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Gotham Base Jumper

Gotham Base Jumper

Jump off the tallest building in Arkham City and glide for 1 minute without touching the ground.

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How to unlock the Gotham Base Jumper achievement in Batman Arkham City - Definitive Guide

Edit: This can be achieved before the end of the game. Thanks, Fallen Ad!

While you're on the way up the Wonder Tower toward the end of the game, go to the large ledge just before you grapnel up to the maintenance hatch and jump. If you can't get it during this part, try going back up after the end of the game.

The key is to hold back on your left thumbstick (or forward, if you're weird and don't invert your y-axis) from the very beginning of the jump. I didn't do this the first two times, and I failed. The problem is that the game won't let you go all the way to the ground. At some point, Batman will shoot his Grapnel and pull himself back up. So jump, pull back, and in the moments where the game makes you fly up, circle back to the left until you're facing the city again.

One more thing... get it on the way up, especially if you know where the collectibles in the tower are. Otherwise, since the game won't let you glide to ground, once you've climbed up just to get this one cheeve you have to climb back down manually, down the elevator, through the subway, etc. Kinda annoying. Save yourself the hassle and only climb the tower once. (I ended up climbing it 3 times. Grrr.)

Here's a video that I didn't make but shows how it works.
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20 Oct 2011 21:44

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Um, after you get the cheev...how do you get down?
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By Darthmushu on 21 Oct 2011 03:45
Oh yeah. I meant to put this in the solution. You have to actually climb back down, down the elevator, through the subway, etc. Kinda annoying.
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By Sashamorning on 21 Oct 2011 04:40
I just used the elevator to go up and then down again. Didn't get the achievement though.

I had to hack the elevator to make it go back down like i did to make it go up.
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By Mrxknown JG on 21 Oct 2011 15:48
Seeing as how it was at the very last minute that the achievement popped and if your not up for climbing up the tower and back down againmIf you wait til in story mode at the very end of the game PRIOR to engaging the badguys you can just just fly around the tower and Speed Boost Grapple off the gargolyles.
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By NINja277 on 21 Oct 2011 21:55
You can get it before you clear the tower? Definitely? If someone did it that way, feel free to post that as a solution and I'll go ahead and delete this one. I don't want to give false info.
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By Sashamorning on 22 Oct 2011 21:54
that worked for me and i just wanna thank you for clarflying on how to get it. so my many many thxs
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By MarcusGearHero on 23 Oct 2011 10:03
Batman is a wuss for not wanting to glide all the way down, it made me sad.
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By Shinwasha on 23 Oct 2011 14:45
Works perfect, thanks!
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By TAI JASON on 23 Oct 2011 17:24
just to confirm this can be achieved in the story so you dont have to go back up the tower and then all the way down again when you have completed the story line.
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By Fallen Ad on 26 Oct 2011 13:18
Thanks for the info!!
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By Sashamorning on 26 Oct 2011 13:37
Couldnt you just jump off in free roam and quit after the acheivment pops? Depends when it auto saves I guess.
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By MAGNUS 7000 on 26 Oct 2011 15:16
Basically, yeah... But I think it saves at the top of the elevator.
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By Sashamorning on 26 Oct 2011 16:05
Horseshit achievement. Thanks for posting this trick, since the logical approach clearly does not work at all. (Seriously, what were they thinking?)
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By The Globalizer on 07 Nov 2011 08:24
Top job on the guide! What a royal pain in the arse this was!
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By Evil Weavill on 15 Nov 2011 20:46
Another achievement you've enlightened me about. Well Done.
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By Ragescreamer889 on 09 Jan 2012 02:25
I thought it was difficult, but it isn't
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By PC Calixto on 24 Jan 2012 03:42
Here i was trying to do it all the way from the top.... THX
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By Real Riggs 09 on 17 Nov 2012 04:28
Thanks for the tip. Your explanation and the video were very helpful. I missed it several times because I was trying to jump from the wrong place.
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By diseased maniac on 30 Mar 2013 20:27
So was I. That's why I posted this. :-)
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By Sashamorning on 31 Mar 2013 02:05
I tried it as it's done on the video but Batman keep using his graple hook after a short time of gliding.
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By Claptrap NL on 27 Jun 2013 23:17
Worked for me after a couple of attempts to get the flow right. Thanks Sash!
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By ChewieOnIce on 22 May 2014 12:22
I don’t think you can do this by bouncing off the boundaries anymore. Whenever I try to do that, batman will grapple up after a few times. I had to instead to do this the legit way by dive bombing then gliding back up over and over while circling the tower.
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By RCone138 on 12 Nov 2022 13:28
Wow, if that's true, than that sucks. It's been over 11 years since I wrote this solution, and I can't verify it anymore.
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By Sashamorning on 12 Nov 2022 16:06
It's not a huge deal if the boundary trick doesn't work anymore, dive bombing to regain height isn't too difficult.
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By Octobot Super on 15 Jan 2023 11:35
Still works as of 10/26/2023
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By CaseyRBell on 27 Oct 2023 00:08
I got frustrated with the automatic grapnelling and gave up on this. I figured there must be another tall building in the city to do this from. I didn't think to do it the way you described and showed in the video here. I'll have to give it another go, thanks!

BTW even if you can get the achievement before finishing the main story you should keep your solution here it's good for anyone who may have missed it during the main story and the video is helpful. I case it's possible to do during the main story I'd just edit your post here so it doesn't say it can only be done during free-roam after the main story is over.
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By DeafAtheist on 24 Oct 2011 21:29
I just got this after climbing the tower after beating the game on my first try. I tried for about an hour while I was doing the mission and and I'd only ever be able to get about 3 turnarounds before grappling back up. I think you're very lucky if you actually manage to get it during the mission to get Strange.
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By DragonFangDan on 28 Oct 2011 03:52
He does that if you fall too far. The trick is that you MUST force him to try to maintain his altitude for as long as possible. If you don't circle around enough and push the thumbstick in whichever way you used for "up" (I invert my y-axis, so I pulled back on the stick), then he will descend too quickly.

There's barely enough space for him to make the full minute, so immediately pull back after he jumps or it won't work.
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By Sashamorning on 27 Jun 2013 23:58
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What a headache. Ready? The easiest way to do this:

Climb to the top of the Wonder Tower (the end of the game). You can do this on your way up the first time or when you're collecting the Riddler's trophies like an idiot a dozen hours after the game is over.

Get maximum height (right before the caged maintenance shaft, and right after the two protruding poles with the connecting tightrope), and jump from the ledge. Hold BACK on the thumbstick as you glide to descend slowly. Instead of doing that "fly into the distance" garbage (that is a pain in the ass), grapple boost repeatedly off of those two aforementioned poles in a continuous glide when you need more air. This is 100x easier than the other methods—after I switched methods, I did it on my first try.
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got my vote! thanks for the guide! =)
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By RunningFreak204 on 15 Nov 2011 06:12
Worked great! Thanks.
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By Polerand on 23 Dec 2011 05:33
Definitely the easiest way to do this. I just did it circling the tower grapple boosting off of random pipes and rails, though.
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By APB Plays on 15 Jan 2012 00:43
how can i get up to the tower after i beat the game? im stuck just a lil it before the tower
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By FEAR the STORM on 04 Feb 2012 17:32
If I remember correctly, is it the sewer grate on the right? If not, you should check a walkthrough video on YouTube to see where you're stuck. You can still return at the end of the game.
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By on 04 Feb 2012 19:19
Works like a charm. Thanks pal!
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By I MFC I Tiagox on 08 Mar 2012 15:37
Thanks, thumbs up, personally the best method I used.
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By nlnc on 28 Nov 2012 13:19
Took a few attempts. Best method is to circle around the tower holding down on the left thumbstick, and when there is a grapnel opportunity (white NOT green which is the tightrope) use it to grapnel boost off one of the two poles.
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By Xavygravy on 18 Jul 2013 00:54
Thanks. I just got it and found this much easier
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By boldfoxrd on 06 Jun 2022 10:31
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The REAL easiest way to get this achievement:

Climb to the top of the central tower just before advancing to the boss fight (from inside, you have to grapple pull a ladder or something to advance - don't do that just yet). Jump off and glide. Do the "dive bomb and recover" mechanism to continually regain lost altitude. If you have made it through the AR Training exercises, then you must know how to do this (while gliding, RT to dive, pull up with LS while releasing RT). Circle the tower while diving and recovering and the achievement will be yours.

I used this method after repeatedly failing the "fly into the distance" method shown in the videos. I also tried using the grapple hook to keep me in the air, but I always ended up grappling the wrong object and it would break my flight. I tried a dive and recover in frustration and 60 seconds later, the achievement unlocked.
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this is the way.. thanks!
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By xMANNY FRE5Hx on 23 Mar 2012 02:28
I second. This should be at the top.
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By visheyry on 11 May 2012 01:55
Yep, by far the best way.
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By G12ES D on 14 May 2012 22:25
Definately the easiest way. Cheers.
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By Stevoguitar999 on 28 Jun 2012 20:15
glad i could help!
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By beavis on 28 Jun 2012 22:05
Yes, worked like a charm. Thank you good sir.
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By Papa El Loro on 02 Jan 2014 17:15
I did this on my first try as opposed to the flying and turning around method which I couldn't pull off. Thank you!
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By Or1g1nal S1nn3r on 21 Jun 2015 03:38
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1)Head to the top of wonder tower and jump off
2)Fly as far away from the tower as you can (because you can't grapple anything you will instantly be turned around)
3) repeat step 2 until your minute is up
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28 Oct 2011 22:48

Get to highest point which will be right before the spot where strange is. Spot will overlook the church. Just glide towards the church while pulling back on the stick. When you reach the edge of the perimeter it will shoot you up in the air and turn you around. This is when you circle back to the church gliding and pulling back. It will pop after a minute of doing this.
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03 Jan 2012 22:35

Go to wonder tower, go to the highest spot and star fly and go to the limit of the area, it'll make you automatic turn your way back to wonder tower, then you turn your back again to the limit, keep this until you get the trophy.

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You will need to access Wonder Tower from the elevator in Wonder City in order to earn this trophy. You will also need to climb some way up the tower in order to earn this trophy, as jumping from the elevator platform will cause Batman to fall and save himself with the batclaw.

After climbing some way up the tower, glide off and head away from it. Eventually you will hit an invisible wall, and Batman will turn back automatically. After he does so, rotate around and hit the wall again. Each of these animations will not cause Batman to lose elevation or be registered as having stopped gliding, and the time spent in these animations does count for this trophy. The trophy will unlock as soon as you spend 60 seconds while gliding.

The below video by PowerPyx demonstrates this.

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You must climb the Wonder Tower during the main story, but you can return post-game to do this as well. Climb on top of the Wonder Tower, jump off and glide around for one minute. Power Grappling does not stop the glide, but you can simply hit the edge of the Restricted Zone to be turned around and push back up in the air to glide indefinitely.

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You must climb the Wonder Tower during the main story, but you can return post-game to do this as well. Climb on top of the Wonder Tower, jump off and glide around for one minute. Power Grappling does not stop the glide, but you can simply hit the edge of the Restricted Zone to be turned around and push back up in the air to glide indefinitely.

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