Pet Cards
Collectible cards that drop from board landings — one per claw pet per world, each a permanent mini-buff. Star thresholds, active slots, set bonuses and every card's exact drop chance.
Overview
Each world has its own set of cards, one per claw pet, and each card is a weaker, permanent version of that pet's signature buff. Collect copies to raise a card's star level, slot your best cards per world, and finish whole sets for global, always-on set bonuses.
How cards drop
Cards drop from the final landing of a ball (portal hops do not roll; split balls roll at a quarter rate). A landing first rolls the world's card gate (World 1 · Classic 5% (1 in 20), World 2 · Aurora 4% (1 in 25), World 3 · Flora 3.33% (1 in 30), World 4 · Maelstrom 2.86% (1 in 35)); on a hit the card is picked by rarity weight, normalised per card over the world's 8-card pool — each common card lands 1 in 3.8 of hits (26.3%), each uncommon 1 in 6.33, rare 1 in 12.7, epic 1 in 25.3, legendary 1 in 44.3 and mythic 1 in 63.3 of hits; the per-world tables below are exact per landing. An Aurora Wyrm iridescent ball doubles the gate.
Stars
Copies of a card earn stars. Below the first threshold a card is owned but does nothing; every star raises its buff to the next value in its ladder. Thresholds are per rarity so the grind is priced in time, not copies:
| Rarity | 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | 4★ | 5★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMON | 45 | 140 | 460 | 2,300 | 4,600 |
| UNCOMMON | 40 | 120 | 400 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| RARE | 30 | 90 | 300 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| EPIC | 20 | 60 | 200 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| LEGENDARY | 18 | 50 | 170 | 850 | 1,700 |
| MYTHIC | 15 | 45 | 150 | 800 | 1,600 |
Active slots and set bonuses
- Only 2 cards per world are active at once to start; the Marquee's Pet Card Slot 3 (20★) and Pet Card Slot 4 (40★) rows add one each, up to 4.
- A card's buff applies on its own world's board unless marked GLOBAL.
- Set bonus: each world's set level is the lowest star across all its cards, and it pays a global, always-on bonus — World 1 · Classic: Gold Ball Gain 1★ +5% / 2★ +10% / 3★ +15% / 4★ +20% / 5★ +30%; World 2 · Aurora: Lock Damage 1★ +3% / 2★ +6% / 3★ +9% / 4★ +12% / 5★ +15%; World 3 · Flora: Coin Gain 1★ +5% / 2★ +10% / 3★ +15% / 4★ +20% / 5★ +30%; World 4 · Maelstrom: Ball Return 1★ +1% / 2★ +2% / 3★ +3% / 4★ +4% / 5★ +5%.
- Card buffs multiply on top of your pets and Marquee: (1 + sum of active cards) × each set bonus.
World 1 · Classic cards
A landing in World 1 · Classic hits the card table 5% (1 in 20) of the time. Set bonus: Gold Ball Gain 1★ +5% · 2★ +10% · 3★ +15% · 4★ +20% · 5★ +30%.
| Card | Rarity | Buff | 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | 4★ | 5★ | Chance per landing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lucky Rabbit | COMMON | Portal Chance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +4% | +5% | 1.32% (1 in 75.9) |
 | Piggy Banker | COMMON | Coin Payouts | +2% | +4% | +6% | +8% | +10% | 1.32% (1 in 75.9) |
 | Silver Magpie | UNCOMMON | Rare Bin Weight | +1% | +2% | +3% | +4% | +5% | 0.79% (1 in 127) |
 | Bandit Raccoon GLOBAL | UNCOMMON | Candy Value | +3% | +6% | +9% | +12% | +20% | 0.79% (1 in 127) |
 | Sticker Fox | RARE | Sticker Pack Drops | +2% | +4% | +6% | +9% | +12% | 0.395% (1 in 253) |
 | Crystal Cat | EPIC | Gem Find Rate | +2% | +4% | +6% | +9% | +12% | 0.198% (1 in 506) |
 | Charm Octopus | LEGENDARY | Pet Effectiveness | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +8% | 0.113% (1 in 886) |
 | Dragon Hatchling | MYTHIC | Gold Ball Gain | +3% | +6% | +9% | +14% | +20% | 0.079% (1 in 1,265) |
World 2 · Aurora cards
A landing in World 2 · Aurora hits the card table 4% (1 in 25) of the time. Set bonus: Lock Damage 1★ +3% · 2★ +6% · 3★ +9% · 4★ +12% · 5★ +15%.
| Card | Rarity | Buff | 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | 4★ | 5★ | Chance per landing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Snow Hare | COMMON | Reinforced Wall Damage | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +7% | 1.05% (1 in 94.9) |
 | Diving Puffin | COMMON | Gold+ Bin Coins | +3% | +6% | +9% | +14% | +20% | 1.05% (1 in 94.9) |
 | Forge Bear | UNCOMMON | Reinforced Ball Chance | +2% | +4% | +6% | +8% | +12% | 0.632% (1 in 158) |
 | Bouncy Frog | UNCOMMON | Right Bump Chance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +8% | 0.632% (1 in 158) |
 | Glacier Golem | RARE | Breach Balls | +5 | +10 | +15 | +20 | +30 | 0.316% (1 in 316) |
| Crystal Cat | EPIC | Gem Find Rate | +2% | +4% | +6% | +9% | +12% | 0.158% (1 in 633) |
 | Avalanche Yeti PROVISIONAL | LEGENDARY | Lock Damage | +2% | +5% | +8% | +11% | +15% | 0.0903% (1 in 1,107) |
 | Aurora Wyrm | MYTHIC | Rare Drop Chance | +10% | +20% | +30% | +45% | +60% | 0.0632% (1 in 1,582) |
World 3 · Flora cards
A landing in World 3 · Flora hits the card table 3.33% (1 in 30) of the time. Set bonus: Coin Gain 1★ +5% · 2★ +10% · 3★ +15% · 4★ +20% · 5★ +30%.
| Card | Rarity | Buff | 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | 4★ | 5★ | Chance per landing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dew Snail | COMMON | Sap Growth | +1% | +3% | +5% | +7% | +10% | 0.878% (1 in 114) |
 | Lucky Ladybug | COMMON | Garden Portal Chance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +7% | 0.878% (1 in 114) |
 | Flower Fairy | UNCOMMON | Golden Hour Chance | +1% | +2% | +4% | +7% | +10% | 0.527% (1 in 190) |
 | Rain Beetle | UNCOMMON | Water per Watering | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 | +5 | 0.527% (1 in 190) |
 | Sun Hummingbird | RARE | Pollen Gain | +3% | +7% | +12% | +20% | +30% | 0.263% (1 in 380) |
 | Owl Sage | EPIC | Free Launch Chance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +10% | 0.132% (1 in 759) |
 | Meadow Mole | LEGENDARY | Coin Payouts | +3% | +7% | +12% | +18% | +25% | 0.0753% (1 in 1,329) |
 | Solstice Stag | MYTHIC | Golden Hour Seconds | +5 | +12 | +20 | +30 | +45 | 0.0527% (1 in 1,898) |
World 4 · Maelstrom cards
A landing in World 4 · Maelstrom hits the card table 2.86% (1 in 35) of the time. Set bonus: Ball Return 1★ +1% · 2★ +2% · 3★ +3% · 4★ +4% · 5★ +5%.
| Card | Rarity | Buff | 1★ | 2★ | 3★ | 4★ | 5★ | Chance per landing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pistol Shrimp | COMMON | Column Chance | +1% | +3% | +6% | +10% | +15% | 0.753% (1 in 133) |
 | Pearl Oyster | COMMON | Swallow Toll | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +8% | 0.753% (1 in 133) |
 | Giant Isopod | UNCOMMON | Dive Ball Payout | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +8% | 0.452% (1 in 221) |
 | Chambered Nautilus | UNCOMMON | Devour Resistance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +5% | +8% | 0.452% (1 in 221) |
 | Sailfish | RARE | Volley Aim | +3% | +6% | +10% | +15% | +21% | 0.226% (1 in 443) |
| Owl Sage | EPIC | Free Launch Chance | +1% | +2% | +3% | +4% | +6% | 0.113% (1 in 886) |
 | Manta Ray | LEGENDARY | Whirlpool Reach | +3% | +6% | +9% | +12% | +15% | 0.0645% (1 in 1,550) |
 | Abyssal Megalodon | MYTHIC | Lock Damage | +1% | +2% | +4% | +7% | +10% | 0.0452% (1 in 2,214) |
Tips
- Card income scales with volume, not luck: only a ball's final landing rolls the gate, so portal hops cost you nothing — but split balls roll at a quarter rate, so raw launches are what fill the collection.
- The set bonus reads your lowest star, so the mythic card is the bottleneck — it takes 1 in 63.3 table hits per copy against a common's 1 in 3.8. Chase the mythic; the rest arrive on the way.
- Gates get rarer the further out you go (W1 1 in 20, W2 1 in 25, W3 1 in 30, W4 1 in 35) and every set bonus is global, so World 1 · Classic's Gold Ball Gain set is the cheapest permanent bonus to finish.
- An Aurora Wyrm iridescent ball doubles the card gate — equip it for dedicated card sessions.
- The Arcade cares about one card in particular: the Bandit Raccoon's Candy Value is GLOBAL and multiplies every candy payout, Candy Cards included.
See also
- Pets — Every pet in Ballin Tycoon — rarities, claw odds, abilities, levelling costs, stars, evolution, shinies and where each one comes from.
- The Arcade (Pinball) — The pinball cabinet where coins become candy, Arcade Levels and Marquee stars — stakes, bin odds, the DOOR and MEGA WIN, portal rings and the Pet Essence flip.
- The Board — How a plinko launch is aimed, what the 18 bins pay, portals, the HUD, coin scaling and the Diamond → Jackpot Frenzy trigger.
- Claw Machine — Gems in, pets out — cost per world, the intro sale, free pulls, the exact roll with Pet Score boosts, mythic pity, shiny odds and every pet's chance per world.
- The Marquee — The 100-milestone Renown ladder — every feature unlock, stat boost and capacity row, the stars each one needs and how they stack.