questions question about Patrol XP and that badge

[Missus Autumn]

Patrol exp-

How does this work is it for every hour you get 1/24 of a bar worth of exp or is it percentage base which means 1% is equal to 14.4 minutes or is it 24 hours take it or leave it 1 bar(if the last one ignore the question about the patroller job/badge)

 

Patroller job/badge-

If percentage based or 1 hour per 24th of a bar does it save progress between offline hours. Such as you have x% remaining till next bar promotion(for badge) or x 24th's worth of bars before next promotion for the job.

Or does it require a full bar/24 hour period for it to count.

 

I hope I don't have to actually do 30 days worth of offline time in 24 hour periods for each day 😭

Edited April 26 by Missus Autumn

[Octogoat]

Patroller badge is easy just log out in the middle of atlas like a scrub for about a week or two.

[twozerofoxtrot]

2 hours ago, Missus Autumn said:

I hope I don't have to actually do 30 days worth of offline time in 24 hour periods for each day 😭

 

Not at all.

 

You don't even have to logout during your first character creation to earn the badge anymore.

 

Thanks to the HC change that awards patrol exp when finding exploration badges, you can just scoop up a bunch, work a little of that off via exp grind, find a few more and viola. Patroller badge earned.

[Psyonico]

Also, if you have the Experienced temp power, that counts too.

 

 As for how often it “ticks” when you’re offline, I know it’s more than once per hour, but I am not sure if it ticks every minute or, say, every 5 minutes.

[Uun]

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Patrol_Experience

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Patroller_Badge

[OscarColeman]

On 4/26/2025 at 11:52 PM, Missus Autumn said:

Patrol exp-

How does this work is it for every hour you get 1/24 of a bar worth of exp or is it percentage base which means 1% is equal to 14.4 minutes or is it 24 hours take it or leave it 1 bar(if the last one ignore the question about the patroller job/badge)

 

Patroller job/badge-

If percentage based or 1 hour per 24th of a bar does it save progress between offline hours. Such as you have x% remaining till next bar promotion(for badge) or x 24th's worth of bars before next promotion for the job.

Or does it require a full bar/24 hour period for it to count.

 

I hope I don't have to actually do 30 days worth of offline time in 24 hour periods for each day 😭

Does progress save offline or reset hourly? Clarification appreciated, thanks!

[Psyonico]

Not sure what you mean by “reset hourly” but all patrol xp is cumulative

[Jacke]

To earn the "Patroller::Criminal" Day Job Badge, you need to earn 30 bars of Patrol Experience.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Patroller_Badge

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Patrol_Experience

 

Currently on Homecoming, Patrol XP can be earned in 3 ways:

1. 1 bar per 24 hours logged out.
2. 5 bars per charge of Experienced used.
3. A variable amount per Exploration Badge when first encountered.  From the Issue 27 Page 7 Patch Notes (2024 Feb 20):

   • Exploration badges now grant Patrol XP instead of regular XP.

     • The amount of Patrol XP gained is dramatically higher than the previous amount of regular XP previously gained.

     • The amount scales with level, starting with 1.5 bars at level 1, down to 0.25 bars at level 50.

A Toon can only hold 10 bars of Patrol XP.  But for the purposes of earning the Patroller Badge, can continue to earn Patrol XP from sources #2 and #3 even when at 10 bars.

 

I get the Day Job Badges on all my Toons.  Back when it took 21 days logged-out to earn a Day Job Badge, I got in the habit of recording on my Toon spreadsheet where each Toon was when they were logged out.  And I was very careful to log a Toon back in soon after earning a Badge to move them to the next Day Job Badge in the scheme I used.  At the same time, I also earned the various Day Job Accolade Powers up to their capacity.

 

Now it only takes 100 hours logged-out (4 days 4 hours) to earn a Day Job Badge.  As I've resisted my altitus and slowed my creation of new Toons, nearly all my Toons have earned all the Day Job Badges and Accolades.  (The Vanguard Recruit Day Job Badge and Accolades needing it will only unlock when a Toon is Level 35 or over, but the time logged out in the RWZ Vanguard Base can be earned at any Level.)

 

Prior to source #3 being added for Patrol XP, to earn the Patroller Badge, as I didn't want to waste charges of the Experienced Power, I had to fill to 10 bars of Patrol XP, then use it all up, then repeat this two more times, or some variation on this that added to 30 bars.  This meant multiple play sessions on each Toon with at least 30 days logged out.  This was a bit awkward.

 

Now, there's source #3.  While ideally should only get Exploration Badges and the Patrol XP from them when under 10 bars, for simplicity's sake and just to knock off another Day Job, I do use source #3 for some of the 30 bars.  At low Levels using only source #3, it just takes around 20 or a few more Exploration Badges to earn the "Patroller::Criminal" Day Job Badge.

 

 

[skoryy]

On 4/26/2025 at 4:42 PM, twozerofoxtrot said:

 

Not at all.

 

You don't even have to logout during your first character creation to earn the badge anymore.

 

Thanks to the HC change that awards patrol exp when finding exploration badges, you can just scoop up a bunch, work a little of that off via exp grind, find a few more and viola. Patroller badge earned.

 

Bingo.  I picked up Patroller on my latest alt just by completing exploration badges in Atlas, Kings, Steel, and Talos.  Easy to do when you're a flier!