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Slam your pickaxe into a wall mid-fall and stop yourself before you splat.

Overview

Falling toward a wall? Right-click it with a pickaxe. It bites into the surface and friction bleeds off your downward speed as you scrape along the edge. Harder blocks provide more resistance, slowing you down significantly faster. Once you've caught on, you don't have to stay put: hang on, slide, climb up, shimmy sideways, or kick off.

Note: Higher-tier pickaxes hold onto surfaces longer and drain durability at a lower rate.

Block Type	Behavior	Effect
Hard Blocks (Stone, Obsidian)	Friction eats momentum every tick until you stop dead, hanging in place until grip or durability expires. Hold a pickaxe in both hands to stretch that hang time (x1.5 by default), then hold Space to climb. Reach a ledge you can stand on and you mantle up onto it.	Full Stop / Lock-In / Climbable
Soft Blocks (Dirt, Sand)	No locking mechanic. You slide continuously down the face of the wall.	Reduced Damage

Moves

Move	How	What it does
Climb	Hang on a hard block with a pickaxe in each hand, then hold Space	Climb the wall and mantle onto ledges
Shimmy	Hang with a pickaxe in each hand, then hold A or D	Move sideways along the wall. Stops at corners and at the edge of the rock
Launch	Climb under a cap of 1 to 3 soft blocks (dirt, sand, grass) and keep holding Space	Push off and land on top of the cap
Quick Escape	Double-tap Crouch within 0.7 seconds	Kick off the wall at any time: hanging, climbing or sliding

Enchantments

Apply these to pickaxes with an Enchanting Table or an Anvil:

Enchantment	Max Level	Effect
Grip	III	Hang on longer before slipping
Momentum	III	Shorter cooldown after slipping
Spring	III	Stronger launch over soft caps and stronger wall kicks
Shimmy	III	Faster sideways movement along walls

Configuration

Every value lives in config/gouge.toml, including a [block_grip] table to make specific blocks or tags easier or harder to hold. Every new feature can be switched on or off and tuned.

If you have Cloth Config installed (plus Mod Menu on Fabric), the main options also get an in-game screen. It is optional, and the mod runs the same without it.