Loftia has four movement tools, and each recipe comes from a different place. You craft all four at your Project Station.
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Glider | Recipe from Cliff during Certified Flying Loftian; Project Station Lv.1. Source: Game files. |
| Propeller | Recipe from Mending What's Broken; upgrades the Glider; Project Station Lv.3. Source: Game files. |
| Bounce Shoes | Recipe from page 2 of the Central Lake Research Station; Project Station Lv.2. Source: Game files. |
| Rail Boots | Recipe from the Electric Dreams set at the Museum Research Station; Project Station Lv.3. Source: Game files. |
| Launch pads | Every launch pad, mushroom or Gridfall pad, needs the Bounce Shoes. Source: Game files. |
| Equipping | No need to put the Bounce Shoes or Rail Boots on the tool wheel. Source: Player reports. |
| Tool | What it does | Recipe from | Project Station | Materials | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Glider | "Your Personal Safety Device that lets you float in the air." | Cliff, in Certified Flying Loftian | Lv.1 | 3 Rubber, 3 Straw, 5 Glass Cullets | 5 |
 Bounce Shoes | "The special alloy in these interacts with Jump Pad magnets allowing the user to reach new heights." | Central Lake Research Station, page 2 | Lv.2 | 2 Aluminium Bar, 10 Resin, 2 Banana Leather | 5 |
 Rail Boots | "Magnetic boots that make riding Air Rails possible - but don't tell Cliff!" | Museum Research Station, Electric Dreams | Lv.3 | 5 Magnets, 3 Carbon Fiber | 10 |
 Propeller | "An upgrade to the Personal Safety Device that allows you to reach new heights." | Mending What's Broken | Lv.3 | 1 Glider, 2 Hard Lumber, 2 Aluminium Bar, 10 Resin | 10 |
All four recipes have to be unlocked first; none is on the Project Station from the start. Every other recipe, with the same columns, is on our Loftia recipes list.
The Rail Boots recipe is the reward for Electric Dreams, one of the sets on the second page of the Museum Research Station in the Gridfall. The set asks for one each of a Used Floppy Disk, a Used Game Cartridge and a Used Boombox. A developer pointed players the same way on November 4, 2026: "Getting the Rail boots recipe from the research station in front of the museum."
The quest that sends you there is Leela's side quest Slip, Zip, Hooray!, which she gives after her first quest, Dance Class. In order:
The three artifacts are the slow part. Where they turn up and why the Floppy Disk and Boombox are hard to find is on our Rail Boots artifacts guide, and the rest of the station's sets are on our Museum Research Station list. Where the dancers are is on our Striker, Lighter and Breaker guide.
What the Rail Boots do. They are "magnetic boots that make riding Air Rails possible." A Gridfall resident calls them "the number one tool to travel the district's rooftops via Air Rails." You need the Rail Boots for the rails, but not for every rooftop: players report that they reach the Concrete Jungle without the boots by gliding down from tall buildings. Our Concrete Jungle and rooftops guide covers the ways up.
The Bounce Shoes recipe is the reward for finishing the second page of the Central Lake Research Station in the Hanging Gardens. You get it once all four sets on that page are done: Heavy-Weight Titans, Murky Waters, Craftcore and Eco Weave. Those sets give their own rewards too, including the Hammer Lv.2 and Pruners Lv.2 recipes. What each set asks for is on our Central Lake Research Station list.
The main story asks for them. In Everything Is Connected, which Kassim gives after Field Research, you have to "Get the recipe for the Bounce Shoes" and then "Craft the Bounce Shoes" before Cliff lets you take the Airtram to the Gridfall. You craft them at a Project Station Lv.2 with 2 Aluminium Bar, 10 Resin and 2 Banana Leather. They are made at the Project Station, not the Tailoring Station.
How to use the Bounce Shoes. You don't put them on. Players report that the shoes work as soon as you craft them, and they never show up on the tool wheel. Walk or jump onto a launch pad and it throws you upward. In the game's words, "The special alloy in these interacts with Jump Pad magnets allowing the user to reach new heights."
Where they work. In the game files, every launch pad lists the Bounce Shoes as the item it needs: the Bouncy Mushrooms in the Hanging Gardens and the launch pads in the Gridfall alike. Without the shoes, players report, the pads show a lock. The Bounce Shoes don't help on the Air Rails; those need the Rail Boots.
There is only one pair. The Early Access files have no second or upgraded Bounce Shoes.
You get the Glider early, in Loftia City. After Permission to Glide and Ryder's Adventure Awaits!, Cliff gives you Certified Flying Loftian, and he hands you the Glider recipe in that same conversation. Residents mention the blueprint before you get it: "I hear Cliff's got a tested glider blueprint ready for you." Milo finished it while you were busy.
The quest then asks you to "Craft a Glider" and to "Show Cliff your newly secured glider". The Glider takes 3 Rubber, 3 Straw and 5 Glass Cullets at a Project Station Lv.1, the station you start with. The quest steps are on our Loftia City main quest guide.
How to glide. Jump, then press [Jump] again while you are in the air. The game's tutorial says: "Press [Jump] again after jumping to activate the Glider." The same key closes it: the controls list it as the key "to jump, or if airborne, toggle the glider." Glide down from a high spot to cross gaps; a Hanging Gardens resident suggests you "take a glide off some of the vantage points nearby."
The Glider only takes you down. To gain height you need the Propeller.
The Propeller recipe is the reward for Mending What's Broken, Mita's quest at the end of the Gridfall story. It is not at any research station. You craft it at a Project Station Lv.3 from 1 Glider, 2 Hard Lumber, 2 Aluminium Bar and 10 Resin. It is an upgrade recipe, so your Glider goes into it; after a boost you still open the Glider to float down. The Gridfall quests that lead up to it are on our Gridfall quest list.
How the Propeller works. In the game's words: "Press [Jump] while in mid-air to propel yourself upwards. Then, press [Jump] again to deploy the Glider." You can also "hold [Jump] while propelling to automatically deploy the Glider afterwards." The game calls it "an extension to the Glider that lets you reach higher places you couldn't before."
The "double jump". When players talk about a double jump in Loftia, they mean this mid-air boost. The game files have no separate double jump ability; the Propeller is the only thing that gives you one. A Gridfall resident puts it as a device that "makes you jump twice as high as usual."
What it opens. Gridfall residents say you will need it "to explore a lot of the rooftops around here." In the Hanging Gardens, one resident says of the secret cave above the Secret Lake: "I'll have to look for a Propeller if I expect to reach it." The developers' Patch #2 notes of November 10, 2026 say they closed the Secret Cave skip some players used before, so the Propeller is now the way up. More on the lake is in our Overgrowth and Secret Lake guide.
The game files don't give the positions of launch pads or rails, so we list them by district. The Glider works anywhere you can jump from high enough.
Some launch pads and rail ends in the Gridfall can be repaired with a Repair Kit, which you craft at a Project Station Lv.3.
Having a recipe is not enough if your Project Station is too low. Each tool appears at one level:
| Project Station | Movement tool | How you get the level |
|---|---|---|
| Lv.1 | Glider | You start with it |
| Lv.2 | Bounce Shoes | Complete the Anadromous Odyssey set at the Central Lake Research Station |
| Lv.3 | Rail Boots, Propeller | Upgrade it during the Gridfall quest Keeping the Lights On |
The Lv.2 upgrade is covered in our Project Station Lv.2 guide, and Lv.3 in our list of what you get in the Gridfall.
We don't know yet whether a broken Gridfall launch pad or rail works before you repair it, or whether the Bounce Shoes and Rail Boots still work when they are in a storage box rather than your bag. We will reread the tool recipes, research-station rewards and quests when an Early Access patch changes them.
From the Electric Dreams set at the Museum Research Station in the Gridfall, which takes a Used Floppy Disk, a Used Game Cartridge and a Used Boombox. Leela's side quest Slip, Zip, Hooray! sends you there.
Craft them and walk onto a launch pad, such as a Bouncy Mushroom in the Hanging Gardens. Players report you don't need to equip them; they never appear on the tool wheel.
No. The Propeller recipe is the reward for Mending What's Broken, the last Gridfall story quest. Craft it at a Project Station Lv.3; it uses up your Glider and upgrades it.
Not as a separate ability. What players call the double jump is the Propeller: press [Jump] in mid-air to boost upward, then press it again to open your Glider.
Your Project Station level is too low. The Bounce Shoes need Lv.2; the Rail Boots and Propeller need Lv.3.
Players report they can, by gliding down from tall buildings. The Rail Boots are what the game points you to, for riding the Air Rails.
Not in the Early Access files. A resident says "Kassim developed a reinforced design for the Bounce Shoes", but we can't find an upgraded pair in the game files.
Magnets and Carbon Fiber come from the Gridfall; see our Gridfall materials list. Resin comes from the Hanging Gardens; see our Hanging Gardens materials list.
Sources and version history for this guide: Loftia sources and versions.
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