01What is the cheapest way to level up on Steam?
Buying trading card sets from a level up bot with TF2 keys, from the bot that gives the most sets for one key, and crafting each set into a badge. Every badge craft is 100 XP. The table on this page is that ranking, best rate first.
02What does a rate like 18:1 mean?
It is how many card sets one TF2 key buys from that bot: 18:1 is 18 sets for one key. A higher number is a cheaper level. The Gems column shows how many gems a bot charges per set, for bots that also take gems.
03How much does it cost to reach level 100?
From level 0 it takes 550 card sets. At a rate of 20:1 that is 28 TF2 keys, rounded up. Levels get dearer as you go, so use the Steam Level Calculator for your own numbers.
04Are the cheapest bots safe to trade with?
Every bot here proved to us that its owner controls it, and a person reviewed it before it was listed. Bots that stopped reporting, ran out of sets or failed our rate check are left out of this ranking. Still read every trade offer before you accept it, and never send items first.