MapleStory/EXP and Pet Closeness

EXP to next level specifies how much more EXP is required to reach the next level. To calculate the Total EXP earned so far for a level, add the Total EXP earned so far value of the previous level and the EXP to level value of the previous level. For example, to calculate level 3's Total EXP earned so far (49), add both level 2's Total EXP earned so far (15) and EXP to next level (34) values.

Level 15~29, 35~39: EXP required from previous level ×1.2
Level 40~59: EXP required from previous level ×1.08
Level 65~74: EXP required from previous level ×1.075
Level 75~89: EXP required from previous level ×1.07
Level 90~99, 105~139: EXP required from previous level ×1.065
Level 140~179: EXP required from previous level ×1.0625
Level 180~199: EXP required from previous level ×1.06
Level 200: 2,207,026,470 EXP needed to level up
Level 201~209: EXP required from previous level ×1.12
Level 210: EXP required from previous level ×2.75
Level 211~219: EXP required from previous level ×1.08
Level 220: 84,838,062,013 EXP needed to level up
Level 221~229: EXP required from previous level ×1.04
Level 230: EXP required from previous level ×2.04
Level 231~239: EXP required from previous level ×1.02
Level 240: EXP required from previous level ×2.02
Level 241~249: EXP required from previous level ×1.01
Level 250: EXP required from previous level ×2.02
Level 251~259: EXP required from previous level ×1.01
Level 260: EXP required from previous level ×2.02
Level 261~269: EXP required from previous level ×1.01
Level 270: EXP required from previous level ×2.02
Level 271~274: EXP required from previous level ×1.01
Level 275: Max Level reached, well done!
- Note: Round the results down to the nearest ones for each level before multiplying.

The data below is up to date for the Black Patch, including the following patch that contains Level 275 expansion.

EXP Chart History

The EXP tables have undergone several revisions over the years, as Nexon has attempted to speed up the leveling process overall and for different groups of levels.

There was the initial table with the maximum level at 200 and the total EXP needed was 38,703,363,662 while the strongest monster Skelosaurus gave 4,500 EXP each at 1x EXP rate.
In the Time Temple and Pink Bean Boss release patch, EXP needed for Level 10~30 was cut by 33% and Level 31~199 was cut by 20%. Total EXP needed to reach level 200 from level 1 is 30,950,360,817.
In the Big Bang patch, there was a revision that reduces the overall EXP to get from Level 1 to 200 by 37.58%. Specifically, the total EXP was adjusted differently as such (it does not mean each individual level gets reduced by the same %):
- Getting from Level 10 to 30: Reduced by 68.76%
- Getting from Level 30 to 70: Reduced by 75.42%
- Getting from Level 70 to 120: Reduced by 63.11%
- Getting from Level 120 to 200: Reduced by 37.21%
In the Legends patch, the new concept called Link Skills were added, which basically forces everyone to train the new jobs that was released to gain additional benefit to their main character. All new jobs released has a link skill.
In the Justice patch, another new system called Character Cards was added, so players will need to train a total of 6 characters to Level 200 (max level) for maximum effect.
Tempest patch altered the levels that applied to third and fourth jobs, so the EXP was adjusted minorly so that Level 60~64 and Level 100~104 will have a constant EXP requirement instead. Other levels were also adjusted slightly due to rounding.
In the Unlimited patch, Character Cards was modified to allow 3 more characters up to Level 200 but disallowed duplicate jobs. (Total 9 characters Level 200 for full effect)
The Level cap was then raised during the Cygnus Returns patch, for the first time in 10 years, from 200 to 250. Existing EXP for below Level 200 remained the same.
With the introduction of the 5th Job Advancement during the V Patch, since it requires Level 200 to start the Job Advancement, the EXP curve is once again reduced for up till Level 200. The total EXP was adjusted by 29.58%.
In the Beyond patch, Character Cards were replaced by Legion, which basically requested 40 Level 250 characters for absolute maximum effect. As it is just downright impossible, majority of the endgame players settled for 40 Level 200 characters, which is classified in the same tier of ranks as 40 Level 250 characters (Grand Master Union).
In the Black Patch, as people gather up to take down the Black Mage, the total EXP needed to get from Level 200 to 220 was reduced by 24.7544%. Specifically, the total EXP needed was adjusted differently as such (it does not mean each individual level gets reduced by the same %):
- Getting from Level 200 to 205: Reduced by 14.6306%
- Getting from Level 205 to 210: Reduced by 39.5375%
- Getting from Level 210 to 215: Reduced by 27.4463%
- Getting from Level 215 to 220: Reduced by 20.3384%
- For the purposes of Level 3 Link Skills: Total EXP needed to get from Level 200 to 210 was reduced by 32.3974%
- For the purposes of Legion: Total EXP needed to get from Level 200 to 212 was reduced by 31.1011%, from Level 200 to 213, total EXP reduced by 30.3991%
- For specific changes, you can view it here. (Credits to Grey of Southperry)
In the patch after the Black Patch, the maximum level was raised from 250 to 275. Existing EXP for previous levels remain unchanged.

Final evaluation points

While levelling has been made much easier, players are now also expected to make multiple characters (up to as many as 40) so that they can benefit from Link Skills and Legion, as shown by the bolded points above to how demands have grown (6 --> 9 --> 40). Instead of training 1 character, now players will have to train 40 characters, even though training speed has been improved drastically (compared to the beginning).
While link skills only require up to Level 120 for the full effect (Level 210 for an enhanced effect for some skills) for up to around 20 characters at max depending on individual needs, Legion expects 40 Level 200 characters (level sum of 8,000) to be able to almost fully utilise the system (Legion Rank will be at Grand Master Union 1), whereas Level 200 used to be the maximum level. Even for a subpar effect, it still expects 40 Level 150 characters (level sum of 6,000) to unlock the entire board space, or Level 140 to get the same tier of effect as a Level 100 Character Card (replaced by Legion system).
This shifts the focus away from the conventional "focus on 1 character" like the beginning, to making multiple characters to benefit that 1 character or the whole account, leaving less time for that 1 character.
However, it may also be good for newer or more casual players as they can easily change job if they do not like their playstyle as much, so resource wastage will be minimal (but they should still get it up to Level 140 or even Level 200 if the job has a powerful Legion Attacker effect)

Beginner

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
1	0	15
2	15	34
3	49	57
4	106	92
5	198	135
6	333	372
7	705	560
8	1,265	840
9	2,105	1,242

First Job

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
10	3,347	1,242
11	4,589	1,242
12	5,831	1,242
13	7,073	1,242
14	8,315	1,242
15	9,557	1,490
16	11,047	1,788
17	12,835	2,145
18	14,980	2,574
19	17,554	3,088
20	20,642	3,705
21	24,347	4,446
22	28,793	5,335
23	34,128	6,402
24	40,530	7,682
25	48,212	9,218
26	57,430	11,061
27	68,491	13,273
28	81,764	15,927
29	97,691	19,112

Second Job

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
30	116,803	19,112
31	135,915	19,112
32	155,027	19,112
33	174,139	19,112
34	193,251	19,112
35	212,323	22,934
36	235,297	27,520
37	262,817	33,024
38	295,841	39,628
39	335,469	47,553
40	383,022	51,357
41	434,379	55,465
42	489,844	59,902
43	549,746	64,694
44	614,440	69,869
45	684,309	75,458
46	759,767	81,494
47	841,261	88,013
48	929,274	95,054
49	1,024,328	102,658
50	1,126,986	110,870
51	1,237,856	119,739
52	1,357,595	129,318
53	1,486,913	139,663
54	1,626,576	150,836
55	1,777,412	162,902
56	1,940,314	175,934
57	2,116,248	190,008
58	2,306,256	205,208
59	2,511,464	221,624

Third Job

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
60	2,733,088	221,624
61	2,954,712	221,624
62	3,176,336	221,624
63	3,397,960	221,624
64	3,619,584	221,624
65	3,841,208	238,245
66	4,079,453	256,113
67	4,335,566	275,321
68	4,610,887	295,970
69	4,906,857	318,167
70	5,225,024	342,029
71	5,567,053	367,681
72	5,934,734	395,257
73	6,329,991	424,901
74	6,754,892	456,768
75	7,211,660	488,741
76	7,700,401	522,952
77	8,223,353	559,558
78	8,782,911	598,727
79	9,381,638	640,637
80	10,022,275	685,481
81	10,707,756	733,464
82	11,441,220	784,806
83	12,226,026	839,742
84	13,065,768	898,523
85	13,964,291	961,419
86	14,925,710	1,028,718
87	15,954,428	1,100,728
88	17,055,156	1,177,778
89	18,232,934	1,260,222
90	19,493,156	1,342,136
91	20,835,292	1,429,374
92	22,264,666	1,522,283
93	23,786,949	1,621,231
94	25,408,180	1,726,611
95	27,134,791	1,838,840
96	28,973,631	1,958,364
97	30,931,995	2,085,657
98	33,017,652	2,221,224
99	35,238,876	2,365,603

Fourth Job

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
100	37,604,479	2,365,603
101	39,970,082	2,365,603
102	42,335,685	2,365,603
103	44,701,288	2,365,603
104	47,066,891	2,365,603
105	49,432,494	2,519,367
106	51,951,861	2,683,125
107	54,634,986	2,857,528
108	57,492,514	3,043,267
109	60,535,781	3,241,079
110	63,776,860	3,451,749
111	67,228,609	3,676,112
112	70,904,721	3,915,059
113	74,819,780	4,169,537
114	78,989,317	4,440,556
115	83,429,873	4,729,192
116	88,159,065	5,036,589
117	93,195,654	5,363,967
118	98,559,621	5,712,624
119	104,272,245	6,083,944
120	110,356,189	6,479,400
121	116,835,589	6,900,561
122	123,736,150	7,349,097
123	131,085,247	7,826,788
124	138,912,035	8,335,529
125	147,247,564	8,877,338
126	156,124,902	9,454,364
127	165,579,266	10,068,897
128	175,648,163	10,723,375
129	186,371,538	11,420,394
130	197,791,932	12,162,719
131	209,954,651	12,953,295
132	222,907,946	13,795,259
133	236,703,205	14,691,950
134	251,395,155	15,646,926
135	267,042,081	16,663,976
136	283,706,057	17,747,134
137	301,453,191	18,900,697
138	320,353,888	20,129,242
139	340,483,130	21,437,642

Fourth Job (Hyper Skills)

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
140	361,920,772	22,777,494
141	384,698,266	24,201,087
142	408,899,353	25,713,654
143	434,613,007	27,320,757
144	461,933,764	29,028,304
145	490,962,068	30,842,573
146	521,804,641	32,770,233
147	554,574,874	34,818,372
148	589,393,246	36,994,520
149	626,387,766	39,306,677
150	665,694,443	41,763,344
151	707,457,787	44,373,553
152	751,831,340	47,146,900
153	798,978,240	50,093,581
154	849,071,821	53,224,429
155	902,296,250	56,550,955
156	958,847,205	60,085,389
157	1,018,932,594	63,840,725
158	1,082,773,319	67,830,770
159	1,150,604,089	72,070,193
160	1,222,674,282	76,574,580
161	1,299,248,862	81,360,491
162	1,380,609,353	86,445,521
163	1,467,054,874	91,848,366
164	1,558,903,240	97,588,888
165	1,656,492,128	103,688,193
166	1,760,180,321	110,168,705
167	1,870,349,026	117,054,249
168	1,987,403,275	124,370,139
169	2,111,773,414	132,143,272
170	2,243,916,686	140,402,226
171	2,384,318,912	149,177,365
172	2,533,496,277	158,500,950
173	2,691,997,227	168,407,259
174	2,860,404,486	178,932,713
175	3,039,337,198	190,116,006
176	3,229,453,204	201,998,256
177	3,431,451,460	214,623,147
178	3,646,074,607	228,037,093
179	3,874,111,700	242,289,411
180	4,116,401,111	256,826,775
181	4,373,227,886	272,236,381
182	4,645,464,267	288,570,563
183	4,934,034,830	305,884,796
184	5,239,919,626	324,237,883
185	5,564,157,509	343,692,155
186	5,907,849,664	364,313,684
187	6,272,163,348	386,172,505
188	6,658,335,853	409,342,855
189	7,067,678,708	433,903,426
190	7,501,582,134	459,937,631
191	7,961,519,765	487,533,888
192	8,449,053,653	516,785,921
193	8,965,839,574	547,793,076
194	9,513,632,650	580,660,660
195	10,094,293,310	615,500,299
196	10,709,793,609	652,430,316
197	11,362,223,925	691,576,134
198	12,053,800,059	733,070,702
199	12,786,870,761	777,054,944

Fifth Job

Level	Total EXP earned so far	EXP to next level
200	13,563,925,705	2,207,026,470
201	15,770,952,175	2,471,869,646
202	18,242,821,821	2,768,494,003
203	21,011,315,824	3,100,713,283
204	24,112,029,107	3,472,798,876
205	27,584,827,983	3,889,534,741
206	31,474,362,724	4,356,278,909
207	35,830,641,633	4,879,032,378
208	40,709,674,011	5,464,516,263
209	46,174,190,274	6,120,258,214
210	52,294,448,488	16,830,710,088
211	69,125,158,576	18,177,166,895
212	87,302,325,471	19,631,340,246
213	106,933,665,717	21,201,847,465
214	128,135,513,182	22,897,995,262
215	151,033,508,444	24,729,834,882
216	175,763,343,326	26,708,221,672
217	202,471,564,998	28,844,879,405
218	231,316,444,403	31,152,469,757
219	262,468,914,160	33,644,667,337
220	296,113,581,497	84,838,062,013
221	380,951,643,510	88,231,584,493
222	469,183,228,003	91,760,847,872
223	560,944,075,875	95,431,281,786
224	656,375,357,661	99,248,533,057
225	755,623,890,718	103,218,474,379
226	858,842,365,097	107,347,213,354
227	966,189,578,451	111,641,101,888
228	1,077,830,680,339	116,106,745,963
229	1,193,937,426,302	120,751,015,801
230	1,314,688,442,103	246,332,072,234
231	1,561,020,514,337	251,258,713,678
232	1,812,279,228,015	256,283,887,951
233	2,068,563,115,966	261,409,565,710
234	2,329,972,681,676	266,637,757,024
235	2,596,610,438,700	271,970,512,164
236	2,868,580,950,864	277,409,922,407
237	3,145,990,873,271	282,958,120,855
238	3,428,948,994,126	288,617,283,272
239	3,717,566,277,398	294,389,628,937
240	4,011,955,906,335	594,667,050,452
241	4,606,622,956,787	600,613,720,956
242	5,207,236,677,743	606,619,858,165
243	5,813,856,535,908	612,686,056,746
244	6,426,542,592,654	618,812,917,313
245	7,045,355,509,967	625,001,046,486
246	7,670,356,556,453	631,251,056,950
247	8,301,607,613,403	637,563,567,519
248	8,939,171,180,922	643,939,203,194
249	9,583,110,384,116	650,378,595,225
250	10,233,488,979,341	1,313,764,762,354
251	11,547,253,741,695	1,326,902,409,977
252	12,874,156,151,672	1,340,171,434,076
253	14,214,327,585,748	1,353,573,148,416
254	15,567,900,734,164	1,367,108,879,900
255	16,935,009,614,064	1,380,779,968,699
256	18,315,789,582,763	1,394,587,768,385
257	19,710,377,351,148	1,408,533,646,068
258	21,118,910,997,216	1,422,618,982,528
259	22,541,529,979,744	1,436,845,172,353
260	23,978,375,152,097	2,902,427,248,153
261	26,880,802,400,250	2,931,451,520,634
262	29,812,253,920,884	2,960,766,035,840
263	32,773,019,956,724	2,990,373,696,198
264	35,763,393,652,922	3,020,277,433,159
265	38,783,671,086,081	3,050,480,207,490
266	41,834,151,293,571	3,080,985,009,564
267	44,915,136,303,135	3,111,794,859,659
268	48,026,931,162,794	3,142,912,808,255
269	51,169,843,971,049	3,174,341,936,337
270	54,344,185,907,386	6,412,170,711,400
271	60,756,356,618,786	6,476,292,418,514
272	67,232,649,037,300	6,541,055,342,699
273	73,773,704,379,999	6,606,465,896,125
274	80,380,170,276,124	6,672,530,555,086
275	87,052,700,831,210	N/A

Pet Closeness

Level	Closeness
1	0
2	1
3	3
4	6
5	14
6	31
7	60
8	108
9	181
10	287

Level	Closeness
11	434
12	632
13	891
14	1224
15	1642
16	2161
17	2793
18	3557
19	4467
20	5542

Level	Closeness
21	6801
22	8263
23	9950
24	11,882
25	14,084
26	16,578
27	19,391
28	22,548
29	26,074
30	30,000

Traits EXP

The values below applies to all traits.

Level 1-9 = Previous EXP ×1.3
Level 10-19 = Previous EXP ×1.1
Level 20-29 = Previous EXP ×1.03
Level 30-69 = Previous EXP ×1.015
Level 70-99 = Previous EXP ×1.003 or +4
- Round off each time.

Level	EXP to next level	Total EXP earned so far
0	20	0
1	26	20
2	34	46
3	44	80
4	57	124
5	74	181
6	96	255
7	125	351
8	163	476
9	212	639
10	233	851
11	256	1,084
12	282	1,340
13	310	1,622
14	341	1,932
15	375	2,273
16	413	2,648
17	454	3,061
18	499	3,515
19	549	4,014
20	565	4,563
21	582	5,128
22	599	5,710
23	617	6,309
24	636	6,926
25	655	7,562
26	675	8,217
27	695	8,892
28	716	9,587
29	737	10,303
30	748	11,040

Level	EXP to next level	Total EXP earned so far
31	759	11,788
32	770	12,547
33	782	13,317
34	794	14,099
35	806	14,893
36	818	15,699
37	830	16,517
38	842	17,347
39	855	18,189
40	868	19,044
41	881	19,912
42	894	20,793
43	907	21,687
44	921	22,594
45	935	23,515
46	949	24,450
47	963	25,399
48	977	26,362
49	992	27,339
50	1,007	28,331
51	1,022	29,338
52	1,037	30,360
53	1,053	31,397
54	1,069	32,450
55	1,085	33,519
56	1,101	34,604
57	1,118	35,705
58	1,135	36,823
59	1,152	37,958
60	1,169	39,110

Level	EXP to next level	Total EXP earned so far
61	1,187	40,279
62	1,205	41,466
63	1,223	42,671
64	1,241	43,894
65	1,260	45,135
66	1,279	46,395
67	1,298	47,674
68	1,317	48,972
69	1,337	50,289
70	1,341	51,626
71	1,345	52,967
72	1,349	54,312
73	1,353	55,661
74	1,357	57,014
75	1,361	58,371
76	1,365	59,732
77	1,369	61,097
78	1,373	62,466
79	1,377	63,839
80	1,381	65,216
81	1,385	66,597
82	1,389	67,982
83	1,393	69,371
84	1,397	70,764
85	1,401	72,161
86	1,405	73,562
87	1,409	74,967
88	1,413	76,376
89	1,417	77,789
90	1,421	79,206
91	1,425	80,627
92	1,429	82,052
93	1,433	83,481
94	1,437	84,914
95	1,441	86,351
96	1,445	87,792
97	1,449	89,237
98	1,453	90,686
99	1,457	92,139
100	N/A	93,596