--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks lang: en title: Disappearing bodies and wrecks summary: The game removes objects left behind after combat. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Immersion killers sourceIds: - source-bbee3bc097e2d34d - source-00fb20e71a1517f9 - source-58b14128993f0607 sources: - id: source-bbee3bc097e2d34d title: 'Game Mechanics: Disappearing bodies and wrecks' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks' verifiedAt: null - id: source-00fb20e71a1517f9 title: 'Tom Clancy''s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint verifiedAt: null - id: source-58b14128993f0607 title: Stranglehold (2007) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/game/stranglehold verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks categoryIds: - gm-category-immersion-killers supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Disappearing bodies and wrecks description: The game removes objects left behind after combat. image: src: images/mechanics/impact-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks.webp width: 498 height: 278 game: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks' originalUrl: >- https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/ghost_recon_breakpoint_disappearing_bodies.webm sourceFrameSeconds: 0.28 credit: Ubisoft Paris; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: The recording highlights locations of disappearing bodies alt: >- An overhead Ghost Recon: Breakpoint view; red circles already present in the source mark body locations. markers: - x: 74 'y': 75 label: Marked body location before disappearance tips: - >- Remove objects outside the view or through an understandable visual transition. examples: - title: 'Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Disappearing bodies and wrecks id: game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/ The game removes objects left behind after combat. ## At a glance ![An overhead Ghost Recon: Breakpoint view; red circles already present in the source mark body locations.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/impact-disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks.webp) [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/ghost_recon_breakpoint_disappearing_bodies.webm), 0.28 s 1. Marked body location before disappearance - Remove objects outside the view or through an understandable visual transition. - [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks) ## How it works The game removes objects left behind after combat. ## Variants ### How the technique works - The game removes objects left behind after combat. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Disappearing bodies and wrecks](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks) (id: source-bbee3bc097e2d34d) - [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint) (id: source-00fb20e71a1517f9) - [Stranglehold (2007)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/disappearing-bodies-and-wrecks/game/stranglehold) (id: source-58b14128993f0607) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors