How to level up fast in XDefiant: Weapons & Battle Pass XP

XDefiant’s progression system has proved to be a grind for players, so here are all the best ways to level up your Battle Pass and weapons fast.

To progress through the tiers of your Battle Pass you will need to earn XP by any means. However, to gain XP for the best XDefiant guns, you will need to rack up kills while using each weapon during your matches.

With there being 24 weapons, which all have their own attachments and mastery camos to unlock, as well as 100 levels for players to grind through in the Battle Pass, it has become incredibly easy to sink time into getting everything finished in XDefiant.

Fortunately, we have provided all the key tips and tricks to help make the grind a little less overwhelming.

Activate Battle Pass and Weapon XP boosters

Activating your Battle Pass and Weapon XP boosters is vital for leveling up quickly in XDefiant. Whenever you have these available, make sure you use them, as these will halve the time or number of kills it takes to rank up each level.

For weapons, one kill grants 100 XP and each weapon level is 3500 XP. That works out to roughly one level per 35 kills. Therefore, when you want to level up particular weapons, activating the Weapon XP Booster while using them will be key.

You can get XP boosters by receiving them from Twitch Drops, Ubisoft Connect challenges, or completing levels in the Battle Pass.

Play the best modes for gaining XP

Escort is the best mode to play to level up your weapons and gain Battle Pass XP fast in XDefiant.

We would recommend primarily playing Escort and aggressively playing the objective. The game does a great job of rewarding objective players and if you stay close to the Escort and pick off enemies as you progress, you’ll rack up heaps of XP and score like nobody’s business.

This will also likely grant you a little XP boost as you should come top of the team scoreboard, which the game rewards once again.

Alternatively, Occupy and Zone Control are also strong modes for gaining XP for your weapons and Battle Pass. These push teams into one concentrated area, allowing you to pick up kills and earn killstreaks while playing around the objective.

Complete all challenges

One of the best ways to gain XP for your Battle Pass is to complete all your Major, Base and Daily Challenges.

While it seems obvious, it’s easy to forget when you’re in the heat of battle that your challenges are your best friend when trying to earn as much XP as possible.

You should check your daily challenges as soon as you get on and prioritize those first, especially if you’re able to combine them with some of your Base Challenges too.

These shouldn’t take long to complete and will get you over 20,000 XP for doing so, on top of the XP you get while earning the challenges. For example, if you get 30 LMG kills for 10,000 XP, you’ll end up with 13,000 XP total thanks to the 3,000 from just the kills.

Earn Medals

Earning Medals during your XDefiant matches is key to granting you bonus XP multipliers for your weapons and surging through your Battle Pass.

You can earn Medals for completing various tasks that all will reward you with XP benefits. However, only orange-colored Medals will grant you XP for your Battle Pass. These include earning the Killstreak, Assists, Multikill, Objective and Demolisher Medals.

Meanwhile, blue and purple colored Medals will grant you weapon XP for the gun you are using, such as the Point-Blank and Headshots Medal.

The best way to earn Medals is by playing more aggressively across the map. Whether that be trying to wipe out multiple enemies surrounding an objective to get a Multikill or by completing the objective of the game mode.

Obviously, you will also want to aim to get the highest amount of kills you can per XDefiant match to gain the maximum XP for your chosen weapon and boost your match score to rise up the leaderboards.

Whatever mode you end up playing to surge up the leaderboards and get that XP, we have provided the best meta loadout for every game mode and map. Heaps of fresh content will also be arriving when Season 1 finally launches.