Experience Points

Experience points are an abstract commodity which detail how well-versed your character is in his/her class. Experience points can be awarded for a variety of actions, and may be weighted by your target's level. You can use the EXPERIENCE command to see how much experience you have earned. If you just want a numerical display of your experience you can use STAT XP to see your current experience or STAT XPTNL to see how much experience you need to level. Alternatively, you may add experience, or experience till next level, in your PROMPT.

Earning Experience Points

Some of the methods of earning experience in the Official CoffeeMUD are recorded in the following table.

The XP Amount indicates the base value of the amount of experience earned per successful experience gain: trickle (very, very small amount), minor, small, moderate, base, or large. The XP Scaling column indicates how the XP Amount is modified: Constant means that the XP Amount is the same for each event. Sliding means the XP amount varies based on the level difference between the target and the character. Time-limited indicates that only a certain amount of experience may be awarded each time increment. Timed means that the XP is awarded periodically over time.

Role-playing Experience (RXP)

Some servers may provide additional experience points for role-playing actions, such as chatting with fellow players, making introductions or using SOCIALS.

Experience Point Modifiers

Many effects in the game can result in you earning more or less experience than the basic amount of experience for that action. The table below outlines some (most?) of the modifiers for earning experience.

Deferred Experience

Some servers may DEFER your experience gains, meaning that while you earn the experience points for various actions, you won't receive them until you return to a class trainer and use the unmodified TRAIN command. If your server uses deferred experience, you may only receive experience once per MUDDAY in this fashion, and you can never receive more experience than 1 point below the required experience for two levels higher than your current level (meaning, you may only gain experience enough for you to gain 1 level, and be just shy of gaining the second level).

Leveling

When a character has earned enough experience to advance to the next level, several things happen all at once:

• The character advances one level in their current class.
• The character gains one train point.
• The character gains hit points, mana points, movement points, and practice points according to class formulas.
• The character gains bonus hit points, mana points, movememnt points and practice points according to any racial or class abilities.
• The character gains new abilities and expertises according to their new level. These abilities may be granted from the player's race, class or achievements.
• The character may qualify for new abilities and expertises in their QUALIFY list.

Deleveling

If a character looses too much experience, they will lose a level in their current class. If this would take them below level 0 in their current class, and they have other class levels, they would lose the current class, and lose a level from one of their other classes (which would become their new class). If this would take them below total level 1, they remain level 1 in their starting class.

Any abilities that the character no longer qualify for will remain on their abilities list, but the character will not be able to use or benefit from them until they re-qualify for the ability.

Notes

The formulas for gains (or loses) are based on your current Stats at the time of the event, limited by your MAXSTAT for that stat. Therefore, if your base stat is below your max stat, you may consider donning gear to boost your stat when you get close to leveling. This phenomenon is known as wearing your "leveling gear", so that you maximize gains from each level.

When you die, all of your gear is instantly removed and all non-permanent buffs are instantly removed. If this results in delevelling, then your losses will be based on this naked, unbuffed state.