Balloon animal
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| Release date | 10 January 2006 (Update) |
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| Race | Living balloon animal |
| Members NPC? | No |
| Quest NPC? | A Towering Feast |
| Location | ScapeRune |
| Sells items? | No |
| Gender | None |
| Examine | It looks like an animal. |
| Notable features | Found in prison Random event |
- This article is about the creatures in Evil Bob's Prison. For those encountered during the 2011 Christmas event, see Balloon animal (2011 Christmas event).
Balloon animals are encountered during the Prison random event. Players must first pull the lever besides the barriers to get an image of the balloon animal that they are supposed to pop. Players must then pop at the least three of these to obtain the prison keys inside them. In this random event you do not get an emote nor a costume.
The varying characteristics between each balloon animal can be easily distinguished from their horns, body width, and tail length.
There's also a chance that an animal may escape through the door, but that is extremely rare.
On 25 May 2011 the size of the balloon animals was increased drastically, to make them easier to see and click.
At RuneFest 2011, several Jagex Moderators spawned balloon animals at the Grand Exchange as part of a demonstration of how the Rotten potato works.
During Mod Sabre's New Year Challenge, waves of ballon animals were spawned in every location Mod Sabre visits. When popped, these balloon animals dropped firecrackers and fireworks which are also sold by Diango. It appears that these balloon animals has a fixed wander radius and could not stray too far from the parties.