BetterEXP

BetterEXP is a Lethal Company mod looking to spice up the current experience system in the game. Right now the XP system feels a bit clunky and not a good (enough) measure of a player's true experience working for The Company, so I've created BetterEXP to hopefully make the XP system feel much more satisfying and rewarding/punishing, depending on your actions. This is a client-sided mod, meaning nobody else needs it for it to work! BetterEXP functions perfectly in completely vanilla lobbies.

If you would like to help, give ideas, report bugs, or just play Lethal Company with me, you can contact me on Discord @swaggies. Shoot me a message anytime and I'll get back as soon as I can!

Showcase Round Summary

End-game Notes

This mod includes some custom player notes! I've changed the way notes are distributed to make sure up to 3 notes can be shown consistently, and also display the corresponding stat for each note (eg. how much scrap the most profitable employee collected), which can be disabled in the config. This also fixes some bugs where the Most profitable and Most paranoid stats weren't getting reset after the day ended (somewhat relevant for this mod).

Note that this may conflict with mods that also tamper with player notes, I haven't tested compatibilities, report to me on Discord with findings!! BetterEXP is 100% compatible with Coroner.

Here's the list of notes including old and new:

"The laziest employee" -> The Laziest: took the fewest amount of steps.
"The most paranoid employee" -> Most Paranoid: had the most camera turns.
"Sustained the most injuries" -> Most Injured: took the most damage.
"Most profitable" -> Most Profitable: collected the most scrap value.
Most Active: took the most amount of steps.
Least Profitable: collected the least amount of scrap value.
Most Lethal: killed the most entities in a day.
The Pacifist: was the only employee to not kill an entity.
#1 Scavenger: found the most scrap inside the facility.
Empty-Handed: found zero scrap during the whole day.
Team Backbone: found the most scrap that was also returned to ship.

These notes are disabled by default, you can enable them in the config!

Most Jumpy: jumped the most in a day.
Most Grounded: jumped the least in a day.
The Bravest: spent the most time inside the facility.
Most Outdoors: spent the most time outside.
The Ship Guy: spent the most time in the ship.

If any two (or more) players tie on any of these stats, they will all get the note!

BetterXP System

You will now gain "BetterXP" (BXP) primarily based on scrap collected, and your ability to fully clear the facility of scrap. After a round, you will gain a percentage of a set XP based on how much scrap was available. The percentage you earn is based on how well you full cleared the moon.
Depending on how much you contributed for your team, you may receive bonus BXP as a reward.
- When playing solo, you are always granted a 20% bonus to your scrap collected.
- "Contribution" includes finding scrap, having teammates return your found scrap, and returning other's (or your own) scrap to ship.
Dying will lose you a bit of BXP, but you'll lose more and more the higher rank you are.
The BXP Penalty for dying is capped at -50 BXP, however you may lose up to 60 if your team is wiped.
Killing enemies will earn you BXP, as long as you're the person to finish them off. Using landmines, lightning, or even another enemy to kill an enemy will not grant BXP unless you damaged it beforehand. You may also enable a notification that shows at the bottom of your screen when an enemy dies in the config.
- The more enemies you kill, the less BXP you will get for each kill.
Depending on the weather of the moon, you may receive a bonus to your BXP earned from collecting scrap. Be warned though, as dying will also bear a larger penalty.

Enemy Bonuses

Enemy	Base BXP
Tulip Snake	1 BXP
Manticoil	2 BXP
Modded Enemies	3 BXP
Snare Flea	4 BXP
Hoarding Bug	4 BXP
Thumper	6 BXP
Bunker Spider	6 BXP
Masked	6 BXP
Butler	8 BXP
Nutcracker	8 BXP
Bracken	8 BXP
Baboon Hawk	8 BXP
Eyeless Dog	12 BXP
Maneater	14 BXP
Kidnapper Fox	14 BXP
Forest Giant	16 BXP

Weather Bonuses

Weather	Scrap/Death Multiplier
None	0%
Rainy	+10%
Foggy	+15%
Flooded	+20%
Stormy	+25%
Eclipsed	+30%

New Rank Table

Displayed Vanilla Rank is the badge on your player's suit representing your rank. This will be seen by other players with or without BetterEXP installed.

Rank	BXP	Displayed Vanilla Rank
Intern	0 BXP	Intern
Trainee	25 BXP
Apprentice	50 BXP	Part-Timer
Part-Timer	100 BXP
Full-Timer	200 BXP	Employee
Employee	300 BXP
Leader	400 BXP	Leader
Manager	600 BXP
Sr. Manager	800 BXP
3rd Boss	1000 BXP	Boss
2nd Boss	1300 BXP
1st Boss	1600 BXP
3rd Vice President	2000 BXP
2nd Vice President	2300 BXP
1st Vice President	2600 BXP
3rd Executive V.P.	3000 BXP
2nd Executive V.P.	3300 BXP
1st Executive V.P.	3600 BXP
3rd Deputy President	4000 BXP
2nd Deputy President	4300 BXP
1st Deputy President	4600 BXP
President	5000 BXP
Sr. President	5500 BXP
Vice Chairman	6000 BXP
Chairman	6500 BXP
First-Class Asset	7500 BXP
Co-Founder	8500 BXP
Founder	10000+ BXP

Things to note

Does BetterEXP replace the old system?

Nope, the BetterEXP system will run alongside the vanilla exp system. After a game, the XP bar will show your BetterXP Rank and XP amount, but your vanilla xp will still secretly be accounted for in the background. At any time, you may open the pause menu to see your current vanilla rank alongside your BetterXP rank (if you have the pause menu display enabled). You will be able to safely uninstall and reinstall the mod without affecting your vanilla XP, however, you can not progress your BetterXP level without having the mod active (duh).

Headstart

When you first load in with the BetterEXP mod, you'll start with 0 BXP at Intern rank. However, if you've played Lethal Company quite a bit, you'll start at a higher BetterXP level than just Intern.

Vanilla Rank	BetterEXP Starting Rank
Part-Timer	Trainee
Employee	Apprentice
Leader	Part-Timer
Boss	Employee
Boss (1000 EXP)	Manager
Boss (1500 EXP)	3rd Boss
Boss (2000 EXP)	2nd Boss
Boss (2500 EXP)	1st Boss
Boss (3000 EXP)	3rd Vice President
Boss (4500+ EXP)	2nd Vice President

betterexp version 2.5.2

lethal company version 65-66+