Gliders

In Archeage Classic there are many different kind of gliders available. From early levels players get rewarded their first so called basic glider that doesn't have any skills yet. By upgrading it players can use various skills and stay airborne longer. In Archeage term gliding is basically player jumping from a high place or from their standing point with the assist of their glider skill and descending momentarily. Some gliders have skills to pump up the altitude while gliding but the way is always down eventually. Meaning there is no "flying" in the game as in staying in the air as long as the players wants.

There are certain stats on the glider that can be enhanced by upgrading the glider. Those stats consist of:

Gliders

Flight Speed = Speed of forward movement
Gliding Ability = How slowly it loses altitude
Turning Speed = How fast and sharp it can turn
Launch Hight = How far up it launches you
Special Skill

Magithopter

Air Speed
Cruising Ability
Sheering Speed
Ascension
Special Skill

Glider or Magithopter?

The main term GLIDER is what all these items player equips in their trade pack slot and use to glide are. Under the main term are Gliders and Magithopter.

Magithopters differentiate from gliders in that Magithopters can hover in place and descend slower than gliders. They also have really close turning radius meaning player will turn while hovering in their place. They are also in general slower but boost player far more higher when standing still and using glider. Magithopters also have more, so called, skins like wings, backbags or balloons.

How to make the basic glider

Every player gets a free basic glider from the quests while leveling early on (experimental glider). This basic glider can be upgraded to have more skills and faster gliding speed by buying blueprints from Mirage Island and crafting at the Machining bench.

When you enter Mirage you need to travel on the left side to find the blueprint place. Mirage Island does sell the first glider players get from the early quests too so it is easy to craft another glider. Below basic glider's list in order of upgrading.


Icon	Name	Blueprint price
	(Quest glider) Experimental Glider Desing	5 silver
	Improved Glider Desing	25 silver
	Enhanced Glider Desing	50 sillver
	Ultimate Glider Desing	1 gold

Obtainable gliders


Name	Type	Special skill	Way of obtaining
Thunderbolt Glider	Glider	Bombard	Crafting
Red Dragon Glider	Glider	Divebomb	Crafting
Moonshadow Glider	Glider	Shadow Flight	Crafting
Ezi's Glider	Glider	Invincible Flight	Crafting
Glider Companion: Sloth	Glider	Backward Roll	Crafting
Goblin Glider	Glider	Teleportation	Crafting
Flamefeather Glider	Glider	Glider Charge, Instant Acceleration	Crafting
Astra Wings	Magithopter	Takeoff, Teleport Right, Teleport Left	Crafting
Crystal Wings	Magithopter	Crystal Trail	Activity Tokens
Glider Companion: Squirrel	Glider	Focused Glide, Acorn Bomb	Activity Tokens
Skywhisper Glider	Glider	Ascending Stunt, Descending Stunt	Activity Tokens