Slam your pickaxe into a wall mid-fall to slow your descent or lock yourself in place before you hit the ground.
While falling, right-click with a pickaxe facing a wall to activate the slide. Your pickaxe digs into the surface and friction takes over, bleeding off speed as you scrape down. The harder the block, the more it slows you.
Hold Crouch during a slide on a hard block to lock yourself in place. You'll hang there until your grip gives out or your pickaxe takes too much punishment. When the timer runs out, you slip and there's a cooldown before you can hang again.
Double-tap Crouch release and re-press within about half a second to kick off the wall, whether you're fully locked in place or still mid-slide. Just letting go of Crouch without the double-tap drops you normally.
Higher-tier pickaxes hang longer and drain durability slower. Sliding also deals damage to any players you barrel into at high speed.
Sliding in soft blocks (Dirt, sand, gravel, etc)
Reduces fall damage slightly
Sliding in hard blocks (Stone, obsidian, etc)
Reduces fall damage completely and player is able to hold themselves for a certain amount of time or wall-jump
Holding on the wall
Hold Crouch on a hard block to lock in place until your grip or your pickaxe gives out
Wall-jump
Double-tap Crouch while sliding or holding to kick off the wall
| Enchantment | Effect |
|---|---|
| Grip (I-III) | Extends how long you can hang before slipping |
| Momentum (I-III) | Reduces the cooldown after slipping |
Both enchantments apply to pickaxes and can be obtained via the enchanting table or anvil.