Hot-Air Ballooning

Basic Information

A two-person balloon.

Hot-Air Ballooning is a special activity that allows players to ride in a balloon aircraft. A Hot-Air Balloon Kit may be purchased from Kelpie in Zardine. There are two kinds:

• The Small Hot-Air Balloon Kit costs 650 Gold and can only carry two riders.
• The Large Hot-Air Balloon Kit costs 3,420 Gold and can carry up to 8 riders. It also has ballistae that players may use to shoot Ballista Bolts, which Kelpie also sells.

Pets and Partners cannot be summoned on the balloon nor taken aboard, except for the Jungle Scout Imp, Lava Walker Imp, and Warp Imp.

Balloon Details

A balloon almost out of fuel.

To create a balloon, right-click the kit and select "Use" or ctrl + left click the kit. The balloon can only be made in Flight Zones. To get on the balloon, simply click on it. To get off, simply click anywhere outside the balloon. After boarding the balloon, players can click on the steering wheel to control the balloon. Balloons have a red HP bar as well as a yellow fuel bar. Balloons loses HP when onboard players are attacked by Wyverns or other players and is irrecoverable. The damage the balloon receives is equal to the damage the player(s) receives. Balloons loses fuel at a steady rate and can be replenished by dragging and dropping Flint into the balloon's burner. Fuel still depletes even if the balloon is on the ground and/or not boarded. If holding a stack of Flint, only one will be added at a time; there is no need to divide before adding. Once fuel runs out, the balloon will slowly fall to the ground, eject all players on it, and disappear. Thunder, Ice Spear, Fireball, Doppelganger, Spellwalk, Meteor Strike, and Fantastic Chorus cannot be used while on a Hot-Air Balloon. Shield of Trust is usable, but it does not do anything.

Balloon Controls

To gain control of the balloon, a player must click the steering wheel at the balloon's center. A control window appears right next to the player's mini map. When on the ground, click the "Take off" button to begin flying. The balloon will slowly rise into the air until reaching 30 altitude meters. When in the air, click the "Land" button to land. The balloon will slowly fall to the ground. The balloon can only land if it is under 40 altitude meters. The up arrow button increases the altitude of the balloon, causing it to rise. The down button decreases, the altitude of the balloon, causing it to fall. To move the balloon around, click the ground beneath the balloon (which can be difficult to do in high altitudes) or click anywhere on the mini map. Players do not need to keep holding onto the steering wheel as the balloon moves. Steering depletes the player's stamina at a rate of ?

Slaying Wyverns

Player frozen by Ice Wyvern.

• Wyverns fly in the western side of Zardine and will engage players and their balloons. Likewise, the players can also attack the wyverns.
  • When the balloon is landing, the wyvern's attacks are unable to hit the player, but the player also cannot attack back.
• Wyverns can only be hit with Archery, Icebolt, Firebolt, Lightning Bolt, Throwing Attack, Water Cannon, or Sand Burst.
  • The player usually needs to be within roughly 10 altitude meters in order to hit the wyvern.
• Killing a wyvern nets the player stars. These can be turned into Kelpie for rewards.
  • Fire Wyverns are worth 5 stars each.
  • Lightning Wyverns are worth 4 stars each.
  • Ice Wyverns are worth 3 stars each.
  • Wyverns with titles such as "the Hungry" give double the amount of stars as normal untitled ones.
  • Stars are equally divided amongst each player; the more players on the balloon, the fewer stars earned, though it may be easier to hunt with more players.
• If the player enters another balloon, leaves Zardine, changes channels, or logs off, all stars earned will disappear.

Strategies

• The Wyverns tend to do drive-by attacks. The best time to shoot a Magnum Shot would be right as they come in to attack.
  • Rank 1 in Celestial Spike can kill most untitled wyverns in one use.
• It may be prudent to have a player or two using the corresponding Magic Shield skills when the Wyverns swoop in.
• You may also use the ballistae to shoot at the Wyverns. Better bolts can be obtained as a reward for hunting Wyverns.
  • However, the ballistae becomes overshadowed by high ranks in wyvern fighting skills.
  • Unless you have a mid- to high-ranked archer operating a ballista, very little damage is done even if using Poison Tip Wyvern Ballista Bolts.
• A +4 Chain Casted Firebolt can easily take down Ice Wyverns in 1 or 2 hits.
• A high ranked Water Cannon and Chain Cylinder can help against Lightning and Fire Wyverns.

• Demigod skills do not work on the balloons, however demigod can help boost recovery.
• Playing Dead can help, but beware of the wyvern's splash damage.
• If the player wishes to escape, they can set a steering path and then Play Dead.
• Gearing all nine equipment slots, all elemental-enhanced of the same type, will negate the wyvern's damage to 1. For example, having Ice-enhanced gear will negate Ice Wyvern's damage to 1.
  • However, Ice Wyvern's attacks will still freeze the player.
  • This may not work if there are multiple types of wyverns in one area.

Rewards

One star.

Five normal Stars are one Big Star.

• Your score will determine your rewards.
• You'll always be offered the item in bold. You have a small chance to get one or more of the other items listed.
• Partial stars are rounded down. ie. Half of a star = 0 star

# of Small Stars	# of Big Stars	Gold	Exploration EXP	Item Set 1	Item Set 2
1~5	less than 1	460 g	700	Small Hot-Air Balloon Kit x1 MP 10 Potion x5 Bandage x10	Small Hot-Air Balloon Kit x1 Stamina 30 Potion x5 Ballista Bolts x30
6~10	between 1~2	1400 g	1000	Ballista Bolts x10 Handmade Bandage x10 Enchant Scroll (Burst Soldier) x1	Thin Thread Ball x5 Handmade Bandage x10 Sunlight Herb x5
11~15	between 2~3	3000 g	1500	Large Hot-air Balloon Kit x1 Base Herb x10 Bloody Herb x10	Thick Thread Ball x5 Handmade Ballista Bolts x30 Enchant Scroll (Mana Magician) x1
16~20	between 3~4	5480 g	1750	Wyvern Claw x1 Stamina 50 Potion x10 Snake Gauntlet x1	Iron Ore x10 Large Hot-air Balloon Kit x1 Flint x2
21~25	between 4~5	7170 g	2010	Handmade Ballista Bolts x10 Fine Silk x1 Ancient Taming Cane x1	Iron Ore Fragment x10 Fine Handmade Ballista Bolts x30 Enchant Scroll (Poison Archer's) x1
26~30	between 5~6	8790 g	2360	Wyvern Claw x2 Iron Ingot x10 Fine Handmade Bandages x10	Copper Ore Fragment x10 Finest Silk x1 Likeability Potion x1
31~35	between 6~7	10690 g	2610	Wyvern Claw x3 HP 50 Potion x10 Giant Bird Leg Boots x1	Mandrake x10 MP 30 Potion x10 Silver Ore Fragment x10
36~40	between 7~8	12360 g	2900	Fine Handmade Ballista Bolts x10 Flint x5 Tikka Wood Taming Cane x1	Fine Leather x1 Enchant Scroll (Mana Witch) x1 Gold Ore Fragment x10
41~45	between 8~9	14500 g	3110	Wyvern Claw x4 Ring Bow x1 Mana Herb x10	MP 50 Potion x10 Finest Handmade Ballista Bolts x30 Wood Board x1
46~50	between 9~10	16050 g	3760	Wyvern Claw x5 Fine Fabric x1 Enchant Scroll (Poison Hunter's) x1	HP 100 Potion x10 Finest Handmade Bandages x10 Finest Fabric x1
51+	more than 10	17810 g	4200	Finest Handmade Ballista Bolts x10 Poison Herb x10 Lightning Warrior's Helmet x1 Hebona Shoes x1 Thames Plate Boots x1	Golden Herb x10 Enchant Scroll (Burst Warrior) x1 Finest Leather x1 Arbalest x1 Enchant Scroll (Hawk) x1 Enchant Scroll (Viscount) x1

Related Titles

#	Name	Hint Description	Hint Requirement	Title Description	Requirement(s)	Effects
24	the Daring Hot-air Balloon Pilot	Try to push the burner's capacity to its max.	Add fuel with less than 10 seconds until crashing.	Whew, for a moment there, it seemed like the burner was going to give out, but somehow, you did it!	Add fuel when the balloon is about to crash. Note: Fuel must be added within the last second before the balloon completely runs out to earn the title, 8 seconds after the fuel bar turns completely black.	MaxSP -30 Dex +10 Will +10 Int +5, Luck +5 Protection +3%
90	the Wyvern Hunter	Title given by Kelpie to those who collect a large amount of Wyvern Claws.	Defeat a wyvern while Hot Air Ballooning.	You delivered a whooping 1000 Wyvern Claws to Kelpie.	Turn in 1000 Wyvern Claws to Kelpie. Note: You will be giving him the claws.	MaxHP +10 MaxMP +10 MaxSP -10 Str +20 Dex +20 Luck -15 Will -15