can someone explain me how the 'leveling system' work ?

[Akameka]

Hello, kinda wondering how things work regarding lvls.

Coming from elona, and it seems they got rid of the lvls in the traditional sense of the term ? I get you gain feats as your 'exp' gauge increase, do they act as lvl now ? Should I spend some feats to get basic stats and not only special abilities ? (thoses were kind of a last pick in elona as there was tons of more usefull feats to get first)

finally, I don't get what gives XP. monsters don't seems to give XP anymore... I see I earn lots of points when a stat or skill level up, yet I sometimes seems to get points from nothing ? Like I just walked away after a fight and got +1 XP which led to a feat aquisition, yet I checked the log and nothing seems to justify that XP gain ?

Thanks in advance !

[Country Square]

Basically, your stats are now completely handled through skills and attributes, and feats are a separate system with their own XP, the only thing getting enough XP for a feat does is give you a feat point to spend. Feat XP isn't even limited to combat, you can get it from doing things like farming or gathering.

[Swift-Li]

Stronger monsters yield quality power up. The feat itself is a form of exp. Where you upgrade whatever you want to with it. In spirit nothing changed.

[Nah, I'd win.]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3358083554

This should have a majority of what you are looking for, from my experience lvls don't matter as much as what you are building, its more of a representation of how many feats you have.

My limited understanding:
You get skill XP from exercising that skill, when that skill reaches the next whole number, it "levels up" giving feat xp.

stats can be improved by multiple things, ranging from feats, mutations, food, and skills.
I.e. I mine a lot so my str stat increases occasionally. I eat meat on the bone and raw meat so my str increases occasionally.

Traveling also gives feat exp, though I don't know if it includes fast traveling.