Revision as of 16:01, 22 July 2013

Paragon Levels were added to Diablo III in the v1.0.4 patch on August 22, 2012.[1]

Paragon level avatar upgrades.

The Paragon Levels system is an end game feature. These levels are accessed once a character reaches the maximum level of 60. Once a character reaches level 60, experience gained from monster kills, quests, destructibles, kill spree bonuses or any other source counts towards the Paragon levels.

There are 100 paragon levels, and each level up rewards a character with the same attribute bonuses as a normal level up (3 to the class main stat, 2 vitality, 1 to the other two stats), plus a passive bonus of 3% to Magic Find and Gold Find.

As of v1.08 Paragon levels are bonuses solely to the character who earns them, though the developers have suggested that Paragon bonuses might go to the account in the future. They've also suggested that some character customization might be enabled by Paragon levels.

Potential Changes

In mid-2013 the developers began suggesting some future changes to the Paragon Levels system.

One main question fans always ask is what will happen to Paragon Levels in the Expansion. It's widely-assumed the cap will increase from 100, but it's not clear what bonus that would provide, with Magic Find and Gold Find already maxed out at the 300% hard cap at Paragon 100. Perhaps the MF/GF cap would be increased? [2]

Travis Day: The Paragon system was spectacular for what it was trying to accomplish. Sometimes random can be a cruel mistress and the paragon system’s primary intent was to allow you to feel like you’re acquiring progression and even if you’re not getting too lucky with your item drops. We want to take that and expand upon it even more.

We've definitely talked about things like taking Paragon and decoupling it from your character specifically and making it something that is more account-over working. So that any time you invest in the game is rewarded and you don’t feel like we’re taking anything away from you if you want to try new characters or try out different play styles within the game. That’s something we've looked into a lot.

Also, maybe potentially adding some sort of customization within the paragon system. Sort of in the vein of a throwback at a Diablo II start location. We've looked at things like that. We definitely have plans to flesh it our more in time. We don’t need to design it from the ground up. What it does, it does well, and we just need to make it more encompassing.

You've also mentioned that you’re not looking into increasing the cap of Paragon. It’s going to be a hundred for at least a while, right?
Travis Day: For the foreseeable future. I think at some point you can expect the cap to go up. The cap isn't even really there to necessarily make an end point to the player. The intent was for paragon 100 to take a long time to get to. Which it does. But as we improve different aspects of the game (make changes to Monster Power, Monster Density, etc.) the time that it takes players to fill out that cap is shorter than we’d like. And once you do cap out, it definitely removes a very important reward for you – your XP stops going up. So that’s something that we want to address – at some point we’ll definitely look at that cap.

About those customizations to the paragon system – what about the people who are already capped? Will they be receiving any kind of reward on patch day?
Travis Day: Yes, absolutely. If we’re making the sweeping changes to the Paragon, the people who invested time will certainly have the reward that is associated with that investment.

No changes to the Paragon system are expected before the Diablo 3 Expansion, sometime in 2014 or later. More details should be revealed before the launch.

Official Paragon Level Details

Quoted from the patch v1.04 official notes.[3]

After a player reaches level 60, killing monsters and completing combat challenge streaks (Killing Blow, Massacre, etc) will begin to award experience towards Paragon levels

There are 100 Paragon levels
Every Paragon level will reward you with:
- Core stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in amounts similar to what you’d gain from a normal level
- 3% Magic Find and 3% Gold Find

In addition, a distinctive border will surround your character portrait in the in-game party frame to denote your Paragon progression, with a new frame earned after every ten levels. Your Paragon level will also be visible to other players wherever your normal level is shown.

Nephalem Valor now grants +15% Bonus Experience per stack, as well as +15% to Magic Find and Gold Find
Magic Find will now cap at 300% (Nephalem Valor bonuses, Fortune shrines, and multiplayer bonuses will stack beyond this cap).
Magic Find is no longer averaged among all players in a multiplayer game.

Paragon Levels Experience

Players quickly datamined the patch for precise details about the experience gains required for Paragon Levels. Most players can advance through the first 10 or 15 Paragon levels fairly quickly, but the progress slows down in the 20s and 30s, and then grows markedly slow past level 40. Above level 80 further advances become more of a grind.

Paragon Level one achieved.

Though the total experience needed is considerable, it was just two weeks before the first character reached Paragon level 100. The winner was a Barbarian named Alkaizer, who dinged to the top on September 6, 2012 and became famous by giving his name to the popular Act Three experience farming Alkaizer run.l[4]

Initially, characters into the Paragon levels did not gain experience from quest rewards or other bonuses besides monster killing. (Experience shrines didn't even spawn in Inferno at that point.) Subsequent patches enabled these missing features, and added any more ways to gain rapid experience with more gear bonuses, bigger bonuses from multiplayer games, and more.

Experience Charts

The page here and information in the tables and chart is obsolete, paragon levels are now uncapped

Huge table showing current and cumulative experience required for all 100 Paragon levels. Level 50 requires 2.1 billion experience and is just over 20% of the way to Paragon 100. The actual halfway point comes around level 78.5, when a character has earned 5.2 billion of the 10.4 billion experience required for P100.

For Levels 1-60, experience requirements increase at a rate of 1,440,000/level.
For Levels 61-70, experience requirements increase at a rate of 2,880,000/level (=2*1,440,000).
For Levels 71-80, experience requirements increase at a rate of 5,020,000/level (=3.5*1,440,000).
For Levels 81-90, experience requirements increase at a rate of 6,480,000/level (=4.5*1,440,000).
For Levels 91-100, experience requirements increase at a rate of 8,640,000/level (=6*1,440,000).

Paragon Level	Experience points (needed for level)	Experience points total (from level 0)	Mainstat bonus	Vitality bonus	Other stats bonus	Magic and Gold find bonus
1	7,200,000	7,200,000	+3	+2	+1	+3 %
2	8,640,000	15,840,000	+6	+4	+2	+6 %
3	10,080,000	25,920,000	+9	+6	+3	+9 %
4	11,520,000	37,440,000	+12	+8	+4	+12 %
5	12,960,000	50,400,000	+15	+10	+5	+15 %
6	14,400,000	64,800,000	+18	+12	+6	+18 %
7	15,840,000	80,640,000	+21	+14	+7	+21 %
8	17,280,000	97,920,000	+24	+16	+8	+24 %
9	18,720,000	116,640,000	+27	+18	+9	+27 %
10	20,160,000	136,800,000	+30	+20	+10	+30 %
11	21,600,000	158,400,000	+33	+22	+11	+33 %
12	23,040,000	181,440,000	+36	+24	+12	+36 %
13	24,480,000	205,920,000	+39	+26	+13	+39 %
14	25,920,000	231,840,000	+42	+28	+14	+42 %
15	27,360,000	259,200,000	+45	+30	+15	+45 %
16	28,800,000	288,000,000	+48	+32	+16	+48 %
17	30,240,000	318,240,000	+51	+34	+17	+51 %
18	31,680,000	349,920,000	+54	+36	+18	+54 %
19	33,120,000	383,040,000	+57	+38	+19	+57 %
20	34,560,000	417,600,000	+60	+40	+20	+60 %
21	36,000,000	453,600,000	+63	+42	+21	+63 %
22	37,440,000	491,040,000	+66	+44	+22	+66 %
23	38,880,000	529,920,000	+69	+46	+23	+69 %
24	40,320,000	570,240,000	+72	+48	+24	+72 %
25	41,760,000	612,000,000	+75	+50	+25	+75 %
26	43,200,000	655,200,000	+78	+52	+26	+78 %
27	44,640,000	699,840,000	+81	+54	+27	+81 %
28	46,080,000	745,920,000	+84	+56	+28	+84 %
29	47,520,000	793,440,000	+87	+58	+29	+87 %
30	48,960,000	842,400,000	+90	+60	+30	+90 %
31	50,400,000	892,800,000	+93	+62	+31	+93 %
32	51,840,000	944,640,000	+96	+64	+32	+96 %
33	53,280,000	997,920,000	+99	+66	+33	+99 %
34	54,720,000	1,052,640,000	+102	+68	+34	+102 %
35	56,160,000	1,108,800,000	+105	+70	+35	+105 %
36	57,600,000	1,166,400,000	+108	+72	+36	+108 %
37	59,040,000	1,225,440,000	+111	+74	+37	+111 %
38	60,480,000	1,285,920,000	+114	+76	+38	+114 %
39	61,920,000	1,347,840,000	+117	+78	+39	+117 %
40	63,360,000	1,411,200,000	+120	+80	+40	+120 %
41	64,800,000	1,476,000,000	+123	+82	+41	+123 %
42	66,240,000	1,542,240,000	+126	+84	+42	+126 %
43	67,680,000	1,609,920,000	+129	+86	+43	+129 %
44	69,120,000	1,679,040,000	+132	+88	+44	+132 %
45	70,560,000	1,749,600,000	+135	+90	+45	+135 %
46	72,000,000	1,821,600,000	+138	+92	+46	+138 %
47	73,440,000	1,895,040,000	+141	+94	+47	+141 %
48	74,880,000	1,969,920,000	+144	+96	+48	+144 %
49	76,320,000	2,046,240,000	+147	+98	+49	+147 %
50	77,760,000	2,124,000,000	+150	+100	+50	+150 %
51	79,200,000	2,203,200,000	+153	+102	+51	+153 %
52	80,640,000	2,283,840,000	+156	+104	+52	+156 %
53	82,080,000	2,365,920,000	+159	+106	+53	+159 %
54	83,520,000	2,449,440,000	+162	+108	+54	+162 %
55	84,960,000	2,534,400,000	+165	+110	+55	+165 %
56	86,400,000	2,620,800,000	+168	+112	+56	+168 %
57	87,840,000	2,708,640,000	+171	+114	+57	+171 %
58	89,280,000	2,797,920,000	+174	+116	+58	+174 %
59	90,720,000	2,888,640,000	+177	+118	+59	+177 %
60	92,160,000	2,980,800,000	+180	+120	+60	+180 %
61	95,040,000	3,075,840,000	+183	+122	+61	+183 %
62	97,920,000	3,173,760,000	+186	+124	+62	+186 %
63	100,800,000	3,274,560,000	+189	+126	+63	+189 %
64	103,680,000	3,378,240,000	+192	+128	+64	+192 %
65	106,560,000	3,484,800,000	+195	+130	+65	+195 %
66	109,440,000	3,594,240,000	+198	+132	+66	+198 %
67	112,320,000	3,706,560,000	+201	+134	+67	+201 %
68	115,200,000	3,821,760,000	+204	+136	+68	+204 %
69	118,080,000	3,939,840,000	+207	+138	+69	+207 %
70	120,960,000	4,060,800,000	+210	+140	+70	+210 %
71	126,000,000	4,186,800,000	+213	+142	+71	+213 %
72	131,040,000	4,317,840,000	+216	+144	+72	+216 %
73	136,080,000	4,453,920,000	+219	+146	+73	+219 %
74	141,120,000	4,595,040,000	+222	+148	+74	+222 %
75	146,160,000	4,741,200,000	+225	+150	+75	+225 %
76	151,200,000	4,892,400,000	+228	+152	+76	+228 %
77	156,240,000	5,048,640,000	+231	+154	+77	+231 %
78	161,280,000	5,209,920,000	+234	+156	+78	+234 %
79	166,320,000	5,376,240,000	+237	+158	+79	+237 %
80	171,360,000	5,547,600,000	+240	+160	+80	+240 %
81	177,840,000	5,725,440,000	+243	+162	+81	+243 %
82	184,320,000	5,909,760,000	+246	+164	+82	+246 %
83	190,800,000	6,100,560,000	+249	+166	+83	+249 %
84	197,280,000	6,297,840,000	+252	+168	+84	+252 %
85	203,760,000	6,501,600,000	+255	+170	+85	+255 %
86	210,240,000	6,711,840,000	+258	+172	+86	+258 %
87	216,720,000	6,928,560,000	+261	+174	+87	+261 %
88	223,200,000	7,151,760,000	+264	+176	+88	+264 %
89	229,680,000	7,381,440,000	+267	+178	+89	+267 %
90	236,160,000	7,617,600,000	+270	+180	+90	+270 %
91	244,800,000	7,862,400,000	+273	+182	+91	+273 %
92	253,440,000	8,115,840,000	+276	+184	+92	+276 %
93	262,080,000	8,377,920,000	+279	+186	+93	+279 %
94	270,720,000	8,648,640,000	+282	+188	+94	+282 %
95	279,360,000	8,928,000,000	+285	+190	+95	+285 %
96	288,000,000	9,216,000,000	+288	+192	+96	+288 %
97	296,640,000	9,512,640,000	+291	+194	+97	+291 %
98	305,280,000	9,817,920,000	+294	+196	+98	+294 %
99	313,920,000	10,131,840,000	+297	+198	+99	+297 %
100	322,560,000	10,454,400,000	+300	+200	+100	+300 %

* * Table courtesy of Diablo.kalais.net.

A handy pie chart giving a proportional view of the total Paragon Level experience gain. The amount per level increases steadily from 1-59, and then increases more steeply at levels 60, 70, 80, and 90.

Paragon levels on a pie chart.

Media

Several screenshots showing off aspect of the Paragon system.

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 [[File:Paragon-levels-avatars.jpg|thumb|350px|Paragon level avatar upgrades.]]
-The Paragon Levels system is an [[end game]] feature. These levels are accessed once a character reaches the maximum level of 60. Additional experience gained from monster kills or [[kill spree]] bonuses counts towards the Paragon levels. There are 100 paragon levels, and each level up rewards a character with the same [[attribute]] bonuses as a normal level up (3 to the class main stat, 2 vitality, 1 to the other two stats), plus a passive bonus of 3% to [[Magic Find]] and [[Gold Find]].
+The Paragon Levels system is an [[end game]] feature. These levels are accessed once a character reaches the maximum level of 60. Once a character reaches level 60, experience gained from monster kills, [[quests]], [[destructibles]], [[kill spree]] bonuses or any other source counts towards the Paragon levels.
+There are 100 paragon levels, and each level up rewards a character with the same [[attribute]] bonuses as a normal level up (3 to the class main stat, 2 vitality, 1 to the other two stats), plus a passive bonus of 3% to [[Magic Find]] and [[Gold Find]].
-==Magic Find Changes==
+As of v1.08 Paragon levels are bonuses solely to the character who earns them, though the developers have suggested that Paragon bonuses might go to the account in the future. They've also suggested that some character customization might be enabled by Paragon levels.
-Other game changes were made with the Paragon system, chiefly to Magic Find and Gold Find. The maximum value for those properties was capped at 300% (not including [[Nephalem Valor]] stacks). Thus a character at Paragon Level 50 would have 150% passive bonus to their MF/GF, and would need only 150% more from equipment to max out their bonus.
-Further, a character who reached the maximum Paragon level 100 has 300% Magic Find/Gold Find inherently, and up to 375% with 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, thus would gain '''''zero''''' additional bonus from equipment that provides bonuses to those stats.
+==Potential Changes==
-This system enables characters to cease wearing equipment for Magic Find gain as they level up, and focus entirely on survival enhancing stats. This design has proved controversial amongst fans, and has been objected to as a simplification of the end game item game.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/introducing-the-paragon-system-2]
+In mid-2013 the developers began suggesting some future changes to the Paragon Levels system.
+One main question fans always ask is what will happen to Paragon Levels in the Expansion. It's widely-assumed the cap will increase from 100, but it's not clear what bonus that would provide, with Magic Find and Gold Find already maxed out at the 300% hard cap at Paragon 100. Perhaps the MF/GF cap would be increased? [http://www.diablofans.com/news/1901-the-devs-on-the-past-and-future-of-diablo-full-interview/]
-==Official Details==
+<blue>Travis Day: The Paragon system was spectacular for what it was trying to accomplish. Sometimes random can be a cruel mistress and the paragon system’s primary intent was to allow you to feel like you’re acquiring progression and even if you’re not getting too lucky with your item drops. We want to take that and expand upon it even more.
+We've definitely talked about things like taking Paragon and decoupling it from your character specifically and making it something that is more account-over working. So that any time you invest in the game is rewarded and you don’t feel like we’re taking anything away from you if you want to try new characters or try out different play styles within the game. That’s something we've looked into a lot.
+Also, maybe potentially adding some sort of customization within the paragon system. Sort of in the vein of a throwback at a Diablo II start location. We've looked at things like that. We definitely have plans to flesh it our more in time. We don’t need to design it from the ground up. What it does, it does well, and we just need to make it more encompassing.
+<font color="#FFFFFF">You've also mentioned that you’re not looking into increasing the cap of Paragon. It’s going to be a hundred for at least a while, right?</font><br>
+Travis Day: For the foreseeable future. I think at some point you can expect the cap to go up. The cap isn't even really there to necessarily make an end point to the player. The intent was for paragon 100 to take a long time to get to. Which it does. But as we improve different aspects of the game (make changes to Monster Power, Monster Density, etc.)  the time that it takes players to fill out that cap is shorter than we’d like. And once you do cap out, it definitely removes a very important reward for you – your XP stops going up. So that’s something that we want to address – at some point we’ll definitely look at that cap.
+<font color="#FFFFFF">About those customizations to the paragon system – what about the people who are already capped? Will they be receiving any kind of reward on patch day?</font><br>
+Travis Day: Yes, absolutely. If we’re making the sweeping changes to the Paragon, the people who invested time will certainly have the reward that is associated with that investment.
+</blue>
+No changes to the Paragon system are expected before the [[Diablo 3 Expansion]], sometime in 2014 or later. More details should be revealed before the launch.
+==Official Paragon Level Details==
 Quoted from the [[patch v1.04]] official notes.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/official-patch-1-0-4-notes/]
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 * There are 100 Paragon levels
 * Every Paragon level will reward you with:
+** Core stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in amounts similar to what you’d gain from a normal level
-* Core stats such as Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Vitality in amounts similar to what you’d gain from a normal level
+** 3% Magic Find and 3% Gold Find
-* 3% Magic Find and 3% Gold Find
 * In addition, a distinctive border will surround your character portrait in the in-game party frame to denote your Paragon progression, with a new frame earned after every ten levels. Your Paragon level will also be visible to other players wherever your normal level is shown.
 * Nephalem Valor now grants +15% Bonus Experience per stack, as well as +15% to Magic Find and Gold Find
+* Magic Find will now cap at 300% (Nephalem Valor bonuses, Fortune shrines, and multiplayer bonuses will stack beyond this cap).
-* Magic Find will now cap at 300% (Nephalem Valor bonuses will still stack beyond this cap)
+* Magic Find is no longer averaged among all players in a multiplayer game.
+</blue>
-* Magic Find is no longer averaged among all players in a multiplayer game</blue>
 ==Paragon Levels Experience==
-Players quickly datamined the patch for precise details about the experience gains required for Paragon Levels. Generally speaking, the first few levels are quite quick, but by Paragon Level 5 or 6 the gain is noticeably slower. Still, up to level 10 remains fairly quick, and then 11-20 is only a bit slower. The pace drops off considerably at that point, though up to level 50 is still not enormously grindy. Past 50 though, the number of kills per level increases exponentially, with progress very slow past that point, for most players.
+Players quickly datamined the patch for precise details about the experience gains required for Paragon Levels. Most players can advance through the first 10 or 15 Paragon levels fairly quickly, but the progress slows down in the 20s and 30s, and then grows markedly slow past level 40.  Above level 80 further advances become more of a grind.
 [[File:Paragon-level-1.jpg|thumb|400px|Paragon Level one achieved.]]
-Though the total experience needed is considerable, it was just two weeks before the first character reached Paragon level 100. The winner was a group-played Barbarian named Alkaizer, who dinged to the top on September 6, 2012.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/soon-worlds-first-paragon-level-99]
+Though the total experience needed is considerable, it was just two weeks before the first character reached Paragon level 100. The winner was a Barbarian named [[Alkaizer]], who dinged to the top on September 6, 2012 and became famous by giving his name to the popular Act Three experience farming [[Alkaizer run]].l[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/soon-worlds-first-paragon-level-99]
+Initially, characters into the Paragon levels did not gain experience from quest rewards or other bonuses besides monster killing. (Experience shrines didn't even spawn in Inferno at that point.) Subsequent patches enabled these missing features, and added any more ways to gain rapid [[experience]] with more gear bonuses, bigger bonuses from multiplayer games, and more.
-Though one group of players was able to power up to it in just two weeks, most players will require months or years. Gaining Paragon Level 100 requires vastly more experience than leveling a character from 1 to 60 in the first place. More experience is required to gain Paragon Level 3 than to go from level 1-60 with a new character.
+{{:Paragon experience charts}}
-That's something of a misleading comparison though, since monster kills in Inferno are worth gigantically more experience than monster kills on lower difficulty levels. For instance, a nearly full clear of Act Three on Inferno is worth around 20 million experience, while it requires just 25,934,700 experience to take a brand new character from level 1 to 60.
-Note that paragon level characters '''''do not''''' gain experience from quest rewards (though many players hope this will change).[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-diablo-podcast-78-paragons-items-and-farming] Paragon experience is awarded only from monster kills, and from bonus experience from [[destruction]] bonuses of objects or by scoring large monster [[kill streaks]] and [[mighty blow]] bonuses. (Though these other bonuses are fun to achieve, they grant a few hundred or thousand experience at most, which is considerably less experience than a character earns from killing a single monster in [[Inferno]].)
-{{:Paragon experience charts}}
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