How do you do the Zone 1 Sewer Pipe Skip in Friendly Steps?

In the urban graffiti alleyway, climb the wooden pallets to the left of the dumpster and slide into the concrete drainage pipe. This bypasses four police barricades and saves approximately 95 seconds.

How does the Zone 2 Izakaya Canopy shortcut work?

Navigate the rooftop red lantern suspension cables and drop directly onto the green fabric shop canopy. The awning acts as a trampoline, cushioning your fall and launching your squad over the crowded ground bottle plaza.

How do you execute the Zone 3 Crane Pendulum Swing?

Have player 1 wrap their waist tether around the yellow industrial crane hook while player 2 holds the edge. Player 2 jumps into the chasm, swinging 15 meters across to the collapsed concrete ledge and pulling player 1 across.

Friendly Steps Map Shortcuts & Skip Routes (Zone 1-3)

⚡ Verified Speedrun Route

Fastest Path to Walk Home: Key Shortcut Overview

The 3 biggest time-saving shortcuts in Friendly Steps 1.0 are: (1) Zone 1 Sewer Drain Skip: Clamber over graffiti pallets into the circular drainage pipe (saves 95s, avoids 4 police checkpoints); (2) Zone 2 Izakaya Awning Bounce: Drop from rooftop red lantern cables directly onto fabric canopies to bypass ground-level bottle traps (saves 120s); (3) Zone 3 Crane Cable Pendulum: Wrap your squad rope around the yellow crane hook to pendulum-swing across the 15m collapsed concrete fissure (saves 180s).

🏙️ Zone 1: Downtown Alleyway & Sewer Drainage Pipe Skip

TIME SAVED: ~95 SECONDS

Directly following the first Checkpoint Pin in the downtown neon alleyway, players normally navigate past drunk bench sleepers, police cruiser headlights, and high curbs.

Veer left at the overflowing green trash dumpster.
Have front player jump onto the discarded wooden pallet stack.
Crouch-slide directly into the 2-meter diameter concrete sewer pipe.
Slide down the moisture ramp; momentum carries tethered teammates straight through to Checkpoint 2.

⚠️ Caution: Ensure the rear player enters the pipe before the front player exits to prevent the rope from catching on the pipe rim.

Friendly Steps Sewer Drainage Pipe Shortcut

Concrete drainage pipe entry point behind the alleyway dumpster

🏮 Zone 2: Izakaya Market Rooftops & Awning Trampoline

TIME SAVED: ~120 SECONDS

The ground level of the market is littered with slippery beer bottles and wandering cats that trip players into 2.8s ragdoll stumbles. The rooftop route provides clean clearance:

Climb the fire escape ladder adjacent to the ramen stall.
Walk along the suspension wire carrying the Japanese red lanterns with slow, alternating strides.
At the wire midpoint, jump directly down onto the green shop canopy fabric below.
The physics engine treats the canopy as elastic spring fabric, catapulting your party onto the bridge approach.

Friendly Steps Rooftop Red Lanterns Route

Rooftop red lantern tightrope suspension crossing

🏗️ Zone 3: Industrial Park Crane Hook Pendulum Sling

TIME SAVED: ~180 SECONDS

Zone 3 culminates in a massive chasm caused by collapsed highway slabs. Walking around requires negotiating 3 separate rickety rope bridges and moving sawblades:

Position your team leader at the edge of the crane platform.
Walk in a tight circle around the yellow industrial crane hook to loop the waist rope once.
The secondary player leaps into the void; angular momentum creates a 15-meter pendulum arc.
Once the swinging player lands on the opposite slab, press [E] / [F] to haul the lead player across.

Friendly Steps Crane Cable Pendulum Jump

Tether assist prompt Pull [E] and rope bridge bypass

Read Controls & Latency Fix Guide ➔ Back to Full Wiki Overview