Sparrow

"The shortest distance between two points is full throttle."

- Grimoire description

The Sparrow is a single-occupant vehicle used by Guardians, primarily for fast travel across long distances within a playable zone. Each Guardian is issued such a vehicle, which is stored aboard their jumpship and can be summoned for use as needed. Its stats can be improved within the game.

New Sparrows can be acquired from a few places; sometimes they appear as Loot (for example, finding all five Gold Chests in Old Russia will yield an uncommon sparrow), or purchased from a vendor, such as the Shipwright, Crucible Quartermaster, or Vanguard Quartermaster.

Sparrows can be summoned at every Patrol destination while in a public space, except for the Dreadnaught, and any Crucible map that allows vehicles. Sparrows are required for the Sparrow Racing League, which is the only dedicated racing activity in the game.

Abilities
Sparrows all have a booster, used as their primary method of propulsion. The boost button is mapped to the aim button, while brake is mapped to the shoot button. Guardians can also give directions while on the sparrow using the D-pad: Forward (up), left, right, and stop (down).

Some sparrows have additional abilities. Sparrows with the evade ability can boost slightly to the side using the left and right shoulder buttons. This consumes boost energy.

Trick Sparrows: The EV-30 can use the evade ability while airborne to perform barrel rolls, which can regenerate boost energy upon a successful roll.

Overdrive Sparrows: The raid Sparrows come with an afterburner for extra speed. However, engaging the afterburner for too long will cause the sparrow to explode.

Sparrow Horns
The Sparrow Racing League added a selection of interchangeable Sparrow Horns. Most Horns can be obtained via Custom Horn Kits from the Eververse Trading Company.


 * Air Horn
 * Alert Horn
 * Antique Horn
 * Aquarian Horn
 * Basic Horn
 * Bike Horn
 * Cadence Horn
 * Chime Horn
 * Clarion Horn
 * Clown Horn
 * Duck Horn
 * Electric Horn
 * Flourish Horn
 * Fog Horn
 * Gjallar Horn - pre-order Rise of Iron
 * Happy Horn
 * King's Horn
 * Odyssey Horn

Trivia

 * In terms of overall design and function, the Sparrow bears a striking resemblance to speeder bikes from the Star Wars franchise.
 * Sparrows were originally named "Shrikes" during the development of Destiny. The vehicle's name was changed to its final form by the time of the Destiny Alpha.
 * Those who pre-ordered Destiny from Gamestop received a red Sparrow S-10V, with buffs to its boost, speed, and durability (though its stats can be matched through in-game upgrades). The color remained a pre-order exclusive until January 1, 2015.

List of appearances

 * Destiny