re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Official Thread (March 20)

Do you know the balloon farming trick? You may have noticed that balloons can't fly over buildings or certain bridges and will instead head south around the building blocking their path. There are certain super tall items that will divert the balloons too.

(1) Craft a ton of super tall items (Jail Bars works best at 5 iron nuggets a pop and 2.0 length by 0.5 depth).

(2) On the side of the island where the balloons are spawning from, place the items (with the flat part facing the ocean, the long part running N to S) consecutively from the back of the island to near the the front of the island.

(3) You can leave a half square gap between each item. Strong winds may be able to push balloons through a diagonal gap between two items if you cannot orient them vertically, so make sure to not leave a half square gap vertically between those items. (IF this doesn't make sense in your head, look up a video showing how to do it.)

(4) Once you have your Great Wall of Jail Bars, head to the south of the wall and wait for the balloons to come to you. You can fish while you wait, but be ready to knock the balloons out of the sky.

(5) Don't forget to switch your wall of items to the other side of the island when the spawn direction changes (7am and 7pm).

You still only have a 15% chance that any given Balloon will be a seasonal DIY card, but at least you know you won't miss any potential balloons if you set the wall up right. Good luck.