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title: Natural world boundaries
summary: Geography and plausible obstacles delimit accessible space.
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    title: Far Cry Primal (2016)
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    title: Natural world boundaries
    description: Geography and plausible obstacles delimit accessible space.
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      width: 900
      height: 506
      game: Far Cry Primal
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        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host:
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        reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: Steep cliffs bound the accessible route
      alt: 'Far Cry Primal: Steep cliffs bound the accessible route.'
      markers:
        - x: 70
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          label: Rock face as a plausible boundary
    tips:
      - Avoid suggesting a traversable surface when the route is blocked.
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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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# Natural world boundaries

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

Geography and plausible obstacles delimit accessible space.

## At a glance

![Far Cry Primal: Steep cliffs bound the accessible route.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/world-natural-world-boundaries.webp)

[Far Cry Primal](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/natural-world-boundaries) · 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.

1. Rock face as a plausible boundary

- Avoid suggesting a traversable surface when the route is blocked.

- [Far Cry Primal](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/natural-world-boundaries)

## How it works

Geography and plausible obstacles delimit accessible space.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-natural-world-boundaries-rule"></a>

- Geography and plausible obstacles delimit accessible space. <a id="gm-natural-world-boundaries-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: Natural world boundaries](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/natural-world-boundaries) (id: source-fbdb65077893b46d)
- [Far Cry Primal (2016)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/natural-world-boundaries/game/far-cry-primal) (id: source-808df5b3746e2b0e)

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