Chronicle, player level, rates, city & tax

Lv diff	XP	Loot/Spoil	Boss
+++	100%	100%	100%
0	100%	100%	100%
-1	100%	100%	100%
-2	100%	100%	100%
-3	100%	100%	85%
-4	100%	100%	70%
-5	100%	100%	55%
-6	83%	82%	40%
-7	69%	64%	25%
-8	58%	46%	10%
-9	48%	28%	RAID CURSE

Progression Interlude

Death and experience loss

The combat context changes how much experience a death costs.

L2Tools guideUpdated 2026-09-08

Clan war

Dying to a member of a clan on which your clan declared war costs one quarter of normal death XP, including an unreturned declaration. Academy members are an exception; see the clan guide.

Castle siege

Registered attackers and defenders lose one quarter of normal death XP inside or outside the battlefield during the siege. Unregistered players get this reduction only inside.

Festival

Festival of Darkness deaths cost one quarter of normal death XP. Resurrection is unavailable inside the Oracle.

Formal duel

A normal formal duel defeat has no death XP penalty.

Apply the combat context before recovery

For a hypothetical normal loss of 4,000 XP, a qualifying castle-siege death at one quarter of normal costs 1,000 XP. That reduction concerns the death itself. A later Resurrection calculation concerns recovery of the resulting recoverable loss. Do not subtract “one quarter” directly from the entire level bar.

Keep in mind

The exact normal loss table by level remains under review. Fractions here multiply the normal loss; one quarter does not mean 25% of a character's XP bar.