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How fast do I move?
| Walking | 4.25 m/s |
|---|---|
| Sprinting | 5.61 m/s |
| Crouching | 1.36 m/s |
| Jump | 1.35 m |
| Step up | 0.75 m |
| Height | 1.83 m |
| Width | 0.44 m |
| Eye height | 1.62 m |
| Move | Speed |
|---|---|
| Walk | 4.25 m/s |
| Sprint | 5.61 m/s |
| Crouch | 1.36 m/s |
| Walking jump | about 5.1 m/s |
| Sprint jump | about 8.7 m/s |
| Swim | about 2 m/s, 4 m/s flat out |
Walking and sprinting are 4.25 and 5.61 m/s in survival with no armour: each kilogram of armour takes 0.25% off both (see weapons and armour).
Which keys do I use?
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| W A S D | Move forward, left, back, right |
| Space | Jump. In the air with a paraglider packed: open it. In creative flight: go up |
| Shift | Crouch: you will not fall off an edge. In creative flight: go down |
| Ctrl | Sprint |
| Space twice | Fly in creative mode (survival has no flight) |
How high can I jump and climb?
- Step: you climb a ledge of up to 0.75 m (3 voxels) by simply walking into it, with no delay.
- Jump: the top of your jump is 1.35 m. A ledge of 5 voxels (1.25 m) passes with 0.10 m to spare; 6 voxels (1.5 m) is a wall.
- Holding the jump key repeats the jump every 0.4 second. Each jump adds a small push, and a sprint jump a big one in your look direction, so jumping is faster than running.
- To go higher, build stairs, slabs or a pillar of blocks, or jump up blocks one after another.
- A fall is safe up to 3.5 m: see health, hunger and air.
How does swimming work?
- You swim when your body touches a liquid. Your feet alone in a puddle do not count. You float and move at about 2 m/s, and sink at 2 m/s if you do nothing.
- Hold Space to rise (about 2 m/s) and Shift to sink.
- Sprint forward with your eyes in water to lie flat: about 4 m/s, no sinking, and your look steers you up or down: look down to dive.
- Push against a ledge that has room above and you hop out of the water onto it, up to two voxels above the surface.
- Flowing water carries you downstream at about 1.4 m/s; oil, lava and wet concrete are thick and slow you to 0.7, 0.35 and 0.46 m/s at most. Swimming costs a little food.
How do I travel faster?
- Ride: tame a horse (an apple or sugar), a kangaroo (wheat), a bear (honey) or a behemoth (a hay bale), put a saddle on it (5 hides and an iron ingot), right click to mount, F to get off. Ctrl gallops; the kangaroo jumps very high. See taming and riding.
- Sail: a boat crosses lakes and seas; later an electric boat goes without rowing.
- Glide: a paraglider brings you down from any height, a wingsuit glides fast along cliffs (see paraglider and base jump).
- Fly: the giant pearlwing of the Moon, saddled, flies you anywhere, even back on the Earth.
Questions
How fast do I run?
You walk at 4.25 m/s and sprint at 5.61 m/s. A sprint jump is faster, about 8.7 m/s.
How high can I jump?
Up to 1.35 m: a 5-voxel (1.25 m) ledge passes, a 6-voxel (1.5 m) ledge does not.
Why can I not sprint?
Your food is under 30 points. Eat and it comes back.
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