diff --git a/src/Ai/World/Rpg/Action/NewRpgBaseAction.cpp b/src/Ai/World/Rpg/Action/NewRpgBaseAction.cpp
index 51896c484..c3eb93a2f 100644
--- a/src/Ai/World/Rpg/Action/NewRpgBaseAction.cpp
+++ b/src/Ai/World/Rpg/Action/NewRpgBaseAction.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,24 @@ bool NewRpgBaseAction::MoveFarTo(WorldPosition dest)
     if (path.empty())
         return false;
 
+    // Progress guard: refuse to dispatch a path whose endpoint isn't
+    // meaningfully closer to dest than the bot already is. Prevents
+    // oscillation around terrain the mmap probe can route along but the
+    // bot can't actually traverse (cave entries with missing nav, narrow
+    // ledges, geometry that loops back). Reference doesn't have this
+    // guard but their RPG layer detects stuck via different signals;
+    // ours surfaces the issue here so the strategy can re-pick a POI.
+    {
+        float const distFromBot = botPos.distance(dest);
+        float const distFromPathEnd = path.getBack().distance(dest);
+        if (distFromPathEnd + 5.0f >= distFromBot)
+        {
+            EmitDebugMove("MoveFar", "no-progress",
+                          dest.GetPositionX(), dest.GetPositionY(), dest.GetPositionZ());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Walk dispatch.
     std::vector<WorldPosition> const& pts = path.getPointPath();
     Movement::PointsArray points;