Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

there is no such thing as progression in minecraft.

you can literally have everything from the start if you know what to go for.

Except there is, it just comes in a different form, and unless RNG favors you, you still have to work towards better gear until you get diamond, which is “progression”.

Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

progression: is that part where valheim locks things behind biome bosses.

minecraft doesn't do that whatsoever…

Refer to above, and that is also something I acknowledged in my original post.