The “I Believe I Can Glide” achievement in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 sounds simple on paper: glide 800 meters in a wingsuit without landing. In practice, the wingsuit feels heavy and sluggish, and most campaign missions never give you enough height or space to comfortably cover that distance.
The reliable solution sits outside the main 11-mission campaign: the Endgame mode on Avalon. Here’s how to use it, how the 800m requirement actually works, and how to control the wingsuit so you stop nosediving into the hillside a few hundred meters short.
BO7 I Believe I Can Glide: what the game is actually asking for
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Achievement / trophy name | I Believe I Can Glide |
| Mode requirement | Co-op Campaign classification (includes Endgame) |
| Core task | Travel 800 meters in a single continuous wingsuit glide |
| Fail condition | Touching the ground or a surface before 800m is reached |
| Best place to attempt | Initial drop into the Endgame mission over Avalon |
Two important clarifications:
- You do not need to be in one of the numbered story missions. Endgame still counts as Co-op Campaign progress, so glides there unlock the achievement.
- The 800 meters is about horizontal distance covered while wingsuiting in one uninterrupted sequence, not total across multiple jumps.
Why Endgame is the best place to fly 800 meters
Most story missions never give you 800 meters of clean air and forward space from a single drop point. Even when you start high, the terrain rises quickly or funnels you into combat before you’ve covered enough distance. Endgame fixes that in three ways:
- Very high insertion altitude: you drop from an airship over Avalon, far above the ground, with room to build speed and stretch your glide.
- Large, open approach: you can aim across the river and towards hills with relatively gentle slopes, giving you more time before you’re forced to land.
- Low friction for retries: if you mess up, you can simply back out and start a new Endgame session instead of replaying long campaign sections.
That initial Endgame drop is what makes 800 meters achievable with consistent results, even if you’re still learning how Black Ops 7’s wingsuit behaves.
Step-by-step: how to start the 800m wingsuit run
Once you’re ready to attempt the achievement, follow this sequence:
| Step | Action | What to watch for |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the main menu, queue into the Endgame mode on Avalon. | You only need to load in; weapon or perk setup doesn’t matter for the achievement. |
| 2 | Wait through the intro until control passes to your operator in the airship drop. | As soon as you’re ejected, be ready on the right thumbstick. |
| 3 | Immediately deploy your wingsuit as you fall. | Do not free-fall for extra speed; you want maximum glide time, not a steep dive. |
| 4 | Point yourself toward a long, open stretch — typically across the river and toward the rising hillside beyond. | Aim so that you’re not about to collide with tall structures or cliffs that will cut the glide short. |
From here, the challenge is less about where you’re going and more about how you manage speed and altitude.
How wingsuit physics work in Black Ops 7
Black Ops 7’s wingsuit is deliberately sluggish. It feels closer to steering a boat than a jet: small input changes, slow reactions, and a constant tendency to lose speed and sink if you don’t manage your path.
Three behaviors matter most for the 800m run:
- Pitch control (right thumbstick): pushing the stick forward (down) pitches your operator down, increasing speed but steepening your descent. Pulling back pitches you up, trading speed for height.
- Speed meter: a meter on the right side of the HUD tracks your current speed. As this drops, your glide degrades and you begin to sink faster.
- Energy “pumping” via short dives: gentle dive-then-level cycles let you regain speed without fully committing to a fatal nosedive.
Think of it as maintaining a glider’s energy: lose too much speed and you simply mush into the ground well before you hit 800 meters.
Thumbstick technique: how to hold a long glide
Once your wingsuit is open from the Endgame drop, you want to establish a stable, shallow glide and then “pulse” your speed back up as it decays. A basic pattern looks like this:
| Phase | Thumbstick input | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Initial stabilize | Hold the right stick slightly up (toward you), just off center | Levels your descent so you’re not rocketing straight down; sets a shallow glide angle. |
| Monitoring speed | Eyes on the speed meter at the right side of the HUD | When the meter slides down significantly, you’re about to start sinking too fast. |
| Speed refresh | Briefly push the stick forward (away from you) to dip, then smoothly pull back up | Short dive builds speed; pulling back converts that speed into more distance at a better glide angle. |
| Repeat | Alternate gentle dives and level-outs as needed | Maintains enough airspeed to keep the wingsuit “flying” instead of stalling into the terrain. |
Key details that make this work:
- Small corrections only: big, exaggerated stick movements cause dramatic dives or stalls. You want short, controlled nudges.
- Do not hold a dive: the goal is a quick speed bump, not a new, steeper flight path. As soon as your speed meter rises again, start easing the stick back up.
- Stay parallel to the terrain: if you know you’re heading toward a rising hill, start a speed-refresh dive a little earlier so you have room to pull up.
Handled this way, the wingsuit will carry you far enough to clear Avalon’s river and climb partway up the opposite hillside before you run out of altitude, which is where the achievement usually pops.
How to know you’ve flown far enough
Black Ops 7 doesn’t show a dedicated “wingsuit distance” counter on screen, so the 800 meters can feel abstract. In practice, a successful run often looks like this:
- You launch from the Endgame airship, open the wingsuit immediately, and head straight out across the open space over Avalon.
- You cross over the river that cuts through the map below without ever letting your feet touch water or ground.
- You reach roughly halfway up the hill beyond the far bank before finally running out of altitude and landing.
In that kind of run, the achievement usually unlocks as your feet touch the hillside. If you drop into the water or hit the slope closer to the shoreline, you likely fell short of the 800-meter mark and will need to adjust your glide pattern or aim further forward on the next attempt.
Common ways the 800m attempt fails (and how to fix them)
| Problem | What’s happening | Fix for the next run |
|---|---|---|
| You slam into the ground long before the river | You’re diving too steeply and never leveling out. | Open the wingsuit earlier and immediately pull the stick slightly up to set a shallow glide. Use only short dive pulses for speed. |
| You float, then “sink” straight down near the river | You’re holding too much pitch-up and bleeding speed until you stall. | Relax the pull-back slightly and insert brief dives whenever the speed meter drops, so you never reach a full stall. |
| You clip buildings or cliffs | Your line takes you over dense structures or steep terrain. | On the next Endgame drop, shift your heading a few degrees toward clearer sky so you’re flying over open ground and the river. |
| You land just past the river with no achievement | You’re close but under 800m. | Start your glide as early as possible, keep it cleaner (fewer over-corrections), and aim slightly further into the hillside so you maximize horizontal travel. |
How many tries you should expect
The wingsuit’s handling model in Black Ops 7 is intentionally unforgiving. It’s common to need several attempts just to get used to how slowly the suit responds and how sharply it drops when you over-tilt. The good news is that once you lock in the rhythm of “shallow glide, quick dive, level out,” the 800m requirement stops feeling tight.
You’re not fighting random chance here. Endgame’s insertion altitude and the shape of Avalon mean that as long as you:
- Deploy the wingsuit immediately,
- Keep your glide shallow instead of nosediving, and
- Refresh speed with short dives whenever the meter sags,
You will cross the river and push deep enough inland for the achievement to trigger. Once it’s unlocked, you’re free to treat the wingsuit as a traversal toy across Avalon instead of a precision challenge.
