Alpha:Level

2010-11-25T22:16:50Z

MattyEs: Formula for monsters' base attack stats was incorrect. Created new formula and simplified it.

Every denizen of the [[dungeon]] in Desktop Dungeons, including the player and dungeon [[monsters]], has a level represented by the small number in its lower-right corner. A units level is a rough indication of its strength relative to the player and other monsters. Levels range from 1 through to 10, with strength increasing roughly linearly up to 9. Level 10 enemies are [[bosses]].

== Player Levels ==

The player starts at level 1, with a base HP of 10, and base Damage of 5. The player character gains 5 base damage and 10 base HP for every additional level.

== Enemy levels ==

The base stats for [[Monsters|basic enemies]] as they level up are as follows:
*Base health is ''(n + 3)^2 - 10'' where ''n'' is the monster's level.
*Base attack is ''(n^2 / 2) + (5 × n / 2)'' where ''n'' is the monster's level.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Level
!Base Attack
!Base Health
|-
| 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 || 7 || 15
|-
| 3 || 12 || 26
|-
| 4 || 18 || 39
|-
| 5 || 25 || 54
|-
| 6 || 33 || 71
|-
| 7 || 42 || 90
|-
| 8 || 52 || 111
|-
| 9 || 63 || 134
|}

Different enemies will have different percentages of these base stats. [[Bosses]] have entirely different stat ratios to their lower level counterparts. Furthermore, Enemy Attack and Health stats before your first 'win' are dropped to 80% of normal, while Ranked games have the Attack and Health stats increased to 120% of normal.

== Gaining Levels and Bonus Experience ==

The player character has the ability to increase his level by gaining experience. Experience is gained by defeating monsters in [[combat]]. Unless modified by [[classes|class]], [[races|race]], [[gods|deity]] or [[items|item]] bonuses, experience is gained as follows:
*Experience equal to the defeated monster's level
*Bonus experience for monsters of a higher level to the player, calculated as:
:''n × (n + 1)'' where ''n'' is the difference between the player's level and the monster's level.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!Difference between levels
!Bonus experience
|-
| 0 || 0
|-
| 1 || 2
|-
| 2 || 6
|-
| 3 || 12
|-
| 4 || 20
|-
| 5 || 30
|-
| 6 || 42
|-
| 7 || 56
|-
| 8 || 72
|-
| 9 || 90
|}
*The player character gains 5 base damage and 10 base HP for every level achieved.

== Required experience per level ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
!To reach level
!Experience required
!Total required
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || 5 || 5
|-
| 3 || 10 || 15
|-
| 4 || 15 || 30
|-
| 5 || 20 || 50
|-
| 6 || 25 || 75
|-
| 7 || 30 || 105
|-
| 8 || 35 || 140
|-
| 9 || 40 || 180
|-
| 10 || 45 || 225
|}

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