Experience

Experience

Experience is primarily accrued by defeating enemies and completing missions.

Experience Requirements 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://www.ign.com/faqs/2004/city-of-heroes-experience-table-539615

Experience Rewards Table

These are the base experience reward values for each rank and level of critter, as well as missions. Some critters have a modifier that increases or decreases the amount of XP rewarded depending upon the difficulty of the critter.

Level Minions Lieutenant Boss 1 10 33 100 2 10 33 100 3 10 33 100 4 10 33 110 5 11 36 110 6 12 40 120 7 14 46 140 8 15 50 150 9 16 53 160 10 17 56 170 11 20 66 200 12 25 83 250 13 30 100 300 14 37 123 370 15 43 143 430 16 44 146 440 17 46 153 460 18 47 156 470 19 48 160 480 20 50 166 500 21 51 170 510 22 52 173 520 23 60 200 600 24 69 230 690 25 96 320 960

Level Minions Lieutenant Boss 26 110 356 1100 27 127 423 1270 28 146 486 1460 29 169 563 1690 30 210 700 2100 31 240 800 2400 32 274 913 2740 33 312 1040 3120 34 353 1176 3530 35 429 1430 4290 36 484 1613 4840 37 546 1820 5460 38 658 2193 6580 39 792 2376 7128 40 892 2527 7582 41 943 2514 7544 42 1063 2657 7972 43 1198 2795 8386 44 1351 2927 8782 45 1524 3048 9144 46 1719 3438 10314 47 1938 3876 11628 48 2185 4370 13111 49 2464 4929 14784 50 2866 5732 17196

Experience Distribution and Team Bonuses

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).

Mission completion experience is affected only by the character's level relative to the mission's. The full amount is awarded to each team member individually, with no split or weighting.