AKAYUKI XP Guide: Sources, Rewards and Level Milestones

Earn XP by defeating players or enemies and completing quests. Character levels then unlock new blade upgrades at the forge every five levels, with the highest upgrade available at level 50. An XP payout such as “+150 XP” is a reward amount; it does not by itself tell you how many levels you will gain.

The most useful things to check are:

• Your current level: look for the “LV” label beside your currency in the lower-right HUD.
• Quest XP: read the reward shown beside the objective in the Path of the Sword tracker.
• Blade milestones: levels 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 make successive upgrades available at the forge.

Where XP comes from

Defeating players or enemies is the combat route to leveling. Quests provide another source, with their own objectives and XP rewards. You can recognize the distinction in the messages that appear: a kill notification names the defeated fighter, while a quest notification starts with “Quest done.”

These early-game examples come from one recorded play session. They illustrate the rewards and messages you may encounter, rather than a fixed payout schedule for every fight or quest.

The tutorial example gives you a concrete early objective to recognize: the tracker showed “PATH OF THE SWORD · 1 / 48” with “Finish the dojo tutorial.” Its reward included both currency and XP, so those two numbers represent separate rewards.

The wounding objective also matters because its completion condition differs from defeating a fighter. Read the objective itself: “Wound fighters 30 times” describes the quest requirement, while the kill toast reports a defeated opponent. For more on the quest system, see the permanent quests guide.

What an XP amount tells you

A “+105XP” or “+150XP” notification tells you the size of that particular award. Neither number is an XP threshold for a level, and neither should be treated as a guaranteed level-up. The recorded rewards do not provide an XP-to-level conversion table.

Use the level display to recognize the result. The lower-right HUD showed “LV 2” beside “¥40” in the early-game example. Later in that session, a separate “LEVEL 3” panel appeared with “+4 RENAME SPINS.” That is a concrete example of a level-up accompanied by a rename-spin reward; it does not establish that every level awards four spins.

Likewise, the 105 XP kill reward should not become your assumed reward for every opponent. That encounter also displayed “STREAK 3,” but the example does not establish a streak multiplier or explain how payouts vary.

What levels change at the forge

The clearest recurring level benefit is access to blade upgrades. AKAYUKI’s build 1.3.12 description specifies a new upgrade every five levels and the maximum blade upgrade at level 50.

Reaching one of those milestones makes another upgrade available. The forge is where you enhance your blade, so check your character level when deciding whether you have reached the next upgrade milestone. For example, level 15 is an upgrade milestone; the next is level 20.

Level 50 is specifically the final blade-upgrade milestone in that description. Keep that distinction when planning your progression. The blade upgrade levels guide covers that part of progression separately.

XP multipliers and code rewards

The store listings describe two XP modifiers: 2x XP doubles XP earned, while 1.5x XP multiplies it by 1.5. Both descriptions say they stack with other XP multipliers and passes. These affect the amount earned from an XP award, which is a different role from the character-level milestones that unlock forge upgrades.

Codes such as AKAYUKITHANKYOU have also offered XP. Check the Codes page for maintained rewards and availability.