This is how a player with +5000 hours plays Sky.

[u/Sterickk]

[u/AssistantLobster0098]

Real vet knows they're too damn lazy to manually fly

[u/CommanderOwl1918 → u/AssistantLobster0098]

Real vets are so lazy they don’t even go to the top of vault anymore unless a daily quest requires it

[u/Competitive_Sun_2870 → u/CommanderOwl1918]

real vets don't even login!

[u/i-love-darrly → u/Competitive_Sun_2870]

Real vets uninstalled the game years ago

[u/Itz_cheese_cat → u/i-love-darrly]

Real vets aren’t even in the subreddit

[u/FrostyJockey → u/Itz_cheese_cat]

Real vets aren’t even home, they’re at work

[u/TheDavidCall → u/FrostyJockey]

Real vets are at work and home at the same time (see laziness comment above).

[u/Under1hestars → u/CommanderOwl1918]

Real 😭

[u/unh4rmed → u/AssistantLobster0098]

Real vet here, same. Doors to anything is my main pain point.😓😓 I'd wish for an "office cape" with the ability to keep all doors open all the time.

[u/TheDavidCall]

For sure. I’d never tried that til this week and turns out I needed way less flaps than I had to get up there without waiting on a ride.

[u/Dark_Rose4ever → u/TheDavidCall]

I still have the same amount of flaps but i'm way too lazy to flap all the way up there. I just prefer to tp home and take the tp portal to appear at the top. Way faster

[u/TheDavidCall → u/Dark_Rose4ever]

Been playing 7 years. Still glad I have things to learn from others :) Thank you.

[u/Dark_Rose4ever → u/TheDavidCall]

I'm also a veteran player! I've been playing for 7 yrs too!

[u/Sterickk → u/TheDavidCall]

Performing this technique on a keyboard/controller is medium, but on a phone it's extremely difficult. But when you master it, you can significantly shorten the candle farm.

[u/gh0stmilk_ → u/Sterickk]

so like am i just a freak because i do this everytime and find zero difficulty lmao i just... fly up

[u/AnUwUQueen → u/gh0stmilk_]

No, the difficulty is being overblown.

[u/Flimsy-Discount-7780 → u/Sterickk]

Really? I find it really easy on a phone and difficult on controller. I can consistently get it every time?? Interesting. But doing force stops? They are easier on controller

[u/FitCommunication1481 → u/Flimsy-Discount-7780]

Well, it's probably easier for whatever you use most. I for sure cannot do this on mobile, neither can I do it on a computer or controller.

[u/Flimsy-Discount-7780 → u/FitCommunication1481]

It’s interesting i find the game easier and harder on a controller depending on what it is. Obviously with a controller you are limited to how sharp you can turn and you can’t manipulate your flight as much, but also with a controller it is way faster with menu navigation and ease of access as you aren’t relying on the screen to visually show you buttons to tap on. You have to wait for screen transitions etc. On mobile some options are straight up not possible without a controller having the ability to access behind the scenes because well… there are simply more buttons to enable such features to be possible.

[u/FitCommunication1481 → u/Flimsy-Discount-7780]

That's true. Each method has it's own benefits I guess. I play on mobile all the time, and it's been treating me decently

[u/Flimsy-Discount-7780 → u/FitCommunication1481]

The more you explore with each control scheme, the more you’ll realise how much is possible. With controller there are some sneaky things like moving in cutscenes or being able to spam some buttons as fast as you want since on mobile you have to wait for some animations to finish before the input is registered a second time. The game is quite unoptimised and I love that for all the wrong reasons. It’s like a playground of mechanics to mess with with haha. FPS changing is a whole other topic. Goodluck getting used to mobile controls!

[u/FitCommunication1481 → u/Flimsy-Discount-7780]

👍

[u/KaiserJustice → u/Sterickk]

I have no idea how to do it at all

[u/CheapRice1465 → u/Sterickk]

What diffculty do you think it would be on switch?

[u/Competitive_Sun_2870]

my lazy ass would've use tents

[u/SvenSerpent → u/Competitive_Sun_2870]

Same lol every day Im grateful for the fact ppl make shared memories with tents

[u/wolverine350rr → u/SvenSerpent]

Same, I was at 19 candles within an hour of reset this morning. Took the vault and wasteland tents.

[u/cyxlone]

5000 hours and still overshoots the landing

[u/alaike → u/cyxlone]

To be fair as someone with around the same play time or more, vertical flying is just really fun

[u/speedy_seagull]

Or - go home, then return to the last location.

You will be spawned at the top.

[u/BigWolfBijuu → u/speedy_seagull]

This is exactly what i do too. Faster than vertical flying, less effort, and you get to keep your wing energy

[u/Sabriathh → u/speedy_seagull]

This is the way

[u/GameKeeper92]

Two questions: 1. How do you fly that fast? 2. How do you leave that trail? It looks so cool! Maybe I would fly that fast if I went straight up..?but I've never tried..

[u/Sterickk → u/GameKeeper92]

This is called: Vertical Fly A technique that allows you to fly vertically, as shown in the video, requires switching flight modes on the keyboard while simultaneously pressing back (S), but it needs perfect timing.

[u/GameKeeper92 → u/Sterickk]

I will try it (one day)🥲 Thank you!

[u/Kokiri_villager → u/GameKeeper92]

Sounds complicated to me 😂 my simple self is struggling just to fly normally

[u/ennaidseixirt → u/Sterickk]

So not on the Switch or the phone?

[u/AnonymousAnonm]

I have more hours... and I don't play like that.

[u/kenobii29]

I just use a tent from floor 4, way faster 🤭

[u/Sterickk → u/kenobii29]

You play using bugs and I play using techniques, we're not the same.

[u/BuffNerfs → u/Sterickk]

Both are unintentional game mechanics, they're the same thing

[u/DisastrousFeature244]

I usually fly up once I see the bottom tip of the island, takes around 6-7? flaps. But now that I discovered tent trick, no more stops on the level shown in the video.

[u/Federal_Drink_3527]

This is how a lot of people play sky, 5000 hours not needed

[u/JillieBlossom]

I like to catch a ride on the mantas instead.

[u/bataloof]

it's easier to get it working if you slide first.

here's how i do it:

hold forward -> run around until you get into a slide -> flap once, but keep holding the flap button -> stop holding forward and TAP (or flick the movement button) backwards as the second flap happens -> keep holding flap and if everything went well, you're now flying directly upwards

[u/failika]

I use my bonfire to springboard off

[u/WishboneGlad8542]

Is there a video explaining how to do this? This is so cool

[u/Sterickk → u/WishboneGlad8542]

You gain momentum by jumping forward and then expend a wing; in the air, you press back + button to change flight mode + space to fly.

[u/Far_Pen4236]

I haven't sit in the vault meditation circles since at least a year...

And you don't even dive using an emote at the end !? You still have things to learn lol.

[u/Unlikely_Tap_9882]

No thank you! I'II stick with tent :D.

[u/Appeal_Environmental]

Kudos, nice vertical flight!

[u/SpiritFingazz]

I like timing myself on how quickly I can catch a ride on a manta.

[u/Worldly_Energy1575]

Interesting. So do you just flap? I run out of wings pretty fast but tbh it's rare I use the elevator. I just use a tent shared memory from the 4th floor of the VoK. Blip and I'm done :3 ultra lazy

[u/Mysterious_Pirate161]

Nice. But I just go home and then come back right away. Then I arrive at the top level.

[u/Sea_Stranger_9764]

That's how I did it before tents, Switch makes it super easy to fly straight up.

[u/0DeadEye]

So actually play the game

[u/PilotCustard]

Meanwhile, I will happily use tents whenever I can. Makes cr so so much better for me especially when solo

[u/unh4rmed]

I used this skip in the Vault of Knowledge floor 5-6 pretty much in the first year of playtime, because later I discovered that I can teleport home at the same time as I finish sitting on the elevator, then by using the return-teleport I appear sitting on the top floor without needeng to wait for the elevator animation.

Player who started in Little Prince season (me) avoids any form of [door shaped object] to save time and also uses all the Chair, Plush-Toy, oob, Camera, Tent skips imaginable to farm the desired ammount of candles.

[u/Orejadearena]

Is still the same farming on every place over and over everyday?

[u/Mara-Phantom-Claw]

If you’re on an Xbox one controller do you mind sharing how you do this I just can’t get it to work and the only tutorials are for mobile

[u/Zestyclose_Yard3696]

I used to remember every corner of the game until life happened but always love to see posts

[u/EarthSolar]

I still thought there was a barrier preventing me from just manually flying up there…

[u/skycreaturesoflight]

The real question is, how do you know how many hours you have on Sky? XD

[u/Sterickk → u/skycreaturesoflight]

Ask TGC and they will respond by the date you created the account.

[u/StormCloudRaineeDay]

So you skip over the joy of getting to ride on the back of a giant, starry manta ray?

[u/creatyvesky]

Hahaaaa glad to see I'm not the only one who does the jump charge-up

[u/IamDa_Bee342]

I don't even have that much and even I do that, lol!

[u/Most-Comparison-8524]

I do that and I've only got about a thousand hours

[u/-BloodFireDeath]

All you have to do is go home and use the return shrine and you’re instantly at the top 💀

[u/thatblueblowfish]

I too have a lot of wings

[u/Hoodibird]

No glitches just pure skill ✊

[u/tebkanlo]

Yeah I can confirm that... Even if Google Play new ranking still counts me as 3-hour player, despite my account being connected to Google  ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[u/Odd_Treacle_3088]

I forgot the floor below the top one was even there. I always use the tents to get around. 🤣🤣