Leveling and XP

Game mechanics guide

Beta 0.7.2

Heroes level from 1 to 100 on XP from monster kills. Every hero in the party earns the full XP of each kill, as long as the stage is close to its level, and a hero who lags behind the party earns half again as much until it catches up.

XP to the next level

Each level costs more XP than the one before, at a pace that changes on the way up: going from level 60 to 61 alone costs more XP than the first 48 levels together.

+13%Per level, levels 10–30

+21%Per level, levels 30–55

+11%Per level, levels 55–90

+21%Per level, levels 90–100

Level	XP to next level	Total XP to reach	Kills at a same-level stage
1	804	0	137
2	1,389	804	225
3	1,694	2,193	263
5	3,656	6,253	430
10	8,366	37,172	677
15	14,905	90,531	875
20	26,914	186,117	1,141
25	49,559	360,156	1,567
30	93,513	684,053	2,135
35	232,176	1.38M	7,279
40	592,121	3.12M	11,170
45	1,546,459	7.62M	22,033
50	4,116,122	19.49M	41,108
55	11,103,378	51.29M	82,868
60	18,921,217	120.75M	100,389
65	32,364,513	239.35M	130,057
70	55,378,831	442.3M	96,300
75	94,562,003	789.3M	118,057
80	160,869,660	1.38B	139,870
85	272,373,735	2.39B	180,025
90	458,701,101	4.08B	214,751
95	1,181,881,343	7.55B	414,993
99	2,509,671,541	13.97B	701,467
100	Max level	16.48B	—

Level	XP to next level	Total XP to reach	Kills at a same-level stage
1	804	0	137
2	1,389	804	225
3	1,694	2,193	263
4	2,366	3,887	292
5	3,656	6,253	430
6	5,880	9,909	660
7	6,508	15,789	634
8	7,124	22,297	661
9	7,751	29,421	687
10	8,366	37,172	677
11	9,383	45,538	724
12	10,527	54,921	775
13	11,816	65,448	832
14	13,267	77,264	817
15	14,905	90,531	875
16	16,753	105,436	941
17	18,842	122,189	971
18	21,205	141,031	1,041
19	23,881	162,236	1,121
20	26,914	186,117	1,141
21	30,357	213,031	1,226
22	34,268	243,388	1,321
23	38,717	277,656	1,428
24	43,783	316,373	1,451
25	49,559	360,156	1,567
26	56,153	409,715	1,697
27	63,688	465,868	1,743
28	72,310	529,556	1,887
29	82,187	601,866	2,048
30	93,513	684,053	2,135
31	111,919	777,566	2,434
32	134,096	889,485	2,783
33	160,844	1,023,581	3,193
34	193,141	1,184,425	6,348
35	232,176	1,377,566	7,279
36	279,403	1,609,742	8,371
37	336,595	1,889,145	8,030
38	405,916	2,225,740	9,230
39	490,014	2,631,656	10,644
40	592,121	3,121,670	11,170
41	716,191	3,713,791	12,868
42	867,057	4,429,982	14,870
43	1,050,632	5,297,039	17,235
44	1,274,149	6,347,671	19,032
45	1,546,459	7,621,820	22,033
46	1,878,393	9,168,279	25,581
47	2,283,206	11,046,672	27,237
48	2,777,121	13,329,878	31,573
49	3,379,992	16,106,999	36,708
50	4,116,122	19,486,991	41,108
51	5,015,256	23,603,113	47,706
52	6,113,795	28,618,369	55,510
53	7,456,288	34,732,164	64,753
54	9,097,249	42,188,452	71,178
55	11,103,378	51,285,701	82,868
56	12,346,339	62,389,079	88,075
57	13,732,348	74,735,418	88,204
58	15,277,735	88,467,766	93,528
59	17,000,640	103,745,501	99,419
60	18,921,217	120,746,141	100,389
61	21,061,848	139,667,358	106,427
62	23,447,377	160,729,206	113,098
63	26,105,379	184,176,583	120,441
64	29,066,447	210,281,962	122,458
65	32,364,513	239,348,409	130,057
66	36,037,200	271,712,922	138,429
67	40,126,214	307,750,122	96,086
68	44,677,772	347,876,336	101,970
69	49,743,076	392,554,108	108,446
70	55,378,831	442,297,184	96,300
71	61,647,826	497,676,015	102,097
72	68,619,558	559,323,841	108,476
73	76,370,939	627,943,399	115,481
74	84,987,051	704,314,338	111,237
75	94,562,003	789,301,389	118,057
76	105,199,847	883,863,392	125,543
77	117,015,611	989,063,239	127,366
78	130,136,417	1,106,078,850	135,008
79	144,702,718	1,236,215,267	143,397
80	160,869,660	1,380,917,985	139,870
81	178,808,573	1,541,787,645	148,065
82	198,708,618	1,720,596,218	157,064
83	220,778,586	1,919,304,836	166,921
84	245,248,890	2,140,083,422	169,940
85	272,373,735	2,385,332,312	180,025
86	302,433,516	2,657,706,047	191,074
87	335,737,446	2,960,139,563	191,417
88	372,626,440	3,295,877,009	202,491
89	413,476,281	3,668,503,449	214,628
90	458,701,101	4,081,979,730	214,751
91	554,545,336	4,540,680,831	247,260
92	670,263,270	5,095,226,167	285,271
93	809,943,076	5,765,489,437	329,734
94	978,507,212	6,575,432,513	360,208
95	1,181,881,343	7,553,939,725	414,993
96	1,427,197,225	8,735,821,068	479,022
97	1,723,036,307	10,163,018,293	528,969
98	2,079,722,171	11,886,054,600	608,542
99	2,509,671,541	13,965,776,771	701,467
100	Max level	16,475,448,312	—

The client computes the curve with its own formula; these numbers are that formula's output. Kills divide the XP for the level by the best XP per kill on a stage of the same level, with no XP find.

XP per kill

Each act has a base value. The Breach and the Abyss multiply it by 10 and 100, each map then applies its own XP factor, and later stages in an act pay up to 15% more:

XP per kill = act base × map multiplier × stage factor × 0.6 × map XP factor

act base (acts 1–10) = 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 21, 26, 32, 39

map multiplier = Veil 1, Breach 10, Abyss 100

map XP factor = Veil 1.872, Breach 0.98164, Abyss 1.36921

stage factor = 1 + (stage − 1) × 0.15 ÷ 9, from 1.00 at stage 1 to 1.15 at stage 10

Map and act	Biome	Stage levels	XP per kill
Veil 1	Isles	1–3	5.62–6.46
Veil 2	Swamp	4–7	7.86–9.04
Veil 3	Forest	7–10	10.11–11.63
Veil 4	Desert	10–13	12.36–14.21
Veil 5	Canyon	14–17	15.72–18.08
Veil 6	Mountains	17–20	19.09–21.96
Veil 7	Glaciers	20–23	23.59–27.13
Veil 8	Volcano	24–27	29.2–33.58
Veil 9	Floating Isles	27–30	35.94–41.33
Veil 10	Deadlands	30–33	43.8–50.38
Breach 1	Isles	34–37	29.45–33.87
Breach 2	Swamp	37–40	41.23–47.41
Breach 3	Forest	40–43	53.01–60.96
Breach 4	Desert	44–47	64.79–74.51
Breach 5	Canyon	47–50	82.46–94.83
Breach 6	Mountains	50–53	100.13–115.15
Breach 7	Glaciers	54–57	123.69–142.24
Breach 8	Volcano	57–60	153.14–176.11
Breach 9	Floating Isles	60–63	188.48–216.75
Breach 10	Deadlands	64–67	229.7–264.16
Abyss 1	Isles	67–70	410.76–472.38
Abyss 2	Swamp	70–73	575.07–661.33
Abyss 3	Forest	74–77	739.37–850.28
Abyss 4	Desert	77–80	903.68–1,039.23
Abyss 5	Canyon	80–83	1,150.14–1,322.66
Abyss 6	Mountains	84–87	1,396.6–1,606.08
Abyss 7	Glaciers	87–90	1,725.21–1,983.99
Abyss 8	Volcano	90–93	2,135.97–2,456.36
Abyss 9	Floating Isles	94–97	2,628.89–3,023.22
Abyss 10	Deadlands	97–100	3,203.95–3,684.55

Normal monsters, before XP find from the Codex, pets and potions (see gold, XP and drop find). Because of the map XP factor, the first Breach act pays less per kill (29.45–33.87 XP) than the last Veil act (43.8–50.38 XP); with full XP up to 6 levels above a stage (penalty), there is no rush to move on.

Examples: Veil act 1 and Abyss act 10

Veil act 1, stage 1: 5 × 1 × 1 × 0.6 × 1.872 = 5.62 XP. Abyss act 10, stage 1: 39 × 100 × 1 × 0.6 × 1.36921 = 3,203.95 XP.

Bosses may give no XP. The client works out boss values (×3 the stage's XP for a stage boss, ×10 the act's base for an act boss), but we found no code that pays them: kills are credited with the normal-monster values. Check in game before counting on boss XP.

XP is not split between heroes. Each hero's share of a kill goes through these steps:

1
Full XP Every living hero in the party earns the full XP of every kill. Fallen heroes earn nothing from kills made while they are down.
2
Level gap× the hero's own level-gap factor.
3
Catch-up× 1.5 if the hero lags behind the party.
4
Level capXP stops at level 100.

The level-gap penalty

Each hero's XP is compared with the stage's recommended level. From 3 levels below the stage to 6 levels above it, the hero keeps all of it; beyond that the share falls, never below 1%:

below: gap = stage level − hero level; kept = 1 − 0.99 × (gap − 3) ÷ 7, at least 1%

above: over = hero level − stage level − 6; kept = 1 ÷ (1 + (over ÷ 2) ^ 1.585), at least 1%

Hero compared with the stage	XP kept
10 or more below	1%
9 below	15.1%
8 below	29.3%
7 below	43.4%
6 below	57.6%
5 below	71.7%
4 below	85.9%
3 below to 6 above	100%
7 above	75%
8 above	50%
9 above	34.5%
10 above	25%
12 above	14.9%
14 above	10%
16 above	7.2%
20 above	4.4%
30 above	1.9%

Examples: a level-40 and a level-20 hero

A level-40 hero on a level-30 stage is 4 levels past the free window and keeps 25%. The same hero on a level-36 stage keeps everything. A level-20 hero on a level-26 stage keeps 57.6%.

The catch-up bonus

A hero that lags behind the rest of the party earns ×1.5 XP until it is close again. It needs a party of at least two heroes whose highest and lowest levels are more than 3 apart:

reference = the lowest level among the other heroes that is within 9 levels of the highest of them

bonus = ×1.5 XP while the hero is more than 3 levels below the reference, until it reaches reference − 3

Party levels	Who earns ×1.5, and up to which level
30 / 30 / 20	The level-20 hero, until 27
40 / 32 / 20	The level-32 hero until 37; the level-20 hero until 29
30 / 29 / 28 / 10	The level-10 hero, until 25

Heroes that are themselves catching up are skipped when the reference is chosen, where possible. The 9-level window keeps one far-behind hero from dragging the reference down for everyone else.

Skill and passive points

Every hero earns its own points. A skill point every 2 levels raises one skill by one rank; a passive point every level buys one node on the passive tree (the Origin is free):

skill points = level ÷ 2, rounded down

passive points = level

Level	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Skill points	5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50
Passive points	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100

Resetting the skills or the passive tree is free. Each hero has 2 build presets.

Skill ranks and tiers

10Highest skill rank

Lv 12First point in tier 2 or 3

Lv 22First point in tier 4

Lv 32First point in the ultimate

Each class has 4 lines of 5 tiers, and a tier opens once a skill of the same line in the tier before it has rank 5 (tier 4 needs tier 2 or 3). With 50 points at level 100 a hero can max at most 5 skills.

The skill bar

Only skills on the hero's active bar are used in combat. The bar has 1 slot, plus one from each of these Codex runes:

Codex rune	Hero level	Bar slots
Start	—	1
Rune of Insight	10	2
Rune of Mastery	35	3

Every hero shares the same bar size.

Party size

A party starts with one hero. Each Command rune in the Codex adds a slot, up to 4 heroes, and can be bought once a party hero reaches its level:

Codex rune	Hero level	Party size
Start	—	1
Rune of Command I	5	2
Rune of Command II	30	3
Rune of Command III	46	4

Recruiting and the bench

One per class	The party holds one hero per class. Classes are unlocked with gold or Crystals.
New heroes	A newly recruited hero starts at level 1, which is where the catch-up bonus helps.
The bench	A hero taken out of the party goes to the bench with its level and build intact, and recruiting that class again brings back its highest-level benched hero.
Group presets	3 presets save who is in the party and in which order.

Source: closed-beta game client 0.7.2. Data from the closed beta, so values may change at launch.

XP to the next level

XP per kill

How XP is shared

The level-gap penalty

The catch-up bonus

Skill and passive points

Skill ranks and tiers

The skill bar

Party size

Recruiting and the bench