about 4 hours ago - Shurenai - Direct link
It already goes up as you gain levels, at least to a point. It's not linear.

The first level requires 11,024 experience. From there, every subsequent level takes approx 1.05x as much experience(with rounding to nearest whole values).
So to go from 1->2 takes 11,024
2->3 is 11,024x1.05=11,573
3->4 is 11,573x1.05=12,151
4->5 is 12,151x1.05=12,762
and so on.

On up to level 60 where you require 186,791 to go from 60->61. At this point, it plateaus iirc; Every level hereafter requires 186,791, and this is because if you kept increasing it by 1.05 per level, by the time you hit about level 100, It would be basically impossible to ever gain a level again.

For perspective, If it kept scaling in that manner instead of being capped:
100->101 would require 1,315,006 experience
150->151 would require 15,078,333 experience
Unless it's changed, The escalation actually stops at level 252 due to allocated byte space; Requiring 2,147,483,648 for level 252 and every level beyond it.
And that isn't Cumulative experience... That's to gain 1 level.
On 100% exp, A basic zombie gives 400 experience, a feral 750, and an irradiated 1,200.


With all that said, You can indeed increase the level at which it clamps experience.
steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\Config\progression.xml,

Line 8
clamp_exp_cost_at_level="60"

Change the 60 to whatever level you want it to stop escalating exp costs. You can also change the multiplier if you want, as well as the base exp to level and skill points per level; all on the same line. Just, yknow, be careful fussing with it- You could very easily make it demonically difficult to ever gain a level.
about 3 hours ago - Shurenai - Direct link
Originally posted by GinsengSamurai:
Originally posted by Shurenai: It already goes up as you gain levels, at least to a point. It's not linear.

Is this chart out of date?

https://7daystodie.fandom.com/wiki/Character_Level
Looks to be correct. 11,024 for 1->2, 186,791 for 59-60. Note that it is listing both Total exp required (left) and Next Level required (right), don't confuse the two. :)