This guide is dedicated to listing tips from the community to help you get yourself through each Boss Jump more consistently. This guide will be updated as more methods and techniques are figured out, and as I capture more screenshots to help you visuals the actions being described.

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There are a few tips I have to help you survive big falls in general in this game.

1. Pumping and Counter-Pumping

Pumping and Counter-Pumping can help you control your vertical and horizontal air, and Counter-Pumping can be used to cushion your impact and reduce your chance of bailing on big jumps. Its all a matter of getting the timing right.

Pumping while riding into a ramp will give you an increase in speed, helping you get farther. Press the Right Control Stick down to pump. Counter-Pumping can reduce your vertical air by pressing the Right Control Stick up right before leaving the lip of a ramp.

Counter-Pumping can also cushion your impact by pressing up on the Right Control Stick right before landing. You can find videos for these in the Advanced Tips in the Menu after clearing the Highlands Boss Jump.

2.Angle

Angling yourself properly also contributes to having a softer, more survivable landing. You want to try to land flush with the surface you about to hit. These can be signified by getting a "Clean Landing" if you nailed it, but you can still reduce your impact even without getting a "Clean Landing."

3.Braking

Braking is critical to getting your speed in the perfect range to survive a Boss Jump without overshooting or undershooting it. You want to flutter or pump your brakes lightly to help reduce your speed without sliding all over the place or losing too much speed. Holding down your brakes will cause you to slide, which can work out in your favor depending on what you're dealing with, just something good to be aware of.

Try to only brake as you are still going downhill. Doing it where the terrain levels out or where the ramp begins will make you lose speed much more quickly, making it difficult to tell if you hit the right speed or not, or outright making you undershoot the jump.

The Highlands Boss Jump is the first boss jump you can encounter in the game with one main variable being the Train.


The main thing to get nailed down for a Boss Jump to consistently survive it is the speed you hit the jump at. Here with the Highlands Boss Jump, you want to hit the ramp at a KPH of 66-68(41-42 MPH) if the train isn't there. You can make it over the train at 68 KPH if you time your bunny hop very well. Otherwise you want to shoot for right around 69-70 KPH (43 MPH) Remember to use Counter-Pumping as you land if you feel you have too much height or too much distance as you land.

Here's a shot of the gap being done at 68 KPH with a good bunny hop.

The Forest Boss Jump has been considered the most difficult Boss Jump next to the Peaks Boss Jump for a lot of players to land consistently.

You have two options with this Boss Jump:
Landing on top of the tower and jumping down onto the next ramp
or
Jumping over the tower onto the next ramp.

Your safest bet is landing on top of the tower and jumping down. The speed you want to aim for is anywhere from 72-75 KPH (44-46 MPH). Make sure to Counter-Pump and angle yourself accordingly as you land on the tower, I find it easy to still bail from the impact of a poor landing on the tower.

To jump clean over the tower, you're going to want to aim for right around 83 KPH to clear the jump. The hardest part about this is making sure you fly off the ramp straight, as it can be easy to fling yourself off the sides if you aren't careful.

The Canyons Boss Jump is pretty straightforward compared to the other Boss Jumps. You have higher speeds you are dealing with and the ride down is pretty steep. You can easily overshoot this jump if you dont flutter your brakes and carefully control your speed. It is just two ramps with a massive gap in between.

The speed you want to hit the ramp at is anywhere from 75-78 KPH (46-48 MPH).

The positions you will need to flutter your brakes at are these slopes, as their gradient will give you a pretty large boost in speed very quickly. Flutter those brakes and keep your speed under control.

First Major Slope


Second Major Slope (Right Before the Ramp)


In my experience 78 KPH is the most optimal, usually transitioning you to the other side perfectly with a bunny hop. This is where Counter-Pumping is critical to understand for this jump with how easy it is to overshoot. It can be the difference between just making it and busting face, so make sure to Counter-Pump right before you land!

Vist Valmerix's guide for an excellent explanation on the Peaks Boss Jump!

It even include a Video Tutorial!

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1304767841

Thanks for taking the time to check out this guide! I hope you were able to take some information from it to help improve your runs with Descenders. Make sure to toss the guide a Thumbs Up if you found it helpful!

Please feel free to leave any questions or your own tips on these jumps in the Comments section below. I will test them out myself and add it to the guide if it works consistently :)