Experience

Experience is primarily accrued by defeating enemies and completing missions.

Experience Table

This table indicates the experience requirements for each level in both City of Heroes and City of Villains.

Level	Incremental	Cumulative	Level	Incremental	Cumulative
1	n/a	0	26	85,200	446,119
2	106	106	27	108,000	554,119
3	337	443	28	135,000	689,119
4	582	1,025	29	166,650	855,769
5	800	1,825	30	203,400	1,059,169
6	1,237	3,062	31	254,000	1,313,169
7	1,575	4,637	32	314,600	1,627,769
8	1,950	6,587	33	386,400	2,014,169
9	2,680	9,267	34	470,600	2,484,769
10	3,125	12,392	35	571,200	3,055,969
11	3,600	15,992	36	701,500	3,757,469
12	4,995	20,987	37	854,700	4,612,169
13	6,405	27,392	38	1,036,600	5,648,769
14	7,400	34,792	39	1,250,200	6,898,969
15	9,093	43,885	40	1,502,550	8,401,519
16	11,184	55,069	41	1,692,900	10,094,419
17	13,000	68,069	42	1,907,550	12,001,969
18	15,950	84,019	43	2,150,550	14,152,519
19	19,200	103,219	44	2,421,900	16,574,419
20	23,400	126,619	45	2,729,700	19,304,119
21	28,000	154,619	46	3,078,000	22,382,119
22	36,000	190,619	47	3,470,850	25,852,969
23	45,000	235,619	48	3,912,300	29,765,269
24	56,000	291,619	49	4,410,450	34,175,719
25	69,300	360,919	50	4,973,400	39,149,119

Source: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/539/539615p1.html

Experience Distribution and Team Bonuses

Overview

The experience that a character gets while on a team is affected by the team's size, by his level relative to the enemies, and by his level relative to his teammates. Larger teams get a higher XP multiplier, but the rewards also get split more ways. Lower-level characters get more XP from each critter (since the critters are comparably tougher), but the game also gives greater-than-average shares of XP to the higher-level characters in the team (since they are presumed to be doing most of the work).

Detailed Breakdown

First, determine if any team members are too low to get or affect XP. The game completely ignores all members whose combat levels are too far below the highest member's level. Ignored members not only get no experience whatsoever, but experience is generated and distributed among the rest as if the ignored characters weren't even there. The maximum level spread depends on the highest member's level, and although full data haven't been published, the spread is known to be strictest for very low- and very high-level teams and loosest for teams where the highest member is around level 25.

Highest Teammate Level	Max Spread
~25	9
?	?
1-5, 45-50	5

Second, determine the team's average combat level and total weight. These figures will come in handy later, and they only need to be calculated once.

2.a. Calculate the team's average combat level, dropping fractions.

2.b. Look up the weights of all team members by comparing their combat levels to the team's average in the following table. Add these together to get the team's total weight.

Char Lvl Relative   to Team Avg.	Weight		Char Lvl Relative   to Team Avg.	Weight
-5 and below	0		+3	1.15
-4	0.45		+4	1.25
-3	0.68		+5	1.5
-2	0.85		+6	3
-1	0.95		+7	6
0	1		+8	9
+1	1.05		+9	12
+2	1.1		+10	18

Third, for each character in the team:

3.a. Look up the standard XP reward that that character would get if he were soloing at his actual level and he defeated an equal-level version of the enemy in question.

3.b. Adjust the reward based on the enemy's actual level relative to the character's current combat level:

Critter's Relative Level	XP Multiplier
-5 or lower	0
-4	0.2
-3	0.4
-2	0.6
-1	0.8
0	1
+1	1.2
+2	1.4
+3	1.65
+4	1.9
+5 or higher	2

3.c. Increase the reward based on team size:

Team Size	XP Multiplier
1	1
2	1.25
3	1.5
4	1.8
5	2
6	2.1
7	2.2
8	2.5

3.d. Multiply the reward by the ratio of that one character's weight to the team's total weight. (Use the table back in step 2.b. again.)

Sources:

• "Re: Who gets the XP?" by FatherXmas

• "Re: XP division on teams" by iakona

Standard XP Rewards

These are the base XP reward values for each rank and level of critter, as well as missions. Some of the more difficult critters have a bonus modifier that increases the amount of XP rewarded.

Level	Underling	Minion	Lieut.	Boss	AV/Hero	GM	Mission
1	0	10	22	44	1074	5	10
2	0	10	22	44	1074	8	25
3	0	10	22	44	1074	15	25
4	0	10	22	44	1074	21	33
5	0	11	24	48	1170	67	50
6	0	12	26	52	1292	116	50
7	0	13	28	56	1388	160	75
8	0	14	30	60	1504	247	81
9	1	15	33	66	1600	315	112
10	1	16	35	70	1722	390	100
11	1	17	37	74	1818	535	130
12	1	18	39	78	1936	625	140
13	1	20	44	88	2154	720	171
14	1	22	48	96	2366	1000	250
15	1	24	52	104	2584	1281	375
16	2	26	57	114	2798	1480	500
17	2	29	63	126	3132	1818	625
18	2	32	70	140	3446	2236	750
19	2	36	79	158	3878	2600	875
20	3	40	88	176	4308	3190	1000
21	3	45	99	198	4856	3840	1125
22	4	52	114	228	5410	4680	1250
23	5	60	132	264	6054	5600	1400
24	6	69	151	302	6798	7200	1575
25	7	80	176	352	7660	9000	1775
26	8	92	202	404	8638	10000	2000
27	10	106	233	466	9718	11000	2250
28	11	122	268	536	10916	12000	2525
29	13	141	310	620	12208	13000	2825
30	14	162	356	712	13740	14000	3175
31	16	185	407	814	15464	15000	3575
32	19	211	464	928	17400	16000	4025
33	20	240	528	1056	19582	17000	4525
34	23	272	598	1196	22072	18000	5100
35	26	307	675	1350	24870	19000	5750
36	31	346	761	1522	28008	20000	6475
37	34	390	858	1716	31574	21000	7300
38	38	439	965	1930	35596	22000	8225
39	44	495	1089	2178	40122	23000	9275
40	49	558	1227	2454	45220	24000	10450
41	52	629	1383	2766	50944	25000	11775
42	58	709	1559	3118	57456	26000	13275
43	62	799	1757	3514	64684	27000	14950
44	65	901	1982	3964	72920	28000	16850
45	71	1016	2235	4470	82230	29000	19000
46	76	1146	2521	5042	92716	30000	21425
47	79	1292	2842	5684	104522	31000	24150
48	85	1457	3205	6410	117832	32000	27225
49	89	1643	3614	7228	132866	33000	30700
50	92	1853	4076	8152	149864	34000	34625
51	92	2090	4598	9196	169016	35000	34626
52	92	2357	5185	10370	190534	36000	34627
53	92	2658	5847	11694	214884	37000	34628
54	92	2998	6595	13190	242368	38000	34629
55	92	3381	7438	14876	242368	39000	34630

Source: iakona