Sonic Tunneling Tool

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[sic] skill or by double-clicking this item again. — In-game description

Sonic Tunneling Tool

Item type

Gizmo
Novelty

Novelty

Toy

Rarity

DMasterwork

Binding

Account Bound

Game link

API

49948

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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[sic] skill or by double-clicking this item again.

— In-game description

The Sonic Tunneling Tool is a Travel Toy which can be used to "tunnel" around, changing the movement animation. It does not increase the speed of the player. Tunneling players are still restricted by obstacles and can still be attacked, whicheing stops tunneling.

Acquisition

Sold by

Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost
Gem Store			250
Black Lion Statuette (vendor currently unavailable)			10

Contained in

•   Novelty Selection Box (choice, discontinued)

Skills

#	Skill			Description
1	Start Tunneling		2	Dive into the ground and move just under the surface.
1	Stop Tunneling			Emerge from your tunnel.

Notes

• Applies the Automatic Tunneling effect.
• Cannot be used in WvW.

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
April 30, 2013	Unknown	-	New
August 24, 2014	September 01, 2014	-	Anniversary Sale (2014) Returning
May 03, 2016	Unknown	-	Returning
August 30, 2018	September 01, 2018	50%	Anniversary Sale (2018) Returning
December 17, 2024	December 31, 2024	20%	Wintersday (2024) 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
October 13, 2020	November 17, 2020
July 13, 2021	August 17, 2021
April 19, 2022	May 24, 2022
November 08, 2022	Available