## Example

```json
{
  "startingCharacterLevelUpRequirement": 1000,
  "extraRequiredXPPerCharacterLevel": 400,
  "maxCharacterLevel": 100,
  "abilityPointEveryLevels": 1,
  "abilityPointsPerGrant": 1,
  "attributePointEveryLevels": 5,
  "attributePointsPerGrant": 1,
  "maxAttributeValue": 999,
  "traitPickEveryLevels": 10,
  "traitPicksPerGrant": 1,
  "locationDiscoveryXP": 10,
  "levelUpTraitPool": [],
  "milestoneTitles": [
    { "levelGranted": 1, "title": "Initiate" },
    { "levelGranted": 10, "title": "Adept" },
    { "levelGranted": 20, "title": "Veteran" },
    { "levelGranted": 30, "title": "Expert" },
    { "levelGranted": 40, "title": "Master" },
    { "levelGranted": 50, "title": "Legend" }
  ]
}
```

Level-up rewards are configured here. Players see them in the story status panel, where they spend ability and attribute points, make trait picks, and equip earned titles.

> **📋 Note:** The field names describe the cadence (`*EveryLevels`) and amount (`*PerGrant`) of each reward. The exact arithmetic each field drives — how a spent point converts to an effect, how `levelUpTraitPool` is sampled — is not formally documented.

## Fields

### startingCharacterLevelUpRequirement

XP required to reach character level 2. The full curve: XP to reach level N = `startingCharacterLevelUpRequirement + (N - 1) * extraRequiredXPPerCharacterLevel`.

### extraRequiredXPPerCharacterLevel

Additional XP required per character level beyond the first.

### maxCharacterLevel

Maximum character level.

### abilityPointEveryLevels

Interval, in character levels, on which ability points are granted.

### abilityPointsPerGrant

Ability points granted at each interval.

### attributePointEveryLevels

Interval, in character levels, on which attribute points are granted.

### attributePointsPerGrant

Attribute points granted at each interval.

### maxAttributeValue

Maximum value an attribute can reach.

### traitPickEveryLevels

Interval, in character levels, on which a trait pick is granted.

### traitPicksPerGrant

Trait picks granted at each interval.

### locationDiscoveryXP

XP awarded when a location is discovered.

### levelUpTraitPool

Traits offered as options for level-up trait picks. Leave `[]` for none. Entries reference trait keys from [`traits`](/mechanics/traits).

### milestoneTitles

Titles awarded at set levels. Each entry is `{ levelGranted, title }` — `levelGranted` is the character level at which the title unlocks and `title` is the display string. Players can equip an earned title from the status panel.