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 table shows the relationship between the profession level, the experience required for that level, and the experience difference from the previous level:
| Level | Experience | XP needed for level up | Knowledge XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novice | |||
| 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 | 35,997 | 17,818 | +4455 XP |
| 21 | 53,815 | 18,164 | +4542 XP |
| 22 | 71,979 | 18,517 | +4630 XP |
| 23 | 90,496 | 18,877 | +4720 XP |
| 24 | 109,373 | 19,244 | +4812 XP |
| 25 | 128,617 | 19,619 | +4905 XP |
| 26 | 148,236 | 20,000 | +5000 XP |
| 27 | 168,236 | 20,389 | +5098 XP |
| 28 | 188,625 | 20,785 | +5197 XP |
| 29 | 209,410 | 21,189 | +5298 XP |
| 30 | 230,599 | 21,601 | +5401 XP |
| 31 | 252,200 | 22,021 | +5506 XP |
| 32 | 274,221 | 22,449 | +5613 XP |
| 33 | 296,670 | 22,886 | +5722 XP |
| 34 | 319,556 | 23,331 | +5833 XP |
| 35 | 342,887 | 23,784 | +5947 XP |
| 36 | 366,671 | 24,247 | +6062 XP |
| 37 | 390,918 | 24,718 | +6180 XP |
| 38 | 415,636 | 25,198 | +6300 XP |
| 39 | 440,834 | 25,688 | +6423 XP |
| 40 | 466,522 | 26,188 | +6547 XP |
| 41 | 492,710 | 26,697 | +6675 XP |
| 42 | 519,407 | 27,216 | +6804 XP |
| 43 | 546,623 | 27,745 | +6937 XP |
| 44 | 574,368 | 28,284 | +7072 XP |
| 45 | 602,652 | 28,834 | +7209 XP |
| 46 | 631,486 | 29,395 | +7349 XP |
| 47 | 660,881 | 29,966 | +7492 XP |
| 48 | 690,847 | 30,549 | +7638 XP |
| 49 | 721,396 | 31,143 | +7786 XP |
| Journeyman | |||
| 50 | 752,539 | 31,748 | +7938 XP |
| 51 | 784,287 | 32,365 | +8092 XP |
| 52 | 816,652 | 32,994 | +8249 XP |
| 53 | 849,646 | 33,636 | +8409 XP |
| 54 | 883,282 | 34,290 | +8573 XP |
| 55 | 917,572 | 34,956 | +8740 XP |
| 56 | 952,528 | 35,636 | +8909 XP |
| 57 | 988,164 | 36,329 | +9083 XP |
| 58 | 1,024,493 | 37,035 | +9259 XP |
| 59 | 1,061,528 | 37,755 | +9439 XP |
| 60 | 1,099,283 | 38,489 | +9623 XP |
| 61 | 1,137,772 | 39,237 | +9810 XP |
| 62 | 1,177,009 | 40,000 | +10000 XP |
| 63 | 1,217,009 | 40,778 | +10195 XP |
| 64 | 1,257,787 | 41,570 | +10393 XP |
| 65 | 1,299,357 | 42,379 | +10595 XP |
| 66 | 1,341,736 | 43,202 | +10801 XP |
| 67 | 1,384,938 | 44,042 | +11011 XP |
| 68 | 1,428,980 | 44,898 | +11225 XP |
| 69 | 1,473,878 | 45,771 | +11443 XP |
| 70 | 1,519,649 | 46,661 | +11666 XP |
| 71 | 1,566,310 | 47,568 | +11893 XP |
| 72 | 1,613,878 | 48,493 | +12124 XP |
| 73 | 1,662,371 | 49,436 | +12359 XP |
| 74 | 1,711,807 | 50,397 | +12600 XP |
| 75 | 1,762,204 | 51,377 | +12845 XP |
| 76 | 1,813,581 | 52,375 | +13094 XP |
| 77 | 1,865,956 | 53,394 | +13349 XP |
| 78 | 1,919,350 | 54,432 | +13608 XP |
| 79 | 1,973,782 | 55,490 | +13873 XP |
| 80 | 2,029,272 | 56,569 | +14143 XP |
| 81 | 2,085,841 | 57,668 | +14418 XP |
| 82 | 2,143,509 | 58,789 | +14698 XP |
| 83 | 2,202,298 | 59,932 | +14984 XP |
| 84 | 2,262,230 | 61,097 | +15275 XP |
| 85 | 2,323,327 | 62,285 | +15572 XP |
| 86 | 2,385,612 | 63,496 | +15875 XP |
| 87 | 2,449,108 | 64,730 | +16183 XP |
| 88 | 2,513,838 | 65,989 | +16498 XP |
| 89 | 2,579,827 | 67,272 | +16818 XP |
| 90 | 2,647,099 | 68,580 | +17145 XP |
| 91 | 2,715,679 | 69,913 | +17479 XP |
| 92 | 2,785,592 | 71,272 | +17818 XP |
| 93 | 2,856,864 | 72,657 | +18165 XP |
| 94 | 2,929,521 | 74,070 | +18518 XP |
| 95 | 3,003,591 | 75,510 | +18878 XP |
| 96 | 3,079,101 | 76,978 | +19245 XP |
| 97 | 3,156,079 | 78,474 | +19619 XP |
| 98 | 3,234,553 | 80,000 | +20000 XP |
| 99 | 3,314,553 | 81,555 | +20389 XP |
| Adept | |||
| 100 | 3,396,108 | 83,141 | +20786 XP |
| 101 | 3,479,249 | 84,757 | +21190 XP |
| 102 | 3,564,006 | 86,405 | +21602 XP |
| 103 | 3,650,411 | 88,085 | +22022 XP |
| 104 | 3,738,496 | 89,797 | +22450 XP |
| 105 | 3,828,293 | 91,543 | +22886 XP |
| 106 | 3,919,836 | 93,322 | +23331 XP |
| 107 | 4,013,158 | 95,137 | +23785 XP |
| 108 | 4,108,295 | 96,986 | +24247 XP |
| 109 | 4,205,281 | 98,872 | +24718 XP |
| 110 | 4,304,153 | 100,794 | +25199 XP |
| 111 | 4,404,947 | 102,753 | +25689 XP |
| 112 | 4,507,700 | 104,751 | +26188 XP |
| 113 | 4,612,451 | 106,787 | +26697 XP |
| 114 | 4,719,238 | 108,863 | +27216 XP |
| 115 | 4,828,101 | 110,980 | +27745 XP |
| 116 | 4,939,081 | 113,137 | +28285 XP |
| 117 | 5,052,218 | 115,337 | +28835 XP |
| 118 | 5,167,555 | 117,579 | +29395 XP |
| 119 | 5,285,134 | 119,865 | +29967 XP |
| 120 | 5,404,999 | 122,195 | +30549 XP |
| 121 | 5,527,194 | 124,570 | +31143 XP |
| 122 | 5,651,764 | 126,992 | +31749 XP |
| 123 | 5,778,756 | 129,461 | +32366 XP |
| 124 | 5,908,217 | 131,978 | +32995 XP |
| 125 | 6,040,195 | +33636 XP | |
| 126 | 6,174,738 | ||
| 127 | 6,311,897 | ||
| 128 | 6,451,723 | ||
| 129 | 6,594,267 | ||
| 130 | 6,739,582 | ||
| 131 | 6,887,722 | ||
| 132 | 7,038,742 | ||
| 133 | 7,192,698 | ||
| 134 | 7,349,647 | ||
| 135 | 7,509,647 | ||
| 136 | 7,672,757 | ||
| 137 | 7,839,039 | ||
| 138 | 8,008,553 | ||
| 139 | 8,181,363 | ||
| 140 | 8,357,532 | ||
| 141 | 8,537,126 | ||
| 142 | 8,720,211 | ||
| 143 | 8,906,856 | ||
| 144 | 9,097,129 | ||
| 145 | 9,291,101 | ||
| 146 | 9,488,844 | ||
| 147 | 9,690,431 | ||
| 148 | 9,895,937 | ||
| 149 | 10,105,439 | ||
| 150 | 10,319,013 | +54432 XP | |
| 151 | 10,536,739 | ||
| 152 | 10,758,698 | ||
| 153 | 10,984,972 | ||
| 154 | 11,215,645 | ||
| 155 | 11,450,803 | +59933 XP | |
| 156 | 11,690,532 | ||
| 157 | 11,934,922 | ||
| 158 | 12,184,063 | ||
| 159 | 12,438,047 | ||
| 160 | 12,696,969 | +65939 XP | |
| 161 | 12,960,924 | ||
| 162 | 13,230,011 | ||
| 163 | 13,504,329 | ||
| 164 | 13,783,980 | ||
| 165 | 14,069,068 | +72658 XP | |
| 166 | 14,359,698 | ||
| 167 | 14,655,978 | ||
| 168 | 14,958,018 | ||
| 169 | 15,265,930 | ||
| 170 | 15,579,828 | +80000 XP | |
| 171 | 15,899,828 | ||
| 172 | 16,226,049 | ||
| 173 | 16,558,612 | ||
| 174 | 16,897,640 | ||
| 175 | 17,243,259 | +88085 XP | |
| 176 | 17,595,597 | ||
| 177 | 17,954,785 | ||
| 178 | 18,320,956 | ||
| 179 | 18,694,245 | ||
| 180 | 19,074,791 | +96987 XP | |
| 181 | 19,462,735 | ||
| 182 | 19,858,221 | ||
| 183 | 20,261,396 | ||
| 184 | 20,672,409 | ||
| 185 | 21,091,412 | +106788 XP | |
| 186 | 21,518,561 | ||
| 187 | 21,954,014 | ||
| 188 | 22,397,932 | ||
| 189 | 22,850,480 | ||
| 190 | 23,311,826 | +117579 XP | |
| 191 | 23,782,141 | ||
| 192 | 24,261,599 | ||
| 193 | 24,750,378 | ||
| 194 | 25,248,660 | ||
| 195 | 25,756,628 | +129461 XP | |
| 196 | 26,274,471 | ||
| 197 | 26,802,382 | ||
| 198 | 27,340,556 | ||
| 199 | 27,889,192 | 559,302 | +139826 XP |
| Expert | |||
| 200 | 28,448,494 | 2,280,701 | +142544 XP |
| 201 | 30,729,195 | +143370 XP | |
| 210 | 51,859,319 | +151020 XP | |
| 225 | 89,611,386 | +164689 XP | |
| 250 | 160,276,100 | +190274 XP | |
| 275 | 241,918,762 | +219833 XP | |
| 300 | 336,244,832 | +253985 XP | |
| 325 | 445,224,715 | +293442 XP | |
| 337 | 503,395,645 | +314503 XP | |
| 350 | 571,134,915 | +339029 XP | |
| 356 | 604,156,636 | +350984 XP | |
| 375 | 716,605,603 | +391698 XP | |
| 400 | 884,675,555 | +452549 XP | |
| 425 | 1,078,855,621 | +522854 XP | |
| 450 | 1,303,202,085 | +604080 XP | |
| 475 | 1,562,401,381 | +697925 XP | |
| 495 | 1,798,466,122 | 12,534,311 | +783395 XP |
| 496 | 1,811,000,433 | 12,606,920 | +787933 XP |
| 497 | 1,823,607,353 | 12,679,950 | +792497 XP |
| 498 | 1,836,287,303 | 12,679,950 | +797088 XP |
| 499 | 1,849,040,707 | 12,827,232 | +801706 XP |
| Ultimate | |||
| 500 | 1,861,867,939 | +801706 XP | |
Required experience amount breakpoints
Based on the above table, we can notice a few breakpoints in the experience formula:
For the sake of being rigorous, the following data has been observed based on an incomplete chart, not datamined.
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 once again quadrupled, then every new level requires around 0,60% more experience than the previous one.
To say it differently: at level 20, you've got 4,8% of the experience to level 50, 1% of the experience to level 100, 0,13% of the experience to level 200 and 0,002% of the experience to level 500.
At level 100, you've got 12% of the experience to level 200, and 0,2% of the experience to level 500.
At level 200, you've got 1,5% of the experience to level 500.
At level 350, you've got 30,7% of the experience to level 500.
Conclusions:
While I haven't checked the increase in experience gained per action yet, I assume it follows a fairly similar formula regarding the percentage increases, but completely ignores the multipliers at specific breakpoints. It'd mean that you have indirect penalties if you do underleveled content, but that each level takes a similar amount of actions if you do "on-level" content (barring the breakpoint multipliers).
Levels 0-20 are certainly made easier for the sake of allowing players to explore new professions quickly.
Levels 21-200 look like the intended regular levels, requiring some dedication.
Finally, levels 201+ require an absurd amount of experience and are likely here to make sure players end up specializing in something if they want to pursue leaderboards and the ultimate cape.
Additional data needed:
Providing exp gained per action isn't quadrupled either for levels 201+, it would be interesting to know whether converting knowledge into experience ends up being the fastest way to level past this point, considering knowledge conversion seems to be granting around 20-25% of a full level. I don't have a high level skill personally so additional data would be very helpful.