Experience Points
Experience points are a reward for completing specific tasks or defeating non-player enemies in combat. More experience points are required to attain higher levels. For example, you need a total of 1000 xp to get to level 2, and a total of 210,000 to attain level 21.
NOTE: No xp is earned for killing player characters.
Contents
What can earn you some experience points
- Killing non-player enemies. The more powerful your enemy is, the more experience points you get.
- Completing a quest.
- Using your skills successfully (Repairing an item, healing someone, etc.).
- Avoiding a random encounter on the world map.
- On a special occasion from a Game Master (e.g. for winning a contest etc.).
- Do Shit shoveling or Lifting caravan boxes jobs.
Experience Gain
- Character starts with 100%.
- Loner Trait increase Experience Gain by 10%
- For each +1 Charisma, you get +2% to Experience Gain.
- You can also get Support Perk Swift Learner to boost 10% on you experience Gain.
- -0,1% Experience Gain per current level.
Maximum you can achieve 160% EXP-Gain
Weapon and Armor Experience
Your worn equipment gains experience points from kills alongside you, gaining perks specific for every armor and weapon. Only currently equipped armor and weapon in active slot will gain experience. You can view the current experience, experience required for the next level and unlocked perks on a piece of equipment by examining it.
Full list of equipment perks can be seen here:
Total amount of Experience required for equipment to level up depends on its tier, type and current level.
Total Experience Needed = Base Experience Needed * Experience Needed Modifier
Base Experience requirement and Experience modifiers to get specific equipment to a specific level can be seen in tables below:
- See Armor perks#Armor experience for armor base XP/XP mod tables.
- See Weapon perks#Weapon experience for weapon base XP/XP mod tables.
NOTE: Armor EXP Modifier only applies to levels 1-4. For example:
- To get Hunting Rifle (Tier 2 Sniper Rifle) to level 4 you need
1 000 000 * 160% = 1 600 000exp. - To get Laser Pistol (Tier 1 Laser Weapon) to level 5 you need
2 500 000 * 30% = 750 000exp. - To get Enclave Armor (Tier 3 Combat Armor) to level 3 you need
400 000 * 150% = 600 000exp. - To get Inferno Armor (Tier 3 Metal Armor) to level 3 you need
400 000 * 50% = 200 000exp.
See also
- Levels for a detailed list of the experience points amount required for each level.