diff --git a/client/scripts/player.gd b/client/scripts/player.gd
index 1449e61..2b11d34 100644
--- a/client/scripts/player.gd
+++ b/client/scripts/player.gd
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ extends CharacterBody3D
 ## and steps comes from `move_and_slide` + floor_* on CharacterBody3D. Move **legality** (step,
 ## distance, bounds) is server MoveCommand only — not reimplemented here.
 ##
-## Nav detours except when goal Y is below us: then xz toward goal (waypoints sit under bump rims).
+## Nav for detours; if next waypoint has almost no xz offset, steer xz toward goal.
 
 const MOVE_SPEED: float = 5.0
 const ARRIVE_EPS: float = 0.35
 const VERT_ARRIVE_EPS: float = 0.055
 const DIRECT_APPROACH_RADIUS: float = 0.85
-## Server goal clearly below us (descending). Nav mesh waypoints are often under the rim first;
-## steering at next gives almost no horizontal speed — walk out on xz toward the authorized goal.
-const DESCEND_GOAL_Y_MARGIN: float = 0.06
 
 var _has_walk_goal: bool = false
 var _auth_walk_goal: Vector3 = Vector3.ZERO
@@ -76,11 +73,6 @@ func _physics_process(_delta: float) -> void:
 		move_and_slide()
 		return
 
-	if _auth_walk_goal.y < global_position.y - DESCEND_GOAL_Y_MARGIN:
-		_set_horizontal_velocity_toward(_auth_walk_goal)
-		move_and_slide()
-		return
-
 	if horiz_dist <= DIRECT_APPROACH_RADIUS:
 		_set_horizontal_velocity_toward(_auth_walk_goal)
 	else:
@@ -88,6 +80,7 @@ func _physics_process(_delta: float) -> void:
 		var to_next_h: Vector3 = Vector3(
 			next_path_position.x - global_position.x, 0.0, next_path_position.z - global_position.z
 		)
+		# “goal Y < body Y” skips nav wrongly: pick is floor height, body origin is higher.
 		if to_next_h.length_squared() > 0.0025:
 			_set_horizontal_velocity_toward(next_path_position)
 		else: