General -- LEP and Leveling

Now that you've started using beYou, you are most likely wondering things like:

* What can I do?
* When can I do this?
* How many levels does it take to blah blah blah?

The answer is: your beYou level aka Life Experience Points (LEP). LEP are what you earn to increase your general beYou Level, which is not the same as your Profession level. You will see your current beYou Level under your profile picture on your profile page.

## Earning LEP & Leveling Up

Just like in other task-based games or experiences, levels will not only increase over time, but also will take longer to achieve as one's level gets higher.

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> Every beYou Level requires a certain number of LEP points to be earned and once you reach that number your level will increase. At every new level the amount of LEP needed to level up gets larger. For example, you might need 100 LEP to get to level 10 but you might need 300 LEP to get to level 11.
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> The progress bar displayed under your current level shows the percent (%) of LEP you have earned so far that you need to get to the next level. As an Example, if you needed 100 LEP to get to the next level and you have earned 50 then your progress bar would be half filled.
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> ### How is LEP earned?
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> Time and keeping the hud on; that's all.
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> You can only earn LEP when you are wearing the beYou HUD. If you have the beYou HUD attached, You will get an LEP point 4 times per hour if your stats do not fall below 20%. If you fall below 20% on any stat your LEP points will stop being earned until you get all stats above 20% then will automatically continue to add to your account.
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> *If you detach (take off) your beYou HUD, you will no longer keep earning LEP no matter how high your stats are until you reattach or wear the HUD again.*
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> There is no other way to earn LEP. Just time and stats above 20%.
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**WARNING**: Disabling Health (*ability to get sick*) on your account will drop your ability to earn LEP from 4 to 2 times per hour (Half). Click here for information on how to enable/disable health.

## Why do you need LEP?

> Some beYou items, Crafting stations or Professions have a beYou Level requirement. Such as you cannot enable any Profession until you are a level 5 or you cannot use a beYou Workbench until you are a level 15.
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> Make sure to read the documentation on an item and keep an eye out for any signs near vendors that show a level requirement before you purchase an item.
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> beYou Levels are also a requirement to level up in your Professions. Even if you have earned or accumulated all the other requirements to level up a profession, you will not be able to until you reach the LEP level that profession level unlocks at.
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## Leveling Up Indicator

> Congratulations!
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> Once you have completed the required number of guided research circles, earned enough LEP and your skill points have reached 100% for your professions, you will see a blue button that reads 'Level Up' on the professions window on your beYou Profile page.
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> By pressing the Level Up button, you will be walked through the selections needed to advance to the next level. Once this is completed, you will move forward with new tasks and continue to use beYou as needed, unless additional steps inworld are required. For example: when you level up in cooking, you will need to reset your kitchen.
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## Level 30 & Higher Leveling Bonuses

**EFFECTIVE 08/2022**: All gift box items are now sent directly to your assets.

Once you hit level 30, you will begin to receive gift boxes which you will continue to receive every 5 beYou player levels after that.

These are rewards for continued play and double as incentives to encourage you to continue.

While the gifts may vary from time to time, here is just a sample of some of the items you might receive:

### Hygiene Products

> The hygiene products you receive from incentive boxes may have more of a boost than the generic wearable hygiene products. Some items you may receive include: Extreme Hair Brush, Extreme Shampoo & Extreme Soapy Soap.
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> To retrieve your wearable hygiene products, use the beYou Medicine Cabinet. It is free to all beYou World Group members and you will find this on the wall at the main beYou sim in the Pharmacy department.
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> **IMPORTANT**: you must be a member of the beYou World Group inworld in order to grab the free medicine cabinet. Hygiene products from gifts will be under the category 'Gift Items'.
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### Poppers

> Poppers delivered in the leveling gift boxes usually have 20 uses.
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> To use poppers, you will retrieve them from the drinks menu under the popper category when you access your refrigerator.
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> #### Types of Poppers & Stats Affected
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> * Smarty Pants Poppers - Dedication/Reputation
> * Escargot Energy Poppers - Energy
> * beYou Liverantix - Multiple stats
> * Peyote Poppers - Mana
> * Coco Caca Poppers - Mood
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### Vitamins

> You will receive both men and women's vitamins.. To find out which specific stats they do affect, you can look on the Items by Stats page and click a stat to see what items affect it.
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> To retrieve your vitamins, use the beYou Medicine Cabinet. It is free to all beYou World Group members and you will find this on the wall at the main beYou sim in the Pharmacy department.
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