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* A vital strategy in puzzle/{{roguelike}} ''VideoGame/DesktopDungeons'', where natural regeneration is very finite and arranging to level midbattle is almost necessary to defeat strong monsters.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'', leveling up fully restores both your LifeMeter and your ManaMeter.
* In ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'', leveling up heals a fraction of your new maximum hit points and restores two [[LuckManipulationMechanic Focus points]]. XP is usually awarded after each fight, but a level-up can be triggered mid-battle with an XP-boosting RareCandy.

* ''VideoGame/MapleStory''. Originally, leveling up would only restore your health and mana to their natural (that is, without equipment bonuses) maximums. But now, it not only plays this straight, but also takes it UpToEleven, with level-ups fully restoring both your health and mana AND instantly killing any non-boss monsters onscreen at the time, giving you extra experience. At very low levels, it's even possible for this effect to chain off itself, giving you multiple levels as each one kills enough foes to trigger the next.

* Taken [[UpToEleven up to twelve]] in the first ''VideoGame/LuminousArc''. To elaborate: Your HP ''and'' MP refill whenever you level up. If one of your units heals or buffs any of your other units, it gets 30 EXP; if one of your units heals or buffs itself and ''any other unit'' (enemies included) at the same time, it gets 30 EXP. You level up at every 100 EXP. You can see the infinite loop where you can get your WhiteMage to Lv.99 in a single battle as soon as she's able to cast a multi-target heal spell that heals as much damage as the weakest enemy in the game can deal (for the record, the basic multitarget heal spell heals about 4x the caster's level); if she's too weak to take out enemies on her own at the time, bring a unit that can buff ''her'' for even more leveling. Yes, you can level up by being a nice guy and healing enemies (as long as you heal the caster with the same spell). Why is this Up To Twelve instead of UpToEleven? If you repeatedly cast healing spells on a character enough times, they'll get ''an AntiMagic shield that lasts for 3 hits''. And the next time you cast a heal spell on them after the shield disappears? They'll probably get another one, ''even if it's not in the same battle''. Yes, this makes preparations for the FinalBoss much easier, whose primary attacks are also magic. So, in short, not only does ''Luminous Arc'' give you a Level Up Fill Up, it ''rewards you for abusing it''.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games have this, except ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', where this only happens sometimes.

* Evolution in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime is treated this way, unlike in the games. No matter how beaten up a Pokémon is in battle, once they evolve, they are raring to go. Many a battle in the series has been swung by a mid-battle evolution.

* In ''VideoGame/ForTheKing'', leveling up heals a fraction of your maximum hit points and restores two [[LuckManipulationMechanic Focus points]].

* Leveling up in ''VideoGame/NetHack'' doesn't fully restore health, but Hp remain proportional to [=MaxHp=] (i.e. 50/100 Hp and +10 MaxHP through level up will bring you to 55/110). For an early character that gains Hp quickly when leveling up this can be the difference between life and death in a fight with a group of monsters.

* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'', when Kumoko, the spider protagonist, gains a new level, her old carapace molts away and any injuries and StandardStatusEffects she suffers are instantly healed, which has saved her life on many occasions. This is a function of the unique skill [n%I=W] which [[spoiler:consumes soul energy to restore her body]].

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfPenAndPaper'': For HitPoints and ManaPoints.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ: Legend of the Super Saiyan'' restores your HP and KI at a level up without having to go to an inn or using an item card. It helps when you're in a dangerous situation because if your character's HP reaches zero, [[FinalDeath they're dead]].

* In the world of Generica Online, as seen in ''Literature/{{Threadbare}}'', leveling up refills your Health, Spirit, and Moxie. Some players exploit this by taking on an unlocked class mid-combat so that they can level it up for occasional refreshes.

* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'', when the spider protagonist gains a new level, her old carapace molts away and any injuries and StandardStatusEffects she suffers are instantly healed. This is a function of the unique skill [n%I=W] which [[spoiler:consumes soul energy to restore her body]].

* In ''LightNovel/KumoDesuGaNaniKa'', when the spider protagonist gains a new level, her old carapace molts away and any injuries and StandardStatusEffects she suffers are instantly healed. This is a function of the unique skill [n%I=W] which [[spoiler:consumes soul energy to restore her body]].

* In ''LightNovel/KumoDesuGaNaniKa'', when the spider protagonist gains a new level, her old carapace molts away and any injuries and StandardStatusEffects she suffers are instantly healed.