Pile o' Balloons

Pile o' Balloons is a character-specific object belonging to Wes, placed in his inventory at the beginning of the game. It allows Wes to blow up Balloons, at a cost of 5 Sanity each.

Balloons spawn in a variety of colors (green, orange, purple, yellow, red, and blue) and shapes, and they can be pushed around. Balloons have a small chance of distracting mobs (who will attack balloons instead of the player) and will pop if attacked, or if a nearby balloon pops. Popping a balloon causes 5 damage. Like all Character-Specific Items this item shows on the map when dropped.

Tips

 * Balloons only pop when triggered, and won't go away otherwise. This make them a useful bait to place in the center of a trap field for Hounds or other hostiles.
 * Due to the 5 points of sanity drained with each balloon, using this item is a reliable way to go insane if the player wishes to farm Nightmare Fuel.

Trivia

 * Wes can pop his balloons, but he will be damaged by them. It takes 23 balloons to kill him from full health.
 * Wes can give his Pile o' Balloons to a Catcoon in order to pet it. If the Catcoon dies, he will be able to get it back.