Fall Ball is one of the levels in Fall Guys. It is a TEAM level and was first introduced in the beta version of the game.

According to the game website, Fall Ball was designed by Joseph Juson.

Course description

Standard version

Fall Ball is a 2-way team game.

Fall Ball takes place on a football field, with two nets on opposite sides where the goals must be scored. The players are divided in groups, blue team and yellow team, and must have scored the most goals when the timer runs out. Compared to normal football however, there are two balls on the field instead of one, and these balls are much larger than the fall guy. When a ball is knocked into a team's goal, the opposing team scores a goal, and a short while after another ball falls from the sky to the center of the field. The balls are often normal footballs, but occasionally will be an American football or a banana with more unpredictable physics, or more rarely a golden egg (worth 5 points if scored). The balls at the very start of the match will always be normal soccer balls.

If a player falls into the goal, they will respawn at the center of the field.

The team with the most goals after 2:00 (1:30 in Squads modes) moves on to the next round.

Overtime

If both teams are tied when the timer runs out, the round will go into overtime, ending when the first team scores a goal.

In an extremely contrived scenario, if both squads remain tied after 9 minutes with a "0-0" score only, the round times out and both teams will be awarded the win. If both squads remain tied after 9 minutes with a score different than "0-0", the round times out and only one team (randomly chosen by the server) will be awarded the win.

Variations

Variations

Name	Availability	Season introduced	Description	Picture
Standard version	Available	Season 1 (Legacy)	The standard version of Fall Ball. Has a chance to drop these items instead of a Ball: Golden Egg, Banana, American Football/Rugby Ball.
Rotating Hammer Variation	Available	Big Yeetus and Anti-Cheatus	Four Rotating Hammers are added, one in each corner of the field.
Spinning Plate Variation	Available		A Spinning Plate is added to the centre of the field.
Pendulum Variation	Available		One Pendulum is added hanging in each of the goals.
More Balls Variation	Available		Two extra Balls are in play.
Slingus Flingus Variation[1]	Available	SWTYNIAEJDITWYPIBY	One Slingus Flingus is placed near each goal. These launch the player either toward their own goal, or the other Team.
Puncher Variation[1]	Available		Four Punching Gloves are added, two on each side of each goal. They have a 12-second cycle: 4 seconds at rest, 4 seconds extended and 4 seconds retracting.
Pegwin Variation	Available		A Pegwin is added in the centre of the field.
Banana Ball Variation	Vaulted		The Balls will now always be Bananas
Arena Gravity Zone Variation	Available	Season 2	A massive Gravity Zone is added covering the entire field. The Balls are also affected by the Low Gravity.
Centre Gravity Zone Variation	Available		A Gravity Zone is added in the centre of the field. The Balls are also affected by the Low Gravity.
Conveyor Variation	Available		Two Shifting Conveyor Belts are added on each side of the field.
Ion Thruster Variation	Vaulted		Six Thrusters are added on the sides of the field.
Warped Fall Ball	Vaulted; only ever in Wormhole Wanderers	Season 2.2	One Ball-sized Wormhole is added in each goal; these move side to side and act as a goalie.
	Vaulted; only ever in Wormhole Wanderers		Two extra sets of smaller Wormholes are added to the sides of the goal; the Balls cannot enter these. They teleport the player to the other side of the arena.

Golden Goal Challenge

• In this special playlist:
  • Fall Ball only lasts 5 seconds before heading into Overtime.

Course strategy

Standard version

As is the case in normal football/soccer, make sure there are players both attacking and defending. When the ball spawns in, a shadow on the floor of the field signifies its landing position. If the player hits the ball as it spawns, at the correct angle and in the direction of the opponents' net, the ball will be flung with considerable height and speed, making it more difficult for the opponent team to anticipate and save (and can potentially earn an easy goal). This won't always work as the opposing team might have the same idea, resulting in a stalemate where the ball travels with vastly reduced speed.

The American Football and banana have slightly different physics, making them trickier to hit. The golden egg is rare, but when it appears, you must work hard not to let it into your goal at all costs.

Be warned that the higher the ping, the harder it is to knock a ball. Try to play as an attacker if that is the case; defending is much harder on higher ping, especially if a ball is flying at you at a high velocity.

As Fall Ball is a relatively late team game, this also ends up being one of the more luck-based ones - you'd have to hope you get a good team.

Variations

• The spinning hammers, depending on their spin direction, can be used to help push the ball away from goal, or closer to the goal, depending on where it hits the ball. Pay close attention and try finding scenarios to utilise it.
• The spinning platform will make it slightly harder to judge where the ball lands in the center, after a goal is scored. It can be used to gain some momentum.
• The pendulum can either be a lifesaver or a huge annoyance, as it has a decent chance of knocking a ball away from being scored.
• Prepare for absolute madness with four-ball Fall Ball.
• The balls do not appear to trigger the Flinguses; use the flinguses for slightly faster map traversal (to save the ball, for example).
• Fully ejected punching gloves can make it harder to score, or to knock the ball to safety. If the ball gets hit by an ejecting glove, it will fly with large force, so be careful as the balls can go crazy when that happens.
• You know what to do. Grab the pegwin and jump (or chuck it) into the goal! (No, you won't actually score a goal.)
  • Jokes aside, throwing the pegwin into the goal is all but recommended, especially if your teammate would rather hold the pegwin than play the round properly.

Golden Goal Challenge

With very little time before Overtime, getting a good kick-off at the start can prove to be very crucial, as you do not have much time to move into position to defend the goal.

Course changes

From Season 1 (Legacy) mid-season update:

• The time is lowered from 2.30 to 2.00 (for every version)

From Season 2 (Legacy) mid-season update:

• As with the American football and giant golden egg, a banana can now spawn replacing the footballs.

From Season 2:

• The appearance of the soccer balls has been changed: from white hexagons with bronze pentagons to silver hexagons with with bronze pentagons, giving them a more metallic look overall.

Known Bugs

High-scoring Bananas*

As of 25 September 2020: Due to the elongated shape of the banana, if it falls into the goal net in a very specific manner (with one end inside the goal and the other end still out), it may score multiple points.

No starting shadows*

As of Season 2, the starting balls will lack a shadow, making it difficult to predict where they'll land when they are up in the air. Subsequent balls that spawn after the first ones are scored will have a shadow and work as normal.

This bug has been fixed on Season 4.

Out of Bound Balls*

Much like in Hoarders, sometimes, a ball has a small chance of being sent too high and is likely to go outside the map, forcing the players to play the round with one or more balls missing.

This bug is exclusive to the variation, with 4 footballs.

*This name is a conjectural name and has not been somewhat uniformly agreed upon.

Medal thresholds

• Gold - Scored 10 or more goals and qualified
• Silver - Scored 5-9 goals and qualified
• Bronze - Scored 3 or 4 goals and qualified
• Pink - Scored 1 or 2 goals and qualified
• No medal - Eliminated

History

Released in Beta

History of Fall Ball
Season	Status	Map Theme
Beta	Active	Standard
Season 1 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 2 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 3 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 4 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 5 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 6 (Legacy)	Active	Standard and alternate versions
Season 6.3 (Legacy)	Active	Removed from Main Show as of 10 May 2022. Still available in Squads Show, Squads Duos and Squads Trios
Season 1	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads Show
Season 1.3	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads Show and Duos Show
Season 2	Active	Standard, alternate and warped versions available in both Squads Show and Duos Show
Season 3	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads Show and Duos Show
Season 4	Active	Vaulted from Duos, for unknown reasons. Still available in Squads
Summer Breeze Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Fall Force Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Tool Up Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Power Party Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Shapes and Stickers Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Survival Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads
Fall Forever Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available only in Squads. Was not available in any core game up to 15 May 2024 when it was added back to Squads and returned to Duos. However, (possibly due to an error) it's not in Duos as of 29 May 2024.[2]
June '24 Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
July '24 Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Scrapyard Stumble Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Falloween 2024 Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
November '24 Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Winter Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Fall and Fantasy Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Ranked Knockout Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Yeetropolis Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Tropical Tides Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos
Slime Factory Update	Active	Standard and alternate versions available in both Squads and Duos

Trivia

• When Fall Ball appears in the rotation, it is usually the second-to-last round of an Episode, followed by the Final.
• A special variant of Fall Ball appeared in the Fruit Basket playlist, which replaced all the balls with bananas. It was available from 8 January 2021 to 15 January 2021.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	激情足球 (Jīqíng zúqiú)
Chinese (Traditional)	激情足球 (Jīqíng zúqiú)
French	Fall Ball Balle Qui Tombe*
German	Sturz-Ball
Italian	Fagioli in Rete
Japanese	フォールボール (Fōru Bōru)
Korean	공 떨어져유 (Gong Tteol-eojyeoyu)
Polish	Fasolkopiłka
Portuguese	Futebol Atrapalhado
Russian	Игра в Мяч (Igra v Myach)
Spanish	Pelota Loca
Spanish (Latin America)	Pelota Loca

*Prior to Season 3 (Legacy)

Gallery

• 
  Original splash image (used until launch of Season 1)
• 
  Icon for Fall Ball Cup (Solo/Squads/Trios Ranked)
• 
  Icon for No Teams
• 
  Icon for Fall Guys Games
• 
  Promotional artwork for Fall Guys Games

See also

• Basketfall, another team sport game added into the game.
• Volleyfall, another round also based off a sport, this time Volleyball.

References