Experience

Killing monsters and fulfilling certain tasks will grant players experience (also known as xp, exp) which they can accumulate to increase their levels in professions. Players will start a profession with zero experience, and are able to level their professions to level 500.

Experience table

The following tables shows the relationship between the profession level, the experience required for that level, and the experience difference from the previous level:

Novice (0-19; 35,997 XP)

Level	Experience	XP to next level
0	0	500
1	500	515
2	1,015	530
3	1,545	545
4	2,090	561
5	2,651	578
6	3,229	1,189
7	4,418	1,224
8	5,642	1,260
9	6,902	1,297
10	8,199	1,335
11	9,534	1,374
12	10,908	2,828
13	13,736	2,911
14	16,647	2,997
15	19,644	3,084
16	22,728	3,175
17	25,903	3,268
18	29,171	3,364
19	32,535	3,462

Apprentice (20-49; 716,542 XP)

Level	Experience	XP to next level	Knowledge XP
20	35,997	17,818	4,455
21	53,815	18,164	4,542
22	71,979	18,517	4,630
23	90,496	18,877	4,720
24	109,373	19,244	4,812
25	128,617	19,619	4,905
26	148,236	20,000	5,000
27	168,236	20,389	5,098
28	188,625	20,785	5,197
29	209,410	21,189	5,298
30	230,599	21,601	5,401
31	252,200	22,021	5,506
32	274,221	22,449	5,613
33	296,670	22,886	5,722
34	319,556	23,331	5,833
35	342,887	23,784	5,947
36	366,671	24,247	6,062
37	390,918	24,718	6,180
38	415,636	25,198	6,300
39	440,834	25,688	6,423
40	466,522	26,188	6,547
41	492,710	26,697	6,675
42	519,407	27,216	6,804
43	546,623	27,745	6,937
44	574,368	28,284	7,072
45	602,652	28,834	7,209
46	631,486	29,395	7,349
47	660,881	29,966	7,492
48	690,847	30,549	7,638
49	721,396	31,143	7,786

Journeyman (50-99; 2,643,569 XP)

Level	Experience	XP to next level	Knowledge XP
50	752,539	31,748	7,938
51	784,287	32,365	8,092
52	816,652	32,994	8,249
53	849,646	33,636	8,409
54	883,282	34,290	8,573
55	917,572	34,956	8,740
56	952,528	35,636	8,909
57	988,164	36,329	9,083
58	1,024,493	37,035	9,259
59	1,061,528	37,755	9,439
60	1,099,283	38,489	9,623
61	1,137,772	39,237	9,810
62	1,177,009	40,000	10,000
63	1,217,009	40,778	10,195
64	1,257,787	41,570	10,393
65	1,299,357	42,379	10,595
66	1,341,736	43,202	10,801
67	1,384,938	44,042	11,011
68	1,428,980	44,898	11,225
69	1,473,878	45,771	11,443
70	1,519,649	46,661	11,666
71	1,566,310	47,568	11,893
72	1,613,878	48,493	12,124
73	1,662,371	49,436	12,359
74	1,711,807	50,397	12,600
75	1,762,204	51,377	12,845
76	1,813,581	52,375	13,094
77	1,865,956	53,394	13,349
78	1,919,350	54,432	13,608
79	1,973,782	55,490	13,873
80	2,029,272	56,569	14,143
81	2,085,841	57,668	14,418
82	2,143,509	58,789	14,698
83	2,202,298	59,932	14,984
84	2,262,230	61,097	15,275
85	2,323,327	62,285	15,572
86	2,385,612	63,496	15,875
87	2,449,108	64,730	16,183
88	2,513,838	65,989	16,498
89	2,579,827	67,272	16,818
90	2,647,099	68,580	17,145
91	2,715,679	69,913	17,479
92	2,785,592	71,272	17,818
93	2,856,864	72,657	18,165
94	2,929,521	74,070	18,518
95	3,003,591	75,510	18,878
96	3,079,101	76,978	19,245
97	3,156,079	78,474	19,619
98	3,234,553	80,000	20,000
99	3,314,553	81,555	20,389

Adept (100-199; 25,052,386 XP)

Level	Experience	XP to next level	Knowledge XP
100	3,396,108	83,141	20,786
101	3,479,249	84,757	21,190
102	3,564,006	86,405	21,602
103	3,650,411	88,085	22,022
104	3,738,496	89,797	22,450
105	3,828,293	91,543	22,886
106	3,919,836	93,322	23,331
107	4,013,158	95,137	23,785
108	4,108,295	96,986	24,247
109	4,205,281	98,872	24,718
110	4,304,153	100,794	25,199
111	4,404,947	102,753	25,689
112	4,507,700	104,751	26,188
113	4,612,451	106,787	26,697
114	4,719,238	108,863	27,216
115	4,828,101	110,980	27,745
116	4,939,081	113,137	28,285
117	5,052,218	115,337	28,835
118	5,167,555	117,579	29,395
119	5,285,134	119,865	29,967
120	5,404,999	122,195	30,549
121	5,527,194	124,570	31,143
122	5,651,764	126,992	31,748
123	5,778,756	129,461	32,366
124	5,908,217	131,978	32,995
125	6,040,195	134,543	33,636
126	6,174,738	137,159	34,290
127	6,311,897	139,826	34,957
128	6,451,723	142,544	35,636
129	6,594,267	145,315	36,329
130	6,739,582	148,140	37,035
131	6,887,722	151,020	37,755
132	7,038,742	153,956	38,489
133	7,192,698	156,949	39,238
134	7,349,647	160,000	40,000
135	7,509,647	163,110	40,778
136	7,672,757	166,282	41,571
137	7,839,039	169,514	42,379
138	8,008,553	172,810	43,203
139	8,181,363	176,169	44,043
140	8,357,532	179,594	44,899
141	8,537,126	183,085	45,772
142	8,720,211	186,645	46,662
143	8,906,856	190,273	47,569
144	9,097,129	193,972	48,493
145	9,291,101	197,743	49,436
146	9,488,844	201,587	50,397
147	9,690,431	205,506	51,377
148	9,895,937	209,502	52,376
149	10,105,439	213,574	53,394
150	10,319,013	217,726	54,432
151	10,536,739	221,959	55,490
152	10,758,698	226,274	56,569
153	10,984,972	230,673	57,669
154	11,215,645	235,158	58,790
155	11,450,803	239,729	59,933
156	11,690,532	244,390	61,098
157	11,934,922	249,141	62,286
158	12,184,063	253,984	63,496
159	12,438,047	258,922	64,731
160	12,696,969	263,955	65,989
161	12,960,924	269,087	67,272
162	13,230,011	274,318	68,580
163	13,504,329	279,651	69,913
164	13,783,980	285,088	71,272
165	14,069,068	290,630	72,658
166	14,359,698	296,280	74,070
167	14,655,978	302,040	75,510
168	14,958,018	307,912	76,978
169	15,265,930	313,898	78,475
170	15,579,828	320,000	80,000
171	15,899,828	326,221	81,556
172	16,226,049	332,563	83,141
173	16,558,612	339,028	84,757
174	16,897,640	345,619	86,405
175	17,243,259	352,338	88,085
176	17,595,597	359,188	89,797
177	17,954,785	366,171	91,543
178	18,320,956	373,289	93,323
179	18,694,245	380,546	95,137
180	19,074,791	387,944	96,986
181	19,462,735	395,486	98,872
182	19,858,221	403,175	100,794
183	20,261,396	411,013	102,754
184	20,672,409	419,003	104,751
185	21,091,412	427,149	106,788
186	21,518,561	435,453	108,864
187	21,954,014	443,918	110,980
188	22,397,932	452,548	113,137
189	22,850,480	461,346	115,337
190	23,311,826	470,315	117,579
191	23,782,141	479,458	119,865
192	24,261,599	488,779	122,195
193	24,750,378	498,282	124,571
194	25,248,660	507,968	126,992
195	25,756,628	517,843	129,461
196	26,274,471	527,911	131,978
197	26,802,382	538,174	134,544
198	27,340,556	548,636	137,159
199	27,889,192	559,302	139,826

Expert (200-499; 1,833,419,495 XP)

Level	Experience	XP to next level	Knowledge XP
200	28,448,494	2,280,701	142,544
201	30,729,195	2,293,913	143,370
202	33,023,108	2,307,201	144,201
203	35,330,309	2,320,567	145,036
204	37,650,876	2,334,010	145,876
205	39,984,886	2,347,530	146,721
206	42,332,416	2,361,130	147,571
207	44,693,546	2,374,807	148,426
208	47,068,353	2,388,565	149,286
209	49,456,918	2,402,401	150,151
210	51,859,319	2,416,318	151,020
211	54,275,637	2,430,316	151,895
212	56,705,953	2,444,394	152,775
213	59,150,347	2,458,556	153,660
214	61,608,903	2,472,798	154,550
215	64,081,701	2,487,122	155,446
216	66,568,823	2,501,530	156,346
217	69,070,353	2,516,021	157,252
218	71,586,374	2,530,596	158,163
219	74,116,970	2,545,256	159,079
220	76,662,226	2,560,000	160,000
221	79,222,226	2,574,830	160,927
222	81,797,056	2,589,745	161,860
223	84,386,801	2,604,748	162,797
224	86,991,549	2,619,837	163,740
225	89,611,386	2,635,014	164,689
226	92,246,400	2,650,278	165,643
227	94,896,678	2,665,631	166,602
228	97,562,309	2,681,074	167,568
229	100,243,383	2,696,605	168,538
230	102,939,988	2,712,226	169,515
231	105,652,214	2,727,937	170,497
232	108,380,151	2,743,740	171,484
233	111,123,891	2,759,635	172,478
234	113,883,526	2,775,621	173,477
235	116,659,147	2,791,700	174,482
236	119,450,847	2,807,872	175,492
237	122,258,719	2,824,137	176,509
238	125,082,856	2,840,498	177,532
239	127,923,354	2,856,953	178,560
240	130,780,307	2,873,503	179,594
241	133,653,810	2,890,149	180,635
242	136,543,959	2,906,891	181,681
243	139,450,850	2,923,732	182,734
244	142,374,582	2,940,669	183,792
245	145,315,251	2,957,703	184,857
246	148,272,954	2,974,837	185,928
247	151,247,791	2,992,070	187,005
248	154,239,861	3,009,403	188,088
249	157,249,264	3,026,836	189,178
250	160,276,100	3,044,370	190,274
251	163,320,470	3,062,006	191,376
252	166,382,476	3,079,744	192,484
253	169,462,220	3,097,585	193,600
254	172,559,805	3,115,529	194,721
255	175,675,334	3,133,577	195,849
256	178,808,911	3,151,729	196,984
257	181,960,640	3,169,987	198,125
258	185,130,627	3,188,352	199,272
259	188,318,979	3,206,822	200,427
260	191,525,801	3,225,398	201,588
261	194,751,199	3,244,083	202,756
262	197,995,282	3,262,875	203,930
263	201,258,157	3,281,778	205,112
264	204,539,935	3,300,788	206,300
265	207,840,723	3,319,910	207,495
266	211,160,633	3,339,141	208,697
267	214,499,774	3,358,484	209,906
268	217,858,258	3,377,940	211,122
269	221,236,198	3,397,508	212,345
270	224,633,706	3,417,190	213,575
271	228,050,896	3,436,985	214,812
272	231,487,881	3,456,895	216,056
273	234,944,776	3,476,922	217,308
274	238,421,698	3,497,064	218,567
275	241,918,762	3,517,322	219,833
276	245,436,084	3,537,697	221,107
277	248,973,781	3,558,190	222,387
278	252,531,971	3,578,804	223,676
279	256,110,775	3,599,535	224,971
280	259,710,310	3,620,387	226,275
281	263,330,697	3,641,359	227,585
282	266,972,056	3,662,453	228,904
283	270,634,509	3,683,670	230,230
284	274,318,179	3,705,009	231,564
285	278,023,188	3,726,472	232,905
286	281,749,660	3,748,059	234,254
287	285,497,719	3,769,771	235,611
288	289,267,490	3,791,611	236,976
289	293,059,101	3,813,575	238,349
290	296,872,676	3,835,667	239,730
291	300,708,343	3,857,886	241,118
292	304,566,229	3,880,234	242,515
293	308,446,463	3,902,713	243,920
294	312,349,176	3,925,321	245,333
295	316,274,497	3,948,060	246,754
296	320,222,557	3,970,930	248,184
297	324,193,487	3,993,933	249,621
298	328,187,420	4,017,071	251,067
299	332,204,491	4,040,341	252,522
300	336,244,832	4,063,746	253,985
301	340,308,578	4,087,287	255,456
302	344,395,865	4,110,964	256,936
303	348,506,829	4,134,781	258,424
304	352,641,610	4,158,733	259,921
305	356,800,343	4,182,824	261,427
306	360,983,167	4,207,055	262,941
307	365,190,222	4,231,426	264,465
308	369,421,648	4,255,939	265,997
309	373,677,587	4,280,593	267,538
310	377,958,180	4,305,390	269,087
311	382,263,570	4,330,331	270,646
312	386,593,901	4,355,415	272,214
313	390,949,316	4,380,647	273,791
314	395,329,963	4,406,023	275,377
315	399,735,986	4,431,547	276,972
316	404,167,533	4,457,218	278,577
317	408,624,751	4,483,038	280,190
318	413,107,789	4,509,011	281,814
319	417,616,800	4,535,131	283,446
320	422,151,931	4,561,402	285,088
321	426,713,333	4,587,826	286,740
322	431,301,159	4,614,402	288,401
323	435,915,561	4,641,134	290,071
324	440,556,695	4,668,020	291,752
325	445,224,715	4,695,061	293,442
326	449,919,776	4,722,259	295,142
327	454,642,035	4,749,614	296,851
328	459,391,649	4,777,129	298,571
329	464,168,778	4,804,803	300,301
330	468,973,581	4,832,636	302,040
331	473,806,217	4,860,631	303,790
332	478,666,848	4,888,788	305,550
333	483,555,636	4,917,111	307,320
334	488,472,747	4,945,595	309,100
335	493,418,342	4,974,244	310,891
336	498,392,586	5,003,059	312,692
337	503,395,645	5,032,041	314,503
338	508,427,686	5,061,193	316,325
339	513,488,879	5,090,512	318,157
340	518,579,391	5,120,000	320,000
341	523,699,391	5,149,660	321,854
342	528,849,051	5,179,491	323,719
343	534,028,542	5,209,497	325,594
344	539,238,039	5,239,674	327,480
345	544,477,713	5,270,027	329,377
346	549,747,740	5,300,556	331,285
347	555,048,296	5,331,261	333,204
348	560,379,557	5,362,148	335,135
349	565,741,705	5,393,210	337,076
350	571,134,915	5,424,452	339,029
351	576,559,367	5,455,875	340,993
352	582,015,242	5,487,480	342,968
353	587,502,722	5,519,270	344,955
354	593,021,992	5,551,242	346,953
355	598,573,234	5,583,400	348,963
356	604,156,634	5,615,743	350,984
357	609,772,377	5,648,275	353,018
358	615,420,652	5,680,996	355,063
359	621,101,648	5,713,905	357,120
360	626,815,553	5,747,005	359,188
361	632,562,558	5,780,297	361,269
362	638,342,855	5,813,781	363,362
363	644,156,636	5,847,463	365,467
364	650,004,099	5,881,337	367,584
365	655,885,436	5,915,406	369,713
366	661,800,842	5,949,674	371,855
367	667,750,516	5,984,140	374,009
368	673,734,656	6,018,806	376,176
369	679,753,462	6,053,673	378,355
370	685,807,135	6,088,740	380,547
371	691,895,875	6,124,012	382,751
372	698,019,887	6,159,488	384,968
373	704,179,375	6,195,170	387,199
374	710,374,545	6,231,058	389,442
375	716,605,603	6,267,153	391,698
376	722,872,756	6,303,458	393,967
377	729,176,214	6,339,973	396,249
378	735,516,187	6,376,705	398,545
379	741,892,892	6,413,643	400,853
380	748,306,535	6,450,796	403,175
381	754,757,331	6,488,165	405,511
382	761,245,496	6,525,750	407,860
383	767,771,246	6,563,555	410,223
384	774,334,801	6,601,576	412,599
385	780,936,377	6,639,819	414,989
386	787,576,196	6,678,282	417,393
387	794,254,478	6,716,968	419,811
388	800,971,446	6,755,881	422,243
389	807,727,327	6,795,016	424,689
390	814,522,343	6,834,380	427,149
391	821,356,723	6,873,970	429,624
392	828,230,693	6,913,790	432,112
393	835,144,483	6,953,845	434,616
394	842,098,328	6,994,128	437,133
395	849,092,456	7,034,644	439,666
396	856,127,100	7,075,395	442,213
397	863,202,495	7,116,381	444,774
398	870,318,876	7,157,608	447,351
399	877,476,484	7,199,071	449,942
400	884,675,555	7,240,773	452,549
401	891,916,328	7,282,718	455,170
402	899,199,046	7,324,906	457,807
403	906,523,952	7,367,341	460,459
404	913,891,293	7,410,018	463,127
405	921,301,311	7,452,944	465,809
406	928,754,255	7,496,118	468,508
407	936,250,373	7,539,541	471,222
408	943,789,914	7,583,221	473,952
409	951,373,135	7,627,150	476,697
410	959,000,285	7,671,333	479,459
411	966,671,618	7,715,772	482,236
412	974,387,390	7,760,468	485,030
413	982,147,858	7,805,426	487,840
414	989,953,284	7,850,642	490,666
415	997,803,926	7,896,120	493,508
416	1,005,700,046	7,941,861	496,367
417	1,013,641,907	7,987,866	499,242
418	1,021,629,773	8,034,142	502,134
419	1,029,663,915	8,080,683	505,043
420	1,037,744,598	8,127,493	507,969
421	1,045,872,091	8,174,574	510,911
422	1,054,046,665	8,221,928	513,871
423	1,062,268,593	8,269,562	516,848
424	1,070,538,155	8,317,466	519,842
425	1,078,855,621	8,365,648	522,853
426	1,087,221,269	8,414,109	525,882
427	1,095,635,378	8,462,851	528,929
428	1,104,098,229	8,511,878	531,993
429	1,112,610,107	8,561,185	535,075
430	1,121,171,292	8,610,779	538,174
431	1,129,782,071	8,660,661	541,292
432	1,138,442,732	8,710,830	544,427
433	1,147,153,562	8,761,294	547,581
434	1,155,914,856	8,812,046	550,753
435	1,164,726,902	8,863,093	553,944
436	1,173,589,995	8,914,436	557,153
437	1,182,504,431	8,966,076	560,380
438	1,191,470,507	9,018,021	563,627
439	1,200,488,528	9,070,261	566,892
440	1,209,558,789	9,122,804	570,176
441	1,218,681,593	9,175,651	573,479
442	1,227,857,244	9,228,804	576,801
443	1,237,086,048	9,282,268	580,142
444	1,246,368,316	9,336,039	583,503
445	1,255,704,355	9,390,121	586,883
446	1,265,094,476	9,444,518	590,283
447	1,274,538,994	9,499,228	593,702
448	1,284,038,222	9,554,258	597,142
449	1,293,592,480	9,609,605	600,601
450	1,303,202,085	9,665,272	604,080
451	1,312,867,357	9,721,262	607,579
452	1,322,588,619	9,777,575	611,099
453	1,332,366,194	9,834,222	614,639
454	1,342,200,416	9,891,190	618,200
455	1,352,091,606	9,948,488	621,781
456	1,362,040,094	10,006,118	625,383
457	1,372,046,212	10,064,082	629,006
458	1,382,110,294	10,122,385	632,650
459	1,392,232,679	10,181,023	636,314
460	1,402,413,702	10,240,000	640,000
461	1,412,653,702	10,299,319	643,708
462	1,422,953,021	10,358,981	647,437
463	1,433,312,002	10,418,997	651,188
464	1,443,730,999	10,479,352	654,960
465	1,454,210,351	10,540,058	658,754
466	1,464,750,409	10,601,115	662,570
467	1,475,351,524	10,662,525	666,408
468	1,486,014,049	10,724,291	670,269
469	1,496,738,340	10,786,416	674,151
470	1,507,524,756	10,848,900	678,057
471	1,518,373,656	10,911,745	681,985
472	1,529,285,401	10,974,956	685,935
473	1,540,260,357	11,038,540	689,909
474	1,551,298,897	11,102,484	693,906
475	1,562,401,381	11,166,799	697,925
476	1,573,568,180	11,231,486	701,968
477	1,584,799,666	11,296,549	706,035
478	1,596,096,215	11,361,996	710,125
479	1,607,458,211	11,427,814	714,239
480	1,618,886,025	11,494,014	718,376
481	1,630,380,039	11,560,598	722,538
482	1,641,940,637	11,627,566	726,723
483	1,653,568,203	11,694,922	730,933
484	1,665,263,125	11,762,670	735,167
485	1,677,025,795	11,830,809	739,426
486	1,688,856,604	11,899,344	743,709
487	1,700,755,948	11,968,274	748,018
488	1,712,724,222	12,037,612	752,351
489	1,724,761,834	12,107,345	756,710
490	1,736,869,179	12,177,480	761,093
491	1,749,046,659	12,248,024	765,502
492	1,761,294,683	12,318,975	769,936
493	1,773,613,658	12,390,344	774,397
494	1,786,004,002	12,462,120	778,883
495	1,798,466,122	12,534,311	783,395
496	1,811,000,433	12,606,920	787,933
497	1,823,607,353	12,679,950	792,497
498	1,836,287,303	12,753,404	797,088
499	1,849,040,707	12,827,282	801,706

Ultimate (500)

Level	Experience	XP to next level	Knowledge XP
500	1,861,867,989	N/A	801,706

Experience figures

The following figures show the required experience per level and cumulative experience:

Since the experience scales quite significantly, here the figures are repeated with a logarithmic exp-axis:

Required experience amount breakpoints

Based on the above table, we can notice a few breakpoints in the experience formula:

Novice

Levels 0-6 : every level requires around 2,95% more experience than the previous one;

Levels 7-12: every level still requires 2,95% more experience, but the required experience is also doubled;

Levels 13-20: again, every level requires 2,95% more experience, but it is once again doubled.

For example, going from level 13 to level 14 requires slightly more than 4x the experience required from level 4 to level 5.

Apprentice to expert

Levels 21-200: the required experience, per level, has been quintupled (explaining why you suddenly feel like you hit a wall once you are at skill level 20), and every new level from 21 to 200 requires 1,94% more experience than the previous one.

Expert to ultimate

Levels 201-500: the required experience per level is now quadrupled, then every new level requires around 0,60% more experience than the previous one.

Conclusions

Since the experience gain per action grows at a similar rate than experience needed (the percentage increase), but with no breakpoints, one can assume that the amount of actions required to level up from, let's say, 21 to 22, is the same than the one required from 198 to 199.

Levels 0-20 are certainly made easier for the sake of allowing players to explore new professions quickly, and can be seen as the introduction to a skill and its game loop.

Levels 21-200 are intended to be regular levels, requiring some dedication from the player, and setting them up for the final xp wall. Most of the game's content for a particular skill is unlocked prior to level 200.

Finally, levels 201+ encourages the player to identify and specialise in a select few skills that they would like to pursue achievements in, such as leaderboards and the ultimate cape, or for their own enjoyment.

Impact of knowledge conversion into experience

Between levels 20-200: converting one knowledge point into experience grants 25% of a level.

However, between levels 201-500, each KP grants 6,25% of a level. Given that levels 200+ take four times more actions, this means that the experience each KP gives retains their numerical scaling from 20-200, but are 4 times less effective due to the increased experience per level. This encourages active training and prevents KP being used to significantly skip over endgame content..

Experience penalties

The game imposes several experience penalties for overlevelling certain activities, as detailed below.

Easy battle penalty

In combat and activities which involve combat, such as Crime Dens, defeating a monster that is 11 or more levels below the player's combat level will incur an experience penalty, known as the easy battle penalty, on the experience earned from completing the activity. This penalty increases with increasing level difference.

Although the game has a display for this during combat initiation, this indicator is not always accurate. The experience awarded for fighting a monster of a certain level below the player's combat level can be more accurately estimated with the following formula. This is also reflected when looking at monster information cards, and is calculated using the player's current combat profession compared to the monster's combat level, even if the card of the monster being viewed is from another episode.

$CurrentXP=BaseXP\times 0.5^{\frac{C-M-10}{50}}$ rounded down to the nearest integer.

where $C-M-10\ge 0$

Currrent XP	XP obtained for killing the monster at your current level
Base XP	Base XP awarded by the monster without penalty
C	The combat profession level of the player, depending on the episode they are currently physically located in. For example, if a player looks at a monster card of a monster from Mines of Mantuban while physically standing in Crenopoplis, this would be their Watchperson level, NOT their Minefighter level.
M	The combat level of the target monster

From this we can deduce that the XP penalty itself is given by the following

$Penalty\%=100\times (1-0.5^{\frac{C-M-10}{50}})$

where $C-M-10\ge 0$

The theoretical maximum penalty, applied when a level 500 player fights a level 0 monster, according to this formula, is 99.89%. However, due to the low base experience (205) of a level 0 monster, this value (0.23) is rounded up to 1xp, which is the minimum xp a player can earn after defeating a monster. This decreases the actual penalty to 99.5%, despite the actual penalty being theoretically much higher.

Currently the smallest observable penalty ingame occurs at a combat level difference of +11, giving a penalty of 1.38% (displayed as 2% in-game), while the greatest observable penalty, currently still subject to more testing, occurs when comparing a level 500 Watchperson with a level 39 Eyeless Zombie, at a level difference of +461, for which the player will obtain 1xp (rounded down from 1.46) out of the monster's 758 base experience, resulting in a 99.87% penalty correct to two decimal places (displayed as 99% in-game).

Passive activity penalty

The player will incur an experience penalty for doing passive activities below the highest tier available to them, which is summarised below. Decimal experience values after calculation are rounded down. This penalty is not combat-specific, and is not explicitly displayed anywhere in-game.

This experience penalty is applied immediately upon reaching the level of the next passive activity, based on the moment the player receives the experience drop that causes the level up. As such this penalty is applied even before the player unlocks their newest passive ability.

Passive activity penalty

Tier	XP Penalty
Highest available	0%
Second highest	52.5%
Third highest	75%
Fourth highest and below	87.5%

Offline experience is only calculated upon the player relogging back into the game. Therefore, assuming the player does not log in too early, it is possible to log off before a passive tier breakpoint for 24 hours to obtain the maximum amount of non-penalty experience, using it to level beyond the breakpoint. However, deliberately doing this over active training is not advised, as active training will always yield faster experience rates.

Update history

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.

• update 6 November 2024 (Update):
  • Added to game.