That total is not a rough guess. It comes straight from the VIP level table, step by step, and every step lists its own EXP requirement to clear that level. The steps are far from even. This guide only covers the EXP-to-next-level curve. It does not cover what each level unlocks; that list already exists in a separate guide, and mixing the two just muddies both.

📊 The First Nine Steps

VIP0 through VIP5 stays cheap relative to everything after it: 40,000, then 280,000, 580,000, 1,900,000, 2,200,000, and 4,000,000 EXP per step. Add those six numbers and reaching VIP6 costs 9,000,000 EXP total. Then the wall shows up. VIP6 to VIP7 alone asks for 16,250,000, more than four times the step right before it. That single jump does more damage to a stalled VIP push than the first six levels combined.

🚀 The Four Multiplier Walls

Three jumps stand out against their own neighbor. VIP5 to VIP6 (4,000,000) to VIP6 to VIP7 (16,250,000) is roughly a 4x jump. VIP10 to VIP11 (32,000,000) to VIP11 to VIP12 (72,350,000) is a bit over 2x. VIP14 to VIP15 (163,650,000) to VIP15 to VIP16 (240,000,000) adds another 76,350,000 on top of an already large step. None of these jumps are smooth scaling. Each one is its own separate wall printed on the level table.

🧮 A Second VIP16 Number

The same table also lists 801,000,000 EXP attached to level 16 itself, stacked on top of the 800,000,000 already spent reaching VIP16. VIP16 is confirmed as the current cap. That second number does not open a VIP17 that does not exist yet; treat it as the last stretch of an already full bar, not a real gate you still need to clear.

🎯 Read The Next Step

Read the exact number for your next step before you commit resources toward it, not the level number alone. A commander sitting at VIP6 is one step away from a 16,250,000 wall; a commander at VIP10 is one step away from a smaller relative jump into VIP11. The size of the next step, not how far you already climbed, is what should decide whether you push now or bank EXP for a cheaper level first.

Positive spend: you check the exact next-step number before a spending event, see VIP9 to VIP10 is a mid-size step, and time your push to land inside that event. Flip side: you assume levels scale evenly, push blind into VIP6 to VIP7, and burn your event stockpile on one step that alone equals almost two full early levels.

Looking at your own VIP bar right now, is the step directly ahead of you one of the four walls above, or a cheap one worth clearing today?