Apology Tower

Information
The Apology Tower is the first Medium Tower created for Jump City. It features the first instance of the Dash Feather, and is a major mechanic throughout. Players must use the Dash Feather to make normally impossible jumps, as they are afforded the capability to "double-jump".

Legacy
The Apology Tower was created by Socks as an apology for placing barrier blocks in front of the first jump of The Tree DX. They're very sorry...!

Strategy
If you use the Dash Feather to extend a jump, you can look down and hold Shift OR hold the opposite direction you're heading in to cut it a little short/decrease forward momentum. This can help with precision jumping. There are also several narrow platforms, but they are next to walls- run into the wall to slow yourself down and land easier.

If you crouch when first entering the tower, you are instead granted a "Challenge Feather". This feather is the original iteration of the Dash Feather, with the currently named Dash Feather actually being the second design. The Challenge Feather retains the original function of being able to execute more than 2 simultaneous dashes when initiating from standing still and looking straight down, achieving far greater heights that can be used to skip multiple sections of jumps.

Decorative blocks and Yum Juice Dispensers can be jumped on to gain an extra block or two of height - just enough to skip many jumps. Most platforms sat in the corners of the rooms can easily be skipped.

For speedrunners, an extremely tight wraparound off of the yellow ring onto the ladder on the outside is an invaluable skip, saving you from doing a good chunk of the second section of the tower. Almost any jump in that section can let you skip straight to the ladders.