The jetpack arrived with PEAK‘s Final Ascent update, and it’s exactly as glorious and as dangerous as it sounds: a random luggage drop that trades your backpack slot for flight, burns roughly 20% fuel per second, and drops you like a rock the instant it runs dry mid-air. Here’s how to find it, fly it, and refuel it without donating your scout to gravity.
Where to Get One
The jetpack is a random Luggage drop, so it’s found, not crafted: open luggage as you climb and hope. When it appears, know the cost before grabbing it: it occupies your backpack slot, so the flier carries less of everything else. On a team, the jetpack scout becomes the specialist (scouting lines, ringing bell towers, rescue support), not the pack mule.
The Controls
- Jump first. The jetpack activates in the air, not from a standstill.
- Hold the jump button (Space) mid-air to thrust upward.
- Steer with WASD while thrusting.
- Release to cut thrust; feather it in bursts rather than holding one long burn.
The burn rate is the discipline: at ~20% fuel per second, a full tank is roughly five seconds of total thrust. That’s a cliff bypass, not a flight across the biome. Plan hops between landings, never point-to-point voyages.
Refueling
An empty jetpack isn’t dead:
- Drop the jetpack on the ground.
- Interact with it to open refueling.
- Sacrifice items into it: each item restores roughly a quarter tank, and cooked items give more.
That makes fuel an economy question: your surplus berries and scavenged junk become altitude. A team that cooks (post-Roots cooking overhaul) literally makes better rocket fuel.
The One Rule of PEAK Jetpacking
Never burn your last 20% over a void. Fuel-out mid-air means free fall with no recovery, and the physics engine has no mercy and a long memory. Land with reserve, always, and treat the fuel gauge the way climbers treat stamina: the resource that must never hit zero somewhere that matters.
The Final Ascent update also added the Glider and Warp Fungus in the same spirit; the jetpack is the loudest of the three, but a glider scout and a jetpack scout together cover almost any rescue.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can everyone in the lobby get one? It’s random luggage loot; multiple can appear across a long run, but plan around one, not four.
Does it work on every Ascent? It’s a permanent item in the pool, not event content; higher Ascents just make its fuel more precious.
Best items to burn as fuel? Cooked food outperforms raw as fuel, so refuel after camp cooking sessions and keep the trail mix for eating.
Jetpack or Glider? Glider for distance, jetpack for vertical emergencies. The correct answer in a group is one of each.