Balloons not spawning...?

[Debeers]

Most definitely. I'm hoping to hone in on farming balloons this weekend to get the last three unique recipes for my alternate and enough duplicates for my S/O's alternate.

You have more work than me! I only need to take care of 3 accounts :lol:

 

[Khaelis]

There was a time where I didn't see a balloon for a good 45 minutes. It all comes down to luck (or bad luck, in some of our cases).

 

[sleepydreepy]

Last night I tried hunting balloons for the first time. I did pretty well for the first hour, then went to eat dinner and came back and balloons seemed to only spawn every 10 minutes instead of 5. I have no idea why (I was doing the exact same thing the first time/basic balloon hunting strat) but only got 4 or 5 balloons instead of 8-10 for that hour. I also only got 1 new recipe yesterday. I feel like they definitely nerfed the DIY rates in balloons with the newest update.

edit: this just happened to me again and I'm so confused. I had balloons spawn at 11:39 and 11:44, but at 11:49 there was nothing. I ran up and down my beach and didn't see a single balloon until 11:54....

 

[matt2019]

I've heard conflicting stories about whether it's needed or not, but for me it helps to go inside a building (the museum or Nook's Cranny), talk to the NPC there (pretend you're donating or selling something), then go out again.

You need to be outside before the clock jumps to 4 or 9, then go to the side of your island where your balloons are spawning (for Northern Hemisphere islands, this means to the west side beaches during the day and the east side in the evening). Then you wait, and when the time is there for balloons to spawn, run up and down the beach. Sometimes it can take a minute or a bit more for a balloon to reach the island (they spawn at the edge of your map, over the sea, and their speed depends on the amount of wind), so don't give up too soon! If you shot one or there seems to be none, repeat the process of going inside and talking.

This way, I can usually hunt down 8-10 balloons in an hour. I've tried doing this without going inside, but for me, it could take 20 minutes or more for the next balloon to spawn that way.

This usually works for me too

 

[Lynnatchii]

Last night I tried hunting balloons for the first time. I did pretty well for the first hour, then went to eat dinner and came back and balloons seemed to only spawn every 10 minutes instead of 5. I have no idea why (I was doing the exact same thing the first time/basic balloon hunting strat) but only got 4 or 5 balloons instead of 8-10 for that hour. I also only got 1 new recipe yesterday. I feel like they definitely nerfed the DIY rates in balloons with the newest update.

edit: this just happened to me again and I'm so confused. I had balloons spawn at 11:39 and 11:44, but at 11:49 there was nothing. I ran up and down my beach and didn't see a single balloon until 11:54....

Yeah, at night times balloons spawn every 10 minutes for me

 

[AlyssaAC]

My mom had the same problem. When she was hunting for balloons, hers would take somewhere between five to twenty five minutes for it to show up. Personally I think its random when they come. Kinda wish it was every five minutes instead of this random times thing. :/