Levels & XP
How you earn XP, what levels do, and how much each level takes.
You earn XP for almost everything you do. Levels go up to 50.
What levels do
Your level decides how good your loot is. Higher levels mean:
- a better chance of an extra item every time you search (6% more per level, up to 50%),
- better odds on the rare stuff: first aid kits, lead pipes, bandages and metal,
- bigger stacks of materials from level 5 on,
- some items only turn up after a certain level (the loot tables show which),
- better rewards from notice-board Jobs.
In co-op, loot follows the lowest level in the group.
Earning XP
| Doing | XP |
|---|---|
| Searching something for the first time | 3 (1 if it was empty) |
| Crafting planks or scrap | 1 |
| Crafting anything else | 4 |
| Chopping down a tree / breaking a rock | 5 |
| Smashing or scrapping things | 2–8, see Breaking things |
| Surviving to a new day | 25 |
| Killing infected | see Infected |
| Finishing quests and jobs | shown on the quest |
XP for each level
| Level | Total XP | To next |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 100 |
| 2 | 100 | 160 |
| 3 | 260 | 227 |
| 4 | 487 | 302 |
| 5 | 789 | 383 |
| 6 | 1,172 | 472 |
| 7 | 1,644 | 568 |
| 8 | 2,212 | 671 |
| 9 | 2,883 | 782 |
| 10 | 3,665 | 899 |
| 11 | 4,564 | 1,024 |
| 12 | 5,588 | 1,156 |
| 13 | 6,744 | 1,295 |
| 14 | 8,039 | 1,442 |
| 15 | 9,481 | 1,595 |
| 16 | 11,076 | 1,756 |
| 17 | 12,832 | 1,924 |
| 18 | 14,756 | 2,099 |
| 19 | 16,855 | 2,282 |
| 20 | 19,137 | 2,471 |
| 21 | 21,608 | 2,668 |
| 22 | 24,276 | 2,872 |
| 23 | 27,148 | 3,083 |
| 24 | 30,231 | 3,302 |
| 25 | 33,533 | 3,527 |
| 26 | 37,060 | 3,760 |
| 27 | 40,820 | 4,000 |
| 28 | 44,820 | 4,247 |
| 29 | 49,067 | 4,502 |
| 30 | 53,569 | 4,763 |
| 31 | 58,332 | 5,032 |
| 32 | 63,364 | 5,308 |
| 33 | 68,672 | 5,591 |
| 34 | 74,263 | 5,882 |
| 35 | 80,145 | 6,179 |
| 36 | 86,324 | 6,484 |
| 37 | 92,808 | 6,796 |
| 38 | 99,604 | 7,115 |
| 39 | 106,719 | 7,442 |
| 40 | 114,161 | 7,775 |
| 41 | 121,936 | 8,116 |
| 42 | 130,052 | 8,464 |
| 43 | 138,516 | 8,819 |
| 44 | 147,335 | 9,182 |
| 45 | 156,517 | 9,551 |
| 46 | 166,068 | 9,928 |
| 47 | 175,996 | 10,312 |
| 48 | 186,308 | 10,703 |
| 49 | 197,011 | 11,102 |
| 50 | 208,113 | 11,507 |
| Level | Total XP | To next |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | 219,620 | 11,920 |
| 52 | 231,540 | 12,340 |
| 53 | 243,880 | 12,767 |
| 54 | 256,647 | 13,202 |
| 55 | 269,849 | 13,643 |
| 56 | 283,492 | 14,092 |
| 57 | 297,584 | 14,548 |
| 58 | 312,132 | 15,011 |
| 59 | 327,143 | 15,482 |
| 60 | 342,625 | 15,959 |
| 61 | 358,584 | 16,444 |
| 62 | 375,028 | 16,936 |
| 63 | 391,964 | 17,435 |
| 64 | 409,399 | 17,942 |
| 65 | 427,341 | 18,455 |
| 66 | 445,796 | 18,976 |
| 67 | 464,772 | 19,504 |
| 68 | 484,276 | 20,039 |
| 69 | 504,315 | 20,582 |
| 70 | 524,897 | 21,131 |
| 71 | 546,028 | 21,688 |
| 72 | 567,716 | 22,252 |
| 73 | 589,968 | 22,823 |
| 74 | 612,791 | 23,402 |
| 75 | 636,193 | 23,987 |
| 76 | 660,180 | 24,580 |
| 77 | 684,760 | 25,180 |
| 78 | 709,940 | 25,787 |
| 79 | 735,727 | 26,402 |
| 80 | 762,129 | 27,023 |
| 81 | 789,152 | 27,652 |
| 82 | 816,804 | 28,288 |
| 83 | 845,092 | 28,931 |
| 84 | 874,023 | 29,582 |
| 85 | 903,605 | 30,239 |
| 86 | 933,844 | 30,904 |
| 87 | 964,748 | 31,576 |
| 88 | 996,324 | 32,255 |
| 89 | 1,028,579 | 32,942 |
| 90 | 1,061,521 | 33,635 |
| 91 | 1,095,156 | 34,336 |
| 92 | 1,129,492 | 35,044 |
| 93 | 1,164,536 | 35,759 |
| 94 | 1,200,295 | 36,482 |
| 95 | 1,236,777 | 37,211 |
| 96 | 1,273,988 | 37,948 |
| 97 | 1,311,936 | 38,692 |
| 98 | 1,350,628 | 39,443 |
| 99 | 1,390,071 | 40,202 |
| 100 | 1,430,273 | max |
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Last edited Sep 11, 2026