Broodmothers actually do level up though. They gain experience for protecting the cubs. I forget the exact amount of experience they gain per cub by my lionesses that are protecting 5 cubs gain anywhere from 150 exp to 900 exp when I roll over.

It's much slower than if they were hunting but they can level up.

I'll take a screen shot of my userlog. You have to physically go to their page and level them up, just like every other lion.

I went to my userlog and just searched "protect" and this is the most recent entries my girls have from gaining experience;


In fact you have one of your own that is a broodmother who is ready to level up, you just have to go to her page to do it. Her, she is at 4805 / 110 experience and could gain a few levels actually.

it's not new, they've been gaining experience since broodmothers were implemented. There is no notification given that they gain experience, nor is there any indication that it happens other than the arrow signifying that they are ready to level up. They just gain experience every time you roll over depending on how many cubs they are protecting.

The wiki is out of date and is being worked on. I think I have the news post saved somewhere and am trying to find it but they've always gained experience.

Here is the news post from when they were announced in 2015; News post. They have always gained experience.

If your broodmothers aren't, I would make a modbox ticket, because they're supposed to.

This is from the news post I linked;

It's the fourth paragraph down from the top. Explains all the things about broodmothers. :)