MicroWorks: How to Level Up Quickly

An explanation on how the levelling system works, and how you can use it to gain as much XP in as little time as possible.

 

TL;DR

Play on Team Pointmatch, take it slow to win as many microgames as you can, and gather as many players together in one server as possible. Winning matches gives you the most XP.

How XP and levelling up works

At the end of every match, MicroWorks will grant you experience based on your performance during said match. That XP is put into your global level. As that level rises, you’ll unlock skins and auras for your avatar. XP is not awarded if you are playing alone, if you have mutators enabled, or if the server is closed beforehand.

While there are some more nuances and specific rules, XP is generally rewarded for the following feats (this list is in no specific order):

  • Winning microgames*.
  • Winning five microgames in a row.
  • Fragging players.
  • Getting the highest score in boss stages.
  • Winning matches**.

Naturally, winning individual microgames only give you small amounts of XP, while winning the entire match gives you the highest payout. There is no payout for placement. Victory XP is on an all-or-nothing basis.

New players begin at level 0 with 0 XP. The highest attainable level is 50, which requires 100,000 XP. The amount of XP required for each level-up starts out relatively low, but will increase at certain level milestones. What this means for you is that you’ll be going through the lower levels faster than you will through the higher levels. So if you’re trying to go for Max Level, that means level 25 isn’t the halfway point – in actuality, with 50,000 XP you’ll be somewhere around level 34. Once you reach level 50, you won’t get any more XP.

* = How fast you win the microgame does not affect how much XP you get from it.
** = Victory XP scales based on player count. You’ll get notably (but not enourmously) more points if you win a match with 12 players than if you were to win one with only 4.

Strategies for farming XP

What you SHOULD do if you want lots of XP
  • Play team gamemodes. This is by far the biggest tip I can give you. Winning a match gives you the most XP out of all the possible feats. Playing in team gamemodes drastically improves your chances of winning, since the victory is attributed to everyone in the team, not the #1 player on the scoreboard.
  • Play Pointmatch or Scorematch – but especially Pointmatch. Since the speed at which you win microgames has no bearing on the XP you get from them, allowing yourself a little extra time to win them consistently gives you better chances at getting additional XP from combos. Pointmatch lets you do that without having it affect your chances of winning the match.
  • Play in servers with high playercounts. This will only make a difference if you win – but winning a match with lots of players gives you more XP than one with a small playercount. Public servers are your best bet for that.

 

What you SHOULD NOT do if you want lots of XP
  • Play Survival. Matches in Survival don’t end until either everyone is dead or the boss stage is complete, so if you’re eliminated early, you’ll be spending most of your time spectating and missing out on XP.
  • Play Boss Rush. Because you only get XP for placing first in boss stages, it’s much harder to make good progress in Boss Rush, especially with high playercounts. You might be able to get some consistent boss wins if there’s less players, but this is very hard to do and doesn’t give you that much more XP than normal.
  • Focus too much on getting extra frags where possible. Certain microgames let you frag other players even if it isn’t the primary goal – such as “Hit A Target Exactly X Times”. While you should go after other players to get some additional XP if the opportunity arises – you shouldn’t ever give it priority over winning the microgame itself. Winning the microgames themselves gives you more XP in the long run. And besides, they might kick you for being so cheeky. 🙂

[Extra] Numbers!

Here’s a table of all the feats you get XP from, and how much XP they give you.

Feat
XP
Winning an easy microgame
15
Winning a medium microgame
25
Winning a hard microgame
30
Winning five microgames in a row
45
Fragging a player
25
Correctly answering a trivia question
25
Getting the highest score in a boss stage
125
Winning a match
325 + 25 for every 3 players present

Here’s a table of how much XP is required to reach each level.

Level
Total XP
Level
Total XP
Level
Total XP
0
0
17
11,800
34
48,300
1
100
18
13,300
35
51,050
2
400
19
14,800
36
53,800
3
700
20
16,300
37
56,550
4
1,000
21
18,400
38
59,300
5
1,300
22
20,500
39
62,050
6
1,800
23
22,600
40
64,800
7
2,300
24
24,700
41
68,320
8
2,800
25
26,800
42
71,840
9
3,300
26
28,900
43
75,360
10
3,800
27
31,000
44
78,880
11
4,800
28
33,100
45
82,400
12
5,800
29
35,200
46
85,920
13
6,800
30
37,300
47
89,440
14
7,800
31
40,050
48
92,960
15
8,800
32
42,800
49
96,480
16
10,300
33
45,550
50
100,000

Keep in mind that these numbers might be changed by updates. I’ll try to keep them accurate as updates come along, but cannot guarantee they’ll always be 100% correct.

Thanks to noam 2000, the project lead of MicroWorks, for providing me with these!

By Mauritsio

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