Experience

Experience or XP is awarded primarily when a player or creature kills another creature that is of a similar level or higher. XP drops off exponentially for killing creatures at lower levels. Creatures more than two level tiers below the attacker grant 0 experience. Experience can also be gained through non-violent means; refer to the Other Sources of Experience section below for more details.

When the player or another creature gains enough experience, they will level up, granting them the associated increases to attribute points, skill points, or mutation points depending on level.

Battle Experience Formula

Each creature has a unique base XP Value which is used to grant XP when the player or another creature kills it. This base value is modified depending on how the attacker's level compares to the target's level. XP is only granted to the creature who landed the final blow, as well that creature's followers and/or party leader. If the attacker is a dominated creature, the dominator will not gain experience unless the dominated creature is also a follower.

The following values are involved in the XP calculation:

• XP Value: The target creature's base XP amount. You can find this value in the infobox on each creature's wiki page.
• Tier Difference: The attacker's tier minus the victim's tier.
  • Victim Tier: Tier is calculated from level. It equals Floor(Level / 5). So, for example, levels 1-4 are Tier 0, levels 5-9 are Tier 1, and so on. You can find a creature's level listed in the infobox on its wiki page.
  • Attacker Tier: Tier is calculated from level the same way as described above.

The XP granted for a creature kill will be determined by taking the XP Value times the multiplier listed below (dependent on Tier Difference).

Tier Difference	XP Granted
0 or lower	100% (1×)
1	50% (0.5×)
2	10% (0.1×)
3 or greater	0% (No XP)

Example

View detailed XP on the addling urchin's wiki page

As an example, if an addling urchin (level 21, base xp 525) is killed, this is how experience would be rewarded:

Attacker Level	XP Gained
1-24	525
25-29	262
30-34	52
35+	0

List of Creature XP Values

For a full list of creature XP Values, you can refer to creatures by experience value.

Other Sources of Experience

• Turning in secrets about Resheph to Tszappur, disciple of the Coiled Lamb
• Turning in Books to Sheba Hagadias, Librarian of the Stilt
• Discovering procedurally generated villages or lairs
• Completing quest steps and quests

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Leveling Up

The total experience required to reach level x is 15x3 + 100.

When levelling up, a creature gains:

• An attribute bonus every 3 levels. The exact attribute boost alternates. At level 3*n, the boost is:
  • If n is odd (levels 3, 9, 15, ...), gain 1 attribute point
  • If n is even (levels 6, 12, 18, ...), all attributes increase by 1 instead
• 1 mutation point every level if they are not True Kin
• +Toughness HP
• 70 (if True Kin) or 50 (if Mutant) + 4 * (Int-10) Skill Points
• If the creature has Carbide Chef, a 100% chance to become Inspired
• A chance to name an equipped item

Level	XP	To next
1	0	220
2	220	285
3	505	555
4	1060	915
5	1975	1365
6	3340	1905
7	5245	2535
8	7780	3255
9	11035	4065
10	15100	4965
11	20065	5955
12	26020	7035
13	33055	8205
14	41260	9465
15	50725	10815
16	61540	12255
17	73795	13785
18	87580	15405
19	102985	17115
20	120100	18915
21	139015	20805
22	159820	22785
23	182605	24855
24	207460	27015
25	234475	29265
26	263740	31605
27	295345	34035
28	329380	36555
29	365935	39165
30	405100	41865
31	446965	44655
32	491620	47535
33	539155	50505
34	589660	53565
35	643225	56715
36	699940	59955
37	759895	63285
38	823180	66705
39	889885	70215
40	960100	73815

References

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.209.43.