Gaining experience allows characters to gain levels. This is almost always considered a good thing.The amount of experience awarded by each monster varies with the difficulty level, the type of [[:Category:Monsters|monster]], the level of the character, how many characters are in the game, in the party, in the area, and various other factors.
=Experience For Non-partied Players=
==Characters Under Level 25== Characters receive 100% of the potential experience from a given monster if the character's level and the monster's level are within +/- 5 levels. The more levels above or below that range, the less experience awarded, by the following values: {|| width="50%" | mlvl| width="50%" | clvl exp|-| width="50%" | >10<br /> 10<br /> 9<br /> 8<br /> 7<br /> 6<br /> 1 to 5<br /> -5 to 0<br /> -6<br /> -7<br /> -8<br /> -9<br /> -10<br /> <-10| width="50%" | 5%<br /> 5%<br /> 15%<br /> 36%<br /> 68%<br /> 88%<br /> 100%<br /> 100%<br /> 81%<br /> 62%<br /> 43%<br /> 24%<br /> 5%<br /> 5%|} When the difference is above or below 10 levels, the experience gained is only 5% of the maximum. This feature is designed to keep players from leveling up on much weaker monsters, and to keep low level characters from gaining a ton of experience by partying with higher level characters and moving into levels they could never manage on their own. ==Characters Level 25-69== From level 25 to 69, 100% of experience is awarded for monsters within 5 levels of a character. Good experience can also be obtained from monsters higher than a character's level:* EXP*(Player Level / Monster Level).
If there is only a small level difference between Experience gains are penalized when the monster and yourself (monsters are more than 5 levels or less), you receive 100% of that monster's experience pointsbelow the character.
If the monster is between 5{|! width="50%" | lvl diff! width="50%" | exp%|-| width="50%" | 6<br /> 7<br /> 8<br /> 9<br /> 10<br /> >10 levels above or below you, you will receive between 100| width="50%" | 81%<br /> 62%<br /> 43%<br /> 24%<br /> 5 % and <br /> 5% experience points, receiving fewer experience points as the difference increases. This is the table used to adjust the experience gained:|}
mlvl-clvl exp % >As with characters below level 25, monsters more than 10 5 10 5 9 15 8 36 7 68 6 88 1 to 5 100 -5 to 0 100 -6 81 -7 62 -8 43 -9 24 -10 5 <-10 levels below a character's level are worth just 5% of their potential experience.
If the level difference is large (10 levels or more), you will only receive 5% of experience points for that monster.
==Characters Above Level 25-6970==
For any monster above your The same ratio of experience rewards applies to characters over level70. However, all experience gained past level 70 is subject to a penalty that increases with each additional level a character gains, you get EXPas shown in the following table.*Figures apply to v1.10+. (Player Level The level 90+ penalties were much less severe in v1.09 and earlier.)* These penalties are applied '''after '''the normal experience calculations based on clvl/ Monster Level).mlvl:
For monsters between {|! Level! Experience! Level! Experience! Level! Experience|-| 70| 95.31%| 80| 48.44%| 90| 5.96%|-| 71| 90.63%| 81| 43.75%| 91| 4.49%|-| 72| 85.94%| 82| 39.06%| 92| 3.42%|-| 73| 81.25%| 83| 34.38%| 93| 2.54%|-| 74| 76.56%| 84| 29.69%| 94| 1.95%|-| 75| 71.88%| 85| 25.00%| 95| 1.46%|-| 76| 67.19%| 86| 18.75%| 96| 1.07%|-| 77| 62.50%| 87| 14.06%| 97| 0.78%|-| 78| 57.81%| 88| 10 levels below you, you receive between 100.55% and 5| 98| 0.59%|-| 79| 53.13% experience| 89| 7.91%| 99| ---|}
lvl difference exp % 6 81 7 62 8 43 9 24 Leveling up past level 90 has become far more time-consuming since the v1.10 5 > 10 5patch. During v1.09, it was not difficult at all to rise from 90 to 99, and the fastest players reached level 99 in less than two days following some ladder resets in 2001 and 2002.
If the monster is more than 10 levels below your level, you receive 5% of the monster's experience points. =Experience In a Party=
Characters Above Level 70The total experience earned for killing a monster is increased by 35% when a party member of the killer is in the same named area, defined as the "level" on the Automap. Further divisions get complicated. To quote the game designers:
For any <blockquote>The total experience earned for killing a monster above is divided evenly among all party members. Each member's share of the experience is equal to the member's level divided by the sum of all members' levels. This Experience Share is then multiplied by another percentage, calculated on a sliding scale that is based on the difference between your character's level and the monster's level, regardless of whether you are in a party or not. The sliding scale only applies if the difference is between 5 and 10 levels. With a small difference (5 levels or less), you get EXP*receive 100% of your Experience Share. With a large difference (Player Level / Monster Level10 levels or more), you will receive 5% of your Experience Share. As a result, high-level characters receive only a small amount of experience for killing low-level monsters. Similarly, low-level characters only get a small amount of experience for killing high-level monsters. This is so that a low-level character running in a high-level party won't receive ridiculous amounts of experience fighting high-level monsters that only his party-mates can destroy.
For monsters between 5-10 levels below youFinally, you only those party members within 2 screens of the monster death receive between 100% and 5% experience.</blockquote>
lvl difference exp %
6 81
7 62
8 43
9 24
10 5
> 10 5
If the monster is more than 10 levels below your level, you receive 5% of the monster's experience points.=Experience Loss In Nightmare and Hell Difficulty=
After In Nightmare and Hell difficulties, non-[[hardcore]] characters lose experience each time they die. The experience lost is calculatedbased on the amount of experience required to reach the next level, and the following penalties will applypenalty is 5% in Nightmare and 10% in Hell. For example * There is no experience loss from deaths on normal difficulty.* It is not possible to drop down a level 70 character only receives 95.31% of the from experienceloss.
Level Experience Level Experience Level Experience 70 95.31For example, if a character needed to gain 100,000 experience to move from one level to the next, and died on Hell difficulty, the experience loss would be 10% 80 48.44% 90 5.96% 71 90.63% 81 43of 100,000, or 10,000 exp.If that character restarts in town and manages to return to his/her corpse and fully loot it, the experience loss is reduced by 75% 91 4.49% 72 85.94% 82 39.06% 92 3.42% 73 81.25% 83 34.38% 93 This would cut the 10,000 loss from the example given to just 2,500 exp.54% 74 76.56% 84 29.69% 94 1.95% 75 71.88% 85 25.00% 95 1.46% 76 67.19% 86 18If a character leaves the game and doesn't recover their corpse until the next game, the full experience penalty remains in effect permanently.75% 96 1.07% 77 62.50% 87 14.06% 97 0.78% 78 57.81% 88 10.55% 98 0.59% 79 53.13% 89 7.91%
As you can seeExperience is lost for each and every death, high-level characters receive only so it's not a small amount wise strategy, in terms of experience for killing low-level monsters. Similarlyloss, low-level characters only get a small amount of experience for killing high-level monstersto die multiple times trying to recover your first corpse.
What happens when two neutral players attack the same monster?
Whichever player makes the killing blow will get the experience.
=Monster Experience In a PartyThe total experience earned for killing a monster is increased by 35% when a party member of the killer is in the same named area, defined as the "level" on the Automap. Then the pool is divided as explained below:Multiplayer Games=
The total experience earned for killing a monster is divided evenly among all party members. Each member's share of the Monsters are worth more experience is equal to the member's level divided by the sum of all members' levels. This Experience Share is then multiplied by another percentage, calculated on a sliding scale that is based on the difference between your character's level and have more hit points when more players are in the monster's levelgame, regardless of whether you or when larger games are in a party or notsimulated by single players using the [[Player_Settings#The_Players_X_Command|/players X command]]. The sliding scale only applies if See the difference is between 5 and 10 levels. With a small difference (5 levels or less), you receive 100% of your [[Player_Settings#Experience Share. With a large difference (10 levels or |Player Settings page]] for much more), you will receive 5% of your Experience Share. As a result, high-level characters receive only a small amount of experience for killing low-level monsters. Similarly, low-level characters only get a small amount of experience for killing high-level monsters. This is so that a low-level character running in a high-level party won't receive ridiculous amounts of experience fighting high-level monsters that only his party-mates can destroydetail on these topics.
FinallyThe following formulas are used to scale up monster hit points and experience values. Monster hit points and experience value increase identically in v1.10+. For example, only those party members within 2 screens of the monster death receive monsters are have 450% more hit points and are worth 450% more experiencein an 8 player game.
Do you get any extra or bonus * '''1.00-1.08:''' Experience = X * (2n + 1) / 3* '''1.09:''' see list below* '''1.10+:''' Experience = X * (n + 1) / 2** X = base experience for being ** n = # of players in a party?Yes.the game
Experience Loss In Nightmare and Hell Difficulty{|In Nightmare and Hell difficulties, you lose experience each time you die!Player setting!XP 1. However, you will never lose a level08!XP 1.09!XP 1. Your experience loss (5% in Nightmare, and 10% in Hell) is applied to the difference in experience points between your current level and the next level. For example, If you reached level X with 1,000,000 experience and you would reach level X+|-|1 at |100%|100%|100%|-|2,000,000 experience, then the penalty is |167%|175%|150%|-|3|233%|250%|200%|-|4|300%|325%|250%|-|5|367%|375%|300%|-|6|433%|400%|350%|-|7|500% or 10|425%|400% of (2,000,000 |- 1,000,000): 5|8|567%|450% or 10|450% of 1,000,000 points.||}
You can regain some experience in Nightmare and Hell Difficulty by recovering your corpse
In Nightmare and Hell difficulty settings, whenever your character dies, he or she suffers a loss of gold and experience points. In games of Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, if you recover your corpse at the location of its demise, you can regain 75% of the experience points you lost. If, however, you choose to 'Save and Exit' out of your current game in order to restart and recover your body in town, you will not regain any of your lost experience.
Do you get any experience for killing monsters that were resurrected by other monsters?No. You only get experience from killing a monster the first time.=Miscellaneous Exp Info=
Do Hirelings Monsters resurrected by shamans (Fallen, Mummies, and Minions steal your Fetishes) are not worth experience?Noand will not drop items. You don't lose any experience for using Hirelings. In fact, you gain experience, because the experience points from their kills They are added only valuable to your own experience point totalskill once.
Monster Experience In Multiplayer GamesMonsters' produced by monster generators (Foul Crows, Zombies, and Imps) are worth experience value and Hit Points will change with the number of players in the game. When more people join a game, the monsters become harderbut very little, and as they leave the game, the monsters become easierdo not drop items. For the ultimate challenge, fight solo against monsters on Hell difficulty in an 8-player game. In multiplayer, when a monster is createdThe generators themselves are worth good experience, its Hit Points are multiplied by the number of players in the game: (Life = Hit Points * (Number of Players + 1) / 2)though. The monster's base experience value is determined by the following formula:
Experience = X * (n + 1) / 2Reanimated horde zombies are worth full experience and may drop items when they resurrect themselves. Each kill counts for the full amount.
X = base Monsters killed by a character's mercenary or minions are worth full experiencen = # of players in . Monsters killed by each other, via Convert, Confuse, or other skills, award their experience to the character who cast the gamespell on them.
Upping If two unpartied characters attack the Party Members in Single Player and TCP/IPTyping "/players X"same monster, where X is a number between the current number of players and the maximum (8), in the message box will set character who strikes the effective number of players in killing blow gains the game (in single player, open Battlefull experience.net It's always better to party up and TCP/IP games only). This will increase the Monster Lifecooperate, Experience, and Item Drops. If this command sets the number of players higher than the current amount of players in the game, the added amount of players will be considered to be just in the game, and not part terms of your partyexperience gains.
