Experience

Experience Levels

• When a unit gains enough experience to level, you can pay an amount equal to half of its base cost to level it up
• A unit's HP and Damage are multiplied by its level. E.g. A level 1 Marksman has 1471 HP and 2271 Damage. A level 5 Marksman has 7355 HP and 11355 Damage
• The max level is 9
• If a unit is purchased at a higher level, the level up cost is paid in advance
• All units can be purchased at level 2 if you have the Elite SPC Specialist or pay 100 for Elite Recruitment in your Command Center
• Fangs can be purchased at level 3 if you have the Elite Fang Specialist
• Crawlers can be purchased at level 5 if you have the Elite Crawler Specialist
• The Marksman Pilot Specialist receives a free level 3 Marksman before the first round
• The Rhino Pilot Specialist receives a free level 2 Rhino before the third round
• A higher level unit gives more XP, level 2 gives 3 times the XP. The formula is Base XP * (2 * Level - 1)

Experience (XP) Gain Rules

This section might be outdated and need further testing. For example units gain XP by proximity without hitting/attacking and ground effects do give XP

Kill XP

• The unit that gets the killing blow receives 50% of the XP
• Only kills from weapon attacks will grant kill XP
• Fire, acid, skills, and hacks skip kill XP and instead distribute 100% of the XP via Participation XP

Participation XP

• Any unit, including hacked units, that hits with their weapon counts as participating. Damage does not matter
• Hacking, even partially, counts as participating
• Ground effects do NOT count as participating
• Summoned units tag their summoner as participating
• Hacked units will slowly get XP for themselves from participation
• Participation XP is split equally amongst all participants, rounded down
• Participation XP is 50% if kill XP was granted, otherwise 100% of the total XP if the unit was hacked or killed by skills or ground effects

XP Negation Reasons

In the following situations, after XP is distributed, the XP that a unit would be granted is zeroed out

• Dead units, all XP gains are negated. Except when a Rhino uses Final Blitz, it still receives XP from the exploded units
• Summoned units, all XP gains are not retained
• Hacked units, kill XP is negated. Participation XP is unaffected which means that hacked units slowly gain XP for themselves
• Units at max XP for their level, all XP gains are negated
• Units killed entirely by skills and/or ground effects grant no XP spread there XP to all units (incl. kill XP).

XP Gain Examples

• Two Marksmen shoot each other. One bullet will hit milliseconds before the other which means one of the Marksmen gains 200 XP and the other gains 0 XP from being dead when their bullet hits.
• A Vulcan summons a Marksman. The Marksman kills a crawler. The Marksman gains 6 XP, 4 from the kill, 2 from participating. The Vulcan gains 2 XP from participating via summon.
• A Hacker hacks a Rhino while being assisted by crawlers that survive. The Hacker gains 200 XP. The Crawler gains 200 XP.
• A Stormcaller with incendiary bomb leaves some fire on the ground. A squad of Fangs dies to the fire. The Stormcaller gains 0 XP since it did not hit the Fangs.
• A Mustang hits a Rhino with Armor Enhancement and deal zero damage. An Orbital Javelin kills the Rhino. The Mustang gains 400 XP since it participated.
• A hacked Rhino kills another Rhino that was partially hacked by a Hacker. The Rhino gains 100 XP via participation for itself, the 200 XP from the kill is negated. The Hacker gains 100 XP via participation.
• A Rhino with Final Blitz is killed by a Rhino which is then killed by the Final Blitz. Both Rhinos gain 400 XP for killing a Rhino

XP Per Unit Killed

XP is multiplied by (2 * Level - 1)

Unit	XP Per Unit	Total Squad XP
Crawler	8	192
Arclight	200	200
Marksman	200	200
Tower	200	200
Fang	12	216
Sledgehammer	80	400
Steel Ball	100	400
Stormcaller	100	400
Phoenix	200	400
Rhino	400	400
Hacker	400	400
Wasp	34	408
Mustang	34	408
Fortress	800	800
Vulcan	800	800
Melting Point	800	800
Overlord	800	800

XP Requirements

XP requirements increase each level by a certain multiplier of the previous/base level. While the first level up is relative cheap, the second has the highest increase with +122% and the third already only +32% (next: +17%, +11%, +8%, +6%, and +5% increase).

(Numbers might be off by a few points)

Unit	XP To Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9
Crawler	450	1001	1322	1551	1728	1873	1995	2102
Arclight	500	1112	1469	1723	1920	2081	2217	2335
Hacker	560	1245	1645	1930	2150	2331	2483	2615
Fang	600	1334	1763	2068	2304	2497	2660	2802
Marksman	650	1446	1910	2240	2496	2705	2882	3036
Steel Ball	780	1735	2292	2688	2995	3246	3459	3643
Sledgehammer	800	1779	2350	2757	3072	3330	3547	3736
Wasp	900	2002	2644	3101	3456	3746	3991	4203
Mustang	1100	2446	3232	3791	4224	4578	4877	5137
Stormcaller	1100	2446	3232	3791	4224	4578	4877	5137
Rhino	1150	2558	3379	3963	4416	4786	5099	5371
Phoenix	1300	2891	3819	4480	4992	5411	5764	6071
Melting Point	1400	3114	4113	4824	5376	5827	6208	6538
Fortress	1600	3558	4701	5514	6144	6659	7094	7472
Overlord	2000	4448	5876	6892	7680	8324	8868	9340
Vulcan	2000	4448	5876	6892	7680	8324	8868	9340