You'll find some of the best options available ingame per section ; while not fully exhaustive, this guide should already cover your common needs in levelling. Please note that some professions (like Bureaucrat's Ofab/Tier or Adventurer's guns, etc) but we won't mention them all here as they are way too specific.
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Buffs
_ Only one of the following can be active at one time :
Combat Nano Can: 50% Premium Experience Boost (from player shop / GMI) Union Blessing: 35% Clan only (received by following
Unionist Foreman
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in 4Holes for a few minutes) Union Buster: 35% Omni only (received by killing
Unionist Foreman
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, level 300 so bring forces !) Baton of Command: 19% buff (best rollable Bureaucrat nano available ingame) Learning by Doing: 19% buff (from a sloob Adventurer who has done Scheol Scientists Quest) Help From a Friend: 11% gives target XP buff, not yourself (obtained in Arete Landing chapter 18) Relaxed State: 11% from staying in the AI sauna building a few minutes (check AI City Building guide about it)
_ These XP buffs also stack with one of the above :
Coalescing Energy Cascade: 2% (check The Gauntlet guide for which NPC to meet depending on if you're Clan or Omni) Arbiter’s Blessing: 20% buff (received when accepting an Arbitration Drone mission in ICC missions and refreshed once completed) but only active in Subway/Totw/Inner Sanctum ! Blessed by the Spirits: from 1% to 241% XP for 3 minutes (received from a “Shadow Rift of the Spirits” inside RK missions)
Note : you may obtain this buff also from using Gnuff's Eternal Rift Crystal obtained inside the abandonned PVP dungeon Will to Fight.
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Feet
Support Crepuscule Boots: 1% from QL 151 or over (can be assembled as explained in the Crepuscule Leather guide) Sandals of Cognizance: 1% fr Omni only - classic Sandals fashion kit, XP bonus doesn’t show up on item card, but it does boost it (check Maria's Fashion guide)
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Rings
AI XP Rings: 4% boost (check AI buff rings guide for how to assemble) SL portal Rings: 1% upto 7% (usually obtained directly from Ergo or his trial quests : Insipid, Caliginous, Achromic, Rimy, Sanguine, Pure Novictum) Phizzle's Black Ring: 1% upto 10% x2 slots (rare drop from SL mobs and dynas) QL 1 to 200 IQ rings: 1% upto 7% x2 slots (usually drops from RK mission chests or bosses + outside dynas)
Note : 1%=QL1-17 / 2%=QL18-50 / 3%=QL51-83 / 4%=QL84-117 / 5%=QL118-151 / 6%=QL152-183 / 7%=QL184-200
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Back
Spirit Shroud of the Support Unit: 1% out of this quite rare back from Scourges mobs in Penumbra Charred Abaddon Chassis: 2% boost for Soldier (dropping in Inner Sanctuum froobable dungeon) Cultist Outfit: 3% part (obtained by doing Adonis Dark Ruins Solo quest) The Brute Suit/Nano Armor Exosuit/Dockworker Overalls: 1% obtained during the Arete Landing main quest ; you will walk past “Desmond Calitri” in his shack, do his side quest for these items Cloak of the Reanimated: 3% boost (done by upgrading Reanimator's Cloak) Verdant Enigma Cloak of The Independant Rubikans: 1% for MetaPhysicists only ; done via Fashion Kit - Verdant Cloak (explained in Maria's Fashion guide)
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Shoulder
Icy Shoulderpads: 1% from most shoulder parts you get in Penumbra's Alappa dungeon tradeskills SSC "Bastion" Right Shoulder: 1% upto 3% from this 200+ dungeon tradeskillable element (check The Gauntlet)
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Chest
SSC "Bastion" Back Armor: 1% upto 3% from this high level encounter piece (see The Gauntlet for reference) Predator Armor Vest: 1% piece often dropping from Adonis Predator bosses Omni Special Issue Grey Jacket/Blouse: 1% buffer (obtained by OT Tailor mission)
Note : you can delete the quest and retake it if the reward was some other armor piece than chest armor.
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Neck
Soltoyz Intimate Helper: 3% for level 40+ (you can buy anywhere from Fair Trade shop) Stripped Merit Board: 5% (drops 50% of times from Entvined General 1520 794 in Arete, lesser chances from surrounding mobs) Token boards: 3% upto 15% depending on Tokens and Upgrades (farm tokens with dailies/guns/RK/SL missions, then upgrade in LOX and POH)
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Implants
QL 100 XP implants: 12% in total (Jobe clusters : shiny Ear, bright Feet, shaded Legs ; see Implants Creation)
Note : buy them from implant shop or create them by tradeskill window, so they don't level over 100, that way level 50-99 characters still can equip them ! On higher levels you can use upto QL 300 Jobe Refined or even Symbiants.
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Head
Spirit Ring of Self-Education: 1% upto 3% by right-clicking to QL 100 (drops from most bosses in
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near Archible) Sunglasses of Syncopated Heartbeats: 1% helmet (drop during Halloween fom Uncle Pumpkin)
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Weapon
Reflex Pistol: 1% gun for Adventurers only (random drop from any of the Escaped Prisoners in Mily Way) Nophex Plasma Destroyer: 2% rifle for Soldiers only (possible drop from Notum Soldier and his placeholders) JAME Weapons: 1% upto 2% buff for Assault Rifle users (may drop all around across Adonis mobs and bosses) Perennium Weapons: 2% buff for ranged professions as Fixer/Agent/Soldier (check Perennium Weapons guide) Revoked Pistols: drops in Crypt of Home for Bureaucrats only, various XP percent and QL across dimensions (low in RK5, high in RK19) Immortal Katana: 2% boost (looted in Cyborg Barracks from Commander Jocasta) MTI B-94 QL 12/22/42/62: 1%/2%/3%/4% x2 (bought from the “basic weapon merchant” NPC
Note : you may kill the NPC until he has it in stock, there are 2 of them in Borealis and 1 in ICC ; make sure to also get some implants & portable surgery clinic so you can equip the pistols while being power leveled, without having to spend ips
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Sleeves
Tattoos: 1% upto 7% but only for Shades (can obtain Clan Anarchist Syndicate Arm via Maria's Fashion or Sharl's Cybernetic Penumbra's Civilization quest) Unbecoming Sleeves of Ljotur: 1% x2 (randomly drops from Ljotur the Lunatic) Dustbrigade Commander Sleeves: 1% x2 (drops from Kronillis, one of the Dust Brigade Generals)
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Utils/NCUs
Aim of Libra: 1% for level 175+, drops from Libra (check the raid guide for Pandemonium Zods) Viral Memory Storage Unit (XP): 2% may drop from bosses of the APF sector 7 Wen-Wen Observer: 5% which drops from the bosses in the nomad instance during the birthday event (Nomad content)
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Perks
General boost: 5% upto 22% from Training Seminar (1 to 4 depending on level) Professional boost: Lost Eden finished research can bring 1% for Bureaucrat (Professional Development level 1) and 2% for Shade (Malicious Forethought level 2) Team boost: from a sloob Bureaucrat 75% to 100%
Note : bring many mobs low HP then finish them all at once with AOE damage (e.g. Nanotech's nuke) to maximize XP gain for whole team.
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Misc
Daily missions: Extraction/Contingent spy ; you can re-enter the building to make all mobs respawn instantly. Mass XP: in some spots of RK/SL (e.g. : Elysium) you may stack a lot of XP mobs (e.g. : Hecklers) and have a Nanotechnician AOE nuke them all ; an outside tank might be needed to protect nuker ...
Last updated on 11.30.2023 by Cariadast
Completed by Bitnykk based on infos posted by Orochi @ forums.funcom.com/t/guide-xp-bonus/90277
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