[2021] can we get cross server player progression

No. This is a bad idea for this game for a large number of reasons. It's also a pretty bad idea in Valheim, and has the potential to ruin gameplay for everyone else on the server when you use it there.

Originally posted by Flamekeeper: explain.... and you can add the option to allow it on specific servers or not...

Valheim: Hop into world, Fresh server and everyone's just starting. New player joins-- Oh no. He's decked out in top tier gear, and goes and slays all the bosses one by one, forcing the other players to contend with attacks of increasingly dangerous enemies the likes of which they are not AT ALL prepared for since they haven't even progressed to basic metal equipment by the time he's finished.

In 7DTD terms, It'd be as if suddenly everyone was catapulted into feral radiated zombies with spitting cops and demolishers everywhere.

Not to mention that a player might be, oh, I dont know..an admin on his own server with cross progression enabled, and is able to spawn himself a full inventory of gear and weapons and materials; and then go to another server upon which he isnt an admin and still have all of that.


And that's just scratching at the tip of the iceberg of problems involved. I do understand the desire for such a feature; But..It's probably not going to happen; And I personally don't think it should for numerous reasons.

So you've been playing Valheim a bit and have done up to say the 5th boss. So you're getting the harder level hordes spawning.
Now you have a friend that just started, and hasn't done the first boss yet. You go join their game to help them out a bit, and use your high level character. Now they are going to get the harder level hordes. Never mind that they haven't progressed much in the game, because you have unlocked those and are in their game, now they have them too.
But wait, there's more! Now you're done helping your buddy so you leave. They would have just unlocked the second level of hordes. Except you were in their game. So for forever they will have high level hordes that are well above their characters progress.
You just screwed your buddy's save over completely by joining it with your high level player. Their only option for fixing it is to forget that world and start over.

Now with 7 Days add in mods, mod-specific items, differences in progression, ect. Your player is not going to be compatible with all servers, and joining a server could ruin your character data for all future servers. Not even mentioning how it breaks game balance, or goes against the basic design of the game's survival aspects.

There is really no reason to waste valuable development time to add a feature such as this one. Much less any good valid reasons to do so. There is a very good reason why 99% of multiplayer games don't have this feature.