Riding Broom

Travel. Double-click to equip a bundle that changes how you move around the world. Using this item automatically equips it while running outside of combat. The effect can be removed by using the Stop Riding skill or by double-clicking this item again. — In-game description

Riding Broom

Item type

Gizmo
Novelty

Novelty

Toy

Rarity

DMasterwork

Binding

Account Bound

Game link

API

49931

Gallery
Click to enlarge. Under the effect of Stop Riding.

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Travel. Double-click to equip a bundle that changes how you move around the world.

Using this item automatically equips it while running outside of combat. The effect can be removed by using the Stop Riding skill or by double-clicking this item again.

— In-game description

Riding Broom is a Travel Toy gizmo that can be used to "fly" around on a broomstick. It does not increase the speed of the player. The five races ride the broom in five different ways.

Acquisition

Sold by

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Black Lion Exchange Specialist	Bay of Elon Trader's Forum   Dwayna High Road Trade Commons Plaza of Balthazar Memorial Quadrant Interdisciplinary Accessium   Reckoner's Terrace Snowblind Peaks	Arborstone Crystal Oasis Lion's Arch Armistice Bastion Divinity's Reach Hoelbrak Divinity's Reach Black Citadel Rata Sum Mistlock Sanctuary The Grove Gendarran Fields		Requires the item Riding Broom Glider.
Black Lion Representative		Thousand Seas Pavilion		Requires the item Riding Broom Glider.
Black Lion Statuette (vendor currently unavailable)			10
Gem Store (vendor currently unavailable)			250

Contained in

•   Riding Broom and Familiar Package (guaranteed)
•   Riding Broom and Glider Combo (guaranteed)

•   Air Rider Package (guaranteed, historical)
•   Riding Broom Glider Combo (guaranteed, historical)

•   Novelty Selection Box (choice, discontinued)

Skills

#	Skill			Description
1	Stop Riding		5	Stop riding your broom. This will also remove the Automatic Broom effect.
1	Ride Broom			Jump on your broom and ride around.
2	Prepare for Combat			Return to your weapon skills. If you are currently riding a travel toy, the Automatic Travel Suspended effect will be applied.

Notes

• Can be used in WvW.
• You will automatically reequip this item while running outside of combat if you have its effect (Automatic Broom) enabled on your character.

Gem Store history

Gem Store history This table is not guaranteed to be up-to-date.As the history has to be updated manually, it may be incomplete. Caveat lector.
Start date	End date	Discount	Notes
January 28, 2013	Available	-	New
August 25, 2014	September 01, 2014	??%	Anniversary Sale (2014)
May 03, 2016	October 10, 2016	-	Returning[verification requested]
October 04, 2016	October 10, 2016	30%	Returning
October 17, 2017	Unknown	-	Shadow of the Mad King (2017) Returning[verification requested]
March 11, 2018	March 12, 2018	35%	March Sale (2018)
August 30, 2018	September 01, 2018	50%	Anniversary Sale (2018) Returning
July 09, 2019	Unknown	-	Halloween in July Sale Returning[verification requested]
October 15, 2019	October 29, 2019	25%	Returning

Black Lion Statuette history

Black Lion Statuette historyAs the history has to be updated manually, it might be incomplete. Since the February 28, 2023 game update, most items are also permanently available. Caveat lector.
Start Date	End Date
July 28, 2020	August 11, 2020
July 13, 2021	August 17, 2021
April 19, 2022	May 24, 2022
November 08, 2022	Unknown

See also

• Enchanted Broom — Costume Brawl toy