Experience (LWR)

In General

Soldiers and MECs mainly gain experience (XP) through completing missions. However, various other sources of experience are possible.

Experience allows soldiers to promote to higher ranks which will increase the number of perks they have.

There is no cap to how much experience soldiers can earn on a single mission.

Soldiers that jump to a rank (reward soldiers, starting soldiers, XTP boosts) start with the XP of one rank lower than their current rank.

XCOM starts with 3 soldiers at the LCPL rank, 4 soldiers at the SPEC rank and 6 soldiers at the PFC rank.

Note: SHIVs do not gain XP.

Mission XP


Source	XP
Mission Complete	+120
*Major Mission Complete**	+150
Covert Operative Assignment***	+240
Mission Complete with less than max units	400 x (Max/Deployed - 1)**
MSGT on mission	+10 per MSGT
Alien Kill	+8 (Killer only; SHIVs share with squad)
Killing Alien Leader	+40 per Leader LvL / Num Soldiers**
Capturing Alien Leader	+80 per Leader LvL / Num Soldiers**

Notes: 
*Major Missions are: Landed UFOs, Terror Missions, Alien Base Assaults, and XCOM Base Defenses
**The Deployed and Num Soldiers values have a minimum value of 4
***The Covert Operative will not gain normal mission XP, only the Covert Operative Assignment XP

The following factors modify only the Mission Complete and Major Mission Complete XP gains:


Factor	Mission Complete XP Modification
Newfoundland (Site Recon Mission)	+200
Show 'Em the Ropes	Triple for soldiers of SGT rank or less
Tricks of the Trade	+10% for all soldiers
1st SHIV (Alive after Mission)	Shared evenly to squad

The following factors modify all Mission XP gains:


Factor	Mission XP Modification
Campaign Progression	+10% per month passed
Cognitive Enhancer	+35%
Campaign Length	x2/x1/x0.5/x0.25

There is no cap on how much XP a soldier can acquire in a mission.

Officer Training School XP


Source	XP
XTP I	+5 / day
XTP II	+10 / day
XTP III	+20 / day
Retired Soldiers	25% of retired soldier missions (modified by campaign length)

All OTS XP is granted at midnight and only apply to active/fatigued soldiers.

Experience per Rank


Rank	XP Required
Specialist	100
Lance Corporal	400
Corporal	1000
Sergeant	2000
Tech Sergeant	4000
Gunnery Sergeant	7000
Master Sergeant	12000

Sources of Psi Experience

After Xenopsionics is researched, soldiers will begin accruing psi XP after each mission (modified by Campaign Length).

Psi XP gained after any mission:

70 Psi XP

This can be doubled if the soldier is wearing a Neuroregulator.

The amount of psi XP a soldier can acquire is capped at the required psi XP for their next psi level (e.g. An Awakened psion can only acquire up to 400 psi XP).

You can see the current Psi XP level and cap in their Barracks profile.

Psi Experience per Rank


Rank	Psi XP Required
Awakened	100
Adept	200
Empath	400
Psion	600
Master	1000