In ARK: Survival Evolved, you gain experience for a number of actions including, but not limited to crafting, harvesting, and killing dinos.
If you are a part of a Tribe (clan), Tribal Experience is earned when you are within 100 meters of another tribe member that earns experience (as verified by tracker). The Tribal Experience amount is 50% of the amount earned by the originator.
For example: if one tribe member crafts a widget that earns 100 XP, nearby tribe members will earn 50 XP.
Tamed dinosaurs also get a "drip" of 0.66 XP per minute (1 XP per 90 seconds), when a human is logged in and within range. However, tamed dinos do not receive any Tribal Experience from crafting as a fellow tribemember would (Unless that tribemember is sitting on a rideable dino when you are crafting items).
XP is used to level your character or creatures, which makes them stronger. Tips on how to level fast can be found on Leveling.
Experience for Item Crafting[]
XP for Harvesting Resources[]
XP for Killing Dinosaurs[]
This XP chart is for all dinos at level 1. XP gain increases by 10% of this base value for each extra level. So the formula is: BaseXP + BaseXP x 0.1 x (Level - 1)
A general XP multiplier can be found by the following formula:
BaseXP × (1 + 0.1 × (Level - 1))
Example of a few levels would be:
XP Multiplier |
Level
|
BaseXP × 1.0 |
1
|
BaseXP × 1.4 |
5
|
BaseXP × 3.0 |
21
|
BaseXP × 6.0 |
51
|
BaseXP × 11.0 |
101
|
BaseXP × 16.0 |
151
|
E.g. Base value is 4, so 10% is 0.4; XP for Level 1 is 4; for Level 2 is 4 + 0.4 = 4.4; for Level 3 is 4 + 0.8 = 4.8
Creature | Experience |
Achatina | 8 |
Acrocanthosaurus | 140 |
Allosaurus | 72 |
Allosaurus | 72 |
Alpha Basilisk | 3,200 |
Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern | ? |
Alpha Carnotaurus | 1,840 |
Alpha Deathworm | 60,000 |
Alpha Fire Wyvern | 6,000 |
Alpha Karkinos | 3,400 |
Alpha Leedsichthys | 6,000 |
Alpha Megalodon | 3,120 |
Alpha Mosasaur | 6,400 |
Alpha Raptor | 1,060 |
Alpha Surface Reaper King | ? |
Alpha T-Rex | 3,540 |
Alpha Tusoteuthis | 8,800 |
Alpha X-Triceratops | ? |
Ammonite | 4 |
Andrewsarchus | ? |
Anglerfish | 32 |
Ankylosaurus | 24 |
Araneo | 8 |
Archaeopteryx | 2 |
Argentavis | 28 |
Argentustus | 14 |
Arthropluera | 16 |
Astrocetus | ? |
Astrodelphis | 12 |
Attack Drone | 0 |
Aurochs | ? |
Baryonyx | 20 |
Basilisk | 16 |
Basilisk Ghost | 16 |
Basilosaurus | 60 |
Beelzebufo | 8 |
Beelzemorbus | 4 |
Blood Crystal Wyvern | ? |
Bloodstalker | ? |
Bone Fire Wyvern | 6,000 |
Brontosaurus | 88 |
Broodgenetrix | 16 |
Broodmother Lysrix | 32 |
Brute Araneo | ? |
Brute Astrocetus | ? |
Brute Basilosaurus | ? |
Brute Bloodstalker | ? |
Brute Ferox | ? |
Brute Fire Wyvern | ? |
Brute Leedsichthys | ? |
Brute Magmasaur | ? |
Brute Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus | ? |
Brute Malfunctioned Tek Rex | ? |
Brute Mammoth | ? |
Brute Megaloceros | ? |
Brute Plesiosaur | ? |
Brute Reaper King | ? |
Brute Sarco | ? |
Brute Seeker | ? |
Brute Tusoteuthis | ? |
Brute X-Allosaurus | ? |
Brute X-Megalodon | ? |
Brute X-Mosasaurus | ? |
Brute X-Raptor | ? |
Brute X-Rex | ? |
Brute X-Rock Elemental | ? |
Brute X-Spino | ? |
Brute X-Yutyrannus | ? |
Bulbdog | 8 |
Bulbdog Ghost | 8 |
Bunny Dodo | 2 |
Bunny Oviraptor | 8 |
Carbonemys | 8 |
Carcharodontosaurus | ? |
Carnotaurus | 72 |
Castoroides | 16 |
Chalicotherium | 24 |
Chalk Golem | 200 |
Cnidaria | 4 |
Coelacanth | 2 |
Compy | 2 |
Crystal Wyvern | ? |
Crystal Wyvern Queen | ? |
Cubozoa Multis | 2 |
Daeodon | 20 |
Deathworm | 12,000 |
Defense Unit | 0 |
Deinonychus | 12 |
Desert Titan | 8 |
Desert Titan Flock | 8 |
Desmodus | 20 |
Dilophosaur | 4 |
Dimetrodon | 16 |
Dimorphodon | 8 |
Diplocaulus | 8 |
Diplodocus | 24 |
Dire Bear | 16 |
Dire Polar Bear | 16 |
Direwolf | 24 |
Direwolf Ghost | 24 |
Diseased Leech | 4 |
Dodo | 2 |
Dodo Wyvern | 480 |
Dodobitus | 1 |
DodoRex | 120 |
Doedicurus | 28 |
Doedicurus Vastus | 14 |
Dragon | 12,000 |
Dung Beetle | 8 |
Dunkleosteus | 48 |
Eel Minion | ? |
Electrophorus | 32 |
Elemental Reaper King | ? |
Ember Crystal Wyvern | ? |
Enforcer | 8 |
Enraged Corrupted Rex | 2,400 |
Enraged Triceratops | 1,800 |
Equus | 4 |
Eurypterid | 4 |
Exo-Mek | ? |
Experimental Giganotosaurus | ? |
Featherlight | 8 |
Fenrir | ? |
Ferox | ? |
Fire Wyvern | 480 |
Fjordhawk | ? |
Forest Titan | 0 |
Forest Wyvern | 480 |
Gacha | 8 |
GachaClaus | 8 |
Gallimimus | 4 |
Gasbags | 8 |
Giant Bee | 4 |
File:Giant Monarch Butterfly.png Giant Monarch Butterfly | ? |
Giant Queen Bee | 4 |
Giant Worker Bee | ? |
Giganotosaurus | 800 |
Gigantopithecus | 80 |
Glowbug | 4 |
Glowtail | 8 |
Golden Striped Brute Megalodon | ? |
Golden Striped Megalodon | ? |
Griffin | 12 |
Gula Beetle | 4 |
Hesperornis | 2 |
Human | 0 |
Hyaenodon | 72 |
Ice Golem | 200 |
Ice Titan | 8 |
Ice Wyvern | 480 |
Iceworm Male | 400 |
Iceworm Queen | 60,000 |
Ichthyornis | 12 |
Ichthyosaurus | 16 |
Iguanodon | 4 |
Injured Brute Reaper King | ? |
Insect Swarm | ? |
Jerboa | 2 |
Jug Bug | 4 |
Kairuku | 2 |
Kaprosuchus | 20 |
Karkinos | 24 |
Kentrosaurus | 20 |
King Titan | 8 |
Lamprey | 0 |
Lava Elemental | 200 |
Leech | 4 |
Leedsichthys | 60 |
Lightning Wyvern | 480 |
Liopleurodon | 48 |
Lymantria | 12 |
Lystrosaurus | 2 |
Macro-Summoner | 8 |
Macrophage | 8 |
Maewing | 8 |
Magmasaur | 480 |
Mammoth | 32 |
Managarmr | 72 |
Manta | 16 |
Manticore | 12,000 |
Mantis | 8 |
Mantis Ghost | 8 |
Mega Mek | 8 |
Megacerops | ? |
Megachelon | ? |
Megalania | 8 |
Megaloceros | 16 |
Megalodon | 48 |
Megalosaurus | 100 |
Meganeura | 12 |
Megapithecus | 12,000 |
Megapithecus Pestis | 6,000 |
Megatherium | 16 |
Mek | 8 |
Mesopithecus | 8 |
Microraptor | 4 |
Moeder, Master of the Ocean | ? |
Morellatops | 16 |
Mosasaurus | 60 |
Moschops | 24 |
Nameless | 0 |
Noctis | 2 |
Noglin | 2 |
Obsidioequus | 12 |
Oil Jug Bug | 4 |
Onyc | 12 |
Otter | 16 |
Overseer | 0 |
Oviraptor | 8 |
Ovis | 4 |
Pachy | 8 |
Pachyrhinosaurus | 16 |
Paraceratherium | 48 |
Parakeet Fish School | ? |
Parasaur | 4 |
Party Dodo | 2 |
Pegomastax | 2 |
Pelagornis | 12 |
Phiomia | 4 |
Phoenix | 12 |
Piranha | 4 |
Plesiosaur | 60 |
Poison Wyvern | 480 |
Polar Bear | 16 |
Polar Purlovia | 24 |
Procoptodon | 8 |
Pteranodon | 12 |
Pulmonoscorpius | 24 |
Purlovia | 24 |
Quetzal | 72 |
R-Allosaurus | 72 |
R-Brontosaurus | 88 |
R-Carbonemys | 8 |
R-Carnotaurus | 72 |
R-Daeodon | 20 |
R-Dilophosaur | 4 |
R-Direwolf | 24 |
R-Equus | 4 |
R-Gasbags | 8 |
R-Giganotosaurus | 800 |
R-Megatherium | 16 |
R-Parasaur | 4 |
R-Procoptodon | 8 |
R-Quetzal | 72 |
R-Reaper King | 0 |
R-Reaper Queen | 0 |
R-Snow Owl | 8 |
R-Thylacoleo | 20 |
R-Velonasaur | 4 |
Raptor | 12 |
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon | 2 |
Ravager | 24 |
Reaper | 0 |
Reaper King | 0 |
Reaper Prince | 0 |
Reaper Queen | 0 |
Rex | 120 |
Rex Ghost | 120 |
Rock Drake | 8 |
Rock Elemental | 200 |
Rockwell | 12,000 |
Rockwell Node | 8 |
Rockwell Prime | 8 |
Roll Rat | 28 |
Royal Griffin | 12 |
Rubble Golem | 200 |
Sabertooth | 20 |
Sabertooth Salmon | 2 |
Sarco | 20 |
Scout | 12 |
Seeker | 12 |
Shadowmane | 20 |
Shinehorn | 8 |
Snow Owl | 8 |
Snow Owl Ghost | 8 |
Spino | 240 |
Spirit Dire Bear | 16 |
Spirit Direwolf | 24 |
Stegosaurus | 20 |
Subterranean Reaper King | ? |
Summoner | 8 |
Super Turkey | 2 |
Surface Reaper King | ? |
Surface Reaper King Ghost | ? |
Tapejara | 12 |
Terror Bird | 16 |
Therizinosaur | 72 |
Thorny Dragon | 24 |
Thylacoleo | 20 |
Titanoboa | 16 |
Titanomyrma | 4 |
Titanomyrma Drone | 4 |
Titanomyrma Soldier | 4 |
Titanosaur | 80,000 |
Triceratops | 16 |
Trilobite | 4 |
Troodon | 4 |
Tropeognathus | ? |
Tropical Crystal Wyvern | ? |
Tusoteuthis | 400 |
Unicorn | 4 |
Velonasaur | 4 |
Voidwyrm | 480 |
VR Allosaurus | 72 |
VR Araneo | 8 |
VR Argentavis | 28 |
VR Astrodelphis | 12 |
VR Bloodstalker | ? |
VR Carnotaurus | 72 |
VR Chalicotherium | 24 |
VR Dilophosaur | 4 |
VR Dimorphodon | 8 |
VR Enforcer | 8 |
VR Ferox | ? |
VR Kaprosuchus | 20 |
VR Karkinos | 24 |
VR Lymantria | 12 |
VR Mantis | 8 |
VR Megalania | 8 |
VR Megatherium | 16 |
VR Onyc | 12 |
VR Pachy | 8 |
VR Parasaur | 4 |
VR Pulmonoscorpius | 24 |
VR Raptor | 12 |
VR Ravager | 24 |
VR Rex | 120 |
VR Shadowmane | 20 |
VR Stegosaurus | 20 |
VR Tapejara | 12 |
VR Terror Bird | 16 |
VR Titanoboa | 16 |
VR Triceratops | 16 |
VR Velonasaur | 4 |
Vulture | 12 |
Water Jug Bug | 4 |
Woolly Rhino | 16 |
Wyvern | 480 |
Yeti | 80 |
Yutyrannus | 120 |
Zombie Fire Wyvern | 480 |
Zombie Lightning Wyvern | 480 |
Zombie Poison Wyvern | 480 |
Zombie Wyvern | 480 |
Zomdodo | 2 |
- Size modifiers on the Coelacanths and Sabertooth Salmons do not affect the amount of XP they give.