The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

This achievement is fairly self-evident, but I will compile what may be obvious with some information other players have discovered.

You have to reach Player Level 50. Your player level is displayed on the top right of the main menu, and it is not the level of specific characters. Fair warning - this is a grind. You will need to get 589,000XP to reach level 50. XP is not earned in private matches so this cannot be boosted.

You earn XP in various, obvious ways such as:
Victim XP:

• Escaping the map

• Opening crawl spaces

• Finding unlock tools, bone scraps, valves, fuses etc.

• Using your characters ability e.g. insta-unlocking with Connie or barging over family members as Leland

Family members XP:

• Killing victims

• Destroying barricades, crawl spaces and doors as Leatherface

• Placing padlocks as Cook

• Poisoning items as Sissy

• Finding footprints as Johnny

• Collecting blood from the blood basins & feeding Grandpa

If you are playing as a victim you can now leave the game and keep your XP, so there is no point staying to watch the others, unless you all escape you won't get any bonus XP.

If all you are looking to do is get to level 50 as fast as possible then I recommend playing to your strengths. I feel I am a better victim and I personally like stealthing my way around picking locks and trying to open escapes for everybody. Also, you don't earn as much XP as a family member as not every action gives you XP, which is disappointing. On a successful run where I have picked up 3-4 unlock items and unlocked doors for each of those picks, and then I escape, I am getting about 1,700 - 2,000 XP per match. That's the most I have gained as either a family member or victim. So that would mean 340 - 400 matches to reach level 50. You level up quite slowly so this is a grind, and thus far there is no way to cheese this achievement. I think it's a very fun and addictive game so just have fun playing the game and don't worry about this achievement. It will come in time.

I enjoy this game so I will continue to read comments below and test out new ways to gain XP fast. If one method beats playing the game legitimately, I will share it here. Good luck!

There is a double XP Weekend on from the 27th October to the 1st November. Get on while it's easy to level up!

Just a little extra information to supplement the first guide:

It takes precisely 589,000 XP to reach Level 50.

Starting at around Level 20, each Level takes 16000 XP.

By the time you reach Level 50, you should have 329 SP, meaning you can fully level up around 5-6 characters (Family and Victim)

A good, escape game for a victim awards ~1500 to ~2000 XP. Hard carries, where you unlock everything, escape with all 4 survivors, and stab Grandpa once or twice, can push you upwards of 3000 XP, though these are rare in random public settings

You don't get any more XP for escaping in different ways (Generator, Battery, Fuse, and Valve are equal). You will gain additional XP for Fuse and Valve because of the steps (Finding the part, Placing the Part, Unlocking Exit).

You gain XP for leaving the basement and the first upstairs area. This happens the instant you cross the threshold of an unlocked door, so even if you are being chased, stepping in and out of the door frame nets you XP anyways.

Stabbing Grandpa is 500 XP, as much as Escaping, so don't be afraid to do it if you don't think you'll escape alive to boost your match XP.

For the Family, you want to aim for a full team wipe and getting Grandpa to Level 5 Sonar. Everything else awards very little XP to the family.

If you are desperate to farm XP, use the Cook. Placing a Padlock gives 50 XP every time and can be repeated on the same door. Farming during public matches like this can guarantee about 600 XP/min (rate of 5 seconds for putting on and taking off a padlock). In a 5 minute match, that's 3000 XP, though this is very boring and not very useful for your teammates.

Another important note is how perk and character ability XP works. Say you make 2000 XP in a match. Every Perk and Character Ability below Level 3 (max) gains 1000 XP, or half your match XP. If you are trying to level up every single perk, swap them out once they hit level 3. Otherwise, leave them in for better performance and more XP per match.

This took me somewhere between 200-300 matches to do and 50-60 hours of no-life playing as Victim mostly.

Finally, I've been making a spreadsheet to help people keep track of progress and determine how much XP you get for each action, as well as a 'tracker' of sorts for winning every way on every map. Please update it where you can, especially in Levels 10-20 where there are some ambiguous XP and SP totalling. I'll keep updating this myself at high levels (50-99), but that will take a while.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CV5wv5vEhuYtkNX1mnPp...