So... I lost the roly-wood thing that helps you slide down ropes...

[PeaceMaker]

Ok, so on one mission I had to use that wooden roly thing to slide down a rope. I got caught in a difficult situation and had to drop everything to fight, just as I got to the end of the rope. I lost the roly thing in the water.
"No matter!" I thought, "It'll pop back up, in the next job!"

Next job, came to another tight rope... the roly wood thing is not on me at all. Had to literally `hand walk` my way along two ropes. It was good arm exercise, that's for certain!

So back at home base, a new one did not appear. Went to the Irish Merchant... nope he doesn't sell one at all...

Uh.. oh.

Is that it? Is this the only thing useful thing that does not respawn? Did the Devs literally forget this could happen? Am I gonna have to literally hand walk my way down the ropes for this Campaign?

[DeadlyKittin]

You can hold trigger to slide down ropes..

[Naii Starwing]

The gravity hover is all you need. That zipline tool is completely superfluous once you get the Iron Man gravity hover.

[M200Chan]

As Deadly said, you can hold trigger to slide your hands across a surface. This can be used to do things like adjust your grip on a sword, or slide down a rope. It's a bit slow, but it's better than swinging across.

Also, the gravity hover is definitely an upgrade here if you're running magic. You can boost your speed higher than the zipline tool allows, and you can control it much better if for some reason the end of the zipline suddenly becomes a place you don't want to be.

[McScrandy]

u can also use a head of any axe to slide down ropes