diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/CrateEffect.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/CrateEffect.cs
index 49f69d5269..9139c59cc0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/CrateEffect.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/CrateEffect.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 	{
 		Actor a;
 		Animation anim = new Animation("crate-effects");
-		float2 doorOffset = new float2(-4,0);
+		float2 offset = new float2(-4,0);
+
+		public CrateEffect(Actor a, string seq, int2 offset)
+			: this(a, seq)
+		{
+			this.offset = offset;
+		}
 
 		public CrateEffect(Actor a, string seq)
 		{
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 		public IEnumerable<Renderable> Render()
 		{
 			yield return new Renderable(anim.Image,
-				a.CenterLocation - .5f * anim.Image.size + doorOffset, "effect");
+				a.CenterLocation - .5f * anim.Image.size + offset, "effect");
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/GainsExperience.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/GainsExperience.cs
index 2f3249292e..7774b6c73a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/GainsExperience.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/GainsExperience.cs
@@ -58,17 +58,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		{
 			Experience += amount;
 
-			while (Level < Levels.Count() - 1 && Experience > Levels[Level])
+			while (Level < Levels.Count() - 1 && Experience >= Levels[Level])
 			{
 				Level++;
 
-				// TODO: Show an effect or play a sound or something
-				Log.Write("{0} became Level {1}".F(self.Info.Name, Level));
+//				Game.Debug("{0} became Level {1}".F(self.Info.Name, Level));
 
-				self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w =>
-				{
-					w.Add(new CrateEffect(self, "speed"));
-				});
+				Sound.PlayToPlayer(self.Owner, "hydrod1.aud", self.CenterLocation);
+				self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(new CrateEffect(self, "levelup", new int2(0,-24))));
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/mods/ra/levelup.shp b/mods/ra/levelup.shp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eec8a7f72c
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diff --git a/mods/ra/sequences.xml b/mods/ra/sequences.xml
index 64d1591aa0..94f8c8ca7b 100644
--- a/mods/ra/sequences.xml
+++ b/mods/ra/sequences.xml
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@
     <sequence name="armor" start="0" length="23" src="armor" />
     <sequence name="chrono" start="0" length="25" src="chronbox" />
     <sequence name="airstrike" start="0" length="9" src="deviator" />
+    <sequence name="levelup" start="0" length="5" src="levelup" tick="200" />
   </unit>
   <unit name="parach">
     <sequence name="open" start="0" length="5" />