Balloon

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.

This page describes an education-related feature.

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[]

Balloons are available in the Creative inventory or commands in Education Edition only.

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, a fence, or a wall, balloons attach to the mob or block, similarly 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 into the air, before both eventually despawn or disappear.

Balloon-attachable mobs
Mob	Mass
Chicken	0.6
Cow	1.0
Donkey	1.0
Horse	1.0
Iron Golem	2.0
Llama	1.0
Mule	1.0
Mooshroom	1.0
Panda	1.5
Pig	0.75
Sheep	0.75
Snow Golem	1.0
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 bursts when a player strikes it in any direction.

Sounds[]

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Friendly Creatures	When a balloon collides with a block from above	`balloon.pop`	10.0	1.75/2.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Balloon	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Item	`balloon`	`598`	Item	`item.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`

Balloon	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Entity	`balloon`	`107`	`entity.balloon.name`

Metadata[]

In Bedrock Edition, balloon items use the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	White
	1	Orange
	2	Magenta
	3	Light blue
	4	Yellow
	5	Lime
	6	Pink
	7	Gray
	8	Light gray
	9	Cyan
	10	Purple
	11	Blue
	12	Brown
	13	Green
	14	Red
	15	Black
	unused	Purple

History[]

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Added balloons.
1.18.10	beta 1.18.10.24	Bees, boats, tamed cats, dolphins, glow squids, goats, hoglins, ocelots, pandas, parrots, polar bears, squids, striders, tamed wolves and zoglins can now be leashed.
1.18.30	beta 1.18.30.28	Added the boat with chest, which can be leashed.
Education Edition
1.0.27		Added balloons.
1.18.32	1.18.10.04	Bees, boats, tamed cats, dolphins, glow squids, goats, hoglins, ocelots, pandas, parrots, polar bears, squids, striders, tamed wolves and zoglins can now be leashed.