Cole gaining xp from take down and stunt
Experience Points or simply XP is a way of "leveling up" in InFamous.
Gaining
Experience points can easily be gained by completing mission, side missions, defeating enemies, doing stunts and collecting Blast Shards.
- Story missions- 500XP
- Side missions- 100XP
Enemies
Labeled as easy, medium, hard.
Reapers
- Reaper Thug: 5, 3xp
- Suicide: 5, 3xp
- Sniper: 5, 3xp
- Rocket Reapers: 15, 10xp
- Minigun: 15, 10xp
- Grenade Launchers: 15, 10xp
- Conduits: 25, 17xp
Dust Men
- Gangster Dust Men: 10, 7xp
- Suicide: 10, 7xp
- Sniper: 10, 7xp
- Rocket Dust Men: 30, 21xp
- Minigun: 30, 21xp
- Grenade Launcher: 30, 21xp
- Armor Conduit: 50, 35, 25xp
- Golem Conduit: 50, 35xp
First Sons
- First Son Stormtroopers: 15, 10xp
- Drones: 15, 10xp
- Sniper: 15, 10xp
- Rocket Launcher: 45, 35xp
- Cloakers: 75, 52xp
- Auras: 75, 52xp
Changes with Difficulty
Labeled by Easy, Medium, Hard.
- Collecting a Blast Shard- 5, 5, 3XP
- Disabling Turrets- 5, 5, 3XP
- Destroying Mines- 3, 3, 2XP
- Pulse Heal- 3, 3, 2XP
- Arc Restraint- 1(all)XP
- Bio Leech- 1(all)XP
Stunts and defeating enemies reward you with different amounts of experience depending on what stunt or enemy is. For example a Reaper offers less than a Dust Men, but First Sons offer more than all of them. Conduits offer even more experience because they are harder to kill.
Uses
The only use for experience points is to upgrade your powers in the Powers section of the pause menu. Depending on the rank of the power, it will cost more or less. Once all powers have been fully upgraded, you still earn XP, but it no longer has any uses.
Notes
- Difficulty has an affect on the amount gained. At Easy you will get more experience than on Hard or Medium. However, it will be more than made up with the vast amount of enemies Cole faces in Hard/Medium.
- The best way to get XP is to take your time in the dark parts of the city, as there will be many enemies there. This is best done with Good Cole as the Lightning Bolt will gain more electricity as the dark areas has no power.