Leveling

The Dead Island in the North of The Island, one of the best places to level up carnivores.

Leveling is the process of gaining experience levels for you and your tamed Creatures. Leveling up gives either you or your creature better statistics and unlocks Engrams. Players can level up 134 times, while creatures will level up 73 times. Once you or your creature has reached this limit, you will not be able to level up anymore.

For further tips or advice see: Tips And Tricks#Leveling

Leveling Methods

There are actually four methods of leveling: Harvesting, Crafting, Hunting and Tribe Work.

Harvest: Typically 'Harvesting' gains very small experience yet that is only subjected to picking by hand. Tools that gives more resources when used give a little more exp.

Crafting: is experience that is gained by making items or building structures. The more resources that are needed in an Engram to craft something, the more experience that is gained. Crafting is alternatively the Peaceful method of leveling and can compete with the Hunting method. However, gaining the materials by harvesting can make it very repetitive, whereas hunting sometimes calls for creative strategies.

Hunting: is the experience gained by killing. The range of amount of experience received depends on what is slain. Ranging from non-dangerous creatures such as Dodo and Coel to dangerous creatures such as Titanomyrma to a Giga; the higher the level and the more dangerous the dinosaur, the greater the amount of exp received, and it's vice-versa for the less dangerous creatures, where they give lesser amounts.

Tribe Work: is the bonus experience gained by nearby tribemates gaining experience from any method.

Peaceful Leveling You may not feel ready or comfortable to take on violent/killing methods for leveling. This is what peaceful leveling is for.

Crafting

If you don't feel confident to fight large groups of wild dinos or other creatures, then crafting is effectively a safe way to level up.

Note that this method will only level the player. The only exception is if a tribe-mate crafts things nearby and you are either riding a mount or carrying a small creature, then both you, the tribe-mate and the tamed creatures will benefit from the shared xp-gain.

Early game, you can gather large amounts of Fiber and craft Cloth Armor continuously, to build a couple of levels and whenever the Spear engram is unlocked then do the same.

Mid-game, you will gain levels by crafting the general structures such as floor Foundations needed for a Shelter or Base. Another advice that may help since the Wooden Raft engram calls for large amount of resources, crafting it gives typically more experience compared to basic structures.

Late-game, the crafting method of leveling can become very tedious to players who doesn't prefer to build, so its recommended to move onto the killing or hunting method.

Violent Leveling

There are many ways to gain experience and level up. One way to do this is hunting dinosaurs. At first, you may want to stick to easier herbivores, such as Diplodocus or Moschops. If you are willing to take on a Bronto you can gain quite a lot of XP, if you succeed in killing it. Two other dangerous herbivores that have good exp is the Triceratops and Therizino Until you get to that point, stay away from them.

Now, if you tame yourself a powerful dino, consider fighting larger carnivores, such as Rex and Carno. These dinosaurs will give you quite the amount of experience compared to smaller creatures like the Dilo and Raptor. Just make sure you're ready for the challenge, because these will not be easy until mid-late game.

Alphas

Alpha Predators should not be underestimated. These beasts will tear you apart in minutes, or even seconds. However, if you are powerful enough to take them down, they grant massive amounts of experience, and if you're lucky, some high quality drops. Especially in endgame, Alpha Predators are the way to go. Do not fight them if you are not ready. You will most likely lose your dinosaur, your life and all of your items. The risk to take is your decision.

Dead Island

The Dead Island can be just as dangerous as the Alpha Predators. Carno, Raptor, Pulmonoscorpius, Sabertooth and Argentavis spawn in bulk. The occasional Rex also can be seen fighting large amounts of predators. Rarely, but possible, you will see Alphas here. It is suggested you go level up a little on the main island before traveling over here. Traveling to the Dead Island can be a challenge. You will most likely need a Wooden Raft. Craft one of those, place your dinosaur on the raft, and drive over. You can do this, or, for the medium-small creatures, you can use either an Argentavis or Quetzal to fly them over. Be wary that as you're leveling, your bird doesn't get attacked, so use this plan at your own risk. However, if you use a Raft, be aware that there is a chance that your Raft can be attacked - and highly probable that it will be destroyed - by a Alpha Leedsichthys.

Levels

You can level your character up to level 105. By completing the Tek Cave on The Island, you can get an additional 5 levels for each Gamma, Beta and Alpha Overseer boss up to the maximum level 120, and another 5 level for defeating each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha of the Aberration Rockwell boss, up to level 135. Ascending on a higher difficulty also grants the levels of the lower difficulties, if not yet acquired. Each level, you gain a skill point to increase your attributes as well as a certain amount of Engram Points.

Character Levels

Level	Multiplayer				Singleplayer
Level	XP needed	XP total	EP gained	EP total	XP needed	XP total	EP gained	EP total
2	5	5	8	8	5	5	8	8
3	15	20	8	16	15	20	8	16
4	20	40	8	24	20	40	8	24
5	30	70	8	32	30	70	8	32
6	50	120	8	40	50	120	8	40
7	70	190	8	48	70	190	8	48
8	80	270	8	56	80	270	8	56
9	90	360	8	64	90	360	8	64
10	90	450	12	76	90	450	14	78
11	100	550	12	88	100	550	14	92
12	110	660	12	100	110	660	14	106
13	120	780	12	112	120	780	14	120
14	130	910	12	124	130	910	14	134
15	140	1050	12	136	140	1050	14	148
16	150	1200	12	148	150	1200	14	162
17	160	1360	12	160	160	1360	14	176
18	170	1530	12	172	170	1530	14	190
19	180	1710	12	184	180	1710	14	204
20	190	1900	16	200	190	1900	18	222
21	200	2100	16	216	200	2100	18	240
22	210	2310	16	232	210	2310	18	258
23	220	2530	16	248	220	2530	18	276
24	230	2760	16	264	230	2760	18	294
25	240	3000	16	280	240	3000	18	312
26	250	3250	16	296	250	3250	18	330
27	260	3510	16	312	260	3510	18	348
28	270	3780	16	328	270	3780	18	366
29	280	4060	16	344	280	4060	18	384
30	290	4350	20	364	290	4350	24	408
31	300	4650	20	384	300	4650	24	432
32	310	4960	20	404	310	4960	24	456
33	320	5280	20	424	320	5280	24	480
34	330	5610	20	444	330	5610	24	504
35	340	5950	20	464	340	5950	24	528
36	350	6300	20	484	350	6300	24	552
37	360	6660	20	504	360	6660	24	576
38	370	7030	20	524	370	7030	24	600
39	380	7410	20	544	380	7410	24	624
40	390	7800	24	568	390	7800	28	652
41	400	8200	24	592	400	8200	28	680
42	410	8610	24	616	410	8610	28	708
43	420	9030	24	640	420	9030	28	736
44	430	9460	24	664	430	9460	28	764
45	440	9900	24	688	440	9900	28	792
46	450	10350	24	712	450	10350	28	820
47	460	10810	24	736	460	10810	28	848
48	470	11280	24	760	470	11280	28	876
49	480	11760	24	784	480	11760	28	904
50	490	12250	28	812	490	12250	36	940
51	500	12750	28	840	500	12750	36	976
52	510	13260	28	868	510	13260	36	1012
53	520	13780	28	896	520	13780	36	1048
54	530	14310	28	924	530	14310	36	1084
55	540	14850	28	952	540	14850	36	1120
56	550	15400	28	980	550	15400	36	1156
57	560	15960	28	1008	560	15960	36	1192
58	570	16530	28	1036	570	16530	36	1228
59	580	17110	28	1064	580	17110	36	1264
60	590	17700	40	1104	590	17700	50	1314
61	1150	18850	40	1144	620	18320	50	1364
62	2228 *	21078	40	1184	650	18970	50	1414
63	1370	22448	40	1224	683	19653	50	1464
64	1460	23908	40	1264	717	20370	50	1514
65	1554	25462	40	1304	753	21123	50	1564
66	2037	27499	40	1344	791	21914	50	1614
67	2750	30249	40	1384	830	22744	50	1664
68	4537	34786	40	1424	872	23616	50	1714
69	5218	40004	40	1464	915	24531	50	1764
70	6801	46805	40	1504	961	25492	50	1814
71	7957	54762	40	1544	1009	26501	50	1864
72	8952	63714	40	1584	1060	27561	50	1914
73	9286	73000	50	1634	1112	28673	70	1984
74	12000	85000	50	1684	1168	29841	70	2054
75	13000	98000	50	1734	1227	31068	70	2124
76	14000	112000	50	1784	1288	32356	70	2194
77	15500	127500	50	1834	1352	33708	70	2264
78	17000	144500	50	1884	1420	35128	70	2334
79	19000	163500	50	1934	1491	36619	70	2404
80	21000	184500	50	1984	1565	38184	70	2474
81	23000	207500	50	2034	1722	39906	80	2554
82	25070	232570	50	2084	1895	41801	80	2634
83	27326	259896	50	2134	2083	43884	80	2714
84	29785	289681	50	2184	2292	46176	80	2794
85	33508	323189	50	2234	2521	48697	80	2874
86	37697	360886	50	2284	2774	51471	80	2954
87	42432	403318	60	2344	3050	54521	100	3054
88	48166	451484	60	2404	3356	57877	100	3154
89	54702	506186	60	2464	3691	61568	100	3254
90	60172	566358	60	2524	4060	65628	100	3354
91	66189	632547	60	2584	4670	70298	100	3454
92	72807	705354	60	2644	5370	75668	110	3564
93	80088	785442	60	2704	6175	81843	110	3674
94	88096	873538	60	2764	7102	88945	110	3784
95	98000	971538	60	2824	8166	97111	110	3894
96	112000	1083538	60	2884	9392	106503	110	4004
97	130000	1213538	60	2944	10801	117304	125	4129
98	155000	1368538	60	3004	12421	129725	125	4254
99	190000	1558538	70	3074	14284	144009	135	4389
100	240000	1798538	70	3144	16426	160435	135	4524
101	300000	2098538	70	3214	19712	180147	135	4659
102	370000	2468538	70	3284	23654	203801	120	4779
103	450000	2918538	70	3354	28385	232186	120	4899
104	540000	3458538	70	3424	34061	266247	120	5019
105	640000	4098538	70	3494	40875	307122	220	5239
106 (Gamma)	110000	4208538	70	3564	49049	356171	220	5459
107 (Gamma)	125000	4333538	70	3634	58859	415030	220	5679
108 (Gamma)	145000	4478538	70	3704	70630	485660	220	5899
109 (Gamma)	170000	4648538	70	3774	88289	573949	220	6119
110 (Gamma)	200000	4848538	70	3844	110360	684309	220	6339
111 (Beta)	235000	5083538	70	3914	137951	822260	220	6559
112 (Beta)	275000	5358538	70	3984	172438	994698	220	6779
113 (Beta)	320000	5678538	70	4054	215547	1210245	220	6999
114 (Beta)	370000	6048538	70	4124	269435	1479680	220	7219
115 (Beta)	425000	6473538	70	4194	336793	1816473	220	7439
116 (Alpha)	400000	6873538	70	4264	300000	2116473	220	7659
117 (Alpha)	400000	7273538	80	4344	300000	2416473	260	7919
118 (Alpha)	400000	7673538	80	4424	1300000	3716473 *	260	8179
119 (Alpha)	400000	8073538	1	4425	-700000	3016473	1	8180
120 (Alpha)	400000	8473538	1	4426	300000	3316473	1	8181
121 (Rockwell Gamma)	400000	8873538	1	4427	300000	3616473	1	8182
122 (Rockwell Gamma)	400000	9273538	1	4428	300000	3916473	1	8183
123 (Rockwell Gamma)	400000	9673538	1	4429	300000	4216473	1	8184
124 (Rockwell Gamma)	400000	10073538	1	4430	300000	4516473	1	8185
125 (Rockwell Gamma)	400000	10473538	1	4431	300000	4816473	1	8186
126 (Rockwell Beta)	400000	10873538	1	4432	300000	5116473	1	8187
127 (Rockwell Beta)	400000	11273538	1	4433	300000	5416473	1	8188
128 (Rockwell Beta)	400000	11673538	1	4434	300000	5716473	1	8189
129 (Rockwell Beta)	400000	12073538	1	4435	300000	6016473	1	8190
130 (Rockwell Beta)	400000	12473538	1	4436	300000	6316473	1	8191
131 (Rockwell Alpha)	900000	13373538	1	4437	300000	6616473	1	8192
132 (Rockwell Alpha)	10000000	23373538	1	4438	383527	7000000	1	8193
133 (Rockwell Alpha)	10000000	33373538	1	4439	400000	7400000	1	8194
134 (Rockwell Alpha)	9999998	43373536	1	4440	400000	7800000	1	8195
135 (Rockwell Alpha)	10000000	53373536	1	4441	400000	8200000	1	8196

*This number seems odd, but is correct in this table. The XP total needed to reach this level is too high in the game, compared to the adjacent levels.

Also the 1 EP gained for levels above 111 is right in this table. It only reflects the in-game weirdness.

As of patch v257 : Pre-Ascension level is capped at 100. Ascension gives a maximum of 15 extra levels for your character (+5 for each tier of the Tek Cave Gamma, Beta, Alpha).
As of patch v257 : 3144 max engram points at level 100. 15 extra ascension levels gives you 1050 extra engram points.
As of patch v275 : Level cap is now 130. Aberration Rockwell boss unlocks an additional 15 levels similar to ascension. +5 for each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.
As of patch v280.114 : Level cap now stands at 131 (Without ascension and aberrant effect, at 101).
As of patch v281.107 : Level cap now stands at 132 (Without ascension and aberrant effect, at 102).
As of patch v282.102 : Level cap now stands at 133 (Without ascension and aberrant effect, at 103).
As of patch v283.101 : Level cap now stands at 134 (Without ascension and aberrant effect, at 104).
As of patch v284.104 : Level cap now stands at 135 (Without ascension and aberrant effect, at 105).

Note: Mobile XP seems to be a lot more needed for each level, almost 4000 needed at level 70.

Creature Levels

Creature levels are split between Wild Levels and Domestic Levels. The maximum level for wild creatures is 150 (dependend on the difficulty settings). Once tamed, creatures gain additional levels based on Taming Effectiveness. At 99.9% taming effectiveness, the creature gains ((level / 2) - 1) rounded up. This places the highest level for an unbred creature with no domestic levels at 224 if it was tamed at level 150. Most creatures will lose some taming effectiveness during taming, so some creatures have a lower maximum possible post tame level. Finally through breeding you can get creatures who are well above and beyond that number (the maximum level of any Dino on official servers has been capped at 450 as of July 2017). Each wild level results in a point being randomly assigned to one of the creatures stats.

You can level up a tamed creature 73 levels past the original level it was tamed at (after Taming Effectiveness is applied), these are known as domestic levels. Each level, you gain a skill point to increase one of the attributes of your tamed creature. These levels are not displayed separately in-game, but are instead combined into one overall creature level.

In case you forgot at which level a creature was tamed, have a look in this creature's inventory at the XP bar. The number after the slash (/) corresponds to the XP total of the next level according to the following table.

Level	Multiplayer		Singleplayer
Level	XP needed	XP total	XP needed	XP total
1	10	10	10	10
2	20	30	20	30
3	30	60	30	60
4	40	100	40	100
5	50	150	50	150
6	60	210	60	210
7	70	280	70	280
8	80	360	80	360
9	90	450	90	450
10	100	550	100	550
11	110	660	110	660
12	120	780	120	780
13	130	910	130	910
14	140	1050	140	1050
15	150	1200	150	1200
16	160	1360	160	1360
17	170	1530	170	1530
18	180	1710	180	1710
19	190	1900	190	1900
20	200	2100	200	2100
21	210	2310	210	2310
22	220	2530	220	2530
23	230	2760	230	2760
24	240	3000	240	3000
25	250	3250	250	3250
26	260	3510	260	3510
27	270	3780	270	3780
28	280	4060	280	4060
29	290	4350	290	4350
30	300	4650	300	4650
31	310	4960	310	4960
32	320	5280	320	5280
33	330	5610	330	5610
34	340	5950	340	5950
35	595	6545	350	6300
36	654	7199	365	6665
37	720	7919	380	7045
38	792	8711	395	7440
39	871	9582	410	7850
40	958	10540	430	8280
41	1054	11594	450	8730
42	1391	12985	470	9200
43	1948	14933	490	9690
44	2240	17173	520	10210
45	2576	19749	550	10760
46	3357	23106	580	11340
47	4000	27106	610	11950
48	4400	31506	660	12610
49	4500	36006	710	13320
50	4994	41000	781	14101
51	6000	47000	859	14960
52	8000	55000	945	15905
53	10000	65000	1040	16945
54	15000	80000	1143	18088
55	18000	98000	1258	19346
56	22000	120000	1383	20729
57	30000	150000	1522	22251
58	35000	185000	1675	23926
59	40000	225000	1841	25767
60	50000	275000	2026	27793
61	65000	340000	2228	30021
62	75000	415000	2451	32472
63	85000	500000	2696	35168
64	100000	600000	2966	38134
65	130000	730000	3263	41397
66	170000	900000	3588	44985
67	215000	1115000	8841	53826
68	265000	1380000	10104	63930
69	320000	1700000	5732 *	69662 *
70	380000	2080000	18966	88628
71	445000	2525000	15001	103629
72	475000	3000000	25000	128629
73	550000	3550000	30000	158629

* This number seems odd compared to the adjacent levels, but is correct in this table, it only reflects the in-game weirdness.

Currently a Dino can't have more than 3550010 XP.

Change-Log

Level Max		Version	Release
Player	Dinosaur	Version	Release
64	38	174.0	June 20, 2015
66 (+2)	40 (+2)	181.0	June 30, 2015
70 (+4)	44 (+4)	186.0	July 13, 2015
74	50	190.0	July 29, 2015
80	50	201.0	August 18, 2015
85 (+5)	55 (+5)	216.0	September 28, 2015
88 (+3)	58 (+3)	218.0	October 6, 2015
91 (+3)	61 (+3)	224.0	November 21, 2015
93 (+2)	63 (+2)	239.0	April 20, 2016
95 (+2)	65 (+2)	243.0	June 23, 2016
97 (+2)	67 (+2)	243.6	June 25, 2016
99 (+2)	69 (+2)	246.2	September 6, 2016
104 (+5)	71 (+2)	254.0	January 30, 2017
100 (-4)	71	257.0	May 4, 2017
115 (+15)	71	267.0	August 29, 2017
130 (+15)	71	275.0	December 12, 2017
131 (+1)	72 (+1)	280.114	June 15, 2018
132 (+1)	73 (+1)	281.107	July 17, 2018
133 (+1)	73	282.102	August 14, 2018
134 (+1)	73	283.101	September 18, 2018
135 (+1)	73	284.104	October 16, 2018

In v257.0 Ascension was introduced, which gives up to 15 additional levels (i.e. up to 115) upon completion.

In v275.0 Ascension was expanded with the release of the Aberration DLC, adding an additional 15 levels (i.e. up to 130).

Tips

Using the broth of enlightenment. Lystrosaurus around your base helps boost XP for your creatures. Just make sure to pet them on a frequent basis, otherwise they won't provide the boost. When you walk up to it, you can press the use-key (E, , ) to pet it. It will then do a little dance or jump of joy. Once this is done, the XP boost will be active for about 5 minutes.
If you are leveling up a carnivore, bring lots of Raw Meat with you. Remote using meat on the dino when it is injured helps healing it much quicker.
If you are leveling up a herbivore, bring some Sweet Veggie Cakes with you. Remote using them on the dino when it is injured helps healing it much quicker.
Fighting Giganotosaurus or Titanosaur for leveling players and dinos is possible. As of v256 a tamed non-bred mate pair of Giganotosaurus with a saddle armor in excess of 90 armor, health in the 18k range and melee over 200% will reliably kill Titans on official in about 1 minute while taking between 0 and 5000 damage (varies based on how frequently the Titan runs from the player). If player XP is desired, all riders not getting the killing blow should back away and dismount their giga just prior to the player killing the Titan. Lower armor saddles, no mate boosting may also be possible, but risks enraging. Imprint bonus allows much lower saddle armor to be used while still preventing enrage.
Using Mindwipe Tonic on your player will reset you back to level 1 while keeping your Experience, allowing you to level up all over again to your previous level. This does not work on creatures.