Want to know How To AFK in 99 Nights in the Forest without dying to hunger, deer, storms, or cultists? I’ve tested every method solo, squads, long runs, even a 1000-day AFK grind and this setup is the one that actually works in 2025. It’s simple, it’s safe, and it lets you walk away for hours while your character survives on its own.
This guide breaks down the real AFK base, the automatic stew system, the log-wall bunker, and the eating macro I used to reach day 1000+. Follow every step and you can do the exact same thing.
What Does “AFK” Mean in 99 Nights in The Forest?
AFK here means leaving the game running while your base survives nights. Day cycle gathers resources passively, night threats like Deer, cultists, storms test your setup. With this setup, nobody could kill you, even if the fire goes out, you’ll survive. The deer can’t get to you, neither can cultists or anything else.
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If you do this the right way and follow all of the steps below, you could easily survive to day 1000 or even more. The hunger will not be our enemy because I will show you a trick how to eat automatically every 6-7 minutes. This is perfect for busy players grinding badges and for those, who wants to get over 1000 days.
Why 99 Nights in The Forest AFK Strategy?
Let’s say you are on day 200 right now. You’ve been playing for around 2 hours now and you would like to get to day 500 or 1000. But, if you don’t build and AFK base, it would take you approximately another 5-6 hours to get there. Which is a lot! It’s super time consuming to get to those days. This method is purely for long-term survival and not for speedrunners.
I bet you’ve seen the board on the spawn in 99 Nights In The Forest with people having over 25.000 days, and you may wonder, how did they do that? Yes, they searched for How To AFK in 99 Nights In The Forest on the internet and they applied the method that I will show you in this article. This is totally worth it for all of you.
- If you need a full survival breakdown, check my 30 PRO Tips for 99 Nights in the Forest guide for the best early-game and late-game strategies.
This AFK setup works because it removes every failure point the game normally uses to kill you. The log-wall bunker stops Deer and cultists from entering, the stew loop removes hunger risk, and the TinyTask macro turns eating into a fully automated cycle. Even if the campfire goes out or the storms hit, you’re protected by terrain and structure layers, not light or fire.
Core Requirements for AFK Base
Let’s talk about what you need in order to have the AFK Base in 99 Nights In The Forest. There are bunch of items we will need in order to survive the longest.
- Blueprints: 1 Crockpot, 4 Log Walls, 3 Wood Rain Storages.
- Hammer: Make sure you have a Hammer, otherwise you won’t be able to get out of the base we will make. You can craft the hammer at the Tool Workshop.
- Food: We will need stews. Put farm plots and crockpot in the middle of it to make stews.
- TinyTask App: It’s an automation app and we will need that for afk eating in 99 Nights In The Forest. Download the app here.
- Before long AFK runs, make sure you know how to craft bandages in 99 Nights In The Forest so you don’t get caught without heals.
Tip: Stockpile at least 50-60 stews before you start AFKing. One stew lasts about 6 minutes, so 50 stews = 300 minutes (5 hours) of survival without touching the keyboard.
How To AFK in 99 Nights in the Forest
Let’s talk about AFK Farming 99 Nights In The Forest first. Because we need stews before we get into this. As I told you above, we need about 50 stews to survive as long as possible. To get this, we will need to build the stew farm. It’s pretty simple, we will need around 127 logs and 20 scraps. Use the 100 logs for 10 farm plots blueprints and 15 logs and 15 scraps for crockpot blueprint. Don’t forget to craft a log wall (it costs 12 logs to make) and wood rain storage (5 scraps).
Now that you have everything we need, place 10 farm plots on the ground and the crockpot in the middle. Place the wood rain storage one half in the crockpot and the other half in the wood rain storage. The last step is to put the log wall at the end of the wood rain storage so no food falls out of it. Wait for the carrots, corn and pumpkins to grow and take them and drop them into the wood rain storage. You have succesfully built an automatic stew farm in 99 Nights In The Forest.
How To Build an AFK Base in 99 Nights in the Forest
We have our stews ready and we can build the AFK Base in 99 Nights. We’ll now convert the stew farm into a bunker that blocks every threat in the game. Put two log walls on each side of the wood rain storage and the last log wall will be placed in the front so that all sides are covered. Once you are inside, put the wood rain storage right in front. We’ve kinda created a little hut for us.
- If you want backup hiding areas while building your bunker, here are the best safe spots for escaping the Deer in 99 Nights.
With this setup, we can still get stews, because the crockpot is inside. That’s why it’s important to fill the second wood rain storage with as many carrots and other food as possible. The 99 Nights In The Forest AFK Base is ready for us and we can easily survive to day 10.000 or beyond. But, how do you eat automatically so you can afk for 10+ hours? Keep reading to find out how.
AFK Eating Trick in 99 Nights In The Forest
For this, we will need the TinyTask App, download it from the link above. It’s an automation software, that will allow us to eat whenever we want to. Before we start with our macro, make sure you have only a sack, stews and hammer in your inventory. Drop everything else nearby. Open the software and set your recording hotkey and playback hotkey. Don’t forget to set the “Continuous Playback” on!
Click whatever keybind you set to recording to (for me, it’s F8). It takes around 6 minutes for hunger bar to deplete to halfway, that’s when we use our macro to be eating for us. So wait 6 minutes and after 6 minutes, just press 2 and click and then 2. That’s when our bar fills up and then hit F8. That will stop the recording, your macro should be ready now. The playback hotkey for me is F12, so hit F12 and that’s how you eat every 6 minutes and you can stay forever AFK in 99 Nights In The Forest.
- For more strategies like this, browse more Roblox survival guides on Poxelio.
How Much Can You Really AFK?
You can easily AFK for many hours now. You’ve now built the perfect setup for How To AFK in 99 Nights In The Forest without ever getting killed. The fire will go out, you have to count with that, that means each night the deer will be hungry and will be chasing you. There will be cultists waves, owl and more threats. But no one will ever get into your safe base, if you combine that with the afk eating trick, you can’t get killed. This is what pro players are using when they’ve figured out how to do this properly, that’s how they reach day 30,000 and beyond.
AFK Tips
If you are running low with stews after hour or two, you can stop the tinytask and get stews from the crockpot. It’s one of the key tip players forget when learning How To AFK in 99 Nights In The Forest.
- Running out of stews: Yes, after couple of hours, you will completely run out of stews, just take all the carrots again and put the food back in the wood rain storage.
- Use hammer to get out of the base: We have the hammer for one purpose, and that is to get out of the base. With that, you can simply remove the log wall and get out.
- Cultists around the base: There could be many cultists outside of your base, kill them all and be careful so you don’t get killed.
Tip: If you want to get out of the base, make sure it’s the start of the day, so you have enough time to get wood into campfire and the deer won’t attack you in the night.
Final Thoughts
I didn’t write this guide from theory I’ve used this exact setup to show others how to survive deep into the game while staying AFK. And it helped dozens of players hit their badge goals and survive longer. I’m talking about 5-10 diamonds for each badge, which is awesome. If you want more guides, tips, or my gameplay videos, check out the 99 Nights section on Poxelio or my YouTube channel Rexio.
