Experience

What is Experience?

Experience is the point system that drives the advancement of many aspects of the game, including but not limited to:

1. Leveling of combat classes (Disciples of War and Disciples of Magic)
2. Leveling of crafting/gathering classes (Disciples of the Hand and Disciples of the Land)
3. Leveling of combat companions (specifically the Combat Chocobo, which is not covered in this guide currently)

There are many ways in which to earn experience, including but not limited to:

• Killing Monsters
  • note: with Patch 6.0, monsters inside dungeons no longer give Experience. The equivalent EXP was rolled into the bosses themselves.
• Completing Leves
• Participating in FATEs
• Completing Side Quests, Class Quests, and Main Storyline quests
• Completing Challenge Logs
• Completing Hunting Logs
• Completing Duty Roulettes
• Running Deep Dungeons

In addition to all of this, there are various ways in which you can boost the amount of experience you get from any of these particular activities! These come in many forms, specifically:

• Food buffs (Obtained from eating food items)
• Buffs from your Free Company (Obtained by having "Buff Actions" activated by high-ranking guild members)
• Wearing the Moogle Cap (Obtained by pre-ordering A Realm Reborn)
• Wearing the Helm of Light (Obtained by purchasing the A Realm Reborn Collector's Edition)
• Wearing the Friendship Circlet (Obtained by recruiting a friend, or being recruited by a friend - and subscribing for at least 30 days)
• Wearing the Brand-new Ring (Obtained by completing all of the Hall of the Novice for a singular role)
• Wearing the Ala Mhigan Earrings (Obtained by pre-ordering Stormblood)
• Wearing the Aetheryte Earring (Obtained by pre-ordering Shadowbringers)
• Wearing the Menphina's Earring (Obtained by pre-ordering Endwalker)
• Rested EXP (Obtained over time by resting or logging out in 'Sanctuary' areas ((places with Aetheryte Shards)))
• Armoury Bonus (All combat classes lower-level than your highest level combat class will have a +100% EXP buff towards applicable activities until level 70, where it decreases to +50%)

In addition, some servers with low populations are designated as "Preferred", providing a passive buff called "The Road to 80" while on any class below level 70. This buff doubles all experience earned AFTER applying the appropriate bonuses. When there is a queue, character creation on a Preferred server is unavailable. Character creation becomes available during times of the day when there isn't much user activity, such as late at night or in the mornings. You can easily create a new character on a Preferred server if you are available during that time. To track availability of new character creation on a Preferred server, you can use the official Server Status web page. You can also use the log-in client by clicking the Server Status icon in the top-right corner. The servers designated as Preferred typically change when a new patch is released. After the Preferred server changes, the buff will last for the remainder of 90 days since character creation. Upon attaining level 30 in any class, the character will be gifted one million gil, applicable once per account per data center, and 15 days of free play time, applicable once per account. Reference

Below are tables that denote the breakdown and application of the various EXP buffs to EXP-gaining activities in the game:

Armoury Bonus

The Armoury Bonus is additional experience granted to any combat class you have that is NOT your highest level class. From levels 1-79, you receive +100% additional experience for secondary classes that are lower level than your highest level class. At level 80, this bonus decreases to only 50%. The amount of experience granted has nothing to do with the distance in levels from your highest class.

Additionally, the +10% experience from The Heat of Battle II (FC buff) - will multiply against this buff to provide an additional 10% experience. So the Armoury bonus is 100% (armoury) x 10% (fc buff) = 120% total instead of just 110%, while the FC buff is active. This is different from the other bonuses, as they are not multiplied against the Armory bonus but are additive.

The Armoury Bonus, as previously mentioned - does not apply to non-combat classes such as gatherers & crafters.

Examples:

• Your highest level combat class is 20. You are playing as that class. You receive no armoury bonus.
• Your highest level combat class is 20. You are playing as a second combat class that is less than level 20. You are now receiving armoury bonus exp.
• Your highest level combat class is 20. You are playing a second combat class that is also level 20. You receive no armoury bonus.

The Armoury Bonus applies to the following sources of Combat EXP:

• Fates
• Leves
• Kills
• Main Story Quests
• Palace of the Dead
• Dungeon Completion

Combat Class EXP Table

	Kills	Leves	FATES	Side-Quests	Main-Story Quests	Challenge Logs	Hunting Logs	Level Max
Food	+3%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
FC Buff: Heat of Battle	+5%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
FC Buff: Heat of Battle II	+10%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
FC Buff: Heat of Battle III	+15%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
Squadron Battle Manual	+15%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
Moogle Cap	+20%	No	No	No	No	No	No	10
Helm of Light	+20%	No	No	No	No	No	No	10
Friendship Circlet	+20%	No	No	No	No	No	No	25
Brand-new Ring	+30%	No	No	No	No	No	No	30
Ala Mhigan Earrings	+30%	No	No	No	No	No	No	50
Aetheryte Earring	+30%	No	No	No	No	No	No	70
Menphina's Earring	+30%	No	No	No	No	No	No	80
Rested EXP	+50%	No	No	No	No	No	No	None
Armoury Bonus (pre-80)	+100%	+100%	+100%	No	No	No	No	79
Armoury Bonus (80+)	+50%	+50%	+50%	No	No	No	No	None
The Road to 80	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	79

Notes:

• Heat of Battle buffs cannot be stacked nor will they stack with Squadron Battle Manual (the manual overwrites).
• The Road to 80 is only available to characters created on 'Preferred' worlds and lasts for 90 days or until the server's status changes, whichever is longer.

Crafting/Gathering EXP Table

	Gathers	Crafts	Leves	Side-Quests	Challenge Logs	Crafting Logs
Food	+3%	+3%	No	No	No	No
FC Buff: Helping Hand	No	+5%	No	No	No	No
FC Buff: Helping Hand II	No	+10%	No	No	No	No
Squadron Engineering Manual	No	+20%	No	No	No	No
FC Buff: Earth and Water	+5%	No	No	No	No	No
FC Buff: Earth and Water II	+10%	No	No	No	No	No
Squadron Survival Manual	+20%	No	No	No	No	No
Moogle Cap	+20%	+20%	No	No	No	No
Helm of Light	+20%	+20%	No	No	No	No
Friendship Circlet	+20%	+20%	No	No	No	No
Ala Mhigan Earrings	+30%	+30%	No	No	No	No
Rested EXP	+50%	+50%	+50%	No	No	No
Armoury Bonus	No	No	No	No	No	No
Crafter's Grace	No	+150%	No	No	No	No
Gatherer's Grace	+150%	No	No	No	No	No
The Road to 80	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%	+100%

Notes:

• Armoury Bonus does not provide a bonus to DoH/DoL classes
• Two of the same FC EXP Buff cannot be stacked with each other
• The Squadron manuals do not stack with FC buffs. The Crafter's/Gatherer's Grace from GC/Script manuals does stack.
• The Road to 80 is only available to characters created on 'Preferred' worlds and lasts for 90 days or until the server's status changes, whichever is longer.

Rested Experience

Rested EXP is obtained by resting or logging out in a sanctuary--the area around any Aetheryte to which you can attune yourself to return to later. Such sanctuaries include city-States like (Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, as well as any Aetheryte in the field that you can teleport to. Sanctuary status is indicated by a crescent moon symbol to the right of your experience bar.

Here's what we know about Rested EXP:

• It increases EXP gain by 50% for applicable activities.
• It can charge up to 1 full level bar. NewReference OldIncompleteTest
• All activities which benefit from Rested EXP will consume from the same bar
• It takes 7 days to gain the full 1 bonus level.
• The % of the bar consumed remains the same regardless of level.
  • Example: If you have a level 45 Dragoon, and you eat 2 bars worth of level EXP to get up to level 47, and then switch to a level 10 Gladiator, you will still only have 1 bar remaining that will be consumed if you level that Gladiator to level 11.
• If you queue into an instanced dungeon/guildhest while being in a Sanctuary, you will still accrue rested EXP as if you were in that sanctuary. This means that if you have run out of rested EXP but are still in a Sanctuary, you will occasionally still get a rested EXP bonus whenever an amount "tics" into your rested exp bank.
• The highlight on your experience bar represents BaseExp+BonusFromRest, or your "expected experience if no other bonuses or sources are used"
  • Example: If you have 30% of your experience bar highlighted, it represents only 10% bonus EXP from rest. The other 20% is the base EXP you're expected to gain while burning off rest.
  • If you have no other bonuses affecting your EXP, then a rest-benefiting activity will not shift the endpoint of the highlighted area.
• Rumor: You may grow rested EXP faster if you are in a Sanctuary as a lower-level class than your highest? (Example: Lvl 50 DRG main logs out as a lvl 1 ROG). Testimony needed.

Challenge Logs & Hunting Logs

See also: Challenge Log and Hunting Log

Challenge Logs are "weekly" and reset every Tuesday. These logs provide huge chunks of EXP for players who complete their objectives. You will receive a warning of when you are about to "complete" an objective, in case you want to switch to a different class and have them receive the reward.

Hunting Logs do not reset. They provide 1-time bonuses for completing their objectives, with a 1-time mega-bonus for completing an entire section of the logbook. Currently Hunting Logs are only for levels 1-50. There are no logs for 51-70.

Neither of the Logs benefit from any additional sources of EXP buffs.

Daily Roulettes

See also: Duty Roulette

Roulettes are the largest singular sources of EXP in the game. Participating in a Low-Level Daily Roulette will grant anywhere from 50-90% of a level upon completion (killing the final boss of the random dungeon) while under level 50. This is in addition to the experience obtained from killing the bosses in these dungeons, and in addition to completing Challenge Logs (which are easier to do in roulettes). The 50-90% range is based on the difference between your current level and the level of the dungeon. If you have been scaled down to a very low-level, you will receive a higher bonus. If you are the same-level or similar to the dungeon you'll receive less of a bonus. This can be done once per day and resets at 8AM PST/PDT.

Additionally, you may queue for Guildhest Roulettes. These are small "trials" which test basic dungeoneering skills. Upon completion of a Guildhest Roulette, you will receive a large chunk of EXP (not as large as LLDR since it is not as extensive or time consuming). This is about 10-18% of a level. This can be done once per day and resets at 8AM PST/PDT. Further, each time you complete a type of Guildhest for the first time (per class) you will receive additional bonus EXP (one time per class per roulette only).

The following EXP values are granted for successful completion of roulettes for each level. DISCLAIMER: These values may vary based on a number of factors:

• Length of the dungeon
• Difference between your level and the level of the dungeon
• The amount of "new-comers" in the dungeon
• Whether or not you are receiving experience from the mobs or not in the dungeon (such as High-level or MSQ roulettes).

Lvl	Low-Lvl Dungeon	High-Lvl Dungeon	Main Scenario	Trial	Guildhest	Total Combined
50	118,771 (13.74%)	184,755 (21.38%)	158,362 (18.33%)	90,720 (10.5%)	28,130 (3.25%)	67.2% of level
51	254,166 (24.01%)	136,080 (12.85%)	136,080 (12.85%)	181,440 (17.14%)	30,400 (2.87%)	69.72% of level
52	90,720 (7.16%)	90,720 (7.16%)	136,080 (10.74%)	68,040 (5.37%)	30,950 (2.44%)	32.87% of level
53	207,360 (13.33%)	172,800 (11.11%)	207,360 (13.33%)	77,760 (5.0%)	30,950 (1.99%)	44.76% of level
54	192,510 (10.23%)	172,800 (9.23%)	207,360 (11.07%)		30,950 (1.65%)
55	120,960 (5.45%)	282,240 (12.73%)	241,920 (10.9%)	120,960 (5.45%)	31,800 (1.43%)	35.96% of level
56	241,920 (9.33%)	282,240 (10.89%)		193,536 (7.46%)
57	234,000 (7.81%)	276,480 (9.23%)	276,480 (9.23%)	138,240 (4.61%)	30,710 (1.02%)	31.9% of level
58	184,320 (5.38%)	276,480 (8.07%)	276,480 (8.07%)	138,240 (4.03%)	138,240 (4.03%)	29.58% of level
59	470,166 (12.09%)	362,880 (9.33%)	311,040 (8%)	155,520 (4.00%)	30,320 (0.78%)	34.2% of level

How do I maximize my EXP?

All roles benefit the most by doing the [Leveling], [Trial], and [Main Scenario] roulettes every day. However, due to the discrepancy between queue times for Tanks/Heals vs. DPS - you may find yourself having to skip the [Main Scenario] queue as a DPS. (Correct as of 01DEC16)

NOTE:

• If you are under level 26, do not forget to equip your Friendship Circlet!
• If you are under level 31, do not forget to also equip your Brand-new Ring!
• If you are under level 51, do not forget to also also equip your Ala Mhigan Earrings (Stormblood pre-order purchasers only).
• If you are under level 71, do not forget to also also equip your Aetheryte Earring (Shadowbringers pre-order purchasers only).
• If you are under level 80, do not forget to also also equip your Menphina's Earring (Endwalker pre-order purchasers only).

The best method for leveling up will be to do the following (ordered by priority);

1. Leveling Roulette (simultaneously completes weekly Dungeon Challenge Logs)
2. Alliance Roulette (if unlocked)
3. Trial Roulette
4. (If Tank/Heals) - Main Scenario Roulette
5. (If under level 30) - Guildhest Roulette (simultaneously completes weekly Guildhest Challenge Logs)
6. If you have rested EXP - queue for the highest level dungeon you can. If you're a DPS below 60 and have a Rank 2 Squadron, consider Command Missions for instant queues. Similarly, DPS over 71 may wish to consider using the Trust System.
7. Otherwise do Deep Dungeons (esp. for DPS)
   1. Palace of the Dead - specifically floors 1-10 or 51-60 to maximize EXP per hour.
   2. Heaven on High (level 61+) - specifically floors 21-30 to maximize EXP per hour.
   3. The Bozjan Southern Front (level 71+) - specifically Zadnor to maximize EXP per hour.
8. Complete daily Beast Tribe Quests, Grind FATEs, complete Hunting Logs, or advance the Main Scenario Quest (if available) while waiting in a dungeon queue or if you do not have any rested EXP.

Experience Points Required for each level

This applies to both combat levels as well as gathering/crafting levels.

Shadowbringers Experience per Level [1]

Lv.	Exp	Rolling Total
Lv. 1	0	0
Lv. 2	300	300
Lv. 3	450	750
Lv. 4	630	1,380
Lv. 5	970	2,350
Lv. 6	1,440	3,790
Lv. 7	1,940	5,730
Lv. 8	3,000	8,730
Lv. 9	3,920	12,650
Lv. 10	4,970	17,620
Lv. 11	5,900	23,520
Lv. 12	7,430	30,950
Lv. 13	8,620	39,570
Lv. 14	10,200	49,770
Lv. 15	11,300	61,070
Lv. 16	13,100	74,170
Lv. 17	15,200	89,370
Lv. 18	17,400	106,770
Lv. 19	19,600	126,370
Lv. 20	21,900	148,270
Lv. 21	24,300	172,570
Lv. 22	27,400	199,970
Lv. 23	30,600	230,570
Lv. 24	33,900	264,470
Lv. 25	37,300	301,770
Lv. 26	40,800	342,570
Lv. 27	49,200	391,770
Lv. 28	54,600	446,370
Lv. 29	61,900	508,270
Lv. 30	65,600	573,870
Lv. 31	68,400	642,270
Lv. 32	74,000	716,270
Lv. 33	82,700	798,970
Lv. 34	88,700	887,670
Lv. 35	95,000	982,670
Lv. 36	102,000	1,084,670
Lv. 37	113,000	1,197,670
Lv. 38	121,000	1,318,670
Lv. 39	133,000	1,451,670
Lv. 40	142,000	1,593,670
Lv. 41	155,000	1,748,670
Lv. 42	163,000	1,911,670
Lv. 43	171,000	2,082,670
Lv. 44	179,000	2,261,670
Lv. 45	187,000	2,448,670
Lv. 46	195,000	2,643,670
Lv. 47	214,000	2,857,670
Lv. 48	229,000	3,086,670
Lv. 49	244,000	3,330,670
Lv. 50	259,000	3,589,670
Heavensward	Exp	Rolling Total
Lv. 51	421,000	4,010,670
Lv. 52	500,000	4,510,670
Lv. 53	580,000	5,090,670
Lv. 54	663,000	5,753,670
Lv. 55	749,000	6,502,670
Lv. 56	837,000	7,339,670
Lv. 57	927,000	8,266,670
Lv. 58	1,019,000	9,285,670
Lv. 59	1,114,000	10,399,670
Lv. 60	1,211,000	11,610,670
Stormblood	Exp	Rolling Total
Lv. 61	1,387,000	12,997,670
Lv. 62	1,456,000	14,453,670
Lv. 63	1,534,000	15,987,670
Lv. 64	1,621,000	17,608,670
Lv. 65	1,720,000	19,328,670
Lv. 66	1,834,000	21,162,670
Lv. 67	1,968,000	23,130,670
Lv. 68	2,126,000	25,256,670
Lv. 69	2,137,000	27,393,670
Lv. 70	2,550,000	29,943,670
Shadowbringers	Exp	Rolling Total
Lv. 71	2,923,000	32,866,670
Lv. 72	3,018,000	35,884,670
Lv. 73	3,153,000	39,037,670
Lv. 74	3,324,000	42,361,670
Lv. 75	3,532,000	45,893,670
Lv. 76	3,770,600	49,664,270
Lv. 77	4,066,000	53,730,270
Lv. 78	4,377,000	58,107,270
Lv. 79	4,777,000	62,884,270
Lv. 80	5,256,000	68,140,270
Endwalker	Exp	Rolling Total
Lv. 81	5,992,000	74,132,270
Lv. 82	6,171,000	80,303,270
Lv. 83	6,942,000	87,245,270
Lv. 84	7,205,000	94,450,270
Lv. 85	7,948,000	102,398,270
Lv. 86	8,287,000	110,685,270
Lv. 87	9,231,000	119,916,270
Lv. 88	9,529,000	129,445,270
Lv. 89	10,459,000	139,904,270
Lv. 90	10,838,000	150,742,270