diff --git a/client/scripts/player.gd b/client/scripts/player.gd
index a99c0ce..3e20d4e 100644
--- a/client/scripts/player.gd
+++ b/client/scripts/player.gd
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ const WALK_CONTINUATION_MAX_BELOW_FEET: float = 0.14
 const WALK_DEEP_DESCENT_FEET_ABOVE_GOAL: float = 0.42
 ## [method get_gravity] can be ~0 with missing/odd project defaults; ledge peel + airborne walk still need a pull.
 const WALK_FALLBACK_GRAVITY_Y: float = -9.81
+## Multiplier on project gravity for walk ledge peel, walk-airborne, and idle-airborne — snappier than
+## real-world 9.81 m/s² for prototype feel; also offsets move_and_collide step coarseness at 120 Hz.
+const PLAYER_VERTICAL_ACCEL_MULTIPLIER: float = 2.45
 ## CapsuleShape3D in scene: height = 1.0 (cylinder portion), radius = 0.4.
 ## Total half-height from body origin to physical bottom = 0.5 + 0.4 = 0.9
 ## (`CAPSULE_HALF_HEIGHT + PLAYER_CAPSULE_RADIUS`).
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ func _walk_has_close_floor_probe_below(move_dir_xz: Vector2) -> bool:
 ## velocity does **not** move the body off a terrace lip; use [method _apply_walk_post_slide_ledge_peel].
 func _apply_walk_air_gravity(delta: float, _feet_y: float, _move_dir_xz: Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO) -> void:
 	if not is_on_floor():
-		velocity += _effective_gravity(delta) * delta
+		velocity += _player_vertical_accel(delta) * delta
 
 
 ## After [method move_and_slide], peel the capsule down when the authoritative goal is below the feet
@@ -471,7 +474,13 @@ func _apply_walk_post_slide_ledge_peel(
 	if not is_on_floor():
 		_walk_ledge_peel_vy = 0.0
 		return
-	if _auth_walk_goal.y >= feet_y - DESCEND_GOAL_Y_MARGIN:
+	# Do not use [member DESCEND_GOAL_Y_MARGIN] here: it stopped peel while feet were still ~6 cm above
+	# the goal surface → slow “float to rest” at XZ destination. Only stop once vertical arrival matches.
+	var cap_half: float = CAPSULE_HALF_HEIGHT + PLAYER_CAPSULE_RADIUS
+	if vertical_arrival_error(_auth_walk_goal.y, global_position.y, cap_half) <= VERT_ARRIVE_EPS:
+		_walk_ledge_peel_vy = 0.0
+		return
+	if _auth_walk_goal.y > feet_y + 0.04:
 		_walk_ledge_peel_vy = 0.0
 		return
 	var peel: bool = (
@@ -481,7 +490,7 @@ func _apply_walk_post_slide_ledge_peel(
 	if not peel:
 		_walk_ledge_peel_vy = 0.0
 		return
-	_walk_ledge_peel_vy += _effective_gravity(delta).y * delta
+	_walk_ledge_peel_vy += _player_vertical_accel(delta).y * delta
 	var dy: float = _walk_ledge_peel_vy * delta
 	if absf(dy) > 1e-9:
 		# Raw [code]global_position[/code] edits can be ignored/overwritten vs Jolt sync after [method move_and_slide].
@@ -588,6 +597,10 @@ func _effective_gravity(_delta: float) -> Vector3:
 	return g
 
 
+func _player_vertical_accel(_delta: float) -> Vector3:
+	return _effective_gravity(_delta) * PLAYER_VERTICAL_ACCEL_MULTIPLIER
+
+
 static func capsule_feet_y(body_origin_y: float, capsule_half_height: float) -> float:
 	return body_origin_y - capsule_half_height
 
@@ -607,7 +620,7 @@ func _physics_idle_tick(delta: float) -> void:
 		# cannot reach the lower floor — the capsule idles in mid-air until a new walk goal runs.
 		velocity.x = 0.0
 		velocity.z = 0.0
-		velocity += _effective_gravity(delta) * delta
+		velocity += _player_vertical_accel(delta) * delta
 		floor_snap_length = FLOOR_SNAP_MOVING
 	move_and_slide()