Hoverboard

Hoverboard

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Statistics

Type	Accessory
Tooltip	Allows flight and slow fall Press Down to toggle hover Press Up to deactivate hover
Rarity	05*
Sell	8
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 1866

The Hoverboard is a wing-type accessory that allows the player to fly and glide, as all wings do. It also offers the added ability to "hover" by holding ↷ Jump and ▼ Down. Hovering offers a horizontal speed boost, and otherwise operates similarly to the Flying Carpet, allowing horizontal movement while remaining at a fixed height in the air. Hovering consumes flight time, just like flying would.

The Hoverboard has a flight height of 94 / 86 tiles, and a hover speed of 52 mph.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Hoverboard	Soul of Flight20 Shroomite Bar18	Mythril Anvil or Orichalcum Anvil

Notes

• The equipping mechanics of the Hoverboard follow the same rules as all wings, meaning it is not possible to equip the Hoverboard when another wing is already equipped. Equipping a wing in the vanity slot will also replace the Hoverboard graphic.
• Unlike a lot of accessories, the Hoverboard will dye brilliant colors (as will Shroomite armor) when compound dyes are used – a dye paired with Silver Dye (though not a Bright Dye) will invert the colors of the Hoverboard. A dye paired with Black Dye will cause the original sprite's silver trimming to be black. The flames will change colors, too.
• Although the Hoverboard is not on the back of player, it will still hide capes if visible.
• When hovering while swinging a sword that stops the player from changing directions, such as the Excalibur and The Axe, the Hoverboard will not change directions either.
• Tooltip indicating that hover toggled on by pressing ▼ Down and toggled off by pressing ▲ Up is correct if the Hover Control in General settings is set to "Click", otherwise player should hold ▼ Down and ↷ Jump simultaneously to hover.

Tips

• While hovering, a full set of Shroomite armor will still turn invisible as long as the player does not move while in that state. This effectively allows the player to create a temporary safe place to turn invisible for a few seconds.
• On the Nintendo 3DS version, it is possible to hover forever. This is achieved by jumping with a Blue Horseshoe Balloon or the Bundle of Balloons equipped and not activating another jump, but instead holding ▼ Down to hover right before the peak of the jump. It is possible to hover/move horizontally forever, but it is not possible to rise forever. If the player hovers too late, they will hover and sink as if gliding.

Trivia

• The concept of the Hoverboard was first widely popularized with the American science fiction–adventure comedy film series Back to the Future, especially Back to the Future Part II.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed the exploit where one could have infinite Hoverboard hovering time. This was done by hovering between two double-jumps provided by other accessories (such as the Bundle of Balloons).

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Made Hoverboard not appear on a mount.
  • Fixed Hoverboard bug where one could walk on air while in reverse gravity.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: Introduced.