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Water Balloon

SPLASH! Soaks everything in a 3x3 area: big damage, and they slosh around slowly afterwards.

InstantHits flyersOne use per card

Glow cost: 125 100 at Lv 25
Card recharge: 35s 29.75s at Lv 25
Unlocks: Level 375Level 195
First card ready: 20s
Arrives trained: Lv 15Lv 11
Coins to Lv 25: 413,300
Damage per blast: 1,100 → 2,959 at Lv 25

How it works Every level Perks Lv 1 vs Lv 25 Mastery Using it

Water Balloon at Lv 1. Dropped on a crowd: four small nightmares and two Bucket Brutes with far more health.

How it works.

An instant: 0.6s after it is put down it blasts a 3×3 area for 1,100 damage to each nightmare in it.
What it hits is slowed by 50% for 6s.
It hits flying nightmares.

The Bedtime Book says, at Lv 1

1,100 damage in a 3x3 area. Hits flying monsters.

And at Lv 25

2,959 damage in a 3x3 area. Hits flying monsters.

Every level, 1 to 25.

Upgrading costs coins, once, and lasts for good. Lv 25 costs 413,300 coins in all. The green rows are the levels with a milestone perk.

Damage per blast by level

Water Balloon, in damage. The dots are the perk levels.

Level	Upgrade	Coins so far	Damage	Slow	Card back in	Glow cost	Perk
Lv 1	–	0	1,100	50%	35s	125
Lv 2	310	310	1,166	50%	35s	125
Lv 3	400	710	1,232	50%	35s	125
Lv 4	510	1,220	1,298	50%	35s	125
Lv 5	650	1,870	1,364	50%	29.75s	125	Recharges 15% faster
Lv 6	830	2,700	1,430	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 7	1,050	3,750	1,496	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 8	1,350	5,100	1,562	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 9	1,750	6,850	1,628	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 10	2,250	9,100	1,969	50%	29.75s	125	+25% damage
Lv 11	2,850	11,950	2,035	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 12	3,650	15,600	2,101	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 13	4,700	20,300	2,167	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 14	6,000	26,300	2,233	50%	29.75s	125
Lv 15	7,700	34,000	2,299	50%	29.75s	100	Costs 25 less Glow
Lv 16	9,800	43,800	2,365	50%	29.75s	100
Lv 17	12,500	56,300	2,431	50%	29.75s	100
Lv 18	16,000	72,300	2,497	50%	29.75s	100
Lv 19	20,500	92,800	2,563	50%	29.75s	100
Lv 20	26,500	119,300	2,629	70%	29.75s	100	Slows 20% more
Lv 21	34,000	153,300	2,695	70%	29.75s	100
Lv 22	43,000	196,300	2,761	70%	29.75s	100
Lv 23	55,500	251,800	2,827	70%	29.75s	100
Lv 24	71,000	322,800	2,893	70%	29.75s	100
Lv 25	90,500	413,300	2,959	70%	29.75s	100

Each level adds +6% damage of the Lv 1 number; perks add theirs on top. Upgrade prices start at 310 coins and grow ×1.28 a level. How toy levels work

Milestone perks.

Level	Perk	Coins to get there
Lv 5	Recharges 15% faster	1,870
Lv 10	+25% damage	9,100
Lv 15	Costs 25 less Glow	34,000
Lv 20	Slows 20% more	119,300

Lv 1 against Lv 25.

The same scene twice, recorded in the game: on top with the toy at Lv 1, below at Lv 25.

Dropped on a crowd: four small nightmares and two Bucket Brutes with far more health. The Bucket Brutes have more health than a Lv 1 blast does damage, and less than a Lv 25 blast.

Lv 14 of 6 defeated

Lv 256 of 6 defeated

Measured from the recording. Nightmares in a real night have more health the deeper the level (the curve), so times there differ; the ratio is what an upgrade buys. Every toy's comparison

Toy Mastery.

From campaign level 100, a Water Balloon at Lv 25 can go on through 25 Mastery ranks. Each rank adds 0.4% to its damage: +10% at M25.

Rank	GemsCoins, after the story	Wins at Lv 25	Bonus	Damage
Lv 25	–	–	–	2,959
M1	Free	20	+0.4%	2,970.8
M2	Free	40	+0.8%	2,982.7
M3	Free	60	+1.2%	2,994.5
M4	Free	80	+1.6%	3,006.3
M5	Free	100	+2%	3,018.2
M6	605,520	120	+2.4%	3,030
M7	706,440	140	+2.8%	3,041.9
M8	807,360	160	+3.2%	3,053.7
M9	908,280	180	+3.6%	3,065.5
M10	1009,200	200	+4%	3,077.4
M11	11010,120	220	+4.4%	3,089.2
M12	12011,040	240	+4.8%	3,101
M13	13011,960	260	+5.2%	3,112.9
M14	14012,880	280	+5.6%	3,124.7
M15	15013,800	300	+6%	3,136.5
M16	16014,720	320	+6.4%	3,148.4
M17	17015,640	340	+6.8%	3,160.2
M18	18016,560	360	+7.2%	3,172
M19	19017,480	380	+7.6%	3,183.9
M20	20018,400	400	+8%	3,195.7
M21	21019,320	420	+8.4%	3,207.6
M22	22020,240	440	+8.8%	3,219.4
M23	23021,160	460	+9.2%	3,231.2
M24	24022,080	480	+9.6%	3,243.1
M25	25023,000	500	+10%	3,254.9

Ranks 1 to 5 are free; from M6 a rank costs 10 gems × the rankfrom M6 a rank costs coins: 10 × the rank × what a gem is worth at your progress (92 coins once the story is done, less before). Every rank also needs 20 × the rank counted wins with the toy at Lv 25. Dream Light adds another 0.5% damage and toughness per level to every toy. How Mastery works

Using it.

The game's tip

Water Balloons are like a Party Popper that also slows. Hits flyers too!

Numbers from the game's own data, version 1.0.0 as of November 13, 2026. Toy and nightmare numbers are the base values: every night scales the nightmares to its level (how). You are reading for the phone game (iPhone, iPad, Android): the switch at the top shows the PC game's numbers.You are reading for the PC game, coming to Steam: the switch at the top goes back to the phone game's numbers.