

Just as I mentioned briefly in the beginning of the article, it’s important to level up on CS:GO so you can access all the game modes in the game, mainly those competitive queues.


That’s how the system is designed - it’s made to serve as a secondary bonus, and not as the main goal.ĬS:GO Experience Ranks - Image courtesy of VALVE and eloboss Why should you level up? Also, if you end up playing a lot every week, you’ll notice that your XP multipliers will start getting lower and lower every match until you reach 11167 XP. That weekly bonus consists of 5000 XP and once you deplete it, you’ll stop receiving it until the next weekly reset. You’ll also have a “Bonus XP” that resets on a weekly basis. Every level has exactly the same amount of XP needed to progress (5000 XP) and will take more than a few competitive matches to even get up one. It’s something that will be secondary and just a bonus during your playtime. Services like ESEA or FACEIT will not get you to higher levels. Whatever the game mode you’re in, you will get XP at the end of the match - it can be a casual match, an Arms Race, Deathmatch, everything works! But note that only “official” modes from Valve actually give out XP. You’re free to keep playing, so don’t worry.

It’s important to note that after you Prestige, you won’t be locked out of competitive queues until level 2 or 21 again. In exchange, they go back to level 1 but receive an untradeable medal that they can show off in their profile. The Level and Experience system in CS:GO is rather simple - it goes from 1 to 40 and then the player can “Prestige”. And you need level 21 to even queue with Prime enabled. In fact, a new account cannot start a competitive queue until it gets to level 2, which is 6000 XP (Experience Points) away. The XP system is also directly related to the ability to play competitive games, with or without Prime enabled. It’s one more thing that players can look out for, get some rewards, and overall just have a better gaming experience! In fact, it’s relatively recent, at least compared to other in-game systems like Matchmaking Rank. The XP system is something that wasn’t in the game since its release.
