Boom Balloon Flower

*Boom Balloon Flowers spawn exploding balloons that can be placed anywhere on the lawn as traps for zombies.*

## Almanac statistics

### Usage

Tap or drag from Boom Balloon Flower to move a balloon to a tile

### Special

Up to 3 balloons can be stacked on one tile

**Boom Balloon Flower's balloons are inflated with hydrogen and aerosolized kerosene. It's an anti-safety measure.**

**Boom Balloon Flower** is the event seedium of Birthday Bashers in *Alternate UniverZ*. She is able to launch exploding balloons to any tile on the lawn the player aims them at. These balloons can be stacked if the player targets the same tile (maximum of three) and will explode when zombies get near them in a similar manner to Potato Mine. If there are multiple balloons on a single tile, it will deal more damage to a zombie upon explosion. Balloons will self-destruct after 90 seconds.

Boom Balloon Flower can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through beating Birthday Bashers and completing world quests, or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Boom Balloon Flower**

SUN COST: 425

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 550

SPLASH DAMAGE: 550

ATTACK COOLDOWN: 12.5

Boom Balloon Flowers spawn exploding balloons that can be placed anywhere on the lawn as traps for zombies.
Usage: tap or drag from Boom Balloon Flower to move a balloon to a tile
Special: up to 3 mines can be stacked on one tile
Pro Status: -25 sun, -2.5 balloon cooldown, doesn't work at nighttime

Boom Balloon Flower's balloons are inflated with hydrogen and aerosolized kerosene. It's an anti-safety measure.

**Boom Balloon Flower**

SUN COST: 400

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 550

SPLASH DAMAGE: 550

ATTACK COOLDOWN: 10

Boom Balloon Flowers spawn exploding balloons that can be placed anywhere on the lawn as traps for zombies.
Usage: tap or drag from Boom Balloon Flower to move a balloon to a tile
Special: up to 3 mines can be stacked on one tile
Pro Status: -25 sun, -2.5 balloon cooldown, doesn't work at nighttime

Boom Balloon Flower's balloons are inflated with hydrogen and aerosolized kerosene. It's an anti-safety measure.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Boom Balloon Flower will spawn a giant Doom-shroom balloon named the "Doom Balloon", then she must recharge. The balloon will explode once it reaches the fifth column, dealing 900 damage to all zombies and obstacles on the lawn.

## Costumes

* Current
* Skins

## Strategies

Due to Boom Balloon Flower's high sun cost, it is advised to have a high sun production before you begin planting Boom Balloon Flowers.

Input-wise, Boom Balloon Flower is very similar to Holly Barrier: the player controls when and where the plant would launch balloon balloons at, and she can recharge her balloon balloons after launching them. Unless for making a Power Tile combo, it is not wise to plant a lot of (more than ten) Boom Balloon Flowers and use them as the sole attack method due to their high recharge rate that could make the player too busy to spawn balloons.

Boom Balloon Flower's balloons act similarly to Potato Mines. However, her balloons can stay afloat; this means you can place explosive balloons on areas where you usually cannot plant Potato Mines, such as planks and water in Pirate Seas, and Flame Traps in Lost City. For the latter, the plant will serve as a perfect substitute for Zoybean Pod, as Zoybean Pod's zomboids can trigger the Flame Traps when they walk over it, heavily damaging or even destroying all plants in the affected area, while the floating balloons prevent that, as well as any Lost Pilot Zombies landing on the traps, from happening. Unlike the Potato Mine, her balloons can also damage airborne zombies, although balloons will not explode on Jetpack Zombie due to the zombie's extremely high hitbox. However, the splash damage from the balloons is still able to destroy Jetpack Zombies.

Her Plant Food attack can be used to thin out all zombies and obstacles on the lawn. It is best to feed Plant Food to the plant when there are large hordes of zombies in multiple lanes. Her Doom Balloon should not be used as a last resort either, as it takes time for the balloon to reach the fifth column and the zombies may have reached the house before the balloon explodes.

Boom Balloon Flower is also useful in levels with mold colonies, as the balloons can be placed on the mold colonies, and can defeat any zombies that get close to them.

Boom Balloon Flower's balloons can be planted on other plants, this means you don't have to shovel a plant when planting a balloon mine. Be aware that Boom Balloon Flower's balloon balloons self-destruct after some time (90 seconds) even without the presence of zombies, whenever they remain untouched for the duration of the level, this is commonly observed in levels with four flags in normal levels and Endless Zones.