Shot down golden balloon. The present disappeared.

[Krissi2197]

People are saying that it takes a little bit for a new one to respawn so just keep at it! Hopefully you see one soon.

 

[Restin]

This happened to me yesterday too. I shot down a balloon and the present fell between 2 beach/pool chairs we have set up. I picked up both items hoping the present was invisibly attached to them somehow, but that wasn’t the case. It vanished

 

[jefflomacy]

It re appears after 300 more is what happened to a friend of mine.

 

[OTMatt]

I'm glad this is not a permanent thing (unless shooting it down counts as redeemed)

Gonna have to spend another month popping balloons.

 

[Mayorpanda]

Hey, I was JUST gonna make a post about how my friend missed her golden ballon as it flew over shore but she ended up having another golden balloon spawn about 4days later

 

[JKDOS]

I'd have quit without saving

Post automatically merged: Apr 19, 2020

The recipe for the golden slingshot. It is supposed to be your 301st ballon. Depending on the lighting/weather/time it might look like a yellow one.

Nah, for me it was about the 318th balloon

 

[Dacroze]

Nah, for me it was about the 318th balloon

After the update that enabled the spawn after the 300 ballon bug was fixed a lot of people reported that their first ballon, the 301st one, was the golden one, so I assume it will spawn after you hit the 300 and if you miss it it will respawn.. eventually. Maybe you missed it and it respawned rather quickly for you or did you not miss a single ballon after hitting 300? I don't say it's definitely the 301st one but it appeared to be from the reports. Or Nintendo made a special case because of the bug.

 

[kindakooky]

So is there any way of checking how many balloons you've shot down?

 

[SheepMareep]

It should spawn again since you dont have the diy saved to your learned recipes. If not contact nintendo and see what they say or buy the recipe from someone else.

 

[Insulaire]

So is there any way of checking how many balloons you've shot down?

It’s a Nook Miles milestone, it’ll give you the amount out of 300 on your stamp page

 

[Apollyna]

Uhhhh.... I shot down my 300th balloon on 1.1.0... haven't seen a gold one yet. Does it respawn until I shoot one or did I miss it forever?

 

[OTMatt]

Uhhhh.... I shot down my 300th balloon on 1.1.0... haven't seen a gold one yet. Does it respawn until I shoot one or did I miss it forever?

It probably spawned in and disappeared when you went indoors. Supposedly you have to wait 4 days or so before it shows up again. The bad thing is it might spawn into the sky without you knowing and then you go indoors causing it to despawn.

I'm on day 2 without sight of the golden balloon, constantly scanning the skies right now.

 

[JKDOS]

After the update that enabled the spawn after the 300 ballon bug was fixed a lot of people reported that their first ballon, the 301st one, was the golden one, so I assume it will spawn after you hit the 300 and if you miss it it will respawn.. eventually. Maybe you missed it and it respawned rather quickly for you or did you not miss a single ballon after hitting 300? I don't say it's definitely the 301st one but it appeared to be from the reports. Or Nintendo made a special case because of the bug.

I hit 300 balloons during bunny day, so I did not get the golden balloon until after the patch. So definitely not 301st for everyone.

 

[LuchaSloth]

I just got mine about five minutes ago. Took extra care where I shot it for exactly this reason. I was even in the worst possible spot on my island...surrounded by two waterfalls, standing on a tiny strip of land. I had to run a little bit further east...and even then, I was on my beach between a waterfall and the sea. Lol.

 

[Lellyna]

You could check your bin not sure if it spawns in there and if that’s a thing and I got mine on the 301 balloon after the patch was applied

 

[Dacroze]

I hit 300 balloons during bunny day, so I did not get the golden balloon until after the patch. So definitely not 301st for everyone.

Yeah same for me, I hit 300 balloons during bunny day before the patch. But before the patch there wouldn't even spawn a 301st balloon for most people and once the patch hit the golden one was their first ballon to spawn. A friend that reached 300 ballons shot after the patch also got the golden one as her 301st. That's why I assumed you probably missed your initial golden ballon or were you one of those lucky few who still were able to get ballons after they reached 300 ballons shot down before the patch?

 

[OTMatt]

It showed up right now. Panic averted.

So yeah I guess it takes about 4 days for the golden balloon to reappear.

 

[purple_vixen]

@OTMatt - I was about to offer to craft you a golden slingshot, but I am glad that you can now craft your own

If anyone else would like me to make them a golden slingshot, send me a PM. If you provide me with the materials, I will craft for free.