# Best Glider in Palworld: Full Upgrade Ladder and Glider Pals

Every glider from Normal Parachute to the Wing Pack — real unlock levels including the Hyper Glider's hidden Tech 52 recipe, and the four Pals whose partner skills transform how any glider flies.

Source: https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-glider
Updated: 2026-07-23

Gliding is half of how you traverse Palpagos, and the ladder runs from a bundle of wood and cloth to a jet-propelled Wing Pack that flies outright. There's also a piece of it the in-game tech screen makes easy to miss — the top conventional glider's actual unlock — and a set of four Pals that quietly change what your equipped glider can do.

## The Glider Ladder

Four conventional gliders, each a clean upgrade in hang time and control. The one that trips people up is the **Hyper Glider**: it unlocks in the glider technology line at **Tech 52** with a real crafting recipe, sitting between Giga at 40 and the Wing Pack's endgame slot:

| Glider | Tech Lv | Key Materials |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Normal Parachute](https://palworld-db.com/item/Glider_Old) | 5 | 10 Wood, 2 Cloth |
| [Mega Glider](https://palworld-db.com/item/Glider_Good) | 18 | 5 Wooden Board, 10 Bone, 20 Cloth |
| [Giga Glider](https://palworld-db.com/item/Glider_Super) | 40 | 20 Refined Ingot, 100 Hardwood, 15 Carbon Fiber |
| [Hyper Glider](https://palworld-db.com/item/Glider_Legendary) | 52 | 40 Pal Metal Ingot, 25 Carbon Fiber, 20 High Quality Cloth |

## The Wing Pack: When Gliding Becomes Flying

At **Tech 80** the ladder stops being a ladder: the Wing Pack is a portable glider that enables true flight, burning [Wing Cells](https://palworld-db.com/item/WingGlider_Fuel) as fuel to propel you through the air. The build cost is pure endgame — 6 [Paloxite Ingots](https://palworld-db.com/item/SkyislandIngot) worth of World Tree metallurgy, 20 AI Cores, and 20 Thermal Cores — but it's the single biggest traversal upgrade in the game, freeing your party slots from carrying a flying mount at all.

## The Four Glider Pals

These Pals don't ride or fight from the party — their partner skills modify whatever glider you have equipped, and each one changes the flying style completely:

| Pal | What Your Glider Gains |
| --- | --- |
| [Galeclaw](https://palworld-db.com/pal/galeclaw) | High-speed gliding, and you can shoot your weapon while airborne |
| [Celaray](https://palworld-db.com/pal/celaray) | No fall damage, plus extended high-speed gliding |
| [Killamari](https://palworld-db.com/pal/killamari) | Gentle floating for an extended time — the slow-descent specialist |
| [Hangyu](https://palworld-db.com/pal/hangyu) | Slow ascension while gliding — the only one that gains height |

Each has an element-variant twin with the same gliding effect ([Celaray Lux](https://palworld-db.com/pal/celaray-lux), [Killamari Primo](https://palworld-db.com/pal/killamari-primo), [Hangyu Cryst](https://palworld-db.com/pal/hangyu-cryst)), so you can match the copy you find first. Galeclaw is the meta pick — shooting mid-glide turns every descent into an attack run — while Hangyu's slow climb pairs absurdly well with the Wing Pack era's vertical maps.

> **Tip.** Glider Pals occupy a party slot without fighting, so they're day-trip picks, not permanent squad members — swap one in for exploration days and back out for the [combat comps](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-team-comps). Before the Wing Pack exists, a glider Pal plus the best [flyer of your tech level](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-flying-mounts) covers everything the sky asks of you.

## Related Guides

More ways across the map:
- [Gliders database: every recipe and value](https://palworld-db.com/gliders)
- [Best Flying Mounts and the Full Saddle Upgrade Path](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-flying-mounts)
- [Best Early Game Pals: First Catches for Every Job](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-early-game-pals)
- [Nightstar Sand: the movement-gear currency](https://palworld-db.com/guides/where-to-find-nightstar-sand)
- [Best Team Comps: Boss Killer, Explorer, and Farming Teams](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-team-comps)
- [The complete technology tree](https://palworld-db.com/tech)


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