Yesterday, I earned the 11 years of service badge and didnt level up
I've been on steam since Jan 21 of 2004. I have 112 XP left to reach level 11 (out of a total of 200). With 11 years, I earned 550 XP, which should be enough for both what I have left on level 10, level 11 and 12 (200 XP per level until level 21). I didn't gain any XP AT ALL. I'm still have 112 left to level.
In other words, with this badge, mathematically speaking, I should now be level 13, but what's the problem?
Best Answer
The years of service badge upgrades the same way as game badges. The value shown is the total XP earned across all unlocked levels of the badge combined.
The most recent badge doesn't actually give you 550 XP, that's just your new total with the addition of the new badge. So whatever the difference between your total for 11 years and 10 years is, that's how much XP you earned from the new badge.
EDIT: It's 50 XP per level for this particular badge. So you earned 50 XP, not 550.
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How do I check my badge progress?
The badge progress usually appears on F2P games when you have an unpacked trading card in your inventory. If it doesn't appear; you can highlight the card and then select the 'check badge progress button' on your inventory screen.How much XP is a badge?
To raise your level you can: Craft badges (100 XP per badge, can up to 5 levels of regular and 1 Foil Badge per game, special badges have no limit)How do I increase years of service on Steam?
They can be increased by doing the following actions:Niki and the Collection of new Stories for kids
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Answer 2
Looking at your Steam Profile, the reason you did not level up is because you did not meet the requirements to do so.
Also, when your badge upgrades, it does not add the total onto your current XP again (as that would just be OP; overpowered). Instead, what it did was add 50XP (the difference) onto your XP count. So 1,038XP + 50XP = 1,088XP, which does not bring you over the next level's threshold of 1,200XP.
Your profile level is determined by the sum of all the badges' XP values, meaning that you would have more than just that 11 "Years of Service" badge, as the badge itself (550XP) is only enough to bring you to Level 5 (500-599XP).
As Frank had said, leveling up your badges only increases its value (ie. from 500XP to 550XP).
Looking at your profile, you only have 1,088XP:
- 11 Years of Service (550XP;
50XP x 11) - Steam Summer Adventure - Purple Team (100XP)
- Community Ambassator (Level 2; 200XP)
- Sharp-eyed Stockpiler (238XP)
Since your XP count went from 1,038XP (before your YoS badge upgraded) to 1,088XP (after the upgrade) - You haven't reached the next level requirement (1,200XP for Level 11).
The higher your level, it harder it gets to level up as the level requirements increase every 10 levels.
In case, if you had your level calculations wrong:
Erm. StackExchange doesn't support tables. So I had to format them as code instead.
| Level # | Min. XP | XP Range | Level-up Cost |
|---------|---------|-----------|---------------|
| 0 | 0 | 0-99 | 100 |
| 1 | 100 | 100-199 | 100 |
| 2 | 200 | 200-299 | 100 |
| 3 | 300 | 300-399 | 100 |
| 4 | 400 | 400-499 | 100 |
| 5 | 500 | 500-599 | 100 |
| 6 | 600 | 600-699 | 100 |
| 7 | 700 | 700-799 | 100 |
| 8 | 800 | 800-899 | 100 |
| 9 | 900 | 900-999 | 100 |
| 10 | 1000 | 1000-1199 | 200 |
| 11 | 1200 | 1200-1399 | 200 |
| 12 | 1400 | 1400-1599 | 200 |
and so on...
As for how to increase them?
They can be increased by doing the following actions:
- Crafting and Upgrading existing Badges
- Buying Games
- Earning Badges (participate in events)
- Waiting out a single year
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