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This feature is available only in Minecraft Education or when enabling the "Education" option in Bedrock Edition.

Balloons are entities that float upward when placed.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Balloon Latex +
Matching Dye +
Helium +
Lead

White Balloon or
Blue Balloon or
Brown Balloon or
Black Balloon
Latex +
Bone Meal or
Lapis Lazuli or
Cocoa Beans or
Ink Sac +
Helium +
Lead

Usage

When used on a mob or a fence, balloons attach to the mob or block, similar to a lead. Balloons float into the air faster than the speed the player flies up, but remain grounded if tied to a fence. If tied to a mob, the balloon floats away and carries the mob high into the air, before both eventually despawn.

Balloon-attachable mobs
Mob Mass
Chicken 0.6
Cow Default
Donkey Default
Horse Default
Iron Golem 2.0
Llama Default
Mule Default
Mooshroom Default
Panda 1.5
Pig 0.75
Sheep 0.75
Snow Golem Default
Fox 0.6

When a balloon is shot by an arrow or a trident, or floats into a solid block, it pops, summons particles, and is destroyed. It drops nothing. A balloon tied to a fence post does not burst when a player strikes it in any direction; instead, it gives way and returns to its usual position.

Data values

ID

BalloonIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Itemballoon448item.balloon.black.name
item.balloon.red.name
item.balloon.green.name
item.balloon.brown.name
item.balloon.blue.name
item.balloon.purple.name
item.balloon.cyan.name
item.balloon.silver.name
item.balloon.gray.name
item.balloon.pink.name
item.balloon.lime.name
item.balloon.yellow.name
item.balloon.lightBlue.name
item.balloon.magenta.name
item.balloon.orange.name
item.balloon.white.name
BalloonIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Entityballoon107entity.balloon.name

History

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1White Balloon BE1 Orange Balloon BE1 Magenta Balloon BE1 Light Blue Balloon BE1 Yellow Balloon BE1 Lime Balloon BE1 Pink Balloon BE1 Gray Balloon BE1 Silver Balloon BE1 Cyan Balloon BE1 Purple Balloon BE1 Blue Balloon BE1 Brown Balloon BE1 Green Balloon BE1 Red Balloon BE1 Black Balloon BE1
White Balloon (item) BE1 Orange Balloon (item) BE1 Magenta Balloon (item) BE1 Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1 Yellow Balloon (item) BE1 Lime Balloon (item) BE1 Pink Balloon (item) BE1 Gray Balloon (item) BE1 Silver Balloon (item) BE1 Cyan Balloon (item) BE1 Purple Balloon (item) BE1 Blue Balloon (item) BE1 Brown Balloon (item) BE1 Green Balloon (item) BE1 Red Balloon (item) BE1 Black Balloon (item) BE1 Added balloons.
Education Edition
1.0.27White Balloon BE1 Orange Balloon BE1 Magenta Balloon BE1 Light Blue Balloon BE1 Yellow Balloon BE1 Lime Balloon Pink Balloon BE1 Gray Balloon BE1 Silver Balloon BE1 Cyan Balloon BE1 Purple Balloon BE1 Blue Balloon Brown Balloon BE1 Green Balloon BE1 Red Balloon BE1 Black Balloon BE1
White Balloon (item) BE1 Orange Balloon (item) BE1 Magenta Balloon (item) BE1 Light Blue Balloon (item) BE1 Yellow Balloon (item) BE1 Lime Balloon (item) BE1 Pink Balloon (item) BE1 Gray Balloon (item) BE1 Silver Balloon (item) BE1 Cyan Balloon (item) BE1 Purple Balloon (item) BE1 Blue Balloon (item) BE1 Brown Balloon (item) BE1 Green Balloon (item) BE1 Red Balloon (item) BE1 Black Balloon (item) BE1 Added balloons.

Trivia

  • In real life, helium gas is used to make ballons float up into the air. This is because helium is less dense than air.
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