that Battlefield 6 The developers changed the way XP works in Portal mode to address issues caused by rampant XP bot farming. Gaining XP by constantly fighting bots is probably one of the most controversial practices. Battlefield 6Developers are working hard to curb this.
Released on October 10th, Battlefield 6 It was an instant hit. yes Battlefield 6 Although it sold more than 7 million copies in five days, analysts estimated that the game's early sales gave EA a total profit of around $350 million. Despite its commercial success and positive reviews, many Battlefield 6 Players feel that XP progression is too slow, and the continued use of XP bot farms has caught the attention of Battlefield Studios.
Battlefield Studios recently made significant changes to how XP bot farms work. Battlefield 6. The team has released several backend updates to support healthier matchmaking, and has changed the way bots work in proven experiences to improve the overall quality of these maps. To get full progress and XP from a verified experience, the creator must unpublish, disable “Bot Backfill”, and republish. After these changes, you will continue to earn less XP from custom experiences regardless of whether the bot is active or not.
These changes include: Battlefield 6's latest nerf to XP bot farming. In a recent update, Mastery XP and challenge completions were quietly removed from all portal lobbies where bots were enabled. This drastically reduced the usefulness of XP bot farming, and the intended effect was to prevent gamers from having their servers clogged with bots. According to Battlefield 6 The team said the abundance of XP bot farms made it more difficult for players to discover “the kind of experience that Portal was created for.”
The crackdown on XP bot farms will not surprise anyone who follows them. Battlefield 6 closely. Last week, developers already mentioned XP farms. Battlefield 6Gamers are now seeing what these changes look like. Hopefully, the game's XP system will also be tweaked enough that gamers won't feel the need to resort to this practice.
But handling balance and XP bot farms is far from all that Battlefield Studios focuses on. with Battlefield 6With Season 1 set to release soon, gamers can expect big changes to the popular first-person shooter. Season 1 is divided into 3 stages. The first is called Rogue Ops and is scheduled to arrive on October 28th, followed by California Resistance on November 18th and Winter Offensive on December 9th.
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As part of this effort, we've released several backend updates to support healthier matchmaking and a better overall experience in Portal. This includes addressing unintended systems that impact XP progression and balance across the experience, and now helps improve overall match quality by removing bots from verified experiences.
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Verified experiences with “Bot Backfill” disabled will continue to award full progress and XP.
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Custom experiences will continue to receive reduced progress regardless of whether the bot is active or not. This allows you to express yourself within Portal while maintaining creative freedom and balancing progression.
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To properly apply these changes and earn full XP from experiences, you will need to unpublish all eligible experiences, disable “Bot Backfill”, and then republish. Servers, including persistent servers, may need to be restarted from time to time. These brief interruptions may continue until continuous improvements are fully implemented.
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October 10, 2025
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Ages 17+ / Blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, in-app purchases, user interaction
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Battlefield Studio
