Experience Boost
| For other uses, seeEXP Boost (disambiguation). |
Experience Boost (EXPチャンス, EXP Chansu?), also translated asEXP Chance andEXP Boost, is an ability introduced inKingdom Hearts II. It doubles theexperience the user earns for defeating enemies when at lowHP.
Mechanics[edit]
InKingdom Hearts II, Experience Boost is asupport ability that costs 3AP to equip, 4 AP inKingdom Hearts II Final Mix. It doubles experience earned when the user's HP is at 25% or lower, 50% or lower inKingdom Hearts II Final Mix, and triples it when two copies are equipped. It has no effect on experience earned forDrive Forms orSummons.
InKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, EXP Chance is asupport ability that can be equipped once. It doubles experience earned when the user's HP is at 25% or lower.
InKingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, EXP Boost is asupport ability that can be equipped once. It doubles experience earned when the user's HP is at 25% or lower.
Strategy[edit]
Kingdom Hearts II[edit]
Experience Boost can be difficult to keep active while farming EXP, as it requires Sora's health to be at risk, but it can also be inadvertently deactivated if Sora picks up HP Prizes from defeated enemies or if party members heal him. In order to maintain Sora's HP in the critical range without dying, the player should equipSecond Chance,Once More,Damage Control,Defender, apply any availableDefense Boosts, and unequipDraw. One should also avoid usingFinal Form'sMagnet, as it draws in prizes. The latter abilities have no need to be unequipped if Sora faces Nobodies, which only mainly drop MP Prizes, and in order to prevent Sora's party members from healing him, he should get below the HP threshold while in either Master or Final Form.
Experience Boost is especially hard to utilize at the beginning and at higher difficulties. A way to utilize it is to beat enemies one by one and then run to a different checkpoint, then back. This way if Sora is defeated, the player can retain all the experience gained until that point. This is especially good for Critical Mode as when Sora has less than half of his total HP at the beginning of the game, most enemies can defeat him with one hit. The best way to grind to level 99 is to defeat the Nobodies from the first save point inThe World That Never Was all the way to The Door to Darkness as the player will level to 99 very quickly. This may be tricky at first, but it gets easier as Sora levels.
Learning EXP Boost[edit]
Kingdom Hearts II[edit]
- Sora learns Experience Boost at levels 7 with theDream Rod, 9 with theDream Sword, and 17 with theDream Shield.
- TheGull Wing has Experience Boost as its Equipment Ability.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]
- EXP Chance can be attached to atype M ortype O Command recipe throughCommand Melding, either randomly or by applying aAbounding Crystal.
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]
- Sora andRiku can purchase EXP Boost from theCera TerrorAbility Link for 300 Link Points.
- Sora and Riku can purchase EXP Boost from theDrill Sye Ability Link for 300 Link Points.
- Sora and Riku can purchase EXP Boost from theKeeba Tiger Ability Link for 300 Link Points.
See also[edit]
Notes and references[edit]
- ^100% after obtainingLightning Ray.
