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QuestLines Balloons

Balloons on a string, for every player.

Hold a balloon and it floats above you on its string. Dye it any colour, put a picture on it, carry a whole bunch in one hand, or tie them to a post outside your shop.

Made in survival

Balloons and Balloon Anchors are made at a Furniture Bench. Tree sap boils down into Rubber in a furnace, fibre twists into String at the bench, and a balloon takes one of each plus a little sap. Every player can make them from the start.

The balloon window

/balloon opens a window for the balloon in your hand:

• Colour — pick one, or type a hex code like #ff9900
• Size — from half size to double
• Decal — a picture on the front and back, in its own colour
• String length — from 1 to 6 blocks, kept on each balloon

147 decals

Animals, nature, symbols, items, holiday designs, and a Letter Decal for every letter and number, so players can spell out a name or a shop sign across a bunch. A decal is learned once and used up when it is applied. Every decal shows in the window for everyone, so players can see what they could collect.

Decals come from recipe items, quest rewards, or a permission. questlines.balloons.pack.<id> teaches a whole pack at once, which makes them easy to sell as web store packages: the package runs one command and the player learns the pack the next time they join or open the window.

Bunches and anchors

• Bundles — right-click to move a balloon into your off hand. Up to 10 ride on one hand, each on its own string
• Balloon Anchor — a weighted post for the floor or a wall. Use it holding a balloon to tie it on (up to 10), or with an empty hand to untie one

Commands

• /balloon — open the balloon window
• /balloon length <blocks> — set the held balloon's string; also shorter, longer and reset
• /balloon unlock <player> <design|letters|all|pack> — teach decals, from the console or in game

Players need questlines.balloons.use (on by default; on LuckPerms, grant it). Unlocking needs questlines.balloons.admin.

Free

Balloons is free, with no licence key and no Pro tier.

Standalone

Balloons needs nothing else installed.

The QuestLines Suite

Every plugin works standalone; together they share one ecosystem.

• QuestLines Core — dialogue, quests, requirements, actions
• Icons — floating quest-state icons above NPCs
• Dialog — in-game linear dialogue builder
• Titles — player title and rank rewards
• GUI — custom in-game interfaces, no code required
• Claims — land protection, regions, rent and buy plots
• Denizens — native NPC manager
• Arcade — arcade, board and puzzle games
• Hooks — early plugin unlocking extra quest tracking
• MMO — parties, guilds, dungeons, duels and item sets
• Mimics — chests that stand up and fight
• Nations — cities and nations built on Claims
• Balloons — balloons to dye, decorate and tie up (this plugin)
• Cartographer — a live web map of your server