diff --git a/client/scripts/player.gd b/client/scripts/player.gd
index a085809..cc09f8a 100644
--- a/client/scripts/player.gd
+++ b/client/scripts/player.gd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 extends CharacterBody3D
 
 ## NS-23: Nav waypoints + stored server goal for arrival.
-## NS-19: `ns19_bump` — skip nav waypoints when leaving (goal lower) or on flatish bump top.
+## NS-19: any underfoot ray into `ns19_bump` → skip nav (waypoints); bumps are small vs obstacles.
 
 const MOVE_SPEED: float = 5.0
 const ARRIVE_EPS: float = 0.35
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ const VERT_ARRIVE_EPS: float = 0.055
 const MAX_CLIMB_SPEED: float = 2.6
 const MAX_DESCENT_SPEED: float = 2.2
 const DIRECT_APPROACH_RADIUS: float = 0.85
-## Plateau / near-rim: floor normal within ~15° of up still counts (0.992 missed convex edges).
-const NS19_BUMP_FLAT_NORMAL_DOT: float = 0.964
 const NS19_RAY_DOWN: float = 3.0
-## Second ray origin offset toward feet so a tall capsule still hits bump underfoot.
-const NS19_FEET_RAY_Y_OFFSET: float = -0.45
+## Downward ray origins (Y offset from body origin) so we still detect bump under a tall capsule.
+const NS19_UNDERFOOT_RAY_Y: Array[float] = [0.0, -0.45, -0.82]
 
 var _has_walk_goal: bool = false
 var _auth_walk_goal: Vector3 = Vector3.ZERO
@@ -47,16 +45,9 @@ func snap_to_server(world_pos: Vector3) -> void:
 
 
 func _should_skip_nav_for_ns19_bump() -> bool:
-	var under_bump: bool = _ns19_bump_under_ray(global_position)
-	if not under_bump:
-		under_bump = _ns19_bump_under_ray(global_position + Vector3(0.0, NS19_FEET_RAY_Y_OFFSET, 0.0))
-	if not under_bump:
-		return false
-	# Waypoints pick “down the mesh” first; horizontal steer to goal fixes departure.
-	if _auth_walk_goal.y < global_position.y - 0.02:
-		return true
-	if is_on_floor() and get_floor_normal().dot(Vector3.UP) >= NS19_BUMP_FLAT_NORMAL_DOT:
-		return true
+	for y_off: float in NS19_UNDERFOOT_RAY_Y:
+		if _ns19_bump_under_ray(global_position + Vector3(0.0, y_off, 0.0)):
+			return true
 	return false
 
 
@@ -96,8 +87,8 @@ func _steer_toward_world_point(point: Vector3) -> void:
 		var desired: Vector3 = delta.normalized() * MOVE_SPEED
 		desired.y = clampf(desired.y, -MAX_DESCENT_SPEED, MAX_CLIMB_SPEED)
 		velocity = desired
-	elif dy < -0.04:
-		# Goal is lower and almost same xz (e.g. floor under the plateau): still need rim escape.
+	elif dy < 0.0:
+		# Same xz, goal slightly lower (e.g. -0.03): old threshold left velocity at zero (“hang”).
 		var escape_h := Vector3(-global_transform.basis.z.x, 0.0, -global_transform.basis.z.z)
 		if escape_h.length_squared() < 1e-8:
 			escape_h = Vector3(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
@@ -131,7 +122,7 @@ func _physics_process(_delta: float) -> void:
 		move_and_slide()
 		return
 
-	# On bump + (goal lower or flat top): skip waypoints so we do not follow vertical “drop” legs.
+	# On bump: skip nav waypoints (drop-first paths); bump area is small vs the obstacle.
 	if _should_skip_nav_for_ns19_bump():
 		_steer_toward_world_point(_auth_walk_goal)
 		move_and_slide()