How to level up fast in Apex Legends: 12 different ways (2024)

If you've ever wonder how to level up fast in Apex Legends you'll be an expert by the end of this piece. Sometimes it may feel random if you level up quickly but there are 12 different methods you can gain experience, the lifeblood of levelling up fast and unlock those Apex Packs.

If you're in a rush here are 7 ways to level up fast in Apex Legends, scroll down for the full breakdown of all 12 methods.

1. Play with friend(s) for 5%-10% bonus Survival XP
2. Play Apex Legends Ranked
3. Survive longer in-game (3 XP per second)
4. Deal more damage (0.25 XP per 1 damage)
5. Get XP boosts playing during special events
6. Play a support for the 200 XP per respawn
7. Purchase a BattlePass for the bonus XP boosts

Experience is a player levelling mechanic which allows Apex players to level up their account. Levelling up earns Crafting Metals, Legend Tokens and more importantly Apex Packs. The amount of required experience increases as you progress through the levels. There are a total of 2,000 levels you can reach by earning experience in Apex Legends, split over four tiers.

Experience in Apex Legends can be earned through various methods, from the most basic such as killing an enemy to the more obscure such as getting your First Kill of the Day.

Overall, if you want to know how to level fast in Apex Legends, the most effective way is to survive as long as possible (to gain Survival XP). You gain 3 XP per second you survive, and that is based on your squad as a whole, not you individually. So even if you die early but your squad goes on to win, you will gain a significant amount of Survival XP. If you leave early you will only receive Survival XP up until that point.

Important: Completing in-game challenges does NOT contribute to your account level, it only contributes to your free or Premium BattlePass level. Yep, it's a common misconception. Collection Event challenges also do not contribute to your account level.

Playing a support character that can craft banners is another valuable way to gain XP, as respawning an ally is 200 XP per respawn, compared to 50 XP for a kill. There is no cap on how many times you can get respawn XP, so if you're team-mates accidentally on purpose fell off the map, well you'd get 400 XP to resurrect them.

The experience required to reach the next level varies as you increase in level. Interestingly, it isn't always a greater amount than the previous level, and certain groups of levels are significantly easier. From level 19 to 57 however, you'll always only need 150 XP, which far less than was required earlier on.

We'd imagine this to avoid it always feeling like a slog to level up, encouraging you to play more after the early honeymoon period of loving a new game.

After reaching level 57, things get a lot simpler and it is a fixed rate for each band of levels. Unfortunately it does mean that after level 58, you will feel levelling up is a lot harder and slower. Perhaps this is even why you were keen on working out how to level up fast in Apex Legends in the first place.

After you have reached level 500 you will no longer gain levels as you have reached the current level cap.