Infinite Boost (IB)

Not to be confused with Infinite Flight on PS4 or on PC.

Infinite Boost is a version of the Dive Boost where you fall at an extra-shallow angle and a super-slow speed. If done correctly, it allows you to gain height without using your scarf.

This boost is easier to perform in paradise level as it allows a slight margin of sticks pressure error. In other levels the left and right stick pressures need to be in perfect harmony and very precise. Depending on the camera angle a different left stick pressure is needed. However not every camera angles do work.

This boost is sometimes called the Ainshent Boost, after the user TheAinshentMariner, who helped make it more popular. However, sometimes people might differentiate the Infinite Boost and the Ainshent Boost, with the latter being a variation that includes scarf usage.

It's recommended to learn Slow Boost and Level Boost, and to master them well before trying to learn the Infinite Boost. A controller is required to precisely control the movement pressure.

How to do an Infinite Boost
Difficulty: A pinnacle of flying difficulty. (Somewhat easier in Paradise, because of the sort of low gravity there.)


 * 1) Start from a ledge or an other high point, maybe high in the air after a RDS or slow/dive boost with flyers.
 * 2) *It's recommended to start in the Broken Bridge level, from one of the pillars close to the Shrine.
 * 3) If you can, walk off the ledge. (Otherwise, you can jump, though this might not be considered a true "scarf-less boost".)
 * 4) For a split-second, aim your camera fully toward the ground, and push the movement stick all the way forward.
 * 5) *Like with the Flap Boost, you need to start with a strong, but short dive in order for the game to register that you're charging.
 * 6) Once you've started diving, ease up on the left stick, using about as much pressure as you would for a Slow Boost. At the same time change the camera angle and level it to a more horizontal position. As said in the intro, different camera angles can work (not all of them) but they do require slightly different left stick pressures.
 * 7) If you got the right angle, you should be able to see the "root" of your scarf from underneath, with the traveler's legs hanging down just slightly, and wiggling up and down one after the other.
 * 8) *It may also help to have the head somewhat visible, but not too much so.
 * 9) Before you get too close to the ground, point the camera all the way down and point the traveler toward the camera. (Or point the camera up, and point the movement stick all the way forward.)
 * 10) *If you did this properly, you should fly up higher than when you started.
 * 11) Repeat steps 3-6 as often as you like!

The following video shows 2 Ainshent boosts nicely executed. Observe the wayfarer's position and try to reproduce it:

Common Mistakes
A camera position not ideally placed might make you slowly loose altitude after some boosts. It might still work however in paradise because it's easier to do the trick there.

Further Tips
If you have trouble getting the right traveler + camera position, try using the ideal body pose as a confirmation that you have the right position, instead of making the body pose your goal.

Try going into a faster dive just before you fly upward. This can give you a better boost.

The trick there is to work your way onto an equilibrium of both sticks, where they compliment each others movements. Both of those sticks are on the edge of the failed boosting. If camera is risen a millimeter too high, there will be no boost, if the left stick is a millimeter too slow, again, no boost. Its important to find this edge through repetition and practice.

On the most questions the reply will be "it needs more practice", because this boost is something one has to learn with the fingers and subconsciously, not with thinking brain, however there are some possibly helpful tips: When jumping off, put your camera and the left stick a lot to the ground/forward for a split of the moment, and then straighten/slower down for the dive itself.

Tutorial videos
This tutorial by aravshetikolava gives nice advice and a practice exercise to see how good you are !

Another nice tutorial about how to do Ainshent Boost (mistakenly also called a "SlowBoost" in the video title)

Gallery
Here is a clip of Apno in the PD. After about 1 hour or more of infinite boosting. He went even higher than that later...

Trivia
Even though this boost is named after TheAinshentMariner, Ainshent gives credit to Ryuichi-san (AKA Amen_Ra-13) and Bradjel (AKA wlopi) for teaching him this technique, and discovering scarfless boosting, respectively.

Infinite boosting can be very useful as a reddie when you can't recharge your scarf, if you want to move faster/higher.

Quotes
"tgc team: let's make the room like super large!

-but the playable part wouldn't even be 1/10 of the size of the whole room?

- exactly!

- you sure?

- don't worry, no one will notice.

journey alien players: challenge accepted~

tgc: wait! there's absolutely no way you could explore the whole room???

jap: hold our beers~

tgc: but where's the point in doing that???

jap: because we caaaaaaan~"

- Kirango Rouge, on Discord. 2021-05-28. Reply to Yupa Miralda, who did a 4 hours long IB in Paradise. ""Things you CAN'T do [while practicing]: [...]give up!""

- seki gokurakuin/seki albatross