diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Input/PlayerMovementController.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Input/PlayerMovementController.cs
index 8084231..2a832d0 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Input/PlayerMovementController.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Input/PlayerMovementController.cs
@@ -97,11 +97,25 @@ public sealed class PlayerMovementController
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Maximum Z increase per movement step before the move is rejected.
-    /// AC's default StepUpHeight for human characters is ~2 units.
-    /// Using 5 for the MVP to be forgiving — prevents walking up vertical
-    /// walls but allows stairs, ramps, and terrain slopes.
+    /// Retail's <c>step_up_height</c> for human characters is ~0.4 m (hip-
+    /// level). Setting this too high lets the player teleport up small
+    /// buildings via the step-up scan finding any walkable polygon within
+    /// reach (Bug 3 in L.2.3 testing — walking into a steep slope mounted
+    /// the building's flat top instead of sliding off the slope).
+    /// Authoritative source is the player's <c>Setup.StepUpHeight</c> set
+    /// in GameWindow.cs at world-entry time.
     /// </summary>
-    public float StepUpHeight { get; set; } = 5.0f;
+    public float StepUpHeight { get; set; } = 0.4f;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// L.2.3a (2026-04-29): how far below the foot the step-down probe
+    /// reaches when transitioning between surfaces. Retail's
+    /// <c>step_down_height</c> for human characters is ~0.4 m. With the
+    /// previous 4 cm hardcoded value, walking off the top of a stair onto
+    /// the ground 25 cm below produced a one-frame contact-plane gap — the
+    /// animation system briefly flickered to falling.
+    /// </summary>
+    public float StepDownHeight { get; set; } = 0.4f;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Current portal-space state. Set to PortalSpace when the server sends
@@ -411,7 +425,7 @@ public sealed class PlayerMovementController
             sphereRadius: 0.48f,    // human player radius from Setup
             sphereHeight: 1.2f,     // human player height from Setup
             stepUpHeight: StepUpHeight,
-            stepDownHeight: 0.04f,  // retail default
+            stepDownHeight: StepDownHeight,  // L.2.3a: from Setup.StepDownHeight
             isOnGround: _body.OnWalkable,
             body: _body,           // persist ContactPlane across frames for slope tracking
             // Commit C 2026-04-29 — local player is always IsPlayer.
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
index ba3c978..d5ee444 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/GameWindow.cs
@@ -5755,8 +5755,8 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                         preIntegratePos, postIntegratePos, rm.CellId,
                         sphereRadius: 0.48f,
                         sphereHeight: 1.2f,
-                        stepUpHeight: 2.0f,     // retail default for unknown remotes
-                        stepDownHeight: 0.04f,  // PhysicsGlobals.DefaultStepHeight
+                        stepUpHeight: 0.4f,     // L.2.3a: retail human-scale, was 2.0f
+                        stepDownHeight: 0.4f,   // L.2.3a: retail human-scale, was 0.04f
                         // K-fix9 (2026-04-26): mirror the K-fix7 gate —
                         // airborne remotes must NOT pre-seed the
                         // ContactPlane, otherwise AdjustOffset's snap-to-plane
@@ -7016,7 +7016,13 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
             _playerController.SetCharacterSkills(_lastSeenRunSkill, _lastSeenJumpSkill);
             Console.WriteLine($"live: {loggingTag} — applied server skills run={_lastSeenRunSkill} jump={_lastSeenJumpSkill}");
         }
-        // Read the real step height from the player's Setup dat.
+        // Read the real step heights from the player's Setup dat.
+        // L.2.3a (2026-04-29): retail's Setup.StepUpHeight for humans is
+        // ~0.4 m, NOT 2 m. With 2 m fallback the step-up scan reached
+        // small-building roofs and teleported the player onto them. Same
+        // for StepDownHeight — was hardcoded 0.04 m, causing stair-top
+        // contact-plane gaps. Both now come from Setup with retail-realistic
+        // 0.4 m fallbacks.
         if (_dats is not null && (playerEntity.SourceGfxObjOrSetupId & 0xFF000000u) == 0x02000000u)
         {
             var playerSetup = _dats.Get<DatReaderWriter.DBObjs.Setup>(playerEntity.SourceGfxObjOrSetupId);
@@ -7024,11 +7030,15 @@ public sealed class GameWindow : IDisposable
                 _physicsDataCache.CacheSetup(playerEntity.SourceGfxObjOrSetupId, playerSetup);
             _playerController.StepUpHeight = (playerSetup is not null && playerSetup.StepUpHeight > 0f)
                 ? playerSetup.StepUpHeight
-                : 2f;
+                : 0.4f;
+            _playerController.StepDownHeight = (playerSetup is not null && playerSetup.StepDownHeight > 0f)
+                ? playerSetup.StepDownHeight
+                : 0.4f;
         }
         else
         {
-            _playerController.StepUpHeight = 2f;
+            _playerController.StepUpHeight   = 0.4f;
+            _playerController.StepDownHeight = 0.4f;
         }
         int plbX = _liveCenterX + (int)MathF.Floor(playerEntity.Position.X / 192f);
         int plbY = _liveCenterY + (int)MathF.Floor(playerEntity.Position.Y / 192f);