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id: game-mechanics--gm-jetpack
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title: Jetpack
summary: >-
  A jetpack supplies thrust for ascent and midair correction. Limited operating
  time shapes its range and when to activate it.
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    title: 'Game Mechanics: Jetpack'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-21'
    title: Jetpack
    description: >-
      A jetpack supplies thrust for ascent and midair correction. Limited
      operating time shapes its range and when to activate it.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/traversal-jetpack.webp
      width: 480
      height: 270
      game: 'Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)'
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        rights reserved.
      caption: Jet thrust during traversal
      alt: >-
        Mass Effect: Andromeda: a bright thrust plume appears behind the
        character amid snowy rocks and a structure.
      markers:
        - x: 22
          'y': 78
          label: Thrust behind the character
    tips:
      - Show available thrust and the expected landing area.
      - Check routes over obstacles and around level boundaries.
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      - title: 'Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)'
        url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack'
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  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.
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---
# Jetpack

id: game-mechanics--gm-jetpack
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-jetpack
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-jetpack/

A jetpack supplies thrust for ascent and midair correction. Limited operating time shapes its range and when to activate it.

## At a glance

![Mass Effect: Andromeda: a bright thrust plume appears behind the character amid snowy rocks and a structure.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/traversal-jetpack.webp)

[Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack) · © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved.

[Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/mass-effect-andromeda-jetpack.webm), 0.38 s

1. Thrust behind the character

- Show available thrust and the expected landing area.
- Check routes over obstacles and around level boundaries.

- [Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack)

## How it works

Thrust lets a character ascend or remain airborne.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-jetpack-rule"></a>

- Thrust lets a character ascend or remain airborne. <a id="gm-jetpack-definition"></a>

## 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: Jetpack](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack) (id: source-b85a729e0ee7f29b)
- [Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack/game/mass-effect-andromeda) (id: source-f9ff3bdedac63499)
- [Halo: Reach (2010)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/jetpack/game/halo-reach) (id: source-ceff70c24951e0da)

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