The level progression described here is the advancement of a player character based solely on character level, which has a prerequisite number of experience points (XP). This advancement includes ability increases, additional general feats, and the maximum skill ranks, with a lower upper limit for cross-class skills. This does not include bonus feats, as those depend on factors other than character level.
| Level | Required XP |
Max skill rank |
Cross-class max |
General feats |
Ability increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1st | |
| 2 | 1,000 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3,000 | 6 | 3 | 2nd | |
| 4 | 6,000 | 7 | 3 | 1st | |
| 5 | 10,000 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 15,000 | 9 | 4 | 3rd | |
| 7 | 21,000 | 10 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 28,000 | 11 | 5 | 2nd | |
| 9 | 36,000 | 12 | 6 | 4th | |
| 10 | 45,000 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 55,000 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 66,000 | 15 | 7 | 5th | 3rd |
| 13 | 78,000 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 91,000 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 105,000 | 18 | 9 | 6th | |
| 16 | 120,000 | 19 | 9 | 4th | |
| 17 | 136,000 | 20 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 153,000 | 21 | 10 | 7th | |
| 19 | 171,000 | 22 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 190,000 | 23 | 11 | 5th |
Epic progression[]
After character level 20, the base attack and base save advancements become based on character level, rather than class levels. For these, the "epic bonus" is added to whatever was obtained (on the basis of class) at level 20.
| Level | Required XP |
Epic save bonus |
Epic attack bonus |
Max skill rank |
Cross-class max |
General feats |
Ability increases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 210,000 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 8th | |
| 22 | 231,000 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 253,000 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 276,000 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 9th | 6th |
| 25 | 300,000 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 14 | ||
| 26 | 325,000 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | ||
| 27 | 351,000 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 10th | |
| 28 | 378,000 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 7th | |
| 29 | 406,000 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 16 | ||
| 30 | 435,000 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 11th | |
| 31 | 465,000 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 17 | ||
| 32 | 496,000 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 17 | 8th | |
| 33 | 528,000 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 18 | 12th | |
| 34 | 561,000 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 18 | ||
| 35 | 595,000 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 19 | ||
| 36 | 630,000 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 19 | 13th | 9th |
| 37 | 666,000 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 20 | ||
| 38 | 703,000 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 20 | ||
| 39 | 741,000 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 14th | |
| 40 | 780,000 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 10th |