Comments

Comment by mindswat

Hmm.. No Engineering requirement, can stack to 20, I'm thinking this could be a good auction item to make a few gold. However, this is still pre-release data so things can change.

Comment by tmptfate

This item is the WoD equivalent of Golden Glider (but not limited to Timeless Isle) for all players and does NOT require Engineering to use.

Comment by Maelztrom

Final nail in the coffin of tricking people to fall to their deaths....
Need to use my totally normal legit portal to Dalaran more before everyone and their moms will be able to survive it...

On a happy note If i do manage to kill someone with my totally normal legit portal to Dalaran it'll be their own damn fault for not surviving it. No more guilt! :D

Comment by vindurza

essentially this item acts like an engineers glider enchant, only it dose not have a engineer level restriction. so this item will be great for mailing to alt you keep accidentally killing by falling off a cliff and forgetting they lack the glider. it will also get you a good bit of money selling these on the auction house.

Comment by Kesliana

This item DOES share a cooldown with the regular old Goblin Glider on your cloak.

Comment by sleepyredmoo

Is this consumed on use? Kind of seems like a waste of mats if it is, but if it's not all of my pathetic non-engineer alts will be getting these.

Comment by Saix

This now requires two Gearspring Parts instead of 8 ore, changed along with the other items under the Devices category as of the 19 November hotfix.

Comment by itzsupremacy

Despite being able to be craft all four devices via Draenor Engineering:

Mecha-Blast Rocket and Shieldtronic Shield, can be placed into Engineering containers, such as Elementium Toolbox,

Goblin Glider Kit and Stealthman 54 cannot be stored in Engineering containers, and rather take up normal bag slots.

Comment by matoh

This can drop from Blingtron 5000 gift package. I got quite a few which I send to alts. Really nice to be able to glide at low level.

Comment by HunHawk

Great with Aviana's Feather
you can fly in no fly zones

Comment by Lucilite

If you assume this item will work like a parachute, you're gonna have a bad time.

Comment by Arames

Just wondering if you could use this while mounted? I could see a fun situation where you have to run for your life and leap off a cliff without dismounting.

Comment by 0xfeeddeadbeef

Does not dismount from Telaari Talbuk / Frostwolf War Wolf.

Comment by Azerothi

Useful in Gurubashi Arena, fly right to the chest in no time!

Comment by juparan

Macro
Easy use/cancel macro :

#showtooltip
/cancelaura Goblin Glider
/use Goblin Glider Kit

Whith the first push you use Goblin Glider Kit you gain Goblin Glider buff.. Second push cancel that buff, and you will fall !

Comment by trelliema

Definitely the fastest and easiest way to get from the Throne of Kil'Jaeden back to your faction's hub in Tanaan Jungle. You can easily get to Vol'mar (Horde) and to the road in front of Lion's Watch (Alliance) if you get a running jump off the Throne of Kil'Jaeden cliffs.

Comment by Songbird2482

Jumping off Mount Hyjal with this thing seemed like a fun idea at first... Long story short: Damn those invisible walls!

Comment by Fraudulent

You should always have a stack of these on all of your toons. It's very cheap to buy from the AH (or make yourself for your alts), does not require Engineering to use, has no level requirement, and lasts for two minutes.

The convenience of gliding back from a high perch back to a quest hub is great. But I've found it immensely useful for getting out of trouble by jumping off a cliff (i.e. to escape gankers), in PvP zones like AB to get from an elevated node down somewhere, or just on a slope to get a small boost of speed to get away from something.

Comment by jjanchan

I thought I'd compile and consolidate some data for this item into one post! This post was written during and is accurate as of Patch 6.2.2 (Warlords of Draenor).

The Goblin Glider Kit is an item made by Engineers. The materials for 5 Goblin Glider Kits are 8 X True Iron Ore and 5 Sumptuous Fur (making it 1.6 True Iron Ore + 1 Sumptuous Fur per glider). As well, 2-3 of these can sometimes be found inside Blingtron 5000 Gift Package, awarded daily by the Engineer crafted Blingtron 5000.

Here are some details about this item:

The Goblin Glider Kit stacks to 20, but cannot be stored in Engineering bags like the Elementium Toolbox.
Using the glider has no cast time (i.e. it is instant).
The glider can be used in combat.
These items are not soulbound, and can be sold on the Auction House or traded. Engineering is NOT required to use the gliders.
There is a 3 minute cooldown on the Goblin Glider Kit; this is a shared cooldown with Goblin Glider, the Engineering only tinker for cloaks. Using either one will put both on cooldown.
This item is an easy way for lower level toons to get the achievement Going Down?
This item can be used while on a ground mount; doing so will dismount you and activate the glider. The item cannot be used on a flying mount - you must dismount first, then activate the item.
If you have built the corral as your outpost in Nagrand, it is useful to note that you can use this glider while on your Frostwolf War Wolf (H)/Telaari Talbuk (A) without it dismounting you.
The glider buff lasts for 2 minutes total before expiring.
Cancelling the buff by right-clicking it will cancel the effect and cause you to plummet to the ground.
This item can be used in Unrated Battlegrounds and in Ashran, but not in Rated Battlegrounds or Arenas.
This item can be used in conjunction with Aviana's Feather in a few interesting ways:

Aviana's Feather, when used, will shoot you straight up in the air, after which you get wings that propel you forward at 714% speed! Using your Goblin Glider Kit at any point in the vertical ascent will allow you to move forward at a lower altitude - this can be handy if you want to go forward a shorter distance, or reach a a nearby ledge without overshooting. After a few seconds on your glider, the wings would spawn as normal, increasing your speed.
Note that you must use the glider BEFORE the wings spawn to get the extra speed; if the glider is used after the wings have spawned, your speed will drop to 357%
Using the glider AFTER the wings have spawned, as mentioned previously, will slow your speed (from 714% to 357%). This can be useful if trying for a very precise location to land.
When using the glider after jumping from any height, you can extend your range with Aviana's Feather. When you are nearing the ground on your glider, simply use the feather (which is instant use and can be used in midair!) to get even further.

This glider is a useful item to slow falling after using Falling Flame - without some way of slowing fall speed at the end, the landing proves fatal.

For those wondering about the differences between this item and the Parachute Cloak/Flexweave Underlay Engineering tinker, I've outlined them in the table below.

Characteristic	Goblin Glider Kit/Goblin Glider	Parachute Cloak/Flexweave Underlay
Availability	Goblin Glider Kit: Any character	Parachute Cloak: Engineering (225) required; for low level characters
Goblin Glider: Engineering (500) required	Flexweave Underlay: Engineering (350) required
Forward thrust	Will grant a forward boost of speed, which is maintained while gliding	No forward thrust - will maintain forward speed at time of activation
Speed	Regardless of speed at time of activation, will maintain a constant speed while gliding (357% speed)	Will maintain whatever speed was present at time of activation (if no forward motion when activated, then will simply slow fall at a stationary location)
Steerability	Allows change of direction in mid-air	Maintains same direction of motion when activated, cannot be steered
Duration of effect	120 seconds (or until landed)	30 seconds (or until landed)
Cooldown	3 minutes	1 minute

Using the the addon Speedy Gonzalez, I was able to get some hard and fast numbers regarding this item (with comparisons for reference)

	Speed increase	Total Speed
Walking Speed	-	100%
Walking Speed + Cloak Enchant*	+10%	110%
Apprentice Riding (Ground Mount) Speed	+60%	160%
Walking Speed + Nitro Boosts (Raid Instances)*	+70%	170%
Apprentice Riding (Ground Mount) Speed + Mount Up*	+70%	170%
Journeyman Riding (Ground Mount) Speed	+100%	200%
Journeyman Riding (Ground Mount) Speed + Mount Up*	+110%	210%
Walking Speed + Nitro Boosts*	+150%	250%
Expert Riding (Flying Mount) Speed	+150%	250%
Expert Riding (Flying Mount) Speed + Mount Up*	+160%	260%
Goblin Glider Kit	+257%	357%
Artisan Riding (Flying Mount) Speed	+280%	380%
Artisan Riding (Flying Mount) Speed + Mount Up*	+290%	390%
Skull of the Mad Chief*	+310%	410%
Master Riding (Flying Mount) Speed	+310%	410%
Master Riding (Flying Mount) Speed + Mount Up*	+320%	420%
Aviana's Feather*	+614%	714%
Falling Flame*	+1327%	1427%

*NOTES:

The cloak enchant referenced above is the Warlords of Draenor version. This speed boost is provided by any of the following enchants:

Enchant Cloak - Gift of Critical Strike
Enchant Cloak - Gift of Mastery
Enchant Cloak - Gift of Critical Strike
Enchant Cloak - Gift of Haste
Enchant Cloak - Gift of Versatility

The guild perk Mount Up is granted by any guild.
Nitro Boosts is an Engineering tinker, applied to belts.

The speed boost for this tinker is +150% when used in the world and in dungeons, but is reduced to +70% in raid instances.

Skull of the Mad Chief is a treasure obtained from Tanaan Jungle.
Aviana's Feather is an item obtainable from the Lunarfall Inn / Frostwall Tavern Level 1 in your garrison.
Falling Flame is an infrequent drop from the Timeless Isle rare Cinderfall.

Comment by Stompa

Works in Battlegrounds.

Used this to do the Arathi Basin Lumber Mill jump... I love doing the long drop on my mage, now my druid can do it too! Odd thing though, you have to be in the air to use this item - so first you mount, then jump towards the Blacksmith, then you click the item and float down upon your enemies.

Edit: Also tested successfully in Isle of Conquest.

Comment by Railguy

I finally found a use for those stupid Mecha-Blast Rocket and Shieldtronic Shield that keep piling up from the Blingtron dailies: Know Your Role! I've discovered that damage absorbed by the shield doesn't break the buff needed for the achievement. So here's what I did:

1. Accepted the two dailies at Deadtalker's plateau (Assault Deadtalker's plateau and Spirit Dust).
2. Killed the Crusher with a rocket.
3. Pulled the big packs of mobs by using the rocket on the Corpsedefiler , popping the shield, and aoeing the small guys down.
4. Once I had enough dust I just used the rocket on the remaining Corpsedefilers I needed then jumped off a cliff so I wouldn't have to kill the spirits. I used my Engineering tinker Goblin Glider but you can also use the Goblin Glider Kit from Blingtron or just jump into water to avoid dying.
5. Turned in those quests and picked up the boss quest I needed (Uruk!).
6. Killed uruk with a shield and rocket.
7. Did the other firebarrel quests using the edge technique in other comments.

NOTE: The first hit you do on Uruk doesn't do any damage to him, so hit him with a ranged attack before using your rocket.

Hope this helped.

Comment by Joejr82

These are going to come in VERY handy for use in the Broken Isles till flying is available.

Comment by Anizia

Goblin Glider Kit is sold by Ricket. She is located in the hall accessed by going over the displacement pad in the middle of Dalaran to where your collected Pillars of Creation are stored. Her exact location is next to the portals downstairs from the circle with the Pillars of Creation.

EDIT: She was removed on September 7th. She is now only located at K3 in Storm Peaks. She does NOT sell Goblin Glider Kits at K3.

Comment by warp9pnt9

A friend sent me 40 of these (2 stacks of 20). I already have 10 in inventory, so I wanted to put the extras into bank. I have 40 empty spaces in bank, yet I can't fit a single stack of 20 gliders in bank, it says bank is full. Nor can I take just 1 GGK from stack and put that in bank. Seriously? When did these become non-bankable? Have they always been non-bankable?

Comment by extrip

Very useful on Broken Isles. You can reach long distances with this kit.Before flying on Broken Isles, this kit is a life saver

Comment by sushibar

These keep the garrison useful in Legion. Build engineering hut and trading post.
Run missions for GR, use that to buy fur and True Iron Ore as needed in the trading post. Engineering hut will build the gliders from the mats, and they will sell well on the AH until we get flying.

Comment by dvfaa

Can you no longer use these in instances? I'm running ICC right now and I am unable to do the shortcut from the blood queen to sindragosa.

Comment by Gatlin567

do these work anymore after the patch?

Comment by Dub12413

Great on broken isles, especially when using Emerald Winds with it. You can basically fly for as long as the duration of the glider (2 mins).

Comment by lazrette

Fun fact, if you jump from the top of the mountain above Ironforge, you can land in The Cauldron of Searing Gorge of you direct your glider correctly, leaving you with roughly 15 seconds left of your glider

Comment by kinark

these are selling like hotcakes right now because they will be incredibly useful in BFA with how the new zones are set up. Highly recommend having an alt with engineering to make them.

Comment by atributz

Possible ways to reduce or avoid damage from falling. And also self-resurrection.

ITEMS
Skyguard's Drape Slow fall.
Skywitch's Drape Slow fall.
Evonice's Landin' Pilla Slow fall.
Olaf's All Purpose Shield Slow fall.
Derelict Skyhorn Kite Controlled flight. / Can only be used in Broken Isles.
Magic Broom Instant fly mount / Requires Hallow's End (18 Oct - 1 Nov)
Flying Broom Instant fly mount / Duration: 14 days (real time)

TOYS
X-52 Rocket Helmet Launch up and slow fall.
Whispers of Rai'Vosh Slow fall. / Cannot be used while moving.
Aviana's Feather Launch up and controlled flight. / Can only be used in Draenor.
Rocfeather Skyhorn Kite Controlled flight. / Can only be used in Broken Isles.
Emerald Winds Fly up and directed "jump". / Can only be used in Broken Isles.
Brulfist Idol "Jump" up. / Can only be used in Broken Isles.

CONSUMABLES
Goblin Glider Kit Controlled flight.
Falling Flame 50 charges / Launch far into the distance and avoid fall damage.
Golden Glider Can only be used in Timeless Isle. / Controlled flight.
(not tested)Cracked Talisman 3 charges / need level <100 / Any damage protection.
(not tested)Cursed Talisman 50 charges / need level <100 / Any damage protection.

POTIONS (Consumables too)
Potion of Slow Fall Slow fall.
Sea Mist Potion Slow fall.
Avalanche Elixir Avoid fall damage.
Noggenfogger Elixir Slow fall (1/3 chance).
Snowfall Lager Slow fall / Can only be used within Storm Peaks (Northrend).

ENGINEERING
Flexweave Underlay Slow fall.
Goblin Glider Controlled flight.
Parachute Cloak Slow fall.
Gnomish Gravity Well Reverse your gravity.

RACIAL TRAITS
Pandaren - Bouncy Reduces damage from falling.
Goblin - Rocket Jump Directed "jump".

SELF-RESURRECTION
Darkmoon Card: Twisting Nether 10% chance.
Cauterizing Core Only usable in Pandaria.
Drust Soulcatcher Only usable in Kul Tiras or Zandalar.
Soulstone Warlock.
Reincarnation Shaman.

CLASSES ABILITIES
Warrior
Heroic Leap "Jump" to location.
Charge "Jump" to target.
Intercept "Jump" to target.

Paladin
Blessing of Protection Any damage protection.
Divine Shield Any damage protection.

Hunter
Disengage Directed "jump".
Harpoon "Jump" to target.

Rogue
Safe Fall Reduces damage from falling.
Golad, Twilight of Aspects Tiriosh, Nightmare of Ages Slow fall.
Grappling Hook "Jump" to location.
Killing Spree "Jump" to target.
Shadowstep "Jump" to target.
Shadowstrike "Jump" to target.

Priest
Levitate Slow fall.

Shaman
Reincarnation Self-ressurection.

Mage
Slow Fall Slow fall.
Ice Block Any damage protection.
Blink Directed "jump".

Warlock
Soulstone Self-ressurection.
(not tested)Demonic Gateway+Pillars of the Dark Portal Cast portal and use it.

Monk
(nope)

Druid
Feline Grace Reduces damage from falling.
Flap Slow fall.
Travel Form Instant fly mount.
Wild Charge "Jump" to target / Directed "jump".
Skull Bash "Jump" to target.

Demon Hunter
Glide Controlled flight.
Netherwalk Any damage protection.
Metamorphosis "Jump" to location.
Vengeful Retreat Directed "jump".
Fel Rush Directed "jump".

Death Knight
(nope)

Comment by Ahuramazda

Goblin Glider Kit and the engineering-only cloak enchant Goblin Glider are functionally the same and share a cooldown.
Both provide:

357% speed multiplier (+257% speed)
2 minute max duration
3 minute cooldown

Zandalari Troll Racial Pterrordax Swoop works the same, but is on a 15 minute cooldown not shared with the Gliders.

Comment by LiriellGarrosh

I can understand this item having a shared cooldown with other items. One of those is the Bubble Wand. Sure, we can all see the dangers of having bubbles trailing from someone gliding through the air, but really? A 3 minute cooldown on the 5 second Bubble Wand?