Leveling Up in ARK: Survival Evolved

Each time you gain a certain amount of experience, you level up in ARK: Survival Evolved

Overview[edit]

When you level up your character becomes stronger, and you also gain Engram Points and can unlock additional engrams such as new Saddles

Level-up message[edit]

When you level up, you get the following message in green on your UI:

"Level up is available, access inventory to apply it"

Level Cap[edit]

As of December 2017, the Level Cap for players is set to lvl 100.

Level Calculator[edit]

See chart below for XP needed to level up, how many Engram points you gain in each level, and the total experience and Engram Points you end up with. Use it to calculate how far you are towards achieving your leveling goals:

Level Experience Engram Points XP (Cumulative) EP (Cumulative)
1 0 0 0 0
2 5 8 5 8
3 15 8 20 16
4 20 8 40 24
5 30 8 70 32
6 50 8 120 40
7 70 8 190 48
8 80 8 270 56
9 90 8 360 64
10 90 12 450 76
11 100 12 550 88
12 110 12 660 100
13 120 12 780 112
14 130 12 910 124
15 140 12 1050 136
16 150 12 1200 148
17 160 12 1360 160
18 170 12 1530 172
19 180 12 1710 184
20 190 16 1900 200
21 200 16 2100 216
22 210 16 2310 232
23 220 16 2530 248
24 230 16 2760 264
25 240 16 3000 280
26 250 16 3250 296
27 260 16 3510 312
28 270 16 3780 328
29 280 16 4060 344
30 290 20 4350 364
31 300 20 4650 384
32 310 20 4960 404
33 320 20 5280 424
34 330 20 5610 444
35 340 20 5950 464
36 350 20 6300 484
37 360 20 6660 504
38 370 20 7030 524
39 380 20 7410 544
40 390 24 7800 568
41 400 24 8200 592
42 410 24 8610 616
43 420 24 9030 640
44 430 24 9460 664
45 440 24 9900 688
46 450 24 10350 712
47 460 24 10810 736
48 470 24 11280 760
49 480 24 11760 784
50 490 28 12250 812
51 500 28 12750 840
52 510 28 13260 868
53 520 28 13780 896
54 530 28 14310 924
55 540 28 14850 952
56 550 28 15400 980
57 560 28 15960 1008
58 570 28 16530 1036
59 580 28 17110 1064
60 590 40 17700 1104
61 1150 40 18850 1144
62 2228 40 21078 1184
63 1370 40 22448 1224
64 1460 40 23908 1264
65 1554 40 25462 1304
66 2036 40 27498 1344
67 2750 40 30248 1384
68 4538 40 34786 1424
69 5218 40 40004 1464
70 6800 40 46804 1504
71 7957 40 54761 1544
72 ??? ??? ??? ???
73 ??? ??? ??? ???
74 ??? ??? ??? ???

Leveling Up Tips[edit]

  • The ABCs: Always be collecting/crafting. When travelling on foot, always collect plants or rocks. It adds up! Taking a break? Craft a ton of easy items while you're afk.
  • Craft easy stuff like notes and hats
  • Craft in groups with tribemates for Tribe XP
  • Narcotics and Killing
  • Caves
  • Narco Arrows
  • Craft X placeable objects, place them, destroy them, reclaim materials, craft X/2 placeable objects.