Experience (LWR)

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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 increased ranks which will increase the number of perks they have and their base stats.

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 5 soldiers at the LCPL rank and 5 soldiers at the SPEC rank.

Note: SHIVs do not gain XP.

Mission XP

Source	XP
Alien Kill	+8 (Killer Only)
Mission Complete	+90 (Shared by SHIV)
Major* Mission Complete	+120 (Shared by SHIV)
Mission Complete with less than max units	400 x (Max/Deployed - 1)**
No Dead Soldiers on a Mission	+30 (Shared by SHIV)
Killing Alien Leader	+8 per Leader LvL (Each Squad Member)
Capturing Alien Leader	+10 per Leader LvL (Each Squad Member)

Notes: 
*Major Missions are: Landed UFOs, Terror Missions, Alien Base Assaults, and XCOM Base Defenses
**The Deployed value cannot be below 3 and the resulting XP value also increases by 10% for each month passed

The following factors modify all Mission XP gains:

Factor	Mission XP Modification
Campaign Progression	+10% all XP per month passed
Alien Trophy	+20% all XP
Cognitive Enhancer	+35% all XP
Campaign Length	x2/x1/x0.5/x0.25 all XP

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

Factor	Mission Complete XP Modification
Show 'Em the Ropes	+300% for all soldiers in the squad with less than 3000 xp
Tricks of the Trade	+120% for all soldiers in the squad with 1200 or more xp
1st SHIV (Alive after Mission)	Shares Mission Complete or Major Mission Complete XP evenly to its squad mates

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	variable

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