WalkSpeed

Property of: Humanoid

Value Type: float

Description:

WalkSpeed is a property that describes how quickly this Humanoid is able to walk, in studs per second. This property defaults to the value of StarterPlayer/CharacterWalkSpeed, which defaults to 16, meaning a Roblox Player/Character can move 16 studs in any direction each second by default.

Notes

When controlled on a mobile device or a gamepad, a humanoid can walk slower than their WalkSpeed if the controlling joystick is moved closer to its center
Roblox’s default animation script scales a humanoid’s movement animations based on how fast it is moving relative to the default speed of 16 studs/sec
The speed the Humanoid is currently walking at can be obtained using the Humanoid/Running event
Movement speed is reduced to 87.5% WalkSpeed when swimming and 70% WalkSpeed when climbing

Code Samples

Freeze a Player

This example freezes a player in place by setting their walkspeed to 0. When a humanoid’s walkspeed is 0, that player will not be able to move their character.

			
				Freeze a Player

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			local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local h = char.Humanoid

h.WalkSpeed = 0
		
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