How to Be Good at Agar.io

Last Updated: October 21, 2021

Agar.io is a game in which cells and viruses are targeted and you have to be careful to not get eaten. Here is a guide on how to be good at it.

Part 1

Part 1 of 4:
The Basic Steps

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Avoid others at first. When you first join the game, you are going to be small. As such, avoid people and try to eat just the cells that are not players.
2
Hide. If someone big is chasing you, hide in the green spiky circles. These are called viruses.
- If you are bigger than the virus, you will split, so make sure to only do this when you are small.
- If the player that is chasing you is smaller than the virus, or the same size, then this will not work.
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Get about 300 points. This is where it's recommended that you begin chasing other players. Be careful, though, as you cannot eat cells that are larger than your own cell.

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Part 2

Part 2 of 4:
Split Strategy

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Split. Many players split themselves to try and eat other players. This can be done by pushing the space bar.
- Splitting can send your cell forward, allowing you to eat another cell as long as your split piece is bigger than their entire cell.
2
Make sure that your split piece is larger than the other player. That is how to catch them.

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Part 3

Part 3 of 4:
There's no "I" in Team!

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Press W. This allows you to lose some mass and give it to another player, which makes that player bigger and you smaller.
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Be mutually supportive. If you have a loyal team you can feed each other, and protect each other from threats. Teaming is a great way to survive longer. However, Anti-Teaming is added to agar.io, so play in Party mode if you want to team.

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Part 4

Part 4 of 4:
Other strategies

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Lure smaller players into boundaries and trap them so that you can eat them.
2
Press W and when smaller players go after your ejected mass, you can "unexpectedly" kill them.
3
If you find a Mother Cell in your game, you can let other people feed it. Then just collect the food it produces without you having to eject mass.
4
Aim to lure bigger players into viruses. However, they probably won't fall for it.
- You can get about 120 mass and stay still directly over a virus thus hiding the virus, and wait for a bigger player to try to eat you. They will explode and you will get huge instantly.
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Community Q&A

Question

How can I stop the cell from moving?

Community Answer

You can if you put your cursor in the middle of the cell, but it will still inch forward slowly. It takes a few tries to get your cell to stay still. I only stay still when I'm in a virus, because if you are out in the open, it makes you easy prey.
Question

How do I get away from a very big cell that can split?

Community Answer

If you're small, you have speed as your advantage. And if you want, you can split to make you move farther away, but note that this decreases your mass.
Question

After I split, how do I become one again?

Community Answer

There's no way to merge on command. Wait approximately 30 seconds and you should come back together.
Question

How do I get speed?

Community Answer

The smaller you are, the faster you go. This can help you get away from larger people and it is easier to avoid things such as a pop split if you can move around faster.
Question

What happen if get near a pro team?

Community Answer

Chances are you'll be smaller than the pro team, so use your speed to run away as fast as possible.
Question

How can I tell when the bigger players are about to kill me?

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Community Answer

If they are chasing you, but they can't quite catch you, there is a high chance they will split. If you also have a decent amount of mass, and they can split on you, there is a high chance they will. Try and put a virus between you and the other players to stop them from splitting on you.
Question

If I want to split, should I split on much smaller prey?

Community Answer

Yes. If they're almost the same size as you, they can get bigger and eat you because when you split you get smaller.
Question

How do I make a skin?

Community Answer

To have a skin, you have to create an account by logging in to your Google+ account. And once you have enough coins, you can buy a skin. Another way is when you level up (if you have an account) you can get skins once you reach a certain level.

Warnings

Don't always trust people with names as "W = team"; sometimes they do not press W back and just eat you instead.

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Don't fall for people that say 'Ctrl+R=Speed" etc., these commands can mess you up (They can reload page, make another tab, etc.)

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Do not ever team on FFA, or Experimental mode; you and your teammate will shrink when the Anti-Teaming penalty is activated. It is not worth it. There is Party for that: Team mode is a special server in which there are different teams signified by colors, and where you can only eat the other teams' cells. (In Team mode, your team may try to destroy your cross-teaming with a different color cell. They will not like it. Team with your own color.)

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