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key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-tyrolean-traverse
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id: game-mechanics--gm-tyrolean-traverse
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title: Tyrolean traverse
summary: >-
  The character grips a taut rope with hands and legs and advances above a drop,
  connecting two distant supports.
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  - Movement
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  - id: source-2f2b68e064c59de8
    title: 'Game Mechanics: Tyrolean traverse'
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  - id: source-4047dad5c8a738fb
    title: Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-21'
    title: Tyrolean traverse
    description: >-
      The character grips a taut rope with hands and legs and advances above a
      drop, connecting two distant supports.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/traversal-tyrolean-traverse.webp
      width: 598
      height: 334
      game: Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
      sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/shadow_of_tomb_raider_tyrolean_traverse.webm
      sourceFrameSeconds: 0.88
      credit: Eidos-Montréal / Crystal Dynamics; clip via GameMechanics.org
      rights: >-
        © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All
        rights reserved. Recording watermark: MKIceAndFire.
      caption: Crossing above a deep drop
      alt: >-
        Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Lara grips a rope with hands and legs above a
        deep, misty drop.
      markers:
        - x: 44
          'y': 49
          label: Gripping the rope with hands and legs
    tips:
      - Show the destination and movement direction.
      - Match entry and exit transitions to the supports at both ends.
    examples:
      - title: Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
        url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse'
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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
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---
# Tyrolean traverse

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

The character grips a taut rope with hands and legs and advances above a drop, connecting two distant supports.

## At a glance

![Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Lara grips a rope with hands and legs above a deep, misty drop.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/traversal-tyrolean-traverse.webp)

[Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse) · © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved. Recording watermark: MKIceAndFire.

[Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/shadow_of_tomb_raider_tyrolean_traverse.webm), 0.88 s

1. Gripping the rope with hands and legs

- Show the destination and movement direction.
- Match entry and exit transitions to the supports at both ends.

- [Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse)

## How it works

The character crosses a gap hand over hand along a rope.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="gm-tyrolean-traverse-rule"></a>

- The character crosses a gap hand over hand along a rope. <a id="gm-tyrolean-traverse-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: Tyrolean traverse](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse) (id: source-2f2b68e064c59de8)
- [Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tyrolean-traverse/game/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider) (id: source-4047dad5c8a738fb)

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