Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon
Category	Mount
Effect	+25% move speed (upgradeable)
Cost / Recipe	Varies (weekly shop price) Gold
How to get	The Alchemist weekly shop or Marketplace

Hot Air Balloon is a mount in Kintara. It gives a +25% move speed bonus and can appear in The Alchemist weekly mount slot or be bought from the Marketplace. It was first sold in the Alchemist Shop for 50 Gold, from 26 September to 3 October 2026. The rider stands in a wicker basket under the balloon.

Note: Despite its looks, the Hot Air Balloon is not a flying mount — it floats at the same low hover as the Flying Carpet and otherwise rides like a ground mount.

How to Get

Method	Requirement	Result
Alchemist weekly shop	Featured week	Can appear as the purchasable mount — the shop features one admin-picked mount at a time, on sale for 7 days at a price set with each pick
Marketplace	Player listing	Can be traded if listed by another player

Stats

Stat	Value
Mount type	Ground (low hover)
Move speed bonus	+25%
Maximum speed (trained)	+55%

It can be trained at Sorrel the Stablemaster (10 Gold per +5% session), but it cannot be gilded — it has no gold variant, so Sorrel's gilding ritual refuses it.

Restrictions

Hot Air Balloons cannot be ridden indoors — this includes every shop interior (cosmetic shop, bank, alchemist shop, pet shop, furniture shop and blacksmith), the Casino, and player homes.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
The Alchemist	Weekly mount vendor.
Marketplace	Mounts can be bought from the marketplace.
Sorrel the Stablemaster	Trains this mount.
Flying Carpet	Another mount that rides at a low hover.
Mounts	Full mount index.