The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom features brand-new items called Zonai Devices. These items are incredibly useful and can help you solve a variety of problems, from cooking on the go, to creating vehicles, or even launching rockets and cannons. One early Zonai Device is called the Wing, a large-sized glider that you can stand on and surf the skies to cross gaps or sail between floating islands. However, it may sometimes be a bit unwieldy to use, but we’ve got the tips to make you a wing gliding expert.

If you're interested in seeing all of these advanced Wing Glider tips in action, then you can do that by clicking on the video below! Or, continue scrolling to see our full written tips.

How to Use the Wing Glider Device in TotK

On the Great Sky Island, you’ll first run into the Wings on the snow-filled eastern mountain, and again outside the final fourth shrine. They can be found next to large sloping ruins that have thin recessed rail lines down the middle.

In fact, these types of ruins can be found in many places, and are usually the best place to launch a Wing glider from. This is because the sloping nature will give you plenty of time to place the Wing over one of the recessed rail lines and hop on board before it gently sails off the edge of the platform.

Once you go over the side and into the air, you’ll find that the Wing glider’s movement is largely tied to your own:

• Stand in the middle to keep the device gliding normally
• Slowly walk to either side to gently turn the device and glide to the left or right
• Slowly walk to the front to perform a dive to increase speed and aim down to the ground
• Slowly walk to the back to reduce speed and let the device rise and fall
  

How to Improve the Wing Glider

By adding additional Zonai Devices to the Wing with your Ultrahand ability, you can make the Wing glider move faster or travel in different ways. Just remember to properly balance the device by spacing out fans along the back or side, and placing any extra devices like batteries on both sides as well.

Once you start to find more Zonai Devices across the land, you can modify the Wing glider to take off from any spot with the right items. The Rocket, in particular, can be essential for either blasting upwards vertically, or straight along and off a ledge without having to push it yourself. Zonai Batteries will also let the fans go on for longer periods -- just remember that the Wing itself won't last forever.

You should also look to find the Steering Stick, as you’ll no longer need to carefully walk around the Wing Glider to direct it, and can move it around like a normal vehicle when steering.

How to Launch the Wing Glider

One of the hardest aspects of using the Wing glider is taking off safely when you don’t have a sloping ruin to start from. Physics is usually not your friend, and trying to balance it on the edge of a cliff will more often than not lead to it tipping over and falling straight down.

Luckily, you also have another ability to help with this situation. Find a spot on a ledge you wish to glide off from, and then use Ultrahand to grab the Wing (plus any attached devices) and hold it out over the edge, level with Link. Or, if you want to play it really safe, hold it straight above you as high as you can. Wait a few moments, and then bring it back over to safe ground on the ledge.

As soon as you are close to it again, target the Wing to reverse its momentum with Recall, so that it moves back to where you were holding it. It will return to the spot over the ledge that Link can now climb onto, ensuring you don’t need to give it a push.

You can also hit the fans to trigger the momentum before stopping Recall to ensure you’ll be moving forward and not down, just be sure to stand in the middle of the Wing.

A more daredevil approach is to simply jump off the ledge and start free-falling, then hold onto your paraglider for a quick moment. While it’s out, navigate your Zonai Devices menu and select the wing. When you exit out, it should spawn right below you, and if you let go of your paraglider, you should fall onto it before it zooms off. This can be a bit harder to perfect, and the only downside is that you can’t attach other devices to it this way, and it can be pretty difficult to get down. However, when done correctly, it does look pretty cool!