How Do You Level Up A Sentinel?

[Kato-san]

I tried letting it kill stuff on its own, and only its weapon leveled up.  I tried getting kills from my frame, and still nothing.  Any tips on how to level it?

[amit565]

did you tried to get affinity balls?

[Farren]

It acrues xp like anything else, but if it dies it gets nothing at the end of the mission. Infested missions are the best for Sentinel leveling because they almost never die.

[Kato-san]

It acrues xp like anything else, but if it dies it gets nothing at the end of the mission. Infested missions are the best for Sentinel leveling because they almost never die.

 

Yah i did infested let it kill things with its weapon and weapon leveled up 5 times sentinel XP did not budge.  Is this a bug maybe?

[Zamte]

The sentinel should get a portion of the total exp, just like your frame. It should just level from you running missions, even if it doesn't have a weapon to kill anything with.

Edited September 23, 2013 by Zamte

[bosstnt]

by playing the game it will level

[Xaaz]

Farm Xini and it'll be 30 in no time.

[Darphnix]

http://warframe.wikia.com/wiki/Experience_Mechanics

Sentinel Experience

Experience gained by Sentinels functions in a similar way to Warframe and weapons. Sentinels will gain experience from the following sources:

    Precept kills (50% to Sentinel, 50% to your Warframe)
    Precept uses (100% to Sentinel, sometimes, but not always, indicated by a XXX Power pop-up when a precept is used)
    Your weapon kills (~22% to Sentinel[1])
    Ally kills (X% to Sentinel?[1])

[1] this experience is not taken away from what your Warframe and weapons would normally gain from kills, but is simply 'extra' experience.

Sentinels will not gain experience from the following sources:

    Sentinel weapon kills (X% to Sentinel weapon, X% to your Warframe)
    Your Warframe ability kills (100% to your Warframe)

(needs further testing to determine what percentage of the experience the Sentinel gets)

It seems that Sentinels will not keep any experience gained during a mission if they die and are not revived (whether by Regen or by reviving with a player) by extraction. (further testing is required)

<<<Nothing to add here :) >>>

Edited September 23, 2013 by Darphnix

[akinit]

I've noticed a giant gain of xp for my sentinel while using Mag's Pull ability.

[darkkterror]

How do you level up a Sentinel?  Very slowly.  Seriously, even with an affinity booster, leveling up a Sentinel is so slooooooooooow.

[Dogoframe]

Funny thing is that my Shade was lvl 30 in no time. My Carrier, Wyrm and Cube are taking WAY longer. Shade never had the attack precept on tho, so I am thinking about taking them off the other sentinels to see if they lvl a tad faster by just using their skills. And staying alive, obviously.