Mod:Meta Leveling

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Meta Leveling is a mod that introduces RPG-inspired progression and rewards.

This article is heavily WIP.

Features

Experience System: Earn experience by killing enemies, solving puzzles, or doing cool stuff throughout your run.
Rewards System:
- Collect RPG-like rewards with multiple tiers and rarities that unlock based on your progression.
- Reward Variety: Rewards can include upgrades to the character, wands, resources, spells, or temporary buffs.
- Tiered Progression: As you collect rewards, you unlock higher tiers of more powerful rewards.
Meta Progression:
- Gain meta points through activities like speedrunning, streaking, or accomplishing challenging feats.
- Persistent Upgrades: Start future runs with permanent buffs such as additional health, increased experience multipliers, longer buff durations, and more.
Scalable Difficulty: This mod fits well with others that increase the game's difficulty, add new enemies, or introduce additional challenges.

You can earn meta points in the following ways:

Ways to earn meta points
Activity	Points
Killing Bosses	1 meta point for every boss you defeat.
Reaching Levels	1 meta point for every 50 levels (this can be adjusted in the settings)
End-Game Quests	Some quests will reward you with meta points.
Winning the Game Entering NG+	1 meta points + bonuses^#

There are bonuses on game win:

Condition	Points
Collected Orbs	`1.15^{(collected orbs + new game plus count^0.5)}`
Speedrun	`5 - (minutes / 5)` or `5 / minutes * 20` if less than 5 minutes
Pacifist Run	`50` or `5 - (kills / 15)` if not pacifist
No-Hit Run	`30` or `8 / damage taken` if was hit
Fungal Shift	`shifted amount / 2`
Win Streak	`1.4^streaks`