Balloon

Balloons are a miscellaneous item in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They were introduced in Season 6.

Functionality
Balloons work with up to three uses of them at a time. The player can deploy a balloon by pressing the fire button, which adds one to their back. This will reduce their gravity, and negate fall damage. Adding two balloons to a player reduces gravity even further. Adding a third balloon causes the player to be lifted upwards. Balloons only last a short amount of time, and so cannot be abused by floating to the top of the map. Pressing crouch releases a Balloon, and enemy players can shoot them to destroy them.

Obtained
Balloons are obtained as Floor Loot, in Chests, in Supply Drops and in Supply Llamas.

Stats
Balloons stack to 10.

Strategy Guide

 * If you are falling, you can quickly spam balloons to quickly lose speed and not take fall damage.
 * Adding a single balloon to your player can increase the speed at which the player can traverse the map, by using the low gravity to jump longer distances.

Season 6

 * Update v6.21: Added Balloons in rarity.
 * Players can deploy 6 of them at a time to reduce gravity and or float.
 * Balloons must be held in order to gain these benefits.
 * Max Stack is 20.
 * Pressing the ADS button or Jump, releases a Balloon.

Season 7

 * Update v7.00: Balloons reworked:
 * When used, the player can switch to items and weaponry.
 * Players can only use 3 balloons at a time.
 * Jump is used to released Balloons.
 * Max Stack is 10.


 * Update v7.10: The Jump Button no longer releases Balloons, it is now bound to the Crouch Button.
 * Update v7.20: Balloons are now.

Season 9

 * Update v9.00: Vaulted Balloons.

Trivia

 * Players hit by a Boogie Bomb would drop their balloons.
 * Balloons appear as a small bag on the floor, rather than a Balloon itself.
 * They were disabled in The Floor is Lava LTM because the knot was placed around the neck of the Baby Gingy Back Bling.

Gallery
Ballons