Gold Hard Hat Balloon

Gold Hard Hat Balloon
The Gold Hard Hat Balloon in Mario Kart Tour
Type	Glider
Appears in	Mario Kart Tour
Variant of	Yellow Hard Hat Balloon

The Gold Hard Hat Balloon is a High-End glider in Mario Kart Tour. It was introduced in the 2023 New Year's Tour. As the name indicates, the glider is a gold variant of the Yellow Hard Hat Balloon. Unlike the Yellow Hard Hat Balloon, collecting Coins from Item Boxes awards more points when using this glider. It is the first glider to only be obtainable from Premium Challenges.

Availability

The Gold Hard Hat Balloon is not currently obtainable from regular pipes, and it is not currently part of the Daily Selects lineup. The following table shows the glider's availability by tour.

Tour	Availability
New Year's Tour (2023)	Gold Premium Challenges Completion reward

Statistics

Statistics

Special skill	Coin Plus
Favorite courses (Combo bonus ×3 and big combo-time boost)	SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T SNES Ghost Valley 2R/T 3DS Piranha Plant Slide R/T RMX Rainbow Road 1 RMX Rainbow Road 2R/T Tokyo Blur 2T Tokyo Blur 3T Bangkok Rush R/T Bangkok Rush T N64 Kalimari Desert T GBA Sunset Wilds R RMX Choco Island 2T RMX Bowser's Castle 1T GCN DK Mountain R/T RMX Choco Island 2R/T SNES Mario Circuit 2T SNES Mario Circuit 3T DS Mario Circuit T DS Waluigi Pinball T Wii Dry Dry Ruins T Wii Dry Dry Ruins R/T SNES Choco Island 1T GBA Yoshi Desert R/T N64 Yoshi Valley T London Loop R/T Athens Dash 2 Athens Dash T 3DS Bowser's Castle T GBA Bowser's Castle 3T SNES Bowser Castle 3T SNES Choco Island 2T SNES Donut Plains 1T Wii Maple Treeway T Wii Daisy Circuit R/T GCN Waluigi Stadium R/T Vancouver Velocity 2R/T Rome Avanti T SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2R/T GBA Lakeside Park T New York Minute 4R Squeaky Clean Sprint T Los Angeles Laps 3T Madrid Drive 2R/T Wii DK Summit R/T RMX Vanilla Lake 2R/T SNES Vanilla Lake 2R/T Amsterdam Drift 3T Athens Dash 3T
Favored courses (Combo bonus ×2 and combo-time boost)	GBA Bowser's Castle 1R/T* N64 Kalimari Desert R/T** 3DS Rainbow Road R/T* GBA Boo Lake R/T** GBA Sky Garden R/T GCN Baby Park R/T*** SNES Rainbow Road SNES Rainbow Road R/T Wii Rainbow Road Wii Rainbow Road T Tokyo Blur 2R/T Tokyo Blur 3R/T Bangkok Rush 3T Bangkok Rush 2R/T Bangkok Rush 2T Bangkok Rush 3R/T N64 Kalimari Desert GBA Sunset Wilds T GBA Sunset Wilds R/T Piranha Plant Cove R/T Piranha Plant Cove 2T Piranha Plant Cove T Wii Coconut Mall T GCN DK Mountain T DS Shroom Ridge R/T SNES Mario Circuit 1T SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T SNES Mario Circuit 3R/T N64 Luigi Raceway R/T 3DS Wario Shipyard R/T Wii Dry Dry Ruins R SNES Choco Island 1R/T Yoshi's Island T GBA Yoshi Desert T N64 Yoshi Valley R/T Paris Promenade London Loop R Berlin Byways R/T Athens Dash R/T Athens Dash 2R Athens Dash N64 Choco Mountain R/T GBA Bowser's Castle 2R/T DS Airship Fortress T RMX Bowser's Castle 1R/T SNES Choco Island 2R/T SNES Donut Plains 1R/T Wii Maple Treeway R/T Wii Daisy Circuit T GCN Waluigi Stadium T Vancouver Velocity T Vancouver Velocity 2T Rome Avanti R/T Wii Moonview Highway R/T Piranha Plant Pipeline T SNES Koopa Troopa Beach 2T Sydney Sprint R/T Sydney Sprint 2T GBA Lakeside Park R/T New York Minute 4T Los Angeles Laps 3R/T Madrid Drive 2T DS DK Pass T Wii DK Summit T RMX Vanilla Lake 2T London Loop 3T Sydney Sprint 3R/T Berlin Byways 3R/T Athens Dash 3R/T
* indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3. ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6. *** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 8.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ビルダーメットバルーンゴールド Birudā Metto Barūn Gōrudo	Yellow Hard Hat Balloon Gold		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	金色建筑工头盔气球 Jīnsè Jiànzhú gōng tóukuī qìqiú	Gold Yellow Hard Hat Balloon		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	金色建築工人頭盔氣球 Jīnsè Jiànzhú gōngrén tóukuī qìqiú			[?]
French	Casque de chantier doré	Golden Site Helmet		[?]
German	Gold-Bauhelm-Ballon	Gold Construction Helmet Balloon		[?]
Italian	Elmetto dorato	Golden Helmet		[?]
Korean	빌더헬멧글라이더골드 Bildeo Helmet Geullaideo Goldeu	Yellow Hard Hat Balloon + Gold		[?]
Portuguese	Capacete Construtor ouro	Gold Yellow Hard Hat Balloon		[?]
Spanish (Latin America)	Casco constructor dorado	Golden Yellow Hard Hat Balloon		[?]
Spanish (Europe)	Casco Obra Mario dorado			[?]