Air Balloons

General Info
Air Balloons are the first type of airships to appear in Invasion, in wave 1 with Ordinary Air Balloons, and later in the first stage, in wave 9, with Anti-Palm Air Balloons.

Ordinary Air Balloons


In Island Wars 2, their appearance is striped, the base of the heat-resistant envelope being white and their stripe being of a different color, a capability of UveDX8 at the time of the game's release. It also has a red basket, and the fuel tank is not visible in here. Because there is nobody on the basket, and there are no weapons to be shown at all, Ordinary Air Balloons are unable to attack. Other than Parachutes, they are the weakest enemy in the game since both get destroyed in one hit by any weapon, only to grant you 100 points, and unlike them, there is no escape, so it bounces back and forth between the window on three of the sides and the sea being the bottom side, making certain waves like Wave 1 as long or short as desired by the player.

In Island Wars 2 Xmas, their characteristics from the regular edition remain almost entirely the same, with the only exception being their additional decoration over the envelope: a zigzag pattern over the middle of it. Once again, the heat-resistant envelope is white at its base and the stripes are of different colors. The red basket has remained the same, and there are no other accessories to be seen, and just like before, other than Parachutes, they're the weakest enemy in the game, as they don't deal any damage, due to the lack of weapons and they leave themselves weak by being just as slow as the power they hold, or the lack thereof.

Anti-Palm Air Balloons


In Island Wars 2, their characteristics are nearly identical to the Ordinary Air Balloons, with a striped heat-resistant envelope, and the stripe being of a different color while the base is white. Unlike them, however, the basket is absent, and instead a robotic hand is in place, used to hold the missile until it aims at a palm tree precisely. Unfortunately (or not, depending on your perspective), it has the same weaknesses: It can be destroyed with a simple hit from the cannon with any weapon (or if you try to hit straight-up, it might be two because of the missile), and it will still bounce back and forth after deploying the missile, the only difference being the existence of its pathetic attack.

In Island Wars 2 Xmas, their characteristics from the regular edition are the same, and the very few ones that aren't are inherent from the Ordinary Air Balloons, with the zigzag pattern. Other than that, nothing different.