Experience Gain

This page outlines how players gain experience towards various progression systems in Outlands, primarily through PvM activities.

Key Points:

• All eligible experience-based systems (e.g., Weapon Codexes, Poison Kit, Aspects, Mastery Chain) gain experience simultaneously from the same kill; they do not compete.
• The Group Experience Multiplier significantly increases gains when multiple players contribute meaningful damage.
• Support builds (Healing/Barding) benefit greatly from Party Share Experience.
• Experience calculation follows a structured sequence detailed below.
• Aspect Experience gained from Doubloon earnings (by sinking NPC ships) is reduced by 50%.

Step 1: Creature Death and Gold Value

• When a creature is killed, its Creature Gold Value is determined. This value is primarily based on its Difficulty Value (viewable via the Animal Lore skill).
• Creature Gold Value represents the base amount of Gold expected on the creature's corpse before any loot modifiers (like Weekly Bonus, Guild Favor, Fortune Aspect, etc.) are applied. This value is the foundation for experience calculation.

Step 2: Determine Group Experience Multiplier

• Each creature kill starts with a base 1.0x Group Experience Multiplier.
• This multiplier increases if 2 or more players (and their followers) each deal at least 5% of the creature’s total maximum health in damage.
• The formula for the multiplier is:

   ` (1 + ((Number of Valid Players - 1) * 0.25)) `

Example: A creature is killed by 4 players:

• Player A inflicted 1% of max HP damage.
• Player B inflicted 20% of max HP damage.
• Player C inflicted 30% of max HP damage.
• Player D inflicted 49% of max HP damage.

Since 3 players (B, C, D) dealt at least 5% damage, they are considered "Valid Players". The Group Experience Multiplier is: ` (1 + ((3 - 1) * 0.25)) = 1 + (2 * 0.25) = 1 + 0.5 = 1.5x `

Step 3: Determine Player Damage Percentages

Each player involved is assigned a Player Damage Percent, representing their contribution to the kill.

• The formula is:

   ` (Total Damage Dealt by Player and their Followers / Creature's Total Max Hit Points) `

Example: A player and their pets dealt a total of 2000 damage to a creature with 5000 maximum hit points. Their Player Damage Percent is: ` (2000 / 5000) = 0.40 = 40% `

Party Share Experience

• If a player is in a Party with the Share Experience option toggled ON, the damage dealt by all sharing members within 50 tiles of the creature at the time of death is combined.
• This combined damage is then divided evenly among those sharing members.
• All participating Share Experience players receive the same, averaged Player Damage Percent.

Example: A party fights a creature with 5000 Max HP:

• Player A (Share Exp ON) – Dealt 0 Damage (but was within 50 tiles).
• Player B (Share Exp ON) – Dealt 1000 Damage.
• Player C (Share Exp ON) – Dealt 2000 Damage.
• Player D (Share Exp OFF) – Dealt 1000 Damage (not shared).
• Player E (Not in Party) – Dealt 1000 Damage.

Players A, B, and C are sharing. Their combined damage is (0 + 1000 + 2000) = 3000 Damage. This damage is divided among the 3 sharing members: ` (3000 / 3) = 1000 Damage each `. Each of Players A, B, and C receives a Player Damage Percent based on this averaged damage: ` (1000 / 5000) = 0.20 = 20% `. Player D's Damage Percent: ` (1000 / 5000) = 20% `. Player E's Damage Percent: ` (1000 / 5000) = 20% `.

Step 4: Determine Experience Earned per Player

Each player earns a base amount of experience calculated as follows:

• ` (Creature Gold Value * Group Experience Multiplier * Player Damage Percent) `

Example: Using the examples above:

• Creature Gold Value: 1000
• Group Experience Multiplier: 1.25x (assuming 2 valid players from Step 2)
• Player A's Damage Percent: 20% (from Party Share)

Experience earned by Player A: ` (1000 * 1.25 * 0.20) = 250 Experience `

Step 5: Apply Experience to Progression Systems

The calculated experience amount is then applied independently to all relevant progression systems the player qualifies for.

Eligible Experience Systems

Players earn experience towards the following systems based on creature kills:

• Aspect Gear (Weapon/Spellbook and Armor Aspects tracked separately)
• Weapon and Parry Codex (Weapon Codexes and Parry Codex)
• Summoner's Tome (Spirit Speak Follower Upgrades)
• Wizardry Grimoire (Magery Spell Upgrades)
• Bard Codex (Barding Song Upgrades)
• Poison Kit (Poisoning Application Upgrades)
• Taming Bestiary (Tamed Follower Upgrades)
• Mastery Chain

Note: Some systems, like the Thieves Codex, gain experience through different means (e.g., Stealing) and are not typically affected by this kill-based experience sequence.

Applying Experience

The experience value calculated in Step 4 is applied in full to each system the player is eligible for, even if the player dealt no direct damage themselves (e.g., via Party Share).

Example: A player earns 250 Experience from a kill and meets the criteria for several systems:

• They have a Fencing Codex, Poison Kit, and Bard Codex.
• They have a Mastery Chain, an Aspect Weapon, and Aspect Armor equipped.
• They have relevant skills like Fencing, Parrying, Tactics, Poisoning, Musicianship, Discordance, Healing.

The player gains:

• 250 Experience towards their Fencing Codex.
• 250 Experience towards their Parry Codex (assuming Parrying skill).
• 250 Experience towards their Bard Codex (assuming relevant Barding skills).
• 250 Experience towards their Poison Kit (assuming Poisoning skill).
• 250 Experience towards their Mastery Chain.
• 250 Experience towards their equipped Weapon Aspect progression.
• 250 Experience towards their equipped Armor Aspect progression.

Special Handling for Certain Systems

Weapon/Parry Codexes

• If a player has multiple eligible, non-maxed Weapon Codexes (based on skills like Fencing, Macing, Archery, etc.), the experience is split equally among them.
• The Parry Codex always receives the full experience amount if the player has the Parrying skill.

Example: A player earns 250 Experience and has:

• Macing Codex (Max Rank)
• Fencing Codex (Rank 6)
• Archery Codex (Rank 4)
• Parry Codex (Rank 5)

Experience applied:

• 125 Experience towards Fencing Codex (250 / 2 non-maxed weapon codexes).
• 125 Experience towards Archery Codex (250 / 2 non-maxed weapon codexes).
• 250 Experience towards Parry Codex.

Summoner’s Tome

• Experience is divided among the player's active Summoned Followers (from Magery or Necromancy) based on their Control Slots.
• The formula per follower type is: ` (Experience * (Total Control Slots for that Follower Type / Player's Max Control Slots)) ` - typically max 5 slots. Assuming max 5 slots: ` (Experience * (Control Slots / 5)) `

Example: A player earns 250 Experience and has the following summons active:

• 1 Fire Elemental (2 Slots)
• 1 Earth Elemental (2 Slots)
• 1 Summoned Grizzly Bear (1 Slot)
• Total Slots Used: 5

Experience applied:

• 100 Experience towards Fire Elemental upgrades ` (250 * (2 / 5)) `.
• 100 Experience towards Earth Elemental upgrades ` (250 * (2 / 5)) `.
• 50 Experience towards Summon Creature (Bear) upgrades ` (250 * (1 / 5)) `.

Aspect Experience

• Experience applies separately to the equipped Weapon/Spellbook Aspect and the equipped Armor Aspect.
• If a player directly damaged the creature: Experience is split among the non-maxed Aspects worn during the fight, proportional to the damage dealt while wearing each specific Aspect.
• If a player did no damage but received experience via Party Share: The full experience amount applies to the Aspects equipped at the moment of the creature's death.

Example 1: No Damage (Party Share Experience) A player earns 250 Experience solely via Party Share.

• Equipped Weapon Aspect: Air Aspect (Tier 8) → Gains 250 Experience towards Air Aspect.
• Equipped Armor Aspect: Void Aspect (Tier 12) → Gains 250 Experience towards Void Aspect.
• If both Weapon and Armor were Air Aspect, the Air Aspect would gain a total of 500 Experience.

Example 2: Damage with Multiple Aspects A player earns 250 Experience for Weapon/Spellbook and 250 Experience for Armor. Weapon/Spellbook Aspects during fight:

• 3000 Damage dealt with Air Aspect Weapon (Tier 15 - Maxed)
• 2000 Damage dealt with Blood Aspect Weapon (Tier 10)
• 1000 Damage dealt with Earth Aspect Weapon (Tier 5)
• Total Damage with non-maxed Weapon Aspects = 2000 + 1000 = 3000

Armor Aspects during fight:

• 2500 Damage dealt while wearing Air Aspect Armor (Tier 15 - Maxed)
• 500 Damage dealt while wearing Earth Aspect Armor (Tier 5)
• 3500 Damage dealt while wearing Fortune Aspect Armor (Tier 8)
• Total Damage with non-maxed Armor Aspects = 500 + 3500 = 4000

Experience Applied:

• Weapon - Blood Aspect: (250 * (2000 / 3000)) = 166.67 Experience
• Weapon - Earth Aspect: (250 * (1000 / 3000)) = 83.33 Experience
• Armor - Earth Aspect: (250 * (500 / 4000)) = 31.25 Experience
• Armor - Fortune Aspect: (250 * (3500 / 4000)) = 218.75 Experience

Total Aspect Experience Earned This Kill:

• Air Aspect: 0 (already maxed)
• Blood Aspect: 166.67 (from weapon)
• Earth Aspect: 114.58 (83.33 from weapon + 31.25 from armor)
• Fortune Aspect: 218.75 (from armor)

Aspect Experience Display

• The Aspect experience values shown in the Aspect Menu display progress at a 100:1 ratio compared to the raw experience earned.
• Earning 250 Raw Aspect Experience will show as +2.5 Progress in the Aspect Menu.