Popped Balloon Animal Crossing New Horizons

The sight and sound of a balloon floating overhead is a cause for celebration in Beast Crossing: New Horizons, for shooting it downwardly with a trusty slingshot means you lot'll get a present. But what presents are you likely to get? Exercise different colours drop different presents? How often do balloons spawn?

In this Animal Crossing balloon guide we present to y'all the answers to a few balloon-based questions y'all may have, as well every bit the data we've collected afterward shooting as many balloons as possible out of the sky and analysing their contents (and nosotros're not talking virtually the Bunny Day balloons which gave us gusty nightmares from their incredible frequency).

Eyes to the skies!

Brute Crossing Balloon FAQ

How oftentimes practise balloons spawn?

Thanks to Polygon and the reddit user glimmiette, we were able to confirm that balloons consistently spawn from one side of the map for roughly 12 hours before switching direction and coming from the other side. Information technology seems this modify happens every day around 6am and 6pm--that's what happens for us-- although some players report that this isn't the case for them.

Balloons announced to spawn on the fourth and ninth minute every 10-minute cycle, so recall 5:04, five:09, 5:14, five:19 and and then forth. That's up to 12 balloons an hr if you're lucky. However, without the wearisome process of ensuring spawns by running to Nook'southward Cranny repeatedly, initiating a conversation and leaving earlier the clock hits twenty:x4 or xx:x9 (as per Twitter user @Arumi_kai's method), nosotros found balloons actualization more often every 10 or 15 minutes.

Nosotros would pass the time farming clams and fishing on the embankment while waiting for the time to hit eight:24 or 8:29 so run up and down the beach until we saw a airship or until we deduced that ane wasn't spawning and we got on with something else.

How can I tell if there's a balloon nearby?

Obviously, scanning the horizon is one style to know if in that location's a balloon nearby, but the easiest way to to listen for them. A balloon is accompanied by the whistling sound of the breeze it'southward being carried on. If you lot're wearing headphones or take a prissy surround system connected to your Idiot box, you'll actually be able to hear the direction that the balloons are coming from, too, which makes hunting them down quickly a bit easier.

Blue Balloon Floating Animal Crossing New Horizons

Is it just me or do balloons never spawn when I accept friends visiting my island?

If you were hoping to do some balloon farming with your friends, unfortunately y'all're be out of luck as balloons don't appear to spawn when your gate is open for online play. We're not sure why is this instance as airship hunting and racing to recover the prize could be a fun activity for you and your friends, but Nintendo presumably has its reasons. Peradventure we tin can expect balloon competitions in a future update.

Does Feng Shui inside your business firm affect the balloon spawn charge per unit?

While chatting with friends, the possibility that the Feng Shui of your home influences balloon output was bought up. In by games Feng Shui could affect your overall luck and the theory is that this might affect balloon spawn rates in New Horizons. Unfortunately, it would take significantly more research on this field of study (or confirmation straight from the developers) to confirm if this is the instance, so correct now we can simply wonder.

Mmm Balloon Present Animal Crossing New Horizons

Airship Colours - What exercise you lot become from different balloons?

Every bit far equally balloon color in New Horizons goes, we did our best to runway down equally many balloons equally we could with the time we had. We'll update the following data with whatsoever future discoveries we or the cyberspace makes, just nosotros managed to hit 77 balloons and document their contents. Here is what we learned from our studies presented with a breakup of the data nosotros harvested:

Yellow Balloons - prioritise Bells

Balloon Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • 34 Full Yellowish Ba lloons shot down
  • Bells - 24 times = approx. 70% Chance (1K Bells x5, 5K Bells x13, 10K Bells x4, 30K Bells x2)
  • Furniture - 5 times (Skeleton, Safe, Punching Bag, Formal Paper, Upright Vacuum)
  • Wear - three times (Jumper Work Suit, Apron, College Cardigan)
  • DIY Recipe - 2 times (Handbasket Pack, Light Bamboo Carpet)

Note: We just ever got Bells from Yellow Balloons - none of the other colours dropped money.

Bluish Balloons - prioritise Crafting Materials

Blue Balloon Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • xviii Total Blue Balloons shot down
  • Clay & Iron Nuggets - 9 times = l% Take a chance (5xClay x6, 5xIron Nuggets x3)
  • Article of furniture - 6 times (Gas Range, Rotary Phone, Dolly, Sand Castle, Tape Box, Menu Chalk Board)
  • Habiliment - iii times (Camo Bomber Jacket, Mariachi Clothing, Down Brim)
  • DIY Recipe - 0 times

Dark-green Balloons - no clear prioritisation

Rude Green Balloon Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • xvi Total Green Balloons shot down
  • Clothing - 6 times (Jumper Piece of work Arrange, Striped Tights, Muay Thai Shorts, Gold Print Tee, Effigy Skating Dress, Simple Visiting Kimono)
  • DIY Recipe - vi times (Sakura Flooring, Bamboo Steamer, Blossom Viewing Lantern, Basket Pack, Pan Flute, Bamboo Wand)
  • Furniture - 4 times (Vintage Television set Tray, World, Typewriter, Gears)

Red Balloons - Slight Article of furniture prioritisation (inconclusive)

Red Balloon Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • 9 Total Red Balloons shot down
  • Furniture - v times = 55% Risk (Boxing Ring Corner, Garden Faucet, Cream & Sugar, Velvet Stool, Butterfly Fish Model)
  • Clothing - 3 times (Circular Tinted Shades, Football Helmet, Career Jacket)
  • DIY Recipe - 1 time (Cherry Blossom Umbrella)

Fauna Crossing: New Horizons Balloon Conclusions

And so, afterwards wearing out our slingshot, we can now say the post-obit:

  • Yellow Balloons are likely to give you bells
  • Blue has the chance to drop resources
  • Green appears to have no clear prioritisation
  • Red appears to favour Furniture, although more data is needed

Earlier we started this guide we had plenty of ideas as to which balloons dropped which items. Was it based on their colour? The cost of the item? The time of day it dropped? Every bit you can see above, none of that really seems to be the case, although nosotros still take theories we'd like to exam. For case, one thing we're curious virtually is if it's possible that dark-green or ruby balloons possibly give you new items that y'all've never had in your possession before (much like how Wisp can give you an particular you lot've never had before).

Rest bodacious we'll update this guide with any new information as it surfaces, or falls from the sky. In the concurrently, happy balloon hunting!

This commodity is part of our Beast Crossing: New Horizons walkthrough, which includes a Consummate Fish Listing, Complete Bug Listing and Complete Sea Creatures List. If you're looking for specific fish or bugs, we can tell y'all how to grab the elusive Coelacanth, Mahi-Mahi, Behemothic Trevally, Stringfish, Gold Trout and all the Sharks and Beetles, along with a total list of critters leaving at the end of the calendar month (unless y'all visit Kapp'n's Boat Tour islands, of course!).

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