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How to Ride and Dismount Your Sparrow

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★ New Characters: Helhest | Rossi-11
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Destiny Rising - How to Ride Your Sparrow
Ride your Sparrow by opening the Ghost menu or dragging the virtual joystick in Destiny: Rising. Learn how to ride and get off your Sparrow in this guide and see how you can unlock your Sparrow here.

How to Ride and Dismount Your Sparrow

How to Ride Your Sparrow

Open the Ghost Menu

Summon Sparrow Keyboard

To ride the Sparrow, open the Ghost menu and check the button indicated below.

Depending on whether you’re using a keyboard, or controller, the button indicated will be different, so simply remember it to summon the Sparrow without opening the menu.

Controller Support and How to Connect Them

Drag the Virtual Joystick

Summon Sparrow Mobile

For mobile players, you can ride the Sparrow by dragging the virtual joystick upward. Just above the running icon, drag the joystick further toward the Sparrow icon and you’ll be able to ride it.

Press Jump to Get Off

Jump to Get Off
To dismount, players can press the jump button to easily get off and dismiss the Sparrow.

How to Unlock Your Sparrow

Progress Chapter 1

Daily Commissions from Mu Ying

The Sparrow can be unlocked early by progressing through Chapter 1-2: Beneath the Ice, specifically when you unlock Daily Commissions. It will automatically be unlocked after you talk to Mu Ying.

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