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# Challenge 1: Create a NavMesh

Set up a NavMesh in your scene and configure which areas agents can navigate or must avoid.

- _Create a NavMesh in the scene_
- _Configure areas to be included and excluded from the NavMesh_

## 1. Creating a NavMesh

1\. Create a new empty GameObject, name it NavMesh, and reset its transform

![](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200915/learn/images/ee1e9495-0bd5-48d4-99c8-13f771dc4b3f_Unity_B6AtaYrw3i.png)

2\.  Add the NavMeshSurface component to the newly created GameObject

![](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200915/learn/images/bf47e8d2-df72-4ebf-afff-34a058f4e322_Unity_L9EVHSoGFB.png)

3\.  Click the Bake button to create the NavMesh

![](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200915/learn/images/1d3f2deb-82e5-422e-849a-e26cd32a9f7c_Unity_3J6v5nGaxg.png)

4\.  Everything that is highlighted in blue in the Scene view is part of the NavMesh surface. Notice the Player GameObject is also included in the NavMesh Bake.

![](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200915/learn/images/0e09e1b2-ed4c-4f2a-a4bb-6887dd27d54d_Unity_cPk6kTPnth.png)