achieved within the first 50 minutes if the rate is consistent, however not entirely certain of this yet.

Others today have had gotten results where they were able to get XP for a full four hour session.

To reiterate, when picking an uncalibrated map you want to pick one that isn't well promoted or has very low player count, otherwise you risk the chance of that map getting calibrated while you're AFK on it and as a result not gaining as much or any XP for your time.

If people can test this, it would help modify the tutorial accordingly. This does appear to be repeatable if you return to the lobby and load back in however.