There are few videogame pastimes as treasured as attempting to face on a flying object. Sadly, whereas it is potential to land on an enemy participant’s flying fighter jet—you must see that clip if you have not already—Battlefield 6 will not allow you to take to the skies on a teammate’s recon drone.
Except you hit it with a sledgehammer.
The wildest glitch in Battlefield 6. Lmao. pic.twitter.com/A0k1I32mRdOctober 15, 2025
Within the final 24 hours, clips have began circulating of gamers in a position to acquire unparalleled verticality with a type of bug that makes you marvel, “What was the one that found this even doing?” Usually, standing on a drone in BF6 does not obtain a lot: As quickly as its controller strikes it, you may slide off.
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However as this clip from Charlie Intel demonstrates on X, standing on a stationary recon drone and clonking it with a sledgehammer causes an almost-definitely-unintended physics interplay that launches the drone and its surfer immediately upwards. As a result of the movement is not coming from the drone pilot’s inputs, the rider is ready to hold their footing.
The drone will begin drifting downwards after ascending, however in a pleasant rejection of our earthly physics, the bug’s repeatable whereas airborne: Persevering with to bludgeon the drone will present further top. Unsurprisingly, this could supply a fairly substantial benefit to snipers with a cooperative recon assistant, offering a capturing platform wherever they’d like that lets them snipe from dozens—if not a whole bunch—of meters within the air. It might probably additionally function a fast elevator to the highest of BF6’s taller buildings.
The BF6 drone glitch is completely generational pic.twitter.com/WJls3MyxfaOctober 15, 2025
In fact, crouching on a recon drone does not present a lot protecting cowl, so that you most likely will not final very lengthy when you’re up there. And let’s be actual: You may deserve no matter scorn you get within the course of.
Whereas I am positive it’s going to be exploited to nefarious ends earlier than the tip of its possible transient lifespan, it is a pleasant bug whereas it lasts. I can solely hope I will be blessed with my very own sighting of synchronized sledgehammer aerialists—assuming they do not begin taking potshots at me whereas they’re hovering as much as heaven.
