Here’s a list of things you can do to earn XP:
- Fish
- Chop Trees/Mine Rocks
- Craft Items
- Find Crates
- Smash Barrels
- Hunt
- Feed People
- Forage
- Destroy Helicopters
- Gut Fish
As time goes on we will add plenty more, but it’s important to note that Ownership plays an important role in this system. What is ownership? Well, it’s a system that tracks your influence in the world. Completing various actions will leave your mark on items, and when those items are used to generate XP somehow, you’ll get a share. An example is a Fish Trap. If you make the trap but someone else uses it, you’ll get XP. If you cook food and hand it to another player and they eat it, you’ll it earn as well. If you harvest resources and someone else uses them to craft something like a hatchet, you’ll earn XP. Also, because your resources were used in the creation of an item, the system knows that and when that hatchet is used, you’ll also get XP. Basically, the more you interact with people the more ‘streams’ of XP you’ll generate for yourself.
One last note…
Some people have raised concerns on reddit about sharing XP with your friends. Understand that this system is functional and fun, but incomplete. Please rest assured we will be watching for balance issues and exploits and the system is a work in progress. We don’t want groups of 20 people unlocking an AK47 on Day 1 while everyone else is still using hatchets. It needs a lot more testing and we need a lot more feedback.