Expert Advice: The 10 Best Techniques for Becoming a Pro at ‘Subway Surfers’

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This guide covers all of the best_Subway Surfers_ tips and tricks for getting the most out of this hit mobile game. While the gameplay is rather simplified due to its endless runner design, there are a surprising number of tips and tricks that can help you jump hurdles with ease, increase your score, and improve the experience as a whole.

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Experiment With Different Hoverboards

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While the default hoverboard in Subway Surfers is totally fine for racking up points and collecting items, enabling some of the boards with special abilities can really take your gameplay to the next level.

Some boards, such as the Trickster, let you Super Jump higher than usual. Another, the Mag-Neat-O board, has the Zap Sideways special power, which lets you teleport left and right almost immediately.

Here are the five different special powers that boards can have:

• Double Jump : Tap a second time to jump again in mid-air.
• Smooth Drift : You’ll float down slowly when jumping rather than fall (kind of like Peach in the Super Mario games ).
• Speed Up : Faster than the average hoverboard.
• Stay Low : You’ll slide under obstacles.
• Zap Sideways : You instantly teleport to a new “lane” when you swipe right and left.

Each hoverboard’s special power appears under its name in orange text. If no power is listed, it’s just a regular board with a different look.

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Skip the Ads and Still Get the Rewards

Watching the ads sprinkled throughout the menus in_Subway Surfers_ is a great way to unlock items, such as keys , for free, but it can be rather time-consuming.

Fortunately, you can close some of the longer ads by tapping on the close or skip icon that appears before the ad finishes playing. These icons usually look like an x or an arrow in the upper right or left corners of the screen.

Don’t tap on the main area of the ad, as this can often take you to a website or even an app installation page.

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Save Your Keys for Special Items

One of the best tricks for_Subway Surfers_ is to simply be a smart shopper. It can be tempting to use your keys to continue a level, but it’s best to save them up so that you can unlock rare characters and hoverboards.

Some_Subway Surfers_ characters and items can only be bought by redeeming keys, so if you want to get every item in the game, saving these items is a must.

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Play the Special, Apple TV Version of ‘Subway Surfers’

Subway Surfers Tag is a special version of_Subway Surfers_ designed for playing on a large screen.

This variation boasts an expansive 3D world to explore and graphics that are far superior to the original version. It’s primarily made for Apple TV devices, but it also works on Mac computers, iPhones, and iPads, so you’re not limited to sitting in front of your television while you play.

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Try the No Coin Challenge

Tired of playing the regular way? Why not try the_Subway Surfers_ No Coin Challenge?

This unofficial way of playing the game is popular with streamers on YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch and essentially boils down to trying to last as long as you can in_Subway Surfers_ without collecting any coins.

Some tricks for the No Coin Challenge include using your hoverboards frequently and even running into the sides of trains to avoid collecting coins.

Because the No Coin Challenge is an unofficial way to play_Subway Surfers_ , the game won’t save a record of how far you make it each time. To prove your skills to others, make sure to record or stream your gameplay.

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Claim the Extra Rewards

Hidden way down at the bottom of the Store tab is a section that gives you up to 300 coins simply for visiting official_Subway Surfers_ social media channels and profiles.

All you need to do is tapClaim >Leave and, once the app or website finishes loading, switch back to the game to receive your prize.

Facebook, Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms are listed in this section, and you don’t need to have their app installed or have an account on the platform to get the coins. You simply need to tap the link and leave the game.

These links are also great places to get official_Subway Surfers_ help and news.

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Play the ‘Subway Surfers’ Mobile Game on Your TV

There may not be an official release of the primary_Subway Surfers_ game for smart TVs or video game consoles, but you can still play the mobile version on the big screen by projecting your gameplay to your TV.

There are several methods for connecting your phone to your TV wirelessly , but if none of those work, you may still be able to use a wired or cabled connection strategy .

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Master ‘Subway Surfers’ Gameplay Tricks

The average player knows that to play_Subway Surfers_ you have to move left and right, jump over obstacles, and under other hurdles.

More advanced movement lets you move horizontally while you’re jumping up or falling. To do so, swipe up or down to jump or slide, release your finger from the screen, and then quickly swipe left or right.

You can’t swipe up or down and then left or right in a single movement. You must release after the vertical swipe before performing the horizontal swipe.

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Stack the Multipliers

Using a 2x Multiplier item is one of the more common_Subway Surfers_ tips, but don’t forget that you can use more than one at once.

You can stack multiplayers in_Subway Surfers_ to make them even bigger. The maximum level is 30x, which will help you rack up points very quickly.

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Play Subway Surfers on PC

You can actually play_Subway Surfers_ for free in your web browser on your computer via the Poki website .

This web version of_Subway Surfers_ uses your keyboard’s arrow keys and spacebar to move, jump, and summon the hoverboard. Using this version does mean starting from scratch, however, as you can’t transfer your progress across platforms.

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