Leveling (2024)

Leveling

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The Dead Island in the North of The Island, one of the best places to level up carnivores.

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Leveling is the process where the players gains Experience for their Survivors and their tames. Once enough Experience is gained, a level up can be performed through the Survivor or the tamed Creature inventory. Leveling up allows to earn better attributes statistics to both Survivors and tames, as well the survivor engram points to unlock additional Engrams (up to a certain level, see below).

Max Levels

In ARK: Survival Ascended as of September 2024, the maximum player level is 175: survivors start at level 1, 104 levels can be gained normally, 15 by defeating the Overseer on Alpha difficulty, 15 for defeating the Manticore on alpha difficulty, 15 for defeating Rockwell on Alpha difficulty, 10 for collecting all Explorer Notes on The Island and Scorched Earth, 5 by levelling up a Chibi, 5 for collecting all of the Bob's Tall Tales explorer notes on Scorched Earth and 5 for collecting all of the Bob's Tall Tales explorer notes on Aberration.

In ARK: Survival Evolved, as of December 2022, the maximum player level is 205: survivors start at level 1, 104 levels can be gained normally, 75 gained by defeating end-game Ascension bosses, 10 gained from collecting all Explorer Notes on every map, 5 acquired by levelling up a Chibi (a cosmetic event pet), and a total of 10 levels for collecting all Fjordur Runes. Once you have reached this limit, you will not be able to level up anymore.

On ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile, the maximum player level is 100, without the need to defeat Bosses.

Creatures can level up 88 times. Once your creature has reached this limit, they will not be able to level up anymore. Prior to Genesis: Part 2's release, this limit was 73 for most creatures, but this is no longer the case.

The max level for most wild creatures is 30 times the difficulty value (150 on official servers) and 30 times the difficulty value plus 1 for Tek Creatures (180 on official servers). After taming, the additional levels coming by taming efficiency can increase the tame level by half of wild level value minus 1 (respectively 224 and 269 on official servers). However, in certain areas of the game such specific challenging caves, wild creatures will spawn at higher levels, nevertheless such creatures cannot be tamed.

On official servers, tamed Creatures have a hard-capped limit at level 450. Tameable creatures introduced in the Genesis DLCs, including R-Creatures, X-Creatures, Voidwyrm, Shadowmane, and Lost Island's Dinopithecus, are the only exceptions, having an additional level cap of 50 levels, for a total hard-cap of level 500 on official servers.

Tames at their respective hard-caps cannot level-up more with XP: above they will spontaneously disappear when the server or the game restarts (if not inside a Cryopod), while babies hatching or being born over such value will disappear instantly. Creatures in cryopods beyond their hard-cap may not be releasable.

Leveling Methods

There are five core methods of levelling: Harvesting, Crafting, Hunting, Explorer Notes, and Tribe Work.

Harvest: Typically 'Harvesting' gains very small experience when picking by hand. Tools that give more resources when used give a little more exp.
Crafting: is experience that is gained by making items or building structures. The more resources that are needed in an Engram to craft something, the more experience that is gained. Crafting is alternatively the Peaceful method of levelling and can compete with the Hunting method. However, gaining the materials by harvesting can make it very repetitive, whereas hunting sometimes calls for creative strategies.
Hunting: is the experience gained by killing. The range of amount of experience received depends on what is slain. Ranging from non-dangerous creatures such as Dodo and Coelacanth to dangerous creatures such as Titanosaurus to a Giga; the higher the level and the more dangerous the dinosaur, the greater the amount of XP received.
Explorer Notes: Explore notes range from pots and chests to backpacks and tek boxes, but are usually found in ruins or in hard to reach spots. Explorer notes boost XP gain by 2x or 4x. This effect last for several minutes and the note itself gives a large amount of XP. 2x and 4x notes stack for a total of 8x XP, but collecting the same type of note (ex: collecting another 2x while having 2x boost) will add to the effect time instead of stacking. Collecting notes before doing other levelling activities can greatly increase XP gain.
Tribe Work: is the bonus experience gained by nearby tribemates gaining experience from any method.

For further tips or advice see: Tips And Tricks#Levelling Up

Crafting

If you don't feel confident to fight large groups of wild dinos or other creatures, then crafting is effectively a safe way to level up.

Note that this method will only level the player. The only exception is if a tribe-mate crafts things nearby and you are either riding a mount or carrying a small creature, then both you, the tribe-mate and the tamed creatures will benefit from the shared XP-gain.

Early game, you can gather large amounts of Fiber and craft Cloth Armor continuously, to build a couple of levels and whenever the Spear engram is unlocked then do the same. If you do a Note run, craft Cooking Pots as soon as you finish. Cooking Pots give a large amount of XP for their cost. Craft them until your XP boost runs out.

Mid-game, you will gain levels by crafting the general structures such as floor Foundation needed for a Shelter or Base. Another advice that may help since the Wooden Raft engram calls for large amount of resources, crafting it gives typically more experience compared to basic structures.

Late-game, the crafting method of levelling can become very tedious to players who don't prefer to build, so it is recommended to move onto the killing or hunting method.

Violent Levelling

There are many ways to gain experience and level up. One way to do this is hunting dinosaurs. At first, you may want to stick to easier herbivores, such as Diplodocus or Moschops. If you are willing to take on a Bronto you can gain quite a lot of XP, if you succeed in killing it. Two other dangerous herbivores that have good exp is the Triceratops and Therizino Until you get to that point, stay away from them.

Now, if you tame yourself a powerful dino, consider fighting larger carnivores, such as Rex and Carno. These dinosaurs will give you quite the amount of experience compared to smaller creatures like the Dilophosaur and Raptor. Just make sure you're ready for the challenge, because these will not be easy until mid game.

Alphas and Brutes

Alpha Creatures should not be underestimated. These beasts will tear you apart in minutes, or even seconds. However, if you are powerful enough to take them down, they grant massive amounts of experience, and if you're lucky, some high quality drops. Especially in endgame, Alpha Creatures are the way to go. Do not fight them if you are not ready. You will most likely lose your dinosaur, your life and all of your items. The risk to take is your decision.

Dead Island (The Island)

The Dead Island can be just as dangerous as the Alpha Creatures. Carno, Raptor, Pulmonoscorpius, Sabertooth and Argentavis spawn in bulk. The occasional Rex also can be seen fighting large amounts of predators. Rarely, but possible, you will see Alphas here. It is suggested you go level up a little on the main island before traveling over here. Travelling to The Dead Island can be a challenge. You will most likely need a Wooden Raft. Craft one of those, place your dinosaur on the raft, and drive over. You can do this, or, for the medium-small creatures, you can use either an Argentavis or Quetzal to fly them over. Be wary as you're levelling, your bird may get attacked, use this plan at your own risk. However, if you use a Raft, be aware that there is a chance that your Raft can be attacked - and highly probable that it will be destroyed - by a Alpha Leedsichthys.

Swamp Cave (The Island)

The Swamp Cave is a relatively easy cave with the right gear. Refer to the Swamp Cave page for gear requirements, however, the true bare minimum for the cave is just the clothing and basic foodstuffs. A Megatherium of level 100 or greater without any post-tame levelling will make quick work of the cave, however, you will need a Cryopod to get it through a few tight areas. Before you start the cave, it is recommended to get both a 4x and 2x explorer note for maximum XP gain, get the 4x note last and immediately rush to the cave to maximize XP. 1 swamp cave run will give ~70,000 XP. With both notes, that increases to ~560,000 XP.

If you are making a new character and plan on running swamp cave to get to lvl 100 quickly, it is a very good idea to do the extinction note run referenced above instead of the island note run in order to save the notes on the island for the cave.

Killing Titanosaurs

Killing Titanosaurs using a Thylacoleo is a strategy that requires less preparation than the swamp cave but is arguably more risky. It is recommended to do the Extinction note run first for new characters to Save the notes on the island for the strategy. Titanosaur give 80,000 - 112,000 XP when killed but have extremely high health, however, they are still susceptible to bleed effects. The Thylacoleo does a flat 5% health damage over 5 seconds with their bite (Gnashed Status effect). This can be used to dish out 11,500 damage per bite against . The Titanosaur has 230,000 HP regardless of level, which means that ~19 bites will put it at about 6,000 - 10,000HP. Bite the tail of the Titanosaur to avoid its attacks, the Titanosaur has a short aggro, making it easy to run away, loose aggro, and bite the Titanosaur again. The goal is to get the titan below 12,000 HP. Use the Magnifying glass to check HP often to avoid accidentally killing the Titanosaur with bleed, which will not give XP. Once the Titan is below 12,000 HP wait a few minutes for it regenerate to 12,000. After it Regenerates, get 4x and 2x XP Explorer Notes to maximize XP gain. Bite the Titanosaur a final time to put it at extremely low health and then finish it off with a crossbow. This should grant upwards of 640,000 - 896,000 XP.

Notes:

Even a low level Thylacoleo (~25) works for this strategy, but a little bit of extra care must be taken to avoid damage.
You can skip waiting for the Titanosaur to regenerate and just kill it after it is below 12,000 from the bleed, this will require about 200 arrows and more than 1 Crossbow. However, there is a chance the notes will run out before it is killed.

Killing Baby Creatures

This method of levelling is one that sounds gruesome but is highly effective at earning a large amount of XP with little effort and no risk. Baby creatures when killed give an equal amount of XP as if you were to kill it fully grown. Giganotosaurus when killed gives large amounts of XP so a high level breeding group can supply you with eggs for easy levelling in addition with the other listed methods above. As of the release of Carcharodontosaurus, they are by far the best baby to kill, as they give 3000 XP, the highest of any breedable creature. The only creatures that give more XP than Carcharos are Bosses, Titanosaur, Alphas and Deathworms. Other types of creature babies such as Rex and Spino can also be used for this method as well. The addition of the Egg Incubator with Genesis:Part 2 will be a great asset to use when hatching eggs. The incubator can keep eggs ready to hatch for whenever they are needed just remember that once the eggs are ready to hatch they cannot be removed from the incubator.

Experience Boosts

Amount of received Experience can be increased with certain temporary bonuses:

Item	Boost
Players
Explorer Notes	+100%
??? & HLN-A Special Explorer Notes	+400%
Velonasaur Stalk (Genesis: Part 2)	+50%
Broth of Enlightenment	+50%
Toilet	+33%
Golden Hesperornis Egg	+10%
Tamed Creatures
Golden Hesperornis Egg	+500% if creature is small +10% otherwise
Lystrosaurus	+35%

Levels and Ascensions

You can level your survivor up to level 105 by default. Clearing the Tek Cave and beating the Overseer on The Island, defeating Manticore on Scorched Earth, Ragnarok or Valguero, defeating Rockwell at Aberration, beating Corrupted Master Controller at Genesis, beating Rockwell Prime on Genesis Part 2, and levelling 1 Chibi-Pets gained from events will further increase the maximum level of the Survivor, as per stated below Character Levels. Each level gives you a skill point to both increase the attributes and a certain amount of Engram Points.

Character Levels

Chibi-Pets grants 1 extra level per every level it gains, up to a maximum of 5 extra levels. Collecting all Explorer Notes will grant you an additional 10 levels. Gamma variant of last bosses gives extra 5 level, Beta extra 10 and Alpha extra 15 (Non-cumulative on identical bosses). As of current, the maximum level obtainable is level 205 with all the above cleared at Alpha and Max level Chibi-Pets. Plus finding all runes on Fjordur. Without any of it, the maximum level obtainable is 105. In this table, "XP" is "Experience points" and "EP" is "Engram points". After level 133 it is meant to stop getting new engram points, however due a game bug the player will still receive 1 point per level that will be reverted at game restart or server reconnection.

Level	Multiplayer				Singleplayer Settings
Level	XP needed	XP total	EP gained	EP total	XP total	EP gained	EP total
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	5	8	8	5	8	8
3	15	20	8	16	20	8	16
4	20	40	8	24	40	8	24
5	30	70	8	32	70	8	32
6	50	120	8	40	120	8	40
7	70	190	8	48	190	8	48
8	80	270	8	56	270	8	56
9	90	360	8	64	360	8	64
10	90	450	12	76	450	14	78
11	100	550	12	88	550	14	92
12	110	660	12	100	660	14	106
13	120	780	12	112	780	14	120
14	130	910	12	124	910	14	134
15	140	1050	12	136	1050	14	148
16	150	1200	12	148	1200	14	162
17	160	1360	12	160	1360	14	176
18	170	1530	12	172	1530	14	190
19	180	1710	12	184	1710	14	204
20	190	1900	16	200	1900	18	222
21	200	2100	16	216	2100	18	240
22	210	2310	16	232	2310	18	258
23	220	2530	16	248	2530	18	276
24	230	2760	16	264	2760	18	294
25	240	3000	16	280	3000	18	312
26	250	3250	16	296	3250	18	330
27	260	3510	16	312	3510	18	348
28	270	3780	16	328	3780	18	366
29	280	4060	16	344	4060	18	384
30	290	4350	20	364	4350	24	408
31	300	4650	20	384	4650	24	432
32	310	4960	20	404	4960	24	456
33	320	5280	20	424	5280	24	480
34	330	5610	20	444	5610	24	504
35	340	5950	20	464	5950	24	528
36	350	6300	20	484	6300	24	552
37	360	6660	20	504	6660	24	576
38	370	7030	20	524	7030	24	600
39	380	7410	20	544	7410	24	624
40	390	7800	24	568	7800	28	652
41	400	8200	24	592	8200	28	680
42	410	8610	24	616	8610	28	708
43	420	9030	24	640	9030	28	736
44	430	9460	24	664	9460	28	764
45	440	9900	24	688	9900	28	792
46	450	10350	24	712	10350	28	820
47	460	10810	24	736	10810	28	848
48	470	11280	24	760	11280	28	876
49	480	11760	24	784	11760	28	904
50	490	12250	28	812	12250	36	940
51	500	12750	28	840	12750	36	976
52	510	13260	28	868	13260	36	1012
53	520	13780	28	896	13780	36	1048
54	530	14310	28	924	14310	36	1084
55	540	14850	28	952	14850	36	1120
56	550	15400	28	980	15400	36	1156
57	560	15960	28	1008	15960	36	1192
58	570	16530	28	1036	16530	36	1228
59	580	17110	28	1064	17110	36	1264
60	590	17700	40	1104	17700	50	1314
61	1150	18850	40	1144	18320	50	1364
62	2228	21078	40	1184	18970	50	1414
63	1370	22448	40	1224	19653	50	1464
64	1460	23908	40	1264	20370	50	1514
65	1554	25462	40	1304	21123	50	1564
66	2036.96	27498.96	40	1344	21914	50	1614
67	2749.9	30248.86	40	1384	22744	50	1664
68	4537.33	34786.19	40	1424	23616	50	1714
69	5217.92	40004.11	40	1464	24531	50	1764
70	6800.71	46804.82	40	1504	25492	50	1814
71	7956.82	54761.64	40	1544	26501	50	1864
72	8952.34	63713.98	40	1584	27561	50	1914
73	9286.02	73000	50	1634	28673	70	1984
74	12000	85000	50	1684	29841	70	2054
75	13000	98000	50	1734	31068	70	2124
76	14000	112000	50	1784	32356	70	2194
77	15500	127500	50	1834	33708	70	2264
78	17000	144500	50	1884	35128	70	2334
79	19000	163500	50	1934	36619	70	2404
80	21000	184500	50	1984	38184	70	2474
81	23000	207500	50	2034	39906	80	2554
82	25070	232570	50	2084	41801	80	2634
83	27326	259896	50	2134	43884	80	2714
84	29785	289681	50	2184	46176	80	2794
85	33508	323189	50	2234	48697	80	2874
86	37697	360886	50	2284	51471	80	2954
87	42432	403318	60	2344	54521	100	3054
88	48166	451484	60	2404	57877	100	3154
89	54702	506186	60	2464	61568	100	3254
90	60172	566358	60	2524	65628	100	3354
91	66189	632547	60	2584	70298	100	3454
92	72807	705354	60	2644	75668	110	3564
93	80087.7	785441.7	60	2704	81843	110	3674
94	88096.4	873538.1	60	2764	88945	110	3784
95	98000	971538.1	60	2824	97111	110	3894
96	111999.9	1083538	60	2884	106503	110	4004
97	130000	1213538	60	2944	117304	125	4129
98	155000	1368538	60	3004	129725	125	4254
99	190000	1558538	70	3074	144009	135	4389
100	240000	1798538	70	3144	160435	135	4524
101	300000	2098538	70	3214	180147	135	4659
102	370000	2468538	70	3284	203801	120	4779
103	450000	2918538	70	3354	232186	120	4899
104	540000	3458538	70	3424	266247	120	5019
105	640000	4098538	70	3494	307122	220	5239
106	110000	4208538	70	3564	356171	220	5459
107	125000	4333538	70	3634	415030	220	5679
108	145000	4478538	70	3704	485660	220	5899
109	170000	4648538	70	3774	573949	220	6119
110	200000	4848538	70	3844	684309	220	6339
111	235000	5083538	70	3914	822260	220	6559
112	275000	5358538	70	3984	994698	220	6779
113	320000	5678538	70	4054	1210245	220	6999
114	370000	6048538	70	4124	1479680	220	7219
115	425000	6473538	70	4194	1816473	220	7439
116	400000	6873538	70	4264	2116473	220	7659
117	400000	7273538	80	4344	2416473	260	7919
118	400000	7673538	80	4424	2716473	260	8179
119	400000	8073538	80	4504	3016473	260	8439
120	400000	8473538	80	4584	3316473	260	8699
121	400000	8873538	80	4664	3616473	260	8959
122	400000	9273538	80	4744	3916473	260	9219
123	400000	9673538	80	4824	4216473	260	9479
124	400002	10073540	80	4904	4516473	260	9739
125	400000	10473540	80	4984	4816473	260	9999
126	400000	10873540	80	5064	5116473	260	10259
127	400000	11273540	80	5144	5416473	260	10519
128	400000	11673540	80	5224	5716473	260	10779
129	400000	12073540	80	5304	6016473	260	11039
130	400000	12473540	80	5384	6316473	260	11299
131	900000	13373540	80	5464	6616473	260	11559
132	10000000	23373540	80	5544	7000000	260	11819
133	10000000	33373540	80	5624	7400000	260	12079
134	10000000	43373540	-		7800000
135	10000000	53373540			8200000
136	10674700	64048240			8600000
137	10674710	74722950			9000000
138	10674710	85397660			9400000
139	10674700	96072360			9800000
140	10674740	106747100			12000000
141	11000000	117747100			12300000
142	12000000	129747100			12600000
143	13000000	142747100			12900000
144	14000000	156747100			13200000
145	15000000	171747100			13500000
146	16000000	187747100			13800000
147	17000000	204747100			14100000
148	18000000	222747100			14400000
149	19000000	241747100			14700000
150	20000000	261747100			15000000
151	21000000	282747100			15300000
152	0	282747100			15600000
153	23000000	305747100			15900000
154	24000000	329747100			16200000
155	25000000	354747100			16500000
156	26000000	380747100			16800000
157	27000000	407747100			17100000
158	28000000	435747100			17400000
159	29000000	464747100			17700000
160	30000000	494747100			18000000
161	31000000	525747100			18300000
162	32000000	557747100			18600000
163	33000000	590747100			18900000
164	34000000	624747100			19200000
165	35000000	659747100			19500000
166	36000000	695747100			19800000
167	37000000	732747100			20100000
168	38000000	770747100			20400000
169	39000000	809747100			20700000
170	40000000	849747100			21000000
171	42487300	892234400			21420000
172	42487500	934721900			21840000
173	42487300	977209200			22260000
174	42487800	1019697000			22680000
175	84974000	1104671000			23100000
176	84975000	1189646000			23520000
177	84975000	1274621000			23940000
178	84974000	1359595000			24360000
179	84975000	1444570000			24780000
180	84975000	1529545000			25200000
181	84975000	1614520000			25620000
182	84974000	1699494000			26040000
183	84975000	1784469000			26460000
184	84975000	1869444000			26880000
185	84974000	1954418000			27300000
186	84975000	2039393000			27720000
187	84975000	2124368000			28140000
188	84975000	2209343000			28560000
189	84975000	2294318000			28980000
190	84974000	2379292000			29400000
191	84974000	2464266000			29820000
192	84975000	2549241000			30240000
193	84974000	2634215000			30660000
194	84974000	2719189000			31080000
195	84974000	2804163000			31500000
196	84974000	2889137000			31920000
197	84974000	2974111000			32340000
198	84975000	3059086000			32760000
199	84974000	3144060000			33180000
200	84974000	3229034000			33600000
201	84974000	3314008000			34020000
202	84974000	3398982000			34440000
203	84974000	3483956000			34860000
204	84974000	3568930000			35280000
205	84974000	3653904000			35700000

The two graphs here show the above table plotted on desmos.com/calculator.

Left, you can see the xp required per level plotted in red.

Right, you can see the cumulative xp per level plotted in blue, with the xp per level graph in red for scale.

Notes:

- These only apply for official servers. Singleplayer has different values which are not represented here, and unofficial servers may have settings that affect the base game xp values.

- Someone who's more experienced with graphic design/ the tools on this wiki should probably reformat these graphs for better viewing. I only brought them here because no one else seemed to think to make a graph for it.

Patch notes:

As of patch 257.0: Pre-Ascension level is capped at 100 for 3144 max engram points.
As of patch 267.0: 15 extra levels from Ascension (+5 for each tier of the Tek Cave Gamma, Beta, Alpha), giving 1050 extra engram points.
Patch 275.0 brought the level cap to 130. Aberration Rockwell boss unlocks an additional 15 levels similar to ascension. +5 for each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.
Patch 280.114 brought the level cap to 131 (without ascensions, at 101).
Patch 281.107 brought the level cap to 132 (without ascensions, at 102).
Patch 282.102 brought the level cap to 133 (without ascensions, at 103).
Patch 283.101 brought the level cap to 134 (without ascensions, at 104).
Patch 284.104 brought the level cap to 135 (without ascensions, at 105).
Patch 304.1 brought the level cap to 140.
Patch 306.41 brought the level cap to 155. Defeating Master Controller from Genesis Simulation unlocks an additional 15 levels similar to ascension. +5 for each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.
Patch 329.5 brought the level cap to 180. Defeating Rockwell Prime on Genesis unlocks an additional 15 levels similar to ascension. +5 for each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha as well as 10 level for collecting all Explorer Notes
As of patch 346.11 level cap now stands at 190. Collecting 2x 100 Runes on Fjordur grants 5 max levels, for a total of 10.
Patch 355.3 brought the level cap to 205. Defeating Manticore from Scorched Earth unlocks an additional 15 levels similar to ascension. +5 for each Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.

Creature Levels

Creature levels are split between Wild Levels and Domestic Levels. Once tamed, creatures gain additional levels based on Taming Effectiveness. At 99.9% taming effectiveness, the creature gains ((level / 2) - 1) rounded up. This places the highest level for an unbred creature with no domestic levels at 224 if it was tamed at level 150. Most creatures will lose some taming effectiveness during taming, so some creatures have a lower maximum possible post tame level. Finally through breeding you can get creatures who are well above and beyond that number (the maximum level of any Dino on official servers has been capped at 450). Each wild level results in a point being randomly assigned to one of the creatures stats.

You can level up a tamed creature 88 times past the original level it was tamed at (after Taming Effectiveness is applied), these are known as domestic levels. Each level, you gain a skill point to increase one of the attributes of your tamed creature. These levels are not displayed separately in-game, but are instead combined into one overall creature level.

In case you forgot at which level a creature was tamed, have a look in this creature's inventory at the XP bar. The number after the slash (/) corresponds to the XP total of the next level according to the following table.

Level	Multiplayer		Singleplayer
Level	XP needed	XP total	XP needed	XP total
1	10	10	10	10
2	20	30	20	30
3	30	60	30	60
4	40	100	40	100
5	50	150	50	150
6	60	210	60	210
7	70	280	70	280
8	80	360	80	360
9	90	450	90	450
10	100	550	100	550
11	110	660	110	660
12	120	780	120	780
13	130	910	130	910
14	140	1050	140	1050
15	150	1200	150	1200
16	160	1360	160	1360
17	170	1530	170	1530
18	180	1710	180	1710
19	190	1900	190	1900
20	200	2100	200	2100
21	210	2310	210	2310
22	220	2530	220	2530
23	230	2760	230	2760
24	240	3000	240	3000
25	250	3250	250	3250
26	260	3510	260	3510
27	270	3780	270	3780
28	280	4060	280	4060
29	290	4350	290	4350
30	300	4650	300	4650
31	310	4960	310	4960
32	320	5280	320	5280
33	330	5610	330	5610
34	340	5950	340	5950
35	595	6545	350	6300
36	654	7199	365	6665
37	720	7919	380	7045
38	792	8711	395	7440
39	871	9582	410	7850
40	958	10540	430	8280
41	1054	11594	450	8730
42	1391	12985	470	9200
43	1948	14933	490	9690
44	2240	17173	520	10210
45	2576	19749	550	10760
46	3357	23106	580	11340
47	4000	27106	610	11950
48	4400	31506	660	12610
49	4500	36006	710	13320
50	4994	41000	781	14101
51	6000	47000	859	14960
52	8000	55000	945	15905
53	10000	65000	1040	16945
54	15000	80000	1143	18088
55	18000	98000	1258	19346
56	22000	120000	1383	20729
57	30000	150000	1522	22251
58	35000	185000	1675	23926
59	40000	225000	1841	25767
60	50000	275000	2026	27793
61	65000	340000	2228	30021
62	75000	415000	2451	32472
63	85000	500000	2696	35168
64	100000	600000	2966	38134
65	130000	730000	3263	41397
66	170000	900000	3588	44985
67	215000	1115000	8841	53826
68	265000	1380000	10104	63930
69	320000	1700000	5732 *	69662
70	380000	2080000	18966	88628
71	445000	2525000	15001	103629
72	475000	3000000	25000	128629
73	550000	3550000	30000	158629
74	550000	4100000	27760.1	186389.1
75	600000	4700000	32618.1	219007.2
76	705000	5405000	38326.3	257333.5
77	675625	6080625	45033.4	302366.9
78	760078	6840703	52914.2	355281.1
79	855088	7695791	62174.2	417455.3
80	961974	8657765	73054.7	490510
81	1082221	9739986	85839.3	576349.3
82	1217498	10957484	100861.2	677210.5
83	1369686	12327170	118511.9	795722.4
84	1540900	13868070	139251.5	934973.9
85	1733500	15601570	163620.1	1098594
86	1950200	17551770	192254	1290848
87	2193970	19745740	225899	1516747
88	2468220	22213960	265431	1782178

* This number seems odd compared to the adjacent levels, but is correct in this table, it only reflects the in-game weirdness.

Currently a Dino can't have more than 22213960 XP.

From 60 levels the difficulty to continue levelling up is much higher.

Tips

Lystrosaurus around your base helps boost XP for your creatures. Just make sure to pet them on a frequent basis, otherwise they won't provide the boost creature. When you walk up to it, you can press the use-key (E, , , ) to pet it. It will then do a little dance or jump of joy. Once this is done, the XP boost will be active for about 5 minutes. A Procoptodon can be used to carry a lystrosaurus in its pouch on hunting expeditions, which provides added safety and mobility.
If you are levelling up a carnivore, bring lots of Raw Meat with you. Remote using meat on the dino when it is injured will help it heal much quicker.
If you are levelling up a herbivore, bring some Sweet Veggie Cakes with you. Remote using them on the dino when it is injured well help it heal much quicker.
Fighting Giganotosaurus or Titanosaur for levelling players and dinos is possible. As of v256 a tamed non-bred mate pair of Giganotosaurus with a saddle armor in excess of 90 armor, health in the 18k range and melee over 200% will reliably kill Titans on official in about 1 minute while taking between 0 and 5000 damage (varies based on how frequently the Titan runs from the player). If player XP is desired, all riders not getting the killing blow should back away and dismount their giga just prior to the player killing the Titan. Lower armor saddles, no mate boosting may also be possible, but risks enraging. Imprint bonus allows much lower saddle armor to be used while still preventing enrage.
Using Mindwipe Tonic on your player will reset you back to level 1 while keeping your Experience, allowing you to level up all over again to your previous level. This does not work on creatures.
The Broth of Enlightenment will multiply any Experience earned by 150% upon consumption. The effects last 20 minutes.
When levelling any creature, try knocking trees down with melee attacks. For some reason, trees give a decent amount of experience when destroyed, even if the creature destroying them cannot actually harvest them.

Achievements

Maximum Survivor

Reach the maximum survivor level.

Reaching the max player level will award the "Maximum Survivor" achievement.

Maximum Dinosaur

Level one of your dinosaurs to the maximum level.

Reaching the max dinosaur level of any tamed creature will award the "Maximum Dinosaur" achievement.

Changelog

ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
Patch	Max Levels
Patch	Player	Dinosaur
174.0	64	38
181.0	66 (+2)	40 (+2)
186.0	70 (+4)	44 (+4)
190.0	74	50
201.0	80	50
216.0	85 (+5)	55 (+5)
218.0	88 (+3)	58 (+3)
224.0	91 (+3)	61 (+3)
239.0	93 (+2)	63 (+2)
243.0	95 (+2)	65 (+2)
243.6	97 (+2)	67 (+2)
246.2	99 (+2)	69 (+2)
254.0	104 (+5)	71 (+2)
257.0 Introduce ascension	100 (-4)	71
267.0	115 (+15)	71
275.0 Aberration expansion release	130 (+15)	71
280.114	131 (+1)	72 (+1)
281.107	132 (+1)	73 (+1)
282.102	133 (+1)	73
283.101	134 (+1)	73
284.104	135 (+1)	73
304.1	140 (+5)	73
306.41 Genesis: Part 1 expansion release	155 (+15)	73 / 88 (+15)
329.5 Genesis: Part 2 expansion release	180 (+25)	88
346.14 Fjordur expansion release	190 (+10)	88
355.3 Scorched Earth Ascension added	205 (+15)	88

Gameplay Mechanics

Games/Franchises

Building & Development

Items

Environment

Exploring

Maps	The Island The Center Scorched Earth Ragnarok Aberration Extinction Valguero Genesis: Part 1 Crystal Isles Genesis: Part 2 Lost Island Fjordur
Features	Coordinates Flying Swimming Obelisks Supply Crate Loot Crate (Deep Sea) Biomes Explorer Notes Runes Dossiers Caves Artifacts Boss Arenas Ascension ARKs CrossARK Transfers Missions (Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2)

Character

Character	Levels Engrams (Mobile, P+) Survivor Profile Emotes Whistling Hairstyles HUD
Attributes	Health Stamina Oxygen Food Water Weight Melee Damage Movement Speed Fortitude Crafting Skill Torpidity
Condition	Status Effects Diseases

Creatures

Effects	Mate Boost Pack Boost
Domestication	Taming Domestication Aggression Level Breeding Mutations Incubation Impregnation Imprinting Traits Weight Reduction Wild Babies
Stats	Base Creature Statistics Base Creature Speeds Base Damage Creature stats calculation Level weighing
Attributes	Energy Charge Capacity Charge Regeneration Charge Emission Range
Data Lists	Carryable by Immobilized by Can damage
Other	Temperament

Miscellaneous