Fall damage

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Fall Damage is a type of damage that only occurs when a player falls from a certain height. The higher the player drops, the more fall damage the player will take. Fall damage is accompanied by a distinct 'bone crunching' sound.

If a player were to crouch in mid-air and continue to stay crouched until his landing, the player will take more fall damage than if he were standing upright. In the Source Engine, crouching in mid-air moves your "legs" up (causing your bounding box to be smaller and higher off the ground). Thus, there would be more distance between the character and the ground which would increase the amount of fall damage. However, if you crouch-walk off a ledge and then stand in mid-air before hitting the ground, you will decrease your fall damage.

It is important to note that fall damage can be negated by double jumping, sticky jumping or rocket jumping near the end of the fall. Double jumping is more practical than sticky or rocket jumping because it does not deal splash damage to the player. Soldiers can use the Rocket Jumper to stop their descent without taking damage.

Some areas of maps which are out of bounds will also instantly kill you with fall damage when you hit them, even if a fall of that height would not normally kill you or if you negate your falling speed with a double jump.

Falling deaths generally occur when a wounded class takes a large leap and miscalculates the risk, when a Soldier or Demoman poorly execute a rocket jump or sticky jump respectively and, in rarer cases, when a light class is stricken from above with an explosion that sends them downwards with considerable force, even over short distances.

Gallery

Kill icon

See also: List of kill icons

 Scout fell to a clumsy, painful death.

Damage values

Note: damage values are approximate and have been determined by community testing.

Height (units)	256	320	384	448	512	576	640	704	768	832	896	960	1024	1088	1152	1216	1280	1344	1408	1472	1536
Damage	0	30	37	49	53	55	57	59	60	62	64	66	69	71	72	74	78	79	80	82	83
Height (units)	1600	1664	1728	1792	1856	1920	1984	2048	2112	2176	2240	2304	2368	2432	2496	2560	2624	2688	2752	2816	2880
Damage	84	85	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	108	111	112	113	114	115	120	122	124	125

Graph

Originally sourced from this document.

Related Achievements

Medic

Medical Intervention Save a falling teammate from dying on impact.

Scout

Foul Territory Cause an environmental death by stunning or slowing an enemy.

See also

• Damage