Level

Description

Level is an integer that represents the growth and strength of characters and creatures.

This value is also used to classify various game content relative to the intended user group; see "quests" below.

Colors are used as Difficulty indicators to identify creature and quest levels relative to your character's current level:

Grey	9 or more levels below
Green	6-8 levels below
Turquoise	3-5 levels below
Blue	1-2 levels below
White	Same level as yourself
Yellow	1-2 levels above
Orange	3-4 levels above
Red	5-7 levels above (creature level), 5-6 levels above (quest level)
Purple	8 or more levels above (creature level), 7-8 levels above (quest level)

Quests

Quests are categorized by level. Their level indicates what character level they were designed for. Quest level should be interpreted as a recommended minimum rather than a requirement; a character may successfully complete a quest a couple of levels higher than their own or may even struggle to complete a quest intended for lower level characters. Various factors, such as design flaws, character gear and player skill level, contribute to the questing experience.

Creatures

Similarly to quests, Creatures (including Mobs) have levels that indicate their toughness against a character. Difficulty indicators display the relative toughness against a character's level. A too large 'mismatch' is either fatal in the upper end, or it yields neither XP nor challenge in the lower end.

Areas

Within an Area, the creatures and mobs are usually contained within a narrow level range, such as 22 - 26. The width of the range may vary from 1 to 10 (the latter is rare, if ever) but is often 3 to 5 notches wide. Some areas may also have quests and creatures way outside the main levels; then they are always contained in certain, narrow locations (e.g. Ost Alagos in Bree-land). Almost always the quest and creature levels match very well. Hence characters may search for best suitable area to explore using this page: Zones by level

Note that attempting to enter a "Red Zone" will result in a warning pop-up. Should you enter such an area, ALL MOBS will agro on you from great distances away and will usually manage to "single-shot" your character.

Crafting Resources

While not exactly about levels, resources for crafting usually follow the main level of an area quite well. For example, Light Hide is looted from creatures of levels 1 to 13, Medium Hide from levels 13 - 25, and so forth. Resource nodes use to follow a similar but not identical pattern; the variance between levels and node tiers is more unpredictable and is subject to the mood of the game-developers.

Character level

Characters earn levels through gameplay, as they grow. A new character begins at level 1 but has "levelled" to at least 5 before the Starter Area is completed. The current maximum level, or "level cap", on non-legendary servers is 140. The level cap has not always been the same, and for legendary servers, will advance at different rates. For a history of level cap changes on non-legendary servers, see Expansion.

As the level is increased, various Character Stats will improve, such as inherent resistance and health. In general, each level grants higher Morale and Power, and many levels unlock new Skills that are automatically bestowed (in the past, you had to purchase these at a Class Trainer). Class Trait Points are granted starting at level 2. Some levels also unlock slots for Virtues.

The use of Weapons, Armour, and many other items is tied to the character level. That plus some other treats.

Some locations and game-content, such as certain deeds, have requirements on minimum or maximum level.

Levels	Total XP	Level XP	Difference
1	0	0	0
2	100	100	100
3	275	175	75
4	550	275	100
5	950	400	125
6	1,543	593	193
7	2,395	852	259
8	3,575	1,180	328
9	5,150	1,575	395
10	7,188	2,038	463
11	9,798	2,610	572
12	13,090	3,292	682
13	17,175	4,085	793
14	22,163	4,988	903
15	28,163	6,000	1,012
16	35,328	7,165	1,165
17	43,810	8,482	1,317
18	53,763	9,953	1,471
19	65,338	11,575	1,622
20	78,688	13,350	1,775
21	94,008	15,320	1,970
22	111,493	17,485	2,165
23	131,338	19,845	2,360
24	153,738	22,400	2,555
25	178,888	25,150	2,750
26	207,025	28,137	2,987
27	238,388	31,363	3,226
28	273,213	34,825	3,462
29	311,738	38,525	3,700
30	354,200	42,462	3,937
31	400,880	46,680	4,218
32	452,058	51,178	4,498
33	508,013	55,955	4,777
34	569,025	61,012	5,057
35	635,375	66,350	5,338
36	707,385	72,010	5,660
37	785,378	77,993	5,983
38	869,675	84,297	6,304
39	960,600	90,925	6,628
40	1,058,475	97,875	6,950
41	1,163,665	105,190	7,315
42	1,276,535	112,870	7,680
43	1,397,450	120,915	8,045
44	1,526,775	129,325	8,410
45	1,664,875	138,100	8,775
46	1,812,158	147,283	9,183
47	1,969,030	156,872	9,589
48	2,135,900	166,870	9,998
49	2,313,175	177,275	10,405
50	2,501,263	188,088	10,813
51	2,700,613	199,350	11,262
52	2,911,675	211,062	11,712
53	3,134,900	223,225	12,163
54	3,370,738	235,838	12,613
55	3,619,638	248,900	13,062
56	3,882,093	262,455	13,555
57	4,158,595	276,502	14,047
58	4,449,638	291,043	14,541
59	4,755,713	306,075	15,032
60	5,077,313	321,600	15,525
61	5,415,225	337,912	16,312
62	5,770,276	355,051	17,139
63	6,143,335	373,059	18,008
64	6,535,315	391,980	18,921
65	6,947,176	411,861	19,881
66	7,379,926	432,750	20,889
67	7,834,624	454,698	21,948
68	8,312,383	477,759	23,061
69	8,814,373	501,990	24,231
70	9,341,823	527,450	25,460
71	9,896,024	554,201	26,751
72	10,478,333	582,309	28,108
73	11,090,176	611,843	29,534
74	11,733,051	642,875	31,032
75	12,408,532	675,481	32,606
76	13,117,787	709,255	33,774
77	13,862,504	744,717	35,462
78	14,644,456	781,952	37,235
79	15,465,505	821,049	39,097
80	16,327,606	862,101	41,052
81	17,232,812	905,206	43,105
82	18,183,278	950,466	45,260
83	19,181,267	997,989	47,523
84	20,229,155	1,047,888	49,899
85	21,329,437	1,100,282	52,394
86	22,484,733	1,155,296	55,014
87	23,697,793	1,213,060	57,764
88	24,971,506	1,273,713	60,653
89	26,308,904	1,337,398	63,685
90	27,713,171	1,404,267	66,869
91	29,187,651	1,474,480	70,213
92	30,735,855	1,548,204	73,724
93	32,361,469	1,625,614	77,410
94	34,068,363	1,706,894	81,280
95	35,860,601	1,792,238	85,344
96	37,742,450	1,881,849	89,611
97	39,718,391	1,975,941	94,092
98	41,793,129	2,074,738	98,797
99	43,971,603	2,178,474	103,736
100	46,259,000	2,287,397	108,923
101	48,660,766	2,401,766	114,369
102	51,182,620	2,521,854	120,088
103	53,830,566	2,647,946	126,092
104	56,610,909	2,780,343	132,397
105	59,530,269	2,919,360	139,017
106	62,595,597	3,065,328	145,968
107	65,814,191	3,218,594	153,266
108	69,193,714	3,379,523	160,929
109	72,742,213	3,548,499	168,976
110	76,468,136	3,725,923	177,424
111	80,380,355	3,912,219	186,296
112	84,488,184	4,107,829	195,610
113	88,801,404	4,313,220	205,391
114	93,330,285	4,528,881	215,661
115	98,085,610	4,755,325	226,444
116	103,078,701	4,993,091	237,766
117	108,321,446	5,242,745	249,654
118	113,826,328	5,504,882	262,137
119	119,606,454	5,780,126	275,244
120	125,675,586	6,069,132	289,006
121	132,048,174	6,372,588	303,456
122	138,739,391	6,691,217	318,629
123	145,765,168	7,025,777	334,560
124	153,142,233	7,377,065	351,288
125	160,888,151	7,745,918	368,853
126	169,021,364	8,133,213	387,295
127	177,561,237	8,539,873	406,660
128	186,528,103	8,966,866	426,993
129	195,943,312	9,415,209	448,343
130	205,829,281	9,885,969	470,760
131	216,209,548	10,380,267	494,298
132	227,108,828	10,899,280	519,013
133	238,553,072	11,444,244	544,964
134	250,569,528	12,016,456	572,212
135	263,186,806	12,617,278	600,822
136	276,434,947	13,248,141	630,863
137	290,345,495	13,910,548	662,407
138	304,951,570	14,606,075	695,527
139	320,287,948	15,336,378	730,303
140	336,391,144	16,103,196	766,818

Level cap history

Level	Date	Patch	Expansion
50	24 April 2007	Official Launch	N/A
60	18 November 2008	Official Release	Mines of Moria
65	1 December 2009	Official Release	Siege of Mirkwood
75	26 September 2011	Update 4	Rise of Isengard
85	15 October 2012	Update 8	Riders of Rohan
95	20 November 2013	Update 12	Helm's Deep
100	14 July 2014	Update 14	N/A
105	12 April 2016	Update 18	N/A
115	2 August 2017	Update 21	Mordor
120	9 October 2018	Update 23	N/A
130	5 November 2019	Update 25	Minas Morgul
140	10 November 2021	Update 31	Fate of Gundabad