Experience Points

“

One step closer to level bazillionty! — Salvador

”

The more you level up, the more you become stronger!

Experience points (also exp or XP) are the primary reward for undertaking adventures in Borderlands. Every character starts with 0 experience points and at level 1. Completing missions and killing hostile creatures results in experience points awarded to all of the characters present in the group. Completing achievements or challenges will also increase exp.

Experience points can be gained during the course of the game, and can only be lost by exiting the game without saving. Should an unsaved exit occur, the experience total will be reverted to the most recent game save.

Levels (Experience Table)

Level	XP required	Skill points
1	0	0
2	358	0
3	1,241	0
4	2,850	0
5	5,376	1
6	8,997	2
7	13,886	3
8	20,208	4
9	28,126	5
10	37,798	6
11	49,377	7
12	63,016	8
13	78,861	9
14	97,061	10
15	117,757	11
16	141,092	12
17	167,206	13
18	196,238	14
19	228,322	15
20	263,595	16
21	302,190	17
22	344,238	18
23	389,873	19
24	439,222	20
25	492,414	21
26	549,578	22
27	610,840	23
28	676,325	24
29	746,158	25
30	820,463	26
31	899,363	27
32	982,980	28
33	1,071,435	29
34	1,164,850	30
35	1,263,343	31
36	1,367,034	32
37	1,476,041	33
38	1,590,483	34
39	1,710,476	35
40	1,836,137	36
41	1,967,582	37
42	2,104,926	38
43	2,248,285	39
44	2,397,772	40
45	2,553,501	41
46	2,715,586	42
47	2,884,139	43
48	3,059,273	44
49	3,241,098	45
50	3,429,728	46
51	3,625,271	47
52	3,827,840	48
53	4,037,543	49
54	4,254,491	50
55	4,478,792	51
56	4,710,556	52
57	4,949,890	53
58	5,196,902	54
59	5,451,701	55
60	5,714,393	56
61	5,985,086	57
62	6,263,885	58
63	6,550,897	59
64	6,846,227	60
65	7,149,982	61
66	7,462,266	62
67	7,783,184	63
68	8,112,840	64
69	8,451,340	65
70	8,798,786	66
71	9,155,282	67
72	9,520,932	68
73	9,895,840	69
74	10,280,105	70
75	10,673,832	71
76	11,077,123	72
77	11,490,079	73
78	11,912,803	74
79	12,345,396	75
80	12,787,958	76

In Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, the amount of experience necessary to reach level x equals ceil(60x^2.8 − 60).

Once the experience is gained, the character will undergo an automatic increase in level, and the words "Level Up" will overlay the screen. At this point, health and shield capacity are filled to their new maximum, and the action skill's cooldown is completed. In addition, downed Vault Hunters will automatically gain a Second Wind.

Increasing in level will automatically increase the character's health and melee damage. In Borderlands and Borderlands 2, every level from 5 onward grants the character one skill point, resulting in 46 skill points at level 50, 54 at level 58, and 65 at level 69. In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, characters start accumulating skill points at level 3, resulting in 48 skill points at level 50, 58 points at level 60, and 68 at level 70.

In Borderlands the character can also acquire one free skill point in each of the two playthroughs from Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot and Claptrap's New Robot Revolution, meaning a character can accumulate up to 69 skill points.

Maximum Levels

Borderlands

• Base Game limit (non-Game Of The Year editions without patches): 50
• With patch 1.4.1: 58
• With patch 1.4.1 and The Secret Armory of General Knoxx: 69

Borderlands 2

• Base Game: 50
• With Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode DLC: 61
• With Digistruct Peak Challenge DLC: 72
• With Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary DLC: 80

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

• Base Game: 50
• With The Holodome Onslaught DLC: 60
• With Claptastic Voyage DLC: 70

Borderlands 3

• Base Game: 50
• With Broken Hearts Day update: 53