Water Hops

Water hops are a technique which can be used to navigate through water faster than usual. It is performed by repeatedly jumping as Jak lands back in the water to preserve speed. While normally slower than fast swimming, with blue eco it is a lot faster.

Water hops can be performed in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. It remains to be confirmed whether or not they can be performed in Jak II: Renegade or Jak 3, though they will not have use cases due to the lack of blue eco in these games.

Discovery

It is not currently known how or by whom this technique was discovered.

Movement Techniques in the Jak and Daxter series
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Boosted Uppercut • Direction Shift Boosted • Eco Boost • Extended Uppercut • Fall Damage Animation Cancel • Fast Swim • Ground Cancel Jump • Ice Momentum • Infinite Bounce • Jump Pad One Frame • Jump Pad Hitbox Extension • Kuitar Bounce • Lava Walk • Proxy Jump • Quad Jump • Rocket Uppercut • Scoutfly Boosted • Water Hops • Water Roll Jump • Wet Feet • Zoom Walk
Jak II	Abahbounce • Boosted Uppercut • Extended Uppercut (dark jak) • Fast Swim • Jetboard (extended frontflip, hover) • Proxy Jump • Rocket Uppercut • Vehicle Clip • Vehicle Fling • Vehicle Jump • Vehicle Substitution • Wastelander Move • Water Roll Jump
Jak 3	Abahbounce • Boosted Uppercut • Concussor Spin Jump • Extended Uppercut (dark jak) • Fast Swim • Glitch High Jump • Infinite Flight Glitch • Jetboard (extended frontflip, hover) • Peace Maker Launch • Proxy Jump • Rocket Uppercut • Speed Zoomer • Vehicle Clip • Vehicle Jump • Vehicle Substitution • Wastelander Move • Water Roll Jump • Wave Concussor Infinite Jumps
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Water Hops

Discovery

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