You gain Experience by spending your Energy on whacks, throwing the lightning spell with Mana, or completing Quests.
When you gain enough Experience you will level up where you earn +10 to your maximum Energy, as well as +0, +5 or +10 to both your Power and Mana maximums.
You also have your Energy bar completely refilled, but only to its maximum, so any Energy still remaining from the previous level can be considered lost.
- Note: The above is completely true unless you have spent Bush Bucks to gain access to the Bush Whacker Club, found above the Auction House, and purchased a unique (and expensive) ring that will simply add the Level up refill to your existing Energy - however this item only stays active for as long as you're a member, after which it will deactivate. You will still possess it, it simply won't work.
Quest Rewards
The amount of Experience gained from all Quests - apart from the Daily Quests - is both a specific amount as designated by the game creators, and also affected and increased by your Level.
As such, as you level up you will find the Experience gain from handing in Quests will increase slightly as well.
- Note: On very rare occasions this will also affect Gem rewards as well.
The Magical Hourglass
As mentioned elsewhere, this item gives a 50% bonus to all Experience gained - bushes whacked, critters smacked and Quests handed in - as long as you're within Levels 2-49. The moment you reach Level 50 it deactivates.
Levels
For those who want to know exact requirements to reach certain levels, and the exact rewards for hitting those levels, read below.
- Level 2 - 50xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Mana
- Level 3 - 150xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Power
- Level 4 - 325xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +5 Max Mana, +5 Max Power
- Level 5 - 600xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Power
- Level 6 - 1,000xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Mana
- Level 7 - 1,550xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +5 Max Mana, +5 Max Power
- Level 8 - 2,265xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Mana
- Level 9 - 3,160xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +10 Max Power
- Level 10 - 4,250xp (to the next Level); Gain = +10 Max Energy, +5 Max Mana, +5 Max Power
Note: As you can see, every three levels gained will get you +30 Max Energy, +25 Max Mana and +25 Max Power. As this is standard for the entirety of the game, I see no reason to continue listing the gains from this point forward.
- Level 11 - 5,550xp
- Level 12 - 7,075xp
- Level 13 - 8,840xp
- Level 14 - 10,860xp
- Level 15 - 13,150xp
- Level 16 - 18,600xp
- Level 17 - 21,790xp
- Level 18 - 25,310xp
- Level 19 - 29,175xp
- Level 20 - 33,400xp
- Level 21 - 38,000xp
- Level 22 - 42,990xp
- Level 23 - 48,385xp
- Level 24 - 54,200xp
- Level 25 - 60,450xp
- Level 26 - 67,150xp
- Level 27 - 74,315xp
- Level 28 - 81,960xp
- Level 29 - 90,100xp
- Level 30 - 98,750xp