Leveling and Experience - Can't Level up

[What is a man?]

I am 30 hours in and my character is level 16. I have hit the learning limit in every single skill and can no longer level up any skill.

This happens in EVERY campaign I have ever played in this game. Why? What the hell is wrong?

My brother-in-law Naisen, who is a lord, is level 25 and he has 20 attribute points (the ones that level up the whole row) AND he has 25 skill points. So what is the deal? I would have to be level 80 to get 20 attribute points.

Going to delete my campaign and start again with the mod that gives extra level up points just so I can play the fuggin' game.

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by What is a man?:

Going to delete my campaign and start again with the mod that gives extra level up points just so I can play the fuggin' game.

or you just learn the basics

did you spend your points that you get with level up? you should have a total of 28 focus points and 10 attribute points spend at your level.

[Grizzly]

also to note that, someone said you get character XP no matter what level you are in a skill, i havent had tested that yet but why should that guy lie and it sounds like it makes sense so you should still get XP. the higher you get the more XP you will need to level up so its prob just slow and not stopped

Edit: the green isnt the cap btw, well it is a cap but just soft cap, the hard cap is first reached when the number turns orange, then you cant level a skill anymore like you can see here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2876047951
two handed is orange so i cant learn anymore in that skill


if you want some more tips the second post here is from me when i was bored
https://steamcommunity.com/app/261550/discussions/0/3397427506581417160/

[Ruffio]

Character xp and skill/focus xp work independent of each other. You can gain Character xp by smithing things even you reached cap of smithing skill....

Imho, best way to get character xp is to kill stuff.

[fastforward]

the easiest way to level, albeit time consuming is making other party members smith the most expensive item possible, for me it was allways 2handed swords and them smelting those swords with the character that is supposed to level up. i believe something like 700000 experience from a single stamina bar spent smelting was possible. this was a few versions ago, dont know if it's still as strong as before or not. i havent tried the current version yet, waiting for the full release to look for other possible exploits.
to get the necessary hardwood i was usually buying wooden hammers.
it requires a little bit of set up, unlocking the necessary pieces, the thamaskene steel and getting enough companions to actually being able to make enough charcoal, steel and swords but as soon as it gets going leveling is super easy.
i got my main char to level 40 with that technique and only didnt go further because it was freaking boring. and all other companions were also very high level.
oh and btw yes, even if the skill is red if there is any gain of experience in that skill the character gets character xp. character xp is not modified by learning multipliers.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2876055555

[Teralitha]

You are still getting exp toward your characters level. Once you get those levels you will be able to add more points to your skills and attributes. Leveling slows down alot as you get higher.

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by fastforward:

the easiest way to level, albeit time consuming is making other party members smith the most expensive item possible, for me it was allways 2handed swords and them smelting those swords with the character that is supposed to level up. i believe something like 700000 experience from a single stamina bar spent smelting was possible. this was a few versions ago, dont know if it's still as strong as before or not. i havent tried the current version yet, waiting for the full release to look for other possible exploits.
to get the necessary hardwood i was usually buying wooden hammers.
it requires a little bit of set up, unlocking the necessary pieces, the thamaskene steel and getting enough companions to actually being able to make enough charcoal, steel and swords but as soon as it gets going leveling is super easy.
i got my main char to level 40 with that technique and only didnt go further because it was freaking boring. and all other companions were also very high level.
oh and btw yes, even if the skill is red if there is any gain of experience in that skill the character gets character xp. character xp is not modified by learning multipliers.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2876055555

This doesnt work anymore in 1.9

[What is a man?]

Originally posted by Underestimated:

Originally posted by What is a man?:

Going to delete my campaign and start again with the mod that gives extra level up points just so I can play the fuggin' game.

or you just learn the basics

If you don't know the answer then please do not respond.

[What is a man?]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

You are still getting exp toward your characters level. Once you get those levels you will be able to add more points to your skills and attributes. Leveling slows down alot as you get higher.

What? I'm AT the level cap in ALL skills.

To be clear, are you saying "Even if your 1 handed is maxed out at 225, you can still get XP for your character by killing things with 1 handed weapons even though you won't get 1 handed skill levels."

Because if that is true then you have solved my issue and also I'm mad.

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by What is a man?:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

You are still getting exp toward your characters level. Once you get those levels you will be able to add more points to your skills and attributes. Leveling slows down alot as you get higher.

What? I'm AT the level cap in ALL skills.

To be clear, are you saying "Even if your 1 handed is maxed out at 225, you can still get XP for your character by killing things with 1 handed weapons even though you won't get 1 handed skill levels."

Because if that is true then you have solved my issue and also I'm mad.

You have "character xp" that work against level of your character. And then you have skill/focus level, which gains based on use of the skills. These will reach a cap until you increase the level of the focus.

So increase character xp until you level up get another attribute/focus point, then you can assign these and advance in the skill focus. Character leveling is a slow grind, but the more you focus on gain character xp the faster you will level up everything.

[Aven]

Originally posted by What is a man?:

I am 30 hours in and my character is level 16. I have hit the learning limit in every single skill and can no longer level up any skill.

This happens in EVERY campaign I have ever played in this game. Why? What the hell is wrong?

My brother-in-law Naisen, who is a lord, is level 25 and he has 20 attribute points (the ones that level up the whole row) AND he has 25 skill points. So what is the deal? I would have to be level 80 to get 20 attribute points.

Going to delete my campaign and start again with the mod that gives extra level up points just so I can play the fuggin' game.

Attributes, focus points, and learning rates do not cap your character level. If you are not leveling, it's likely because you have stopped doing whatever activity was generating your experience.

For the majority of players, the single largest source of experience for any character is enemy kills, and as you have progressed through the game and expanded your own party, you personally are likely getting less and less kills as you let your troops carry the battle. Make sure you are getting kills yourself. Siege defenses are a great way to get a lot of kills in a short amount of time, but a bow from horseback can be used to great effect in almost any battle.

You may have also assigned clan roles to other companions. While this is a comparatively smaller source of experience compared to kills, it is still a passive source of character experience that is missed when it is gone.

Other relatively easy sources of experience are trading, soloing bandit hideouts, gaining relations for notables, smithing, and prison breaks.

[fastforward]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

This doesnt work anymore in 1.9

just tested it, i didnt remember what type of sword parts i was using to make 100k swords but even smelting 24k swords gave me 100k xp for 80% smithing stamina, so it still does work.

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by What is a man?:

Originally posted by Underestimated:

or you just learn the basics

If you don't know the answer then please do not respond.

LOL YOU CUT OUT THE ANSWER LMAO

what a dude

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by fastforward:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

This doesnt work anymore in 1.9

just tested it, i didnt remember what type of sword parts i was using to make 100k swords but even smelting 24k swords gave me 100k xp for 80% smithing stamina, so it still does work.

Hm well the swords I did this on before no longer work in 1.9 to give massive exp. You must be making something different...

[Teralitha]

Originally posted by What is a man?:

Originally posted by Teralitha:

You are still getting exp toward your characters level. Once you get those levels you will be able to add more points to your skills and attributes. Leveling slows down alot as you get higher.

What? I'm AT the level cap in ALL skills.

To be clear, are you saying "Even if your 1 handed is maxed out at 225, you can still get XP for your character by killing things with 1 handed weapons even though you won't get 1 handed skill levels."

Because if that is true then you have solved my issue and also I'm mad.

Yep thats pretty much it. Every time your character level goes up you get points to spend. just keep fighting and your character level will keep going up and youll get more points to spend. It just really slows down in the teens. level ups used to be quicker but I think they slowed down progression in recent updates.

[What is a man?]

Originally posted by Underestimated:

Originally posted by What is a man?:

If you don't know the answer then please do not respond.

LOL YOU CUT OUT THE ANSWER LMAO

what a dude

Please do not respond if you do not know the answer.