Games are getting better at letting you travel quickly around their worlds, and recent titles integrate this feature seamlessly. Often, fast travel is linked to things you do in the game, like capturing bases, finding landmarks, or unlocking vehicles. Some games even make it more interesting by adding challenges, costs, or cool visual effects that fit the game’s atmosphere. Here’s a look at some of the best fast travel systems from 2020 to 2025, which make getting around easier without pulling you out of the experience.
‘Ghost of Tsushima’
As you explore and find shrines, towns, and other landmarks, they automatically become fast travel locations on your map. A helpful wind guides you towards these new spots, making it easy to get around. The game loads quickly, so traveling across the island feels smooth and uninterrupted. The more you explore and reveal the map, the more convenient your fast travel network becomes.
‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’
As a huge fan, I’m loving how the game lets me sync up viewpoints to instantly travel across the map – I’ve been jumping all over England and Norway! Plus, settlements and docks are like quick travel points for my raiding routes, which is awesome. And don’t even get me started on the longship – I can still steer it manually along rivers after warping, which feels so much more immersive. The atlas is a game-changer too, letting me switch between maps without losing the places I’ve already discovered. It’s all so seamless!
‘Halo Infinite’
When you capture Forward Operating Bases, they become fast travel points across the game world. Each base you secure shows you nearby missions and lets you instantly access vehicles and weapons. You can quickly move between bases to collect items and eliminate targets, and the more territory you control, the faster you can travel around.
‘Monster Hunter Rise’
Each hunting area has main camps and smaller sub-camps that act as fast travel points. You unlock these sub-camps by discovering locations and completing easy delivery quests. Powerful Wirebugs allow you to quickly move through the air between cliffs and ledges. The map lets you jump between camps during a hunt to resupply or pursue a monster.
‘Returnal’
Once activated, Translocators let you instantly travel around a biome, creating permanent shortcuts that save time on subsequent playthroughs. As you find and power up gateway devices, you’ll unlock the ability to jump between different biomes. This system is designed to quickly guide you back to bosses and important goals after each reset, streamlining your progress.
‘Metroid Dread’
Once you find distant areas, you can travel between them instantly using a network of colored teleporters. For shorter distances, elevators and trams connect nearby zones. Once a teleporter is activated, you can use it from any matching station. The map keeps track of all these connections, helping you quickly return to puzzles and upgrades.
‘Elden Ring’
Resting at a Site of Grace instantly turns it into a fast travel point. From the map, you can quickly jump to any Site of Grace you’ve found, as long as you’re not in a dungeon or during a boss fight. Stakes and lifts offer shortcuts for getting around nearby areas, working alongside fast travel. This system makes exploring the world rewarding and minimizes tedious backtracking.
‘Horizon Forbidden West’
As a player, I’ve learned that campfires are super important! They’re where I can save my game and, even better, quickly travel to different parts of the world. At first, jumping to a new campfire costs some resources I have to craft, but I can upgrade things so travel becomes totally free. Plus, I can fast travel to settlements and shelters too, which is really handy. And if I climb a Tallneck, it reveals even more campfires on the map, giving me even more places to go! It’s a great way to explore everything.
‘God of War Ragnarök’
Mystic Gateways are like portals that connect different areas within the Yggdrasil network. When you find a new gateway, it stays open and can be accessed from any other gateway. When you step through one, you’ll briefly enter a small connecting area before arriving at your destination. This system ensures fast and reliable travel between areas while keeping the map layout familiar.
‘Dying Light 2 Stay Human’
You can quickly travel around the city by restoring power to metro stations and important buildings. Once you do, these stations become safe places to rest and connect different areas. You can then use the metro to travel between unlocked stations, making it easy to get around. Improving windmills and other facilities will open up even more travel points, filling in the gaps in the network.
‘Xenoblade Chronicles 3’
You can quickly travel between discovered locations like landmarks, rest stops, and named areas. Liberated colonies act as main jump-off points for quests and shops. You can also easily reach skirmish alerts and supply drops by warping to the closest landmark. The game organizes these destinations by region to keep your travel options clear.
‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
As a huge fan, I’ve found the way you get around in this game is so clever! Basically, the Shrines and Towers you activate become these instant travel points all over the map, both on the ground and in the air. And the Travel Medallions? They’re amazing – you can set your own custom spots to quickly return to, which is perfect for those tough challenges or just farming resources. The Skyview Towers are a nice touch too, launching you up so you can glide to where you need to go. What really blew my mind is how The Depths mirror the surface world – it makes getting around both above and below ground so much easier to predict and plan!
‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’
Once you’ve completed enough missions and activities in a borough, you’ll unlock fast travel within that district. This lets you instantly jump to any location in the area without a loading screen. The game replaces subway cutscenes with smooth transitions, keeping you in control, and you can still use swinging and web wings to move around after each fast travel jump.
‘Starfield’
Once you’ve plotted a course on the star map, you can instantly jump to an orbit or location. These jumps rely on known systems and are limited by your ship’s drive range and available fuel. On planets, you can quickly return to landing zones and outposts you’ve constructed. Plus, mission objectives let you jump directly from your mission log, saving you time and effort.
‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’
You can now use meditation points to quickly travel between benches you’ve found. The map shows you all the benches you can reach on the current planet, making it easy to get around. Any zip lines or shortcuts you unlock will remain open, helping you cover ground even after teleporting. This makes it much faster to find everything and explore optional areas without having to retrace your steps.
‘Diablo IV’
As you find towns and take back strongholds, you’ll unlock new travel points. The Town Portal lets you quickly return to the last major town you visited, and then back to where you were. Summoning your mount alongside these travel points helps you move even faster between different things to do. The more you explore a region, the more travel points you’ll discover, creating a smoother experience as you progress through the game.
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’
Ancient waypoints automatically activate when you get close to them, letting you quickly jump between discovered locations on the map from almost anywhere. Camps function as another type of fast travel point – you enter them from the world and reappear nearby where you left. As you progress, each new area adds more waypoints, making it easier to travel across the land.
‘Dragon’s Dogma 2’
Oxcarts travel between towns, offering a way to get around for a fee once routes are established. Portcrystals, when used with Ferrystones, allow for instant teleportation. Several major towns start with Portcrystals already in place. Later in the game, you can move portable Portcrystals to create convenient routes for hunting.
‘Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’
Once you find them, taxi stands let you quickly travel between cities. You can order a taxi directly from the map and choose any stand you’ve unlocked for fast travel. As you progress through the story, you’ll unlock train and airport transportation options. Plus, locations for side activities will become useful places to return to again and again.
‘Palworld’
Once you activate a statue you find in the world, it becomes a fast travel point. You can instantly travel between any two activated statues on the map as long as you’re safe. Building bases also creates fast travel points, making it easier to return and craft items. This system connects exploring the world and building bases to how quickly you can get around.
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