

There are seven scout flies in each area for the player to free and collect. Additionally, the player can free locked up scout flies, the seventh of which releases a power cell. In turn, the power cells are then used to power devices that Keira builds or repairs, which are then used to travel further north. Villagers and oracles will then trade a power cell in exchange for a given amount of Precursor orbs (either 90 or 120). The player starts off by collecting Precursor orbs which can be found scattered around the world both in hidden and open locations.

The game requires the player to collect items to unlock new hubs. As the game progresses, new hub locations are unlocked such as Rock Village and Volcanic Crater, with surrounding places such as Boggy Swamp, Snowy Mountain, Lava Tube, Precursor Basin, and other differing habitats, including open waters (however most waters are guarded by lurker sharks which act as a boundary defense, keeping players from exploring too far out in the world). From the start of the game, the player can freely roam the locations as they wish, though some parts are only accessible after unlocking them (for example, Misty Island when Jak accomplishes a mission for the Fisherman, allowing him to use the Fisherman's speedboat). The game starts in Sandover Village, with neighboring areas including Misty Island, Sentinel Beach, and Forbidden Jungle. The surroundings that the player encounters largely vary, though the main hub locations take the form of villages. The player traverses the game's world using Jak by running, jumping ( ), rolling ( ), leaping from a rolling position ( + ), and swimming. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is an open world third-person 3D platform game, centering upon Jak, a 5'6" athletically-built human villager, with the ability to perform simple melee attacks such as a sliding punch ( ), spin kick ( ), aerial uppercut ( + ), and jumping dive ( + ). During the quest, new locations are visited, centered upon village hubs, with many new faces requesting of the duo the completion of various missions around the area.

Players are required to collect Precursor orbs and power cells in order to further northward progress. The game features many platformer challenges with elements from the action adventure and brawler genres. Daxter ultimately has to decide whether to use the elusive light eco to save the world or change himself back. After Daxter falls into a dark eco silo at the forbidden Misty Island, he is transformed from human to ottsel and discovers that he must find the dark eco sage, Gol Acheron, if he has any hope of returning to his previous form.

It centers upon their mission to stop the legions of lurkers from destroying the world with dark eco. The game follows titular protagonists Jak and Daxter around ten years after Jak and Samos Hagai's arrival into Sandover Village after the conclusion of Jak II. Official emulation support for the game on PlayStation 4 was added in August 2017, and was made available as part of a bundle with Jak II, Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing on December 6. In February 2012 and June 2013 it was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita respectively, as part of a remastered HD version of the original series, accompanied by its sequels, Jak II and Jak 3. It was initially released in December 2001 for the PlayStation 2 console. and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the first installment in the Jak and Daxter series, developed by Naughty Dog Inc.
