Hello everyone! In Part 19 of my Unreal Engine 5.1 Endless Runner series, I add a Hoverboard PowerUp and make it work end-to-end—pickup logic, character attachment, animations, UI, and spawning. I start inside BP_RunnerCharacter by creating a simple boolean variable, “Is Hovering”, then I import the hoverboard mesh (I used a Sketchfab model and I also shared my modified version). After that, I create a dedicated actor blueprint (BP_PowerUp_Hoverboard) with a rotating mesh, overlap event, pickup sound, and GameMode integration using a new float variable called “Hover Timer”. Next, I bring in hovering animations (Manny + Mixamo YBot), explain when to enable Root Motion (Manny + retargeted clips) and when not to (original YBot), and I retarget for custom characters using the IK Retargeter. Then I add a socket on Foot_r, attach the hoverboard mesh to my character, and toggle visibility while hovering. I also handle obstacle destruction while hovering, fix death/resume edge cases, and add a Hoverboard progress bar in Gameplay_UI bound to the Hover Timer. Finally, I spawn the hoverboard from BP_Floor, and I show the exact “gotchas” I hit—collision must be Overlap All Dynamic, and you must actually set the Hover Timer value (I use 10). After those fixes, the hoverboard works perfectly in game.