XP Calculator

Written byOleh Soloninupdated 27 September 2026

This calculator estimates how much XP remains until the next level and your target level for the selected progression model.

XP growth model

XP requirements rise gradually: easy at first, then noticeably harder.

Example: A balanced default for many RPG progression systems.

Current level

XP inside the current level

Range: 0 - 3,382 XP.

Target level

XP result

Model: Moderate growth (classic RPG)
Needed for the next level: 3,182 XP
Needed for level 15: 21,925 XP
Current level progress: 5.9%
Total accumulated XP: 12,346

This is a universal progression model. A specific game can later get its own preset with the exact formula.

Levelling curves, made explicit

Work out the experience needed to reach a target level under common RPG curves, and how much grinding that represents.

The experience curves here are power curves — a level costs its number raised to 1.45 or 1.7 — which is why early levels fly past and later ones crawl. The exponent decides how brutal that becomes.

Choosing a curve preset shows the total XP required and what remains, so you can judge whether a level is one evening away or twenty.

How to use

Pick a curve: the arcade one grows linearly, the standard and hard ones by an exponent.
Enter your current level and the experience banked inside it.
Set the target level — the calculator returns both what is left to it and what is left to the next one.
Check against your game: the presets approximate common formulas rather than reproduce any one of them.

What the exponent does to the curve

Each row is the cost of a single level under the calculator's three presets: the arcade curve is 100 × level, the standard one is 120 × level to the power of 1.45, and the hard one is 160 × level to the power of 1.7.

The gap between the curves compounds: at level 1 the hard curve costs 1.6 times the arcade one, and by level 50 it costs almost 25 times as much. Which is why it is the exponent, not the base number, that decides whether late levelling takes an evening or a month.

The cost of a single level under the calculator's three presets.
Level	Arcade	Standard	Hard
1	100	120	160
5	500	1,237	2,468
10	1,000	3,382	8,018
20	2,000	9,240	26,053
30	3,000	16,634	51,907
50	5,000	34,888	123,699

What this calculator shows

XP required for your next level and your target level
Progress through the current level as a percentage
Cumulative XP across the whole span

What to keep in mind

The curve presets are illustrative, not the formulas of particular games; each game sets its own.
Bonus multipliers, rested XP and event boosts are not modelled.

FAQs

Why do later levels take so much longer?

Requirements follow a power curve, which grows faster than a straight line: with an exponent of 1.5, level 40 costs (40 ÷ 10)^1.5 = 8 times what level 10 did.

Which preset matches my game?

Compare a known figure — the XP for a level you have already passed — and pick the closest curve. The presets are not tied to particular games, so check two or three levels rather than one.

Does it handle XP boosts?

Not directly. Divide the remaining XP by your multiplier: a 50% boost means you need about a third fewer runs.

Can I plan a grind with this?

Yes, that is the practical use. Divide the remaining XP by what one run gives, and you have the number of runs.

Why do late levels cost so much experience?

Because the cost of a level grows as a power of its number. On the standard curve level 20 costs 9,240 against 3,382 at level 10 — 2.73 times as much, for a number that only doubled.

How much experience does the whole climb take?

More than the last level suggests, because every level before it is added in. Reaching level 50 takes 122,500 on the arcade curve, 694,631 on the standard one and 2,229,215 on the hard one.

Worked example

Why late levels drag

Input: A curve with exponent 1.5

Output: Level 20 costs roughly three times what level 10 did

Note: Power-law curves are a pacing device: they stretch late progression without needing new content.

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