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title: "From Waypoints to Navigation Meshes"
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url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/from-waypoints-to-navmesh?language=en"
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difficulty: intermediate
duration_minutes: 10
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last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:24:05.000Z"
---

# From Waypoints to Navigation Meshes

In this tutorial students will take a previously created A\* navigation system and convert it to use the Unity NavMesh system.

## Materials

- [S0602StarterU6.zip](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/c424c49f-03d1-57b2-ba4f-ea651522f78b/versions%5B_key==%2209b9c4e683b5c2316789bcb51d3a814a%22%5D.materials%5B_key==%22d9f02d88611b%22%5D.file/S0602StarterU6_20260323_203620.zip)

## 1. From Waypoints to Navigation Meshes

[Video](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/c424c49f-03d1-57b2-ba4f-ea651522f78b/versions%5B_key==%2209b9c4e683b5c2316789bcb51d3a814a%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%228KfwgJtj1rZ1EivCZw47Vw%22%5D.body%5B_key==%228KfwgJtj1rZ1EivCZw47aQ%22%5D.overviewVideo/S0602_20260315_210208.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/c424c49f-03d1-57b2-ba4f-ea651522f78b/versions%5B_key==%2209b9c4e683b5c2316789bcb51d3a814a%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%228KfwgJtj1rZ1EivCZw47Vw%22%5D.body%5B_key==%228KfwgJtj1rZ1EivCZw47aQ%22%5D.subtitles/S0602%20VTT%20en_20260522_130154.vtt))