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The Glider is an item that is used for gliding in the air. It was added in the Surprise/Bonus Update.

Overview

Players have to go to the Glider Store to get one. To activate the glider, they must first have one in their inventory, and then jump off a high place, an aerial vehicle, or simply jump up and activate the glider by left-clicking on PC, tapping the screen on mobile, or pressing the right trigger (RT) on Xbox. From there, players can try to generate lift by slightly diving then pulling up. This will allow them to glide around the map and go to other locations. In terms of speed, this item allows players to travel faster than the parachute. Currently, it will not work for some, as it just blacks out the screen and the player falls to the ground.

The Glider is a decent tool and is rather convenient for criminals in the Mountainside Town to pick up guns and other items. However, the Glider is a one-time use item, and you would have to go back to the Glider Store to obtain the glider again. It has been made somewhat obsolete by the Jetpack, simply because it is more useful due to its ability to be re-used and to go from low points to high points. Likely because of this, the glider is a rare tool for most criminals to use. Below are a few tips to how to use the glider as well as taking advantage of its features.

Tips and Tricks

  • The glider can be a useful to escape police camping the roof of the Jewelry Store because the glider is simply too fast for the 'E' prompt on the handcuff to complete. However, the same could have also be done with the Jetpack, but it can no longer be used on the Jewelry Store Roof.
  • After landing on the ground, the Glider will automatically disappear from their inventory, and players will have to return to the Glider Store to get another one, so it's recommended players don't land where enemies are if they intend to avoid them.
  • To control the Glider, the player must use their camera. It will glide towards where their camera is facing, similar to the Parachute.
  • It is unknown if this feature is intentional, but the glider gives off a little bit of lighting, so players can use it in dark areas.
  • If the Police are chasing a player on foot, criminals can jump and equip the glider and use it to maintain a distance between them and the police officer. There, they can fight the police officer, hop into a vehicle, or spawn a vehicle.
  • Police can bust a Bank robbery by gliding into the vault, as criminals most likely won't expect the police to use a glider to bust a Bank robbery. This is best in vaults like Floor: Blue and Corridor, but shouldn't be used in the Classic or Financing: Underwater floors, but can be used for the Deductions floor.
  • The Glider can be used to neglect fall damage, so if players have to jump off a high building, such as the Museum; it will allow them to glide away without fall damage.
  • On difficult Rising City Bank/Crater City Bank or heist floors, players can use the glider to fly over the lasers and safely land on the other side. This can be difficult to pull off sometimes because your body can hit the lasers.

Gallery

The images of the Glider.

Trivia

  • Like parachutes, Gliders can be deactivated by pressing space. Also, when the Glider is activated, a note at the bottom of a player's screen will appear, saying that space removes the glider, just like parachutes.
  • Gliders were not requested, they were simply added by Badimo.
  • The Glider is a lot faster than the parachute, even rivaling the UFO and Helicopter in terms of speed.
  • If players run into a building with the Glider equipped, the Glider will not disappear, just like parachutes.
  • There used to be a keybind, "J", which if players pressed, it would automatically deploy a glider without it being in their inventory. However, this was short-lived, from January 13, 2019, to January 15, 2019. This may have been added by Badimo to test gliders.
  • When holding the glider, it actually emits some light, more than the Flashlight.
  • The glider has been nerfed to be slightly slower since a miscellaneous update.
  • The Glider can glitch sometimes, which causes many issues in the gameplay.
  • There used to be a glitch where you can make cars fly by using the glider as it can be seen in this footage.
    • However, this has been patched.
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