diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
index 0b5b2cc71..374417438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/calc/Path.java
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ class Path extends PathBase {
             Movement move = moves.apply0(context, src);
             if (move.getDest().equals(dest)) {
                 // have to calculate the cost at calculation time so we can accurately judge whether a cost increase happened between cached calculation and real execution
-                move.override(cost);
+                // however, taking into account possible favoring that could skew the node cost, we really want the stricter limit of the two
+                // so we take the minimum of the path node cost difference, and the calculated cost
+                move.override(Math.min(move.calculateCost(context), cost));
                 return move;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/Movement.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/Movement.java
index dcdcdec7e..2db8bf8d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/Movement.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/Movement.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class Movement implements IMovement, MovementHelper {
         return cost;
     }
 
-    protected abstract double calculateCost(CalculationContext context);
+    public abstract double calculateCost(CalculationContext context);
 
     @Override
     public double recalculateCost() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementAscend.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementAscend.java
index 9973e94b3..2e20dd6e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementAscend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementAscend.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MovementAscend extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         return cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, dest.x, dest.z);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
index ba915ac6d..d2d2c2820 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDescend.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MovementDescend extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         MutableMoveResult result = new MutableMoveResult();
         cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, dest.x, dest.z, result);
         if (result.y != dest.y) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
index f2aeebbb4..a47fc2634 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class MovementDiagonal extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         MutableMoveResult result = new MutableMoveResult();
         cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, dest.x, dest.z, result);
         if (result.y != dest.y) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDownward.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDownward.java
index 81b257e73..2bec8fcf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDownward.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDownward.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MovementDownward extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         return cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
index 90b44c14c..6442d7d96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementFall.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class MovementFall extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         MutableMoveResult result = new MutableMoveResult();
         MovementDescend.cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, dest.x, dest.z, result);
         if (result.y != dest.y) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
index 5bc5b1db5..ab98d3d08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementParkour.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class MovementParkour extends Movement {
 
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         MutableMoveResult res = new MutableMoveResult();
         cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, direction, res);
         if (res.x != dest.x || res.z != dest.z) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
index fafba24a2..b236f7e2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementPillar.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class MovementPillar extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         return cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
index 84e423589..0788ff8c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class MovementTraverse extends Movement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
+    public double calculateCost(CalculationContext context) {
         return cost(context, src.x, src.y, src.z, dest.x, dest.z);
     }