Getting Around: Gliders, Horses and Mules

The map is a hand-built island around 80 square kilometres, so getting around efficiently is a real part of the game. You have two systems: gliders for descending and crossing gaps, and mounts for covering ground.

Gliders

A glider is its own equipment type (its own slot, not a weapon). They tier up on durability, which is how many uses you get before a repair:

Worn versions of each drop as loot. The Vertical Boost Glider is the standout: also Tier 4, but with the most durability in the game (600) and a boost effect. It is vendor only, so you will be saving up for it.

Mules and horses

Two mounts, two roles:

• Mule: slower and lower tier, but cheaper and auto-summons. A fine first mount and a solid pack animal.
• Horse: faster and more expensive, the proper traversal mount once you have the money.

Each mount has four base stats: Speed, Agility, Strength and Health, which improve along a per-level curve as you ride.

Traits and bonding

This is the interesting bit. Mounts roll with positive and negative traits, and traits fall into exclusive categories so you only get one per category. Categories in the files include Comfort, Falling Damage, Health Regeneration, Recovery Time, Eat Bonus Stamina and Bond Experience Loss.

In practice that means every horse is a slightly different roll: a fast one might also carry a negative like slow recovery, while a steady one might bond quickly. As you raise a mount's bond level it gains new perks, so a horse you stick with becomes meaningfully better than a fresh one.

Saddles

Saddles are tack you fit to a mount and come in weight classes: Light, Medium and Heavy. Heavier saddles are the higher tier. Match the saddle to the mount you intend to keep, since this is gear you craft and invest in.

Datamined from the Alpha 3 build. Mount and glider tuning may change before release.