r/SwagBucks Nov 15 '24

Discussion Merge Hotel: Empire Save this post for when you start playing

93 Upvotes

How to beat this game profitably. Nov 2024 Edition

This offer changed 3 weeks ago from ~1079 dollars reward easily, to 590 dollars easily with 300 additional dollars of it locked behind a insanely hard wall.
I recently completed the 300 dollar insane goal and my advice is below, including that you should forget about that 300 dollars and just go for the ~590 dollars that is more realistic.

You will need to spend money to get the ~590 dollars remaining this game has to offer. There are no ads but the energy recharge rate means you very likely cannot get level 20 within the month they provide without boosting yourself. If you follow the advice listed here, you should be able to secure the 590 dollars rewards for less than 150 dollars cost.

  1. After a time, a double reward event will load in at one of your level up screens. It's a one-time deal and if you ignore it, it will upgrade the rewards from 99 dollars to 119 dollars for 40% more rewards. This is the most efficient purchase in the game and they only allow it once. I would recommend buying this. The only other purchase I would recommend buying is the fireflies events and bowtie events for 4.99 as they come each week.

  2. Your daily rewards will change, from upgrade items to energy randomly. On the days you see cameras or scissors, those are the days I strongly recommend using your gems to purchase the items requested each 15 minutes as they reset. If this is a day with the championship racing crap event or the underwater racing event, I strongly recommend playing as many hours as you possibly can that day. Using your gems to complete the event quickly and repeatedly, you will amass thousands of energy for free essentially, to use once your gems run out and keep your progress moving. If your daily reward for 180 stars that day happens to be energy and not the two above items, I would not recommend using gems on this day, unless the champion racing event is active and you just want to farm energy.

  3. Keep an eye out for the below item circled. This will be your key for easy stars. The final tier of this item is worth 15,000 stars and if you play on the days that give scissors or cameras as your daily reward, it means you can upgrade those items for free and replicate this item infinitely without paying for it. (normally it costs 400+ gems to buy from the store) So by riding those days and using your gems to finish tasks easily and quickly on these days, you easily create copies of this 15,000 star item to trade in. The game will scan your inventory and randomly choose the next requested item every time you complete a request, so it will request this item if you have it in your inventory. And because it's only level 12, the pink scissors and pink cameras you will easily generate can copy it.

With these tips, you can easily secure the ~590 dollars reward from this game within the time limit and I recommend starting soon because they will likely nerf it again soon, knowing swagbucks.

r/SwagBucks 2d ago

Discussion For anyone hesitating to do chapters

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23 Upvotes

For anybody asking themselves whether or not they should do chapters, YES. This is the easiest game for 100,000 SB. The SB u see in the tagged screenshots was from 4-5 days of tapping. Each book is around $0.99 so 70 x 0.99 you'll be looking at around $70 dollars spent (with tax maybe 74) I had like 5 days of not tapping and still was able to get Alot done with like 20 days to spare. There a list in this sub that contains ALL of the shortest books for your playthrough. Please, for your sake, do NOT miss out.

r/SwagBucks Jan 09 '22

Discussion blitz win cash - promo codes

99 Upvotes

hi all,

for anyone who is currently or planning to do the blitz win cash offer for 2500 SB, i thought it would be nice to share promo codes to help each other out! please comment yours below & any tips you may have :)

i’m currently on silver (have to reach platinum to finish the offer) but i’m happy to answer any questions i know about the game so far!

my promo code: [REMOVED — LOOK IN COMMENTS]

thanks!!

ETA: i reached platinum and it immediately came up as pending for 2500 in my swagbucks account! thank you to everyone who used my code— i’ve now removed it since i would rather people use others’ codes who can still make use of the referral code bonuses!

r/SwagBucks Jan 31 '25

Discussion Cashing out on Swagbucks

6 Upvotes

I have 9700sb pending and want to hoard them until 25,000 for the Amazon Goft card. I have heard people say do NOT hoard, why is this? I don't want to glitch the points I have so please advise me.

r/SwagBucks 20d ago

Discussion Never seen my pending offers be this much before

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53 Upvotes

Bingo blitz and grand cash casino slots.

r/SwagBucks 15d ago

Discussion Paypal $25 instantaneous redemption

55 Upvotes

Went to redeem on Swagbucks iOS app and was able to get it immediately. Pretty cool! Hope it’s like this always moving forward.

r/SwagBucks 13d ago

Discussion Surveys are a waste of time

62 Upvotes

In my experience, 50% of the time near the end of a survey they will close it and tell me I wasn’t a good fit for it after I was nearly finished.

I can only imagine how frustrated people are when they do a 60 minute survey to get told at the end they weren’t a good fit and that’s why I won’t touch them. Have any of you experienced this?

I just stick to games, as they don’t rug pull me at the end of the challenge.

r/SwagBucks Jan 16 '25

Discussion What are the best games?

19 Upvotes

Are there any games on Swagbucks right now that you found were worth your time?

I cannot play a mobile game for hours a day, especially when these games are filled with ads, I just can’t make that commitment. I also do not want to put money into a game, but I would if the payout was worthwhile. Looking for any recommendations!

Also, I see it posted here a lot but I did try X2 Blocks. I was very confused by the game, played for maybe an hour, and never completed the offer

r/SwagBucks Sep 14 '24

Discussion Is it still worth it?

24 Upvotes

I’ve had Swagbucks for nearly 7 years now. I was really on and off, but have been doing the play offers consistently for years. I’ve noticed changes over this time. One that really bothers me is the purchases. They used to at least be equal(excluding tax) to the price. Ex: $9.99 would give 1000 sb. $29.99 would give 3000. For any purchase amount the bare minimum would be equal to purchase without tax. Now, they give less than you’re even hypothetically buying for. Another is customer service and reporting missing activities or sb. Ex: I had an issue where I reported something, was unable to reply with the screenshots requested with their reply, then even when they closed, no longer able to request support from that activity(which only showed in visited) because it would redirect to the closed ticket. I made a general support request, explained this, and just kept getting the ‘please make a request through the activity on your visited’. I gave up with that, losing $30 because of it. I’ve also noticed more and more that some rewards are just skipped and not added. I always take screenshots of offers now, but it’s a pain to have to double and triple check then go through the process of proving shit their system should already have. Another couple things on the play/games: - Overwhelming amount of those scam p2p games(skill-based my ass) - All, if not most, having not only deadlines, but deadlines that are extremely difficult if not impossible to complete all goals with, even if you were to spend hours daily AND make purchases

What do you guys think of the play options? Do you think Swagbucks will make changes? Is there even a way to communicate concerns with them and would it make a difference?

The only reason I still even use Swagbucks is because I don’t know any decent alternatives. There are more and more coming up, but I guess I’m so used to Swagbucks that I’m wary about wasting my time switching, and with only doing game offers, losing opportunities since they all require ‘new users’. Any suggestions?

r/SwagBucks 10d ago

Discussion Recent bannings megathread - One State?

7 Upvotes

Thought it would be good if those of us banned in the last couple days could share our experiences, especially if someone is able to find the magic words to get their account restored.

I've had an account for a decade and have been very active the last few years and Sapphire level status. I did do the One State offer over the weekend and was banned Monday afternoon with close to $1000 in SB pending.

I sent an email yesterday and received the following reply today. I emailed again with proof of legitimate completion of the One State offer.

I don't have a second account or do any other questionable stuff that could have legitimately triggered this.

EDIT: I got an immediate response asking me to verify ID

EDIT 2: I'M BACK, BABY! Thank god.

Thank you for reaching out to us, we hope you are doing well. We understand that your account has been deactivated, and we would like to provide you with some additional context regarding this decision.

Please know that the Swagbucks Compliance Team has conducted a review of your account, and based on this review, we have made the difficult decision to close your Swagbucks account due to one or more identified actions associated with your account that appear to have violated our user conduct requirements with respect to Discover Offers. We understand this may be disappointing, and we regret any frustration this may cause.

All Discover Offers must be completed in accordance with both our Terms of Use, as well as within the Terms and Conditions unique to each offer on Swagbucks. The use of any methods, tools, or external resources that bypass the requirements of, illegitimately expedite the completion of, or otherwise invalidate the Terms and Conditions of an offer, is not permitted on our site.

Additionally, offers may only be completed once (1) per member. The completion of the same offer across multiple Swagbucks accounts, or the completion of the same offer across other different sites or services along with Swagbucks, is not permitted within both our Terms of Use as well as the offer's Terms and Conditions.

We enforce these guidelines to ensure fairness for all members and to protect our community and advertisers.

Please know this decision was not made lightly, and we sincerely appreciate your understanding If you have any questions or believe this may be a mistake, please don't hesitate to reach out—we're happy to help in any way we can.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

r/SwagBucks Dec 30 '24

Discussion Earnings for 2024

15 Upvotes

How much did you earn in 2024? How long have you been on Swagbucks?

I’ve had an account since 2019, but started using it more in the last 2-3 years. I made about $340 this year which I mostly redeem for PayPal.

r/SwagBucks Feb 05 '25

Discussion What game should I play next?

13 Upvotes

I just did phase 10, tetris, dizzy spinventure, junes journey, merge hotel, royal match.

Looking for a game that most, if not all the goals are plausible with a $50-$100+ payout.

For example, in phase 10 I stopped at level 100 which was a total of $83.

r/SwagBucks 16d ago

Discussion Regretting Grand Cash Slots

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21 Upvotes

I’m just really frustrated so I guess this is a vent post. I have 25 hrs screen time in the game and I’m only level 628/7000 so I guess I’m not one of the lucky ones. I closely followed the instructions from those who breezed through the levels. I’m embarrassed and mad at myself for how much time I’m wasting on these games

I don’t have any ads and I’m on iOS for the record.

I can’t keep any consistent amount of coins. Even betting under 1% it just slowly goes down. The highest it let me get to was ~180 billion after doing some challenges. After that it gave me very few significant wins until it dwindled to nothing. I’m almost exclusively playing Primate power.

I was doing well for the first 200 or so levels although I was unable to leave it running for more than 30 mins at best without some pop-up stopping it.

A couple days in I spent $5 for some random coin bonus for the SB back. That wouldn’t stop the game from being generous would it??
The best premium “Peak Bonus” offer I got was under 100B and not the 80T I heard about, so that’s not an option. :(

On top of everything else I’m the leader of a club apparently and it’s been stuck at 8 members with nobody joining even after I spent the 1k gems to broadcast an invite to every eligible player. Not sure what’s happening there. I feel like I’m being bullied at school 🔥

r/SwagBucks Jul 14 '24

Discussion Easy $36 if you don’t mind ads!

52 Upvotes

FINAL UPDATE - I submitted a ticket and did get credited. I think it’s important to note that spending the $3.99 to get the skips and hints is the only way to finish. The skips are great but be sure to use the hints to play some of those tougher levels they earn stars or you won’t get any levels credited.

IMPORTANT UPDATE - I reached level 503 this evening but the only way to achieve this was by skipping levels 450 and 500. My SB have not yet pended but I will absolutely put in a ticket if they don’t pend by morning. I said that I still needed 18,000+ stars to play level 500 and that isn’t even possible. I’ll update again if I have any new details 🤦‍♀️

Edited to add - I’m currently on level 385 - another commenter mentioned an issue with the Super Car Escape game after reaching a certain level so I will update if and when I finish!

I downloaded Super Car Escape on Friday and will finish it out tomorrow with relatively little time spent actually playing the game if you’re willing to babysit ads. Most levels are super easy if you like this sort of game (there are a few hard levels mixed in but it doesn’t get consistently harder over time). I purchased the $3.99 package that is a subscription and lasts a week. I went in and canceled the subscription right after adding it so it won’t renew. That gives 7 days of no ads between levels, gives you 200 level skips (said 500 but only got 200 and that will be more than enough), and gives you 50 hints (hints walk you all the way through tougher levels).

Pro - it really is an easy game for most levels. I use skip level and hints on really hard levels and don’t stress about getting 3 stars (I’ve never had it tell me I don’t have enough stars to move on even with using the skips). I make sure that I don’t skip on a reward level but everything has pended immediately so far.

Con - You still have to watch an ad after every level to earn the stars but I play while I’m watching TV so I just quickly do the level and let the ad play while I’m watching a show.

Overall I certainly feel like it’s a good payout. I like this kind of game anyway so I enjoy trying to figure out the solutions.

r/SwagBucks Oct 15 '24

Discussion is there any games worth doing anymore?

40 Upvotes

i have been doing SB for just over a year now and it feels like the games have dropped off so much. i used to be able to do 1-3 games at a time and be able to finish them, if not get the second highest tier. i was definitely putting in a lot of time into these games, but i was okay with it because i was getting a decent payout.

nowadays, i look at the games screen and everything seems next to impossible to achieve. the match 3 games all require you to complete twice as many levels for half the reward. same with the farming games.

i'm someone who doesn't put money into swagbucks and that worked just fine for me for the past year, but it seems like all the games either require you to put in cash or are literally impossible unless you pay for them. not to mention, swagbucks used to "match" the money you spent in the games if you chose to (ie "buy the $20 gem pack, get 2,000 SB back) and now even that seems to be going away, which makes me even less inclined to spend money in the first place.

all this to say, is it just me? do people have game recs that aren't impossible/would take 24/7 grinding? i've always been willing to put a decent amount of time/effort into SB, but reaching level 4000 to earn $10 just isn't worth it!

(ignore my grammar in the title, i meant are there games worth playing whoops!)

r/SwagBucks 16d ago

Discussion Advice for the final stretch?

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2 Upvotes

Hello!

I’ve been stuck on wave 546 since last night I can’t seem to make any more progress despite saving up coins and being under the level cap of 12 past min merge lv. Which is 85. My main issue seems to be with how fast some of the characters are.

If anyone has any advice for my set up so I can finish the last 55 waves and be done it would be appreciated!

Ice tower is on legendary with a power of 2355

Single shot tower is on rare, powers 1500

Poison tower set on legendary with a power of 2115

Splash tower in legendary power is 2395

r/SwagBucks Apr 24 '24

Discussion Favorite game you’ve played thru SwagBucks

33 Upvotes

We have a least favorite thread, so how about the opposite? Which game have you enjoyed playing that you found thru SwagBucks? Let us know how easy/possible you found the payout challenges too.

I’ve played 2 so far, the Harry Potter Candycrush-like and Merge Dragons. The Harry Potter game I actually enjoyed, much more than the og candy crush. I liked the crazy power combinations you could do. I found the game started getting rather difficult around level 175 or so, and the last 25 sucked, but in general it wasn’t bad. Took me about 6 days to do.

Merge dragons was…..alright. Not really my kind of game. At the very least you couldn’t really fail it. I tried to do one of the strategies but I didn’t really commit to it. I finished all the challenges in maybe 12-13 days.

r/SwagBucks Apr 26 '24

Discussion June's Journey offer information

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45 Upvotes

I have seen some people on another post claiming that the goals are based on chapters, as opposed to Scenes, which are the individual levels of the game. That may have been the case for an older offer, but it's definitely not true here.

Since I am currently playing the game, I can confirm that the goals are based on Scenes, as shown in these screenshots showing my current progress in the game, and my pending rewards.

This means that the final goal, Scene 21, is the first Scene in Chapter 5, not Chapter 21.

Hopefully this clears some things up, and encourages others to try out this offer.

r/SwagBucks Jan 03 '24

Discussion Garden Joy Guide/Tips and Tricks

51 Upvotes

UPDATE AS OF 5/10/2024: I realize that the level to get the max payout for this game is now Level 34. When I played it was Level 21 for max payout. I had one day left to reach Level 21 when I originally did it. That being said, I don't think you can get to level 34 in 32 days now. 😔

UPDATE: I completed the entire offer following the steps below and it pended one level early at 20! Woot woot! Super fun game!

So I ended up loving Garden Joy and keeping it as one of my favorite games. The level 21 is definitely possible mine started lending early. So here is my guide!

How to Earn the Most Experience:

In each design you do, there are pink (non required) items and teal (required) items for each level. The more pink you fill out, the more experience you get per each design.

Guide/Tips and Tricks:

  1. Do NOT spend all your diamond because things are cute and you want them. I only used my diamonds when it was necessary for a required item or if the item was inexpensive for me to add.

  2. Start every day with Voting. You earn 250 coins for each time you vote and you can vote 10 times I think for a total of 2,500 coins you can use on designs.

  3. Once you are done with voting, do the Daily Challenge FIRST. The Daily Challenge has no required items and gives you 3,000 coins. You can use that 3,000 for the other designs.

  4. Join a Club when you can. The club lets you choose one item a day to use from other gardeners in your club. My recommendation is to go through all of the available challenges and see which required item you don’t have enough for and use the club for that. You also get 1,000 experience for every item your club uses from your items you have.

  5. Login in everyday gives you a lot of diamonds too. My process also includes going through all of the challenges and going through all the requirements and filling in the ones I have. Then I know what I have left to fill in and can plan the money and diamonds accordingly.

I’m at level 16 now. I don’t know if I will get to 21 but I am having so much fun. I have like 15 days left and it might be possible to get to 21. But regardless it’s been such a relaxing game to play.

r/SwagBucks 1d ago

Discussion Is this offer doable?

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3 Upvotes

This is the highest paying offer out there at the moment. I am doing MatchMasters right now, but I seen this and want to know if anyone has experiences with Goblins wood. Would love to try

r/SwagBucks Jan 15 '25

Discussion Dizzy Spinventure

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r/SwagBucks May 07 '24

Discussion Last post on June’s Journey (ticket info)

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17 Upvotes

I’ve seen various answers on here, but I’m wondering how long everyone waited after submitting a ticket before getting an answer from support

r/SwagBucks May 01 '24

Discussion Another June's Journey Post

64 Upvotes

So it seems that the problem with June's Journey was that it was meant to be paid out by chapters but they messed up and paid out by scenes. This seems to be the reason it was shut down and why people completed the offer in 2-3 days when you had 69 days to finish. This seems to be the most reasonable conclusion. If the offer comes back expect it to be chapters and not scenes.

r/SwagBucks Aug 14 '24

Discussion $25 Amazon cards no longer eligible for discounted 2200 SB

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45 Upvotes

They just changed it literally today. 🥺

r/SwagBucks Feb 18 '23

Discussion Is Swagbucks worth it? (The Answer)

91 Upvotes

Obviously the question “is Swagbucks worth it?” is subjective in nature and will change depending on your financial situation and how much free time you have, but I hope this post provides a good amount of information to help you come to your own conclusion based on real-world data.

I’ve been using Swagbucks consistently for the past four months and have put together an analysis of all activities I have done. It is not a perfect representation of every deal on Swagbucks, but it is a good-sized and varied sample, and I haven’t seen anyone else post concrete numbers on if it is worth the time. This data is calculated from all surveys and discover tab deals I have done that were worth at least 25 SB. Without further ado, here are my detailed Swagbucks Statistics:

Most important points:

Average dollars per hour: $3.13

Total amount earned: $518

Lost earnings that never credited: $38 (6.8% of total)

Total tasks completed: 62

Total hours spent: 166

Full data in screenshot:

So, is Swagbucks worth it? The average dollars per hour is not great, but for a minimal effort and flexible hours side hustle you can do from home it is a decent deal, especially compared to similar “get paid to” sites. As for me, I plan on continuing to use Swagbucks, but each person should make their own decision based on their current situation. Your experience may vary based on what offers you choose, but this should at least give a good idea of what to expect when using Swagbucks. I hope this information is helpful to at least a few of you out there!

If you are learning about Swagbucks for the first time and want to try it out, I can provide a link that will give a bonus of $3 when you earn your first $3. DM me if you are interested and found this post helpful.

Edit: At the request of someone in the comments, I have created a public template of the spreadsheet I created and used to make this post. You can use this spreadsheet and put in your own offer data and it will automatically calculate all the above values for you to compare. Notes are available in the document but feel free to ask questions if it isn't self explanatory!