diff --git a/client/scripts/player.gd b/client/scripts/player.gd
index 119ee94..c369bfb 100644
--- a/client/scripts/player.gd
+++ b/client/scripts/player.gd
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ const WALK_STEP_ASSIST_MAX_SURFACE_DELTA: float = 0.35
 ## Down-ray length under the capsule foot disk while walking (~[member NavigationMesh.agent_max_climb]).
 const WALK_SUPPORT_PROBE_DEPTH: float = 0.32
 const WALK_SUPPORT_PROBE_MIN_UP_DOT: float = 0.42
+## Ignore ray hits farther below the feet than this (m). Prototype tread rise is ~0.104 m; without
+## this cap, a probe over a **void** still reaches the **main floor** (~0.3 m down from a gold step)
+## and reads as “forward support”, so snap + lip [code]is_on_floor()[/code] keep the capsule skating
+## at deck height until XZ arrival.
+const WALK_CONTINUATION_MAX_BELOW_FEET: float = 0.14
 ## 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`).
@@ -359,7 +364,10 @@ func _walk_ray_hit_up_floor(space: PhysicsDirectSpaceState3D, off_xz: Vector2) -
 	var res: Dictionary = space.intersect_ray(q)
 	if res.is_empty():
 		return false
-	if not res.has("normal"):
+	if not res.has("normal") or not res.has("position"):
+		return false
+	var hit_y: float = (res["position"] as Vector3).y
+	if hit_y < feet.y - WALK_CONTINUATION_MAX_BELOW_FEET:
 		return false
 	var n: Vector3 = res["normal"]
 	return n.dot(Vector3.UP) > WALK_SUPPORT_PROBE_MIN_UP_DOT