Pooled Experience
When you gain Experience Points (XP), the XP accumulates in an Experience Pool. When you train a skill (or skills), the XP is transferred from the Pooled Experience and into the skill being trained (which raise the skill's level).
There are two main types of Pooled Experience:
XP in the Producer Pool can only be applied toward increasing the level of Crafting Skills, whereas XP in the Adventurer Pool can only be applied toward increasing the level of Adventuring Skills.
You can view your Experience Pools at any time by the following methods:
- Open the Skills Window (Press the "k" key or select "Skills" from the Window Selector Menu), then click the relevant tab in the upper left (the "Crafting" tab will show the Producer Pool at the bottom of the window and the "Adventuring" tab will show the Adventurer Pool at the bottom of the window).
- Type the /xp command in the Chat Window. This will output the currently available Pooled Experience (Character), Pooled Experience (Shared), and Pooled Experience (Total). For details on these pool variations, see below.
Experience Pool Subdivisions
Both the Adventurer Experience Pool and Producer Experience Pool have three different account-based subdivisions:
- Pooled Experience (Character)
- This XP value is what the current active character has available to them. This XP value is only on this one specific currently active character.
- Pooled Experience (Shared)
- This XP value is what the current active character as well as any other characters on the same Account have available to them.
- Pooled Experience (Total)
- This XP value is a combination of the character and shared pools currently available to the active character.
You can ignore these subdivisions if you are only playing one character on your account. If you play more than one character on your account, then you can ignore these subdivisions unless you want to share some of the XP between characters.