Realm RPG: Treasure Balloons
by NoCube
Treasure Balloons, a Forge and NeoForge minigame by NoCube, adds rare balloons with chests that drift above players and drop loot when shot down.
What it does
Balloons appear one at a time over open areas, and a player on the ground may spot one drifting past. Each balloon is associated with a recognizable color, and its rarity is chosen at random when it spawns. A balloon that flies too long or drifts too far away disappears. Shooting it down releases a chest that falls to the ground, and the chest stays until about ten minutes of inactivity have passed, so there is time to collect it.
The loot is rebalanced around progression: most drops are starting materials, while the rarest balloons carry valuable items such as enchanted books and diamonds. Players are encouraged to shoot down balloons at any stage, since the rare drops are unlikely to hand out late-game gear early. The mod requires Twilight Forest and Realm RPG, and it is server-side only, so players join without installing it. Files are published for 1.20.1, 1.21.1 and 1.21.8, and the latest build for each is 1.0.0.
Key features
Rare flying balloons
Balloons carrying chests spawn at random intervals and fly past players, with a new entity type for the minigame.
Ranged takedown only
Thrown items such as snowballs and eggs cannot pop a balloon, so players need a ranged weapon before it flies out of reach.
Weighted loot tiers
Drop chances range from about 60 percent for starting materials down to a rare chance for enchantment-related items.
Spawn and despawn rules
Balloons spawn within the dimension near height limits, and they disappear once they travel too far or stay airborne too long.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Fancy Balloons is open source under the MIT License, is a server-required mod with optional client support, and covers 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Water Balloon is a client and server mod under All rights reserved, published for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. Treasure Balloons is server-side only and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Realm RPG: Treasure Balloons | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2026-05-11 |
| Fancy Balloons | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-11 |
| Water Balloon | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-27 |
Questions
Does Treasure Balloons need to be installed on the client?
Which dependencies does Treasure Balloons require?
Can a balloon be popped with a snowball?
In the catalog
Realm RPG: Treasure Balloons is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Realm RPG: Treasure Balloons is a lightweight mod that adds rare balloons with chests flying above players. All loot is balanced so as not to disrupt progression and to encourage adventures & exploration of your world! Treasure Balloon is a new type of entity that sometimes spawns in sky and flies past the player in…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/realm-rpg-treasure-balloons
- Owner
- NoCube
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15