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{{flavour|A truly wonderful and very rare drink, which grants experience when consumed.}}
  
{{flavour|A truly wonderful and very rare drink.}}
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Quaffing a '''potion of experience''' grants the player a substantial experience boost to both [[Experience#Experience Level|experience level]] progress and [[skill]] progress.
  
[[File:SampleScreenForPotionOfExperience.jpg|thumb=SampleScreenForPotionOfExperience-thumbnail.jpg|right|Selecting the skills you want to be trained]]
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If you aren't max level already, you'll immediately gain one experience level, maintaining your progress towards the next one. You'll then gain 750 skill XP per experience level, divided by [[skill point#Specific Mechanics|a number depending on your total XP gained]]. For example, drinking the potion at XL 20 and 80% to the next level would make you XL 21, 80% of the way to level 22, gaining 750 × 20 (15,000) skill XP before division in the process.
Quaffing a '''potion of experience''' grants the player a substantial experience boost, benefiting both his [[Experience#Experience Level|experience level]] progress and his [[skills]] progress.
 
  
Your [[experience]] pool gains at least 750 XP per character level.  If your experience level is under 27, you also gain enough character XP to reach the next level. Existing progress towards the level is not wasted, but carries over proportionally to the new level: thus, if you were 70% of the way from level 13 to level 14, you will be 70% of the way from level 14 to level 15.
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This skill experience can be divided among any of your currently trainable skills. Much like the manual skill training screen, you can choose the distribution; XP is split evenly between all available skills, though you can focus a skill to receive a double portion.
  
To manage how your boost will be applied to your skills, the skills screen appears (with your current settings), allowing you to modify them before the potion's bonus is applied (see screen capture on the right).
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The XP level gained from a Potion of experience counts towards restoring a [[Felid]]'s extra lives, but only if they are below XP level 27.
  
While extremely rare in the Dungeon proper, potions of experience are not uncommon sights in [[Ziggurat]]s.
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If you are under penance from [[Hepliaklqana]], this potion counts as 750*XL XP toward mollifying them.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|potion.cc|524}}</ref>
  
{{crawlquote|''You feel more experienced!'' (below XL:27)<br>
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{{crawlquote|Below level 27: ''You feel more experienced!''<br>At level 27: ''A flood of memories washes over you.''}}
            ''A flood of memories washes over you.'' (already at XL:27)}}
 
  
== Tips & Tricks ==
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==Strategy==
If you have any [[aptitude]]-enhancing [[manuals]] for a skill you are planning on training, open them before you quaff the potion; once you quaff, it's too late to open the manual.
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While extremely rare in the Dungeon proper, potions of experience are not uncommon in [[Ziggurat]]s, and may rarely appear as loot at the end of some vaults and timed [[portal]]s. If you ''do'' come across one in the early game, it is common practice to drink it immediately; you'll have an absurd power boost, which will improve your survival greatly. Low-level characters can quickly gain multiple skill levels instantly, while high-level characters will see almost negligible skill returns.
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==Gallery==
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<gallery widths="400px" heights="400px" class="left" mode="nolines">
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File:SampleScreenForPotionOfExperience.jpg|thumb|left|When quaffing a potion of experience, you'll be taken to a screen that looks something like this.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:14, 7 September 2024

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
Type Potion
Name Potion of Experience
Icon Potion of experience.png
A truly wonderful and very rare drink, which grants experience when consumed.

Quaffing a potion of experience grants the player a substantial experience boost to both experience level progress and skill progress.

If you aren't max level already, you'll immediately gain one experience level, maintaining your progress towards the next one. You'll then gain 750 skill XP per experience level, divided by a number depending on your total XP gained. For example, drinking the potion at XL 20 and 80% to the next level would make you XL 21, 80% of the way to level 22, gaining 750 × 20 (15,000) skill XP before division in the process.

This skill experience can be divided among any of your currently trainable skills. Much like the manual skill training screen, you can choose the distribution; XP is split evenly between all available skills, though you can focus a skill to receive a double portion.

The XP level gained from a Potion of experience counts towards restoring a Felid's extra lives, but only if they are below XP level 27.

If you are under penance from Hepliaklqana, this potion counts as 750*XL XP toward mollifying them.[1]

Below level 27: You feel more experienced!
At level 27: A flood of memories washes over you.

Strategy

While extremely rare in the Dungeon proper, potions of experience are not uncommon in Ziggurats, and may rarely appear as loot at the end of some vaults and timed portals. If you do come across one in the early game, it is common practice to drink it immediately; you'll have an absurd power boost, which will improve your survival greatly. Low-level characters can quickly gain multiple skill levels instantly, while high-level characters will see almost negligible skill returns.

Gallery

References

  1. potion.cc:524 (0.32.0)
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