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.

Note: SHIVs do not gain XP.

Sources of Experience

Source	XP
Alien Kill	5
High Level Alien Kill	10
Mission Complete	100
Mission Complete (w High Level Alien)	130
Long Mission Complete	140
Long Mission Complete (w High Level Alien)	200
No Dead Soldiers on a Mission	20

A High Level Alien bonus will apply to an individual soldier/MEC if that soldier/MEC is a a Private, Lance Corporal, or Corporal sees one of the following enemies during a mission: Outsider, Mechtoid, Sectoid Commander, Muton Elite, Sectopod, or Ethereal.

The following types of missions count as a Long Mission: Landed UFOs, Terror Missions, Alien Base Assaults, and XCOM Base Defenses.

Other factors modify how much experience soldiers gain:

Factor	XP Modification
Officer	+10% all XP per officer rank
Cognitive Enhancer	x2 all XP
Show 'Em the Ropes	x2 mission XP to all soldiers in the squad at Sergeant rank or lower
Tricks of the Trade	+35% mission XP to all soldiers in the squad at Sergeant rank or higher
1st SHIV (Alive after Mission)	Shares its mission XP evenly to its squad mates

Experience per Rank

Rank	XP Required
Specialist	100
Lance Corporal	500
Corporal	1200
Sergeant	2200
Tech Sergeant	3500
Gunnery Sergeant	5100
Master Sergeant	7000

Sources of Psi Experience

After Xenopsionics is researched, soldiers will begin accruing 255 Psi XP after each mission (modified by Campaign Length).

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

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

Psi Experience per Rank

Rank	Psi XP Required
Awakened	200
Adept	600
Corporal	1200
Empath	2000
Psion	3000
Master	4200