What XP table does this use?

It uses the official Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition experience table from the Player's Handbook: level 1 at 0 XP, level 2 at 300, level 3 at 900, up to level 20 at 355,000 XP. Your level is whatever band your total XP falls into.

How is percentage progress calculated?

It takes your XP above the current level's threshold and divides by the size of the band to the next level. At 1,200 XP (level 3 starts at 900, level 4 at 2,700) you are 300 of 1,800 through, or about 17 percent.

What happens at level 20?

Level 20 is the cap in standard 5e. Once you reach 355,000 XP there is no further level, so the tool shows you at the maximum level with no XP remaining to a next level. Epic boons are the usual way to progress beyond.

Does this work with milestone leveling?

Milestone leveling ignores XP entirely — the DM grants levels at story beats. This tracker is for tables using the XP variant. If your group uses milestones you will not be tracking the numbers this tool needs.

How is XP awarded in 5e?

Monsters and challenges have XP values that the DM divides among the party after an encounter. The exact awards are up to the DM and adventure. This tool only tracks the total you have banked against the leveling table.

D&D XP to Next Level Tracker

If your D&D 5e table tracks experience points, this tracker turns a raw XP total into something useful: your current level, how far you are through it, and exactly how much XP stands between you and the next level — backed by the official Player’s Handbook table.

How it works

The PHB defines a fixed threshold for each level. Your level is the highest one whose threshold your total XP meets or exceeds:

level = max L such that XP >= threshold[L]
to next = threshold[L + 1] − XP
progress% = (XP − threshold[L]) / (threshold[L+1] − threshold[L]) × 100

The thresholds are 0, 300, 900, 2700, 6500, 14000, 23000, 34000, 48000, 64000, 85000, 100000, 120000, 140000, 165000, 195000, 225000, 265000, 305000, and 355000 XP for levels 1 through 20.

Example and tips

A character with 5,000 XP sits at level 4 (threshold 2,700; level 5 begins at 6,500), so they are 2,300 of 3,800 through the band — about 61 percent — with 1,500 XP to go. Because the bands widen sharply at higher levels, early levels fly by while later ones can take many sessions; pacing encounter rewards to those bands keeps advancement feeling steady.