Making progress is vital for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction as players will need to reach higher levels to advance in the main storyline and learn more about the epidemic of Archaea.
Increasing your Milestone level will help you unlock more locations and Operators, as well as activation tokens, skins, and other items. You can further level up each Operator to receive new weapons and skills as a reward. In addition to collecting experience points for the mission, the Operators you select to play with will level up automatically when you successfully finish a mission. So the goal is to focus on finishing missions in the most optimal way.
Tips for Leveling up Fast in Rainbow Six Extraction
There are several ways to quickly level up in the game, this guide will take you through some quick tips to help you take your gameplay to the next level.
Play in groups of three
Find people who want to level up quicker as well so that you have the same goal. While the enemies are calibrated for one player when you’re playing solo, it can be more difficult to finish the round quickly. Playing with a squad keeps you quick on your feet, improves your teamwork skills, and lets you have a little more fun too.
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Play on the lowest difficulty
Almost every action during a mission earns you experience points, which you can increase by playing at a higher difficulty. However, for newer players with low-level Operators, it is recommended to play on the lowest difficulty so that you can safely extract for an Extraction Bonus. This is because when you fail a mission, you risk losing experience points. Complete all three objectives of a mission and extract safely for the Extraction bonus which rewards you with a 90% multiplier.
Pay attention to how you kill
You get some XP for killing an enemy, but you get way more for taking out a Nest with Stealth. This is tiered to the strength of the opponent. Make sure you notice how many experience points you get which is indicated by the red skull icon when you kill an enemy and repeat the moves that grant you the most points. Usually, this is when you use Stealth and crouch or take an Archaean down completely undetected with a Melee attack. Kill the notorious Sprawl, get headshots and one-shot kills whenever possible, and use tech items such as Recon Drone or Operator Abilities to boost your points. Sometimes you will find you earned more from your Stealth tactics than the actual kills. Check out all the enemies in the game here.
Complete the additional challenges
You have the option to complete studies that help you better understand the alien threat, in each location of the game which are additional challenges. Three studies are always active and you can do these at any stage to get some more XP. These mini-missions are of low difficulty and you will receive more challenges once you complete the three active ones. Completing these studies will give you XP, information, and Codex entries as well as other goodies like skins so don’t miss out on these.
Upgrade your Operators
Completing missions and extracting safely automatically levels up your Operators and unlock more skills and items. Learn each Operator’s skills and develop a playing style for each of them. It is recommended that you upgrade each one to at least Level 5 so that you can unlock half of their loadout and guns, and finish all the New York Studies. Check out our full guide on how to Upgrade Your Operators Quickly.
These are our tips on how to level up your Milestone level quickly in Rainbow Six Extraction. As you advance further in the game and improve your skills, you’ll want to move on to higher difficulties with more risk vs. reward gain. Make sure you’re confident and ready for higher levels by honing your skills. Unlocking higher difficulties will also give you numerous rewards, which you can check out in this guide on How to Unlock All Difficulty in Rainbow Six Extraction.