--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel lang: en title: Fast travel summary: >- The player selects an available destination and skips ordinary travel. Access rules and travel costs determine when the shortcut is useful. updatedAt: '2026-10-21' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Movement sourceIds: - source-4d193ba02b818b03 - source-64a363828db7390c - source-00813914f1ddc0ea - source-666307ef4d536a9d - source-ced50648e0d6f642 - source-a3a91aac5ab13285 - source-35410c21a60dfdea - source-ad6fcd1e2d0b484d sources: - id: source-4d193ba02b818b03 title: 'Game Mechanics: Fast travel' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel' verifiedAt: null - id: source-64a363828db7390c title: Far Cry 2 (2008) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/far-cry-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-00813914f1ddc0ea title: 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim verifiedAt: null - id: source-666307ef4d536a9d title: Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/assassins-creed-odyssey verifiedAt: null - id: source-ced50648e0d6f642 title: 'Tom Clancy''s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint verifiedAt: null - id: source-a3a91aac5ab13285 title: Judgment (2018) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/judgment' verifiedAt: null - id: source-35410c21a60dfdea title: Far Cry 6 (2023) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/far-cry-6' verifiedAt: null - id: source-ad6fcd1e2d0b484d title: 'Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-fast-travel title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-fast-travel' categoryIds: - gm-category-movement supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-21' title: Fast travel description: >- The player selects an available destination and skips ordinary travel. Access rules and travel costs determine when the shortcut is useful. image: src: images/mechanics/traversal-fast-travel.webp width: 598 height: 334 game: Far Cry 2 (2008) sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/far_cry_2_bus.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 1.94 credit: Ubisoft Montréal; clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved. caption: A route map at a bus stop alt: >- Far Cry 2: the player faces a bus-route map at a stop, beside the open landscape. markers: - x: 35 'y': 44 label: A map of fast-travel destinations tips: - Show available destinations and restrictions before confirmation. - Keep travel time and cost visible. examples: - title: Far Cry 2 (2008) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel' 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 --- # Fast travel id: game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-fast-travel/ The player selects an available destination and skips ordinary travel. Access rules and travel costs determine when the shortcut is useful. ## At a glance ![Far Cry 2: the player faces a bus-route map at a stop, beside the open landscape.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/traversal-fast-travel.webp) [Far Cry 2 (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel) · © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/far_cry_2_bus.webm), 1.94 s 1. A map of fast-travel destinations - Show available destinations and restrictions before confirmation. - Keep travel time and cost visible. - [Far Cry 2 (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel) ## How it works The player relocates between distant points without traversing the full route. ## Variants ### How the technique works - The player relocates between distant points without traversing the full route. ## 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: Fast travel](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel) (id: source-4d193ba02b818b03) - [Far Cry 2 (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/far-cry-2) (id: source-64a363828db7390c) - [The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim) (id: source-00813914f1ddc0ea) - [Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/assassins-creed-odyssey) (id: source-666307ef4d536a9d) - [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint) (id: source-ced50648e0d6f642) - [Judgment (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/judgment) (id: source-a3a91aac5ab13285) - [Far Cry 6 (2023)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/far-cry-6) (id: source-35410c21a60dfdea) - [Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/fast-travel/game/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii) (id: source-ad6fcd1e2d0b484d) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors