In ARK: Survival Evolved , you gain experience for a number of actions including, but not limited to crafting, harvesting, and killing dinos.
If you are a part of a Tribe (clan), Tribal Experience is earned when you are within 100 meters of another tribe member that earns experience (as verified by tracker). The Tribal Experience amount is 50% of the amount earned by the originator.
For example: if one tribe member crafts a widget that earns 100 XP, nearby tribe members will earn 50 XP.
Tamed dinosaurs also get a "drip" of 0.66 XP per minute (1 XP per 90 seconds), when a human is logged in and within range. However, tamed dinos do not receive any Tribal Experience from crafting as a fellow tribemember would (Unless that tribemember is sitting on a rideable dino when you are crafting items).
XP is used to level your character or creatures, which makes them stronger. Tips on how to level fast can be found on Leveling .
Experience for Item Crafting [ ]
XP for Harvesting Resources [ ]
XP for Killing Dinosaurs [ ]
This XP chart is for all dinos at level 1. XP gain increases by 10% of this base value for each extra level. So the formula is: BaseXP + BaseXP x 0.1 x (Level - 1)
A general XP multiplier can be found by the following formula:
BaseXP × (1 + 0.1 × (Level - 1))
Example of a few levels would be:
XP Multiplier
Level
BaseXP × 1.0
1
BaseXP × 1.4
5
BaseXP × 3.0
21
BaseXP × 6.0
51
BaseXP × 11.0
101
BaseXP × 16.0
151
E.g. Base value is 4, so 10% is 0.4; XP for Level 1 is 4; for Level 2 is 4 + 0.4 = 4.4; for Level 3 is 4 + 0.8 = 4.8
Creature Experience
Achatina 8
Acrocanthosaurus 140
Allosaurus 72
Allosaurus 72
Alpha Basilisk 3,200
Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern ?
Alpha Carnotaurus 1,840
Alpha Deathworm 60,000
Alpha Fire Wyvern 6,000
Alpha Karkinos 3,400
Alpha Leedsichthys 6,000
Alpha Megalodon 3,120
Alpha Mosasaur 6,400
Alpha Raptor 1,060
Alpha Surface Reaper King ?
Alpha T-Rex 3,540
Alpha Tusoteuthis 8,800
Alpha X-Triceratops ?
Amargasaurus ?
Ammonite 4
Andrewsarchus ?
Anglerfish 32
Ankylosaurus 24
Araneo 8
Archaeopteryx 2
Argentavis 28
Argentustus 14
Arthropluera 16
Astrocetus ?
Astrodelphis 12
Attack Drone 0
Aurochs ?
Baryonyx 20
Basilisk 16
Basilisk Ghost 16
Basilosaurus 60
Beelzebufo 8
Beelzemorbus 4
Blood Crystal Wyvern ?
Bloodstalker ?
Bone Fire Wyvern 6,000
Brontosaurus 88
Broodgenetrix 16
Broodmother Lysrix 32
Brute Araneo ?
Brute Astrocetus ?
Brute Basilosaurus ?
Brute Bloodstalker ?
Brute Ferox ?
Brute Fire Wyvern ?
Brute Leedsichthys ?
Brute Magmasaur ?
Brute Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus ?
Brute Malfunctioned Tek Rex ?
Brute Mammoth ?
Brute Megaloceros ?
Brute Plesiosaur ?
Brute Reaper King ?
Brute Sarco ?
Brute Seeker ?
Brute Tusoteuthis ?
Brute X-Allosaurus ?
Brute X-Megalodon ?
Brute X-Mosasaurus ?
Brute X-Raptor ?
Brute X-Rex ?
Brute X-Rock Elemental ?
Brute X-Spino ?
Brute X-Yutyrannus ?
Bulbdog 8
Bulbdog Ghost 8
Bunny Dodo 2
Bunny Oviraptor 8
Carbonemys 8
Carcharodontosaurus ?
Carnotaurus 72
Castoroides 16
Chalicotherium 24
Chalk Golem 200
Cnidaria 4
Coelacanth 2
Compy 2
Crystal Wyvern ?
Crystal Wyvern Queen ?
Cubozoa Multis 2
Daeodon 20
Deathworm 12,000
Defense Unit 0
Deinonychus 12
Desert Titan 8
Desert Titan Flock 8
Desmodus 20
Dilophosaur 4
Dimetrodon 16
Dimorphodon 8
Dinopithecus ?
Diplocaulus 8
Diplodocus 24
Dire Bear 16
Dire Polar Bear 16
Direwolf 24
Direwolf Ghost 24
Diseased Leech 4
Dodo 2
Dodo Wyvern 480
Dodobitus 1
DodoRex 120
Doedicurus 28
Doedicurus Vastus 14
Dragon 12,000
Dung Beetle 8
Dunkleosteus 48
Eel Minion ?
Electrophorus 32
Elemental Reaper King ?
Ember Crystal Wyvern ?
Enforcer 8
Enraged Corrupted Rex 2,400
Enraged Triceratops 1,800
Equus 4
Eurypterid 4
Exo-Mek ?
Experimental Giganotosaurus ?
Featherlight 8
Fenrir ?
Ferox ?
Fire Wyvern 480
Fjordhawk ?
Forest Titan 0
Forest Wyvern 480
Gacha 8
GachaClaus 8
Gallimimus 4
Gasbags 8
Giant Bee 4
File:Giant Monarch Butterfly.png Giant Monarch Butterfly ?
Giant Queen Bee 4
Giant Worker Bee ?
Giganotosaurus 800
Gigantopithecus 80
Glowbug 4
Glowtail 8
Golden Striped Brute Megalodon ?
Golden Striped Megalodon ?
Griffin 12
Gula Beetle 4
Hesperornis 2
Human 0
Hyaenodon 72
Ice Golem 200
Ice Titan 8
Ice Wyvern 480
Iceworm Male 400
Iceworm Queen 60,000
Ichthyornis 12
Ichthyosaurus 16
Iguanodon 4
Injured Brute Reaper King ?
Insect Swarm ?
Jerboa 2
Jug Bug 4
Kairuku 2
Kaprosuchus 20
Karkinos 24
Kentrosaurus 20
King Titan 8
Lamprey 0
Lava Elemental 200
Leech 4
Leedsichthys 60
Lightning Wyvern 480
Liopleurodon 48
Lymantria 12
Lystrosaurus 2
Macro-Summoner 8
Macrophage 8
Maewing 8
Magmasaur 480
Mammoth 32
Managarmr 72
Manta 16
Manticore 12,000
Mantis 8
Mantis Ghost 8
Mega Mek 8
Megacerops ?
Megachelon ?
Megalania 8
Megaloceros 16
Megalodon 48
Megalosaurus 100
Meganeura 12
Megapithecus 12,000
Megapithecus Pestis 6,000
Megatherium 16
Mek 8
Mesopithecus 8
Microraptor 4
Moeder, Master of the Ocean ?
Morellatops 16
Mosasaurus 60
Moschops 24
Nameless 0
Noctis 2
Noglin 2
Obsidioequus 12
Oil Jug Bug 4
Onyc 12
Otter 16
Overseer 0
Oviraptor 8
Ovis 4
Pachy 8
Pachyrhinosaurus 16
Paraceratherium 48
Parakeet Fish School ?
Parasaur 4
Party Dodo 2
Pegomastax 2
Pelagornis 12
Phiomia 4
Phoenix 12
Piranha 4
Plesiosaur 60
Poison Wyvern 480
Polar Bear 16
Polar Purlovia 24
Procoptodon 8
Pteranodon 12
Pteranodon 12
Pulmonoscorpius 24
Purlovia 24
Quetzal 72
R-Allosaurus 72
R-Brontosaurus 88
R-Carbonemys 8
R-Carnotaurus 72
R-Daeodon 20
R-Dilophosaur 4
R-Direwolf 24
R-Equus 4
R-Gasbags 8
R-Giganotosaurus 800
R-Megatherium 16
R-Parasaur 4
R-Procoptodon 8
R-Quetzal 72
R-Reaper King 0
R-Reaper Queen 0
R-Snow Owl 8
R-Thylacoleo 20
R-Velonasaur 4
Raptor 12
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon 2
Ravager 24
Reaper 0
Reaper King 0
Reaper Prince 0
Reaper Queen 0
Rex 120
Rex Ghost 120
Rock Drake 8
Rock Elemental 200
Rockwell 12,000
Rockwell Node 8
Rockwell Prime 8
Roll Rat 28
Royal Griffin 12
Rubble Golem 200
Sabertooth 20
Sabertooth Salmon 2
Sarco 20
Scout 12
Seeker 12
Shadowmane 20
Shinehorn 8
Sinomacrops ?
Snow Owl 8
Snow Owl Ghost 8
Spino 240
Spirit Dire Bear 16
Spirit Direwolf 24
Stegosaurus 20
Subterranean Reaper King ?
Summoner 8
Super Turkey 2
Surface Reaper King ?
Surface Reaper King Ghost ?
Tapejara 12
Terror Bird 16
Therizinosaur 72
Thorny Dragon 24
Thylacoleo 20
Titanoboa 16
Titanomyrma 4
Titanomyrma Drone 4
Titanomyrma Soldier 4
Titanosaur 80,000
Triceratops 16
Trilobite 4
Troodon 4
Tropeognathus ?
Tropical Crystal Wyvern ?
Tusoteuthis 400
Unicorn 4
Velonasaur 4
Voidwyrm 480
VR Allosaurus 72
VR Araneo 8
VR Argentavis 28
VR Astrodelphis 12
VR Bloodstalker ?
VR Carnotaurus 72
VR Chalicotherium 24
VR Dilophosaur 4
VR Dimorphodon 8
VR Enforcer 8
VR Ferox ?
VR Kaprosuchus 20
VR Karkinos 24
VR Lymantria 12
VR Mantis 8
VR Megalania 8
VR Megatherium 16
VR Onyc 12
VR Pachy 8
VR Parasaur 4
VR Pulmonoscorpius 24
VR Raptor 12
VR Ravager 24
VR Rex 120
VR Shadowmane 20
VR Stegosaurus 20
VR Tapejara 12
VR Terror Bird 16
VR Titanoboa 16
VR Triceratops 16
VR Velonasaur 4
Vulture 12
Water Jug Bug 4
Woolly Rhino 16
Wyvern 480
Yeti 80
Yutyrannus 120
Zombie Fire Wyvern 480
Zombie Lightning Wyvern 480
Zombie Poison Wyvern 480
Zombie Wyvern 480
Zomdodo 2
Size modifiers on the Coelacanths and Sabertooth Salmons do not affect the amount of XP they give.