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Donut County opening guide | Balloon, snake and fireworks

All 24 explanatory story stages and 20 Steam achievements covered · Updated 2026-10-12

Use heat, water and animals inside the hole on devices in the world. Specific sequences are given for each stage.

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1. Mira's House: the first hole

Finish the conversation in Mira's room, then go outside. An introduction to changing targets according to hole size.

  1. Advance messages with BK. For Quack Enthusiast first, send the duck emoji 100 times while replies remain available.
  2. Pull the blind's donut right to open the window. Outside, start dropping small letters, grass and stones.
  3. As the hole grows, move to larger letters and vehicles. Swallow the honking delivery rider too, then watch the next conversation.

2. Potter's Rock: raise the hot-air balloon

After clearing small objects, go beyond the gate. The final balloon needs heat, not swallowing.

  1. Collect small pots and ground objects, open the gate and clear objects beyond.
  2. Drop the sold sign and scooter near the balloon. Swallowing the kiln generates heat.
  3. Move the hole beneath the hot-air balloon to raise it, meeting Pup's Odyssey's condition.
  4. Drop remaining large objects and the house to finish. Finishing without breaking pots is not a separate Steam achievement.

3. Ranger Station: drop three chickens with the snake's tail

After the snake enters the hole, its protruding tail becomes a tool.

  1. Collect small objects and snakes until the hole can take the caged blue snake.
  2. Press the left red button with the tail for the first chicken. Hit the swinging chicken with the tail to drop it.
  3. Rotate the sign clockwise to release it. The large snake building collapses after the third chicken drops.
  4. Collect fallen chickens, the sign and building remains, then continue.

4. Riverbed: let the bird drink the water

A full-water hole cannot take solid objects as it is.

  1. Collect small fish and similar items until the dog and nearby objects fit.
  2. After filling the hole with water, move beneath the large bird to let it drink. Collect surrounding objects with the emptied hole.
  3. Repeat around the water, then swallow the bird last. Pushing large objects while water remains does not grow the hole.

5. Campground: attract birds with popcorn

Corn and fire in the same hole produce a new collectible.

  1. Drop the stall's corn and the campfire into the hole. Popcorn flies out.
  2. Collect arriving birds and popcorn, then swallow the stall once large enough.
  3. Drop tents and residents too, then check remaining grass or small objects.

6. Hopper Springs: carrots and two rabbit colors

Lure the pair with a large carrot and use rabbits multiplying inside the hole.

  1. Collect small carrots and paving stones until the hole can hold a large carrot.
  2. Bring the carrot close to the orange rabbit so it comes down to nibble. Then lure the blue rabbit out of its enclosure.
  3. Drop both rabbits into the hole and collect the extra rabbits that emerge. Their multiplying numbers collapse the carrot house.
  4. Collect the rabbits and the remains of the building to finish.

7. Joshua Tree: burn the trailer

Use the coal carried by the bird to make flames rise from the hole. Attempt Pyro at this trailer, rather than Riverbed.

  1. Grow the hole with pebbles and similar objects, then swallow the campfire. Catch the coal dropped by the bird to set the hole alight.
  2. Bring the flaming hole to Pepper's trailer and burn it. Check that Pyro unlocks before dropping the building into the hole.
  3. If the fire goes out, catch fresh coal. Burn and collect surrounding objects, then swallow the bird and large tree last.

8. Beach Lot C: carry fireworks beneath the birds' shadows

Lit fireworks shoot out of the hole after a short wait. Aim using the shadow on the ground rather than the bird itself.

  1. Drop nearby small objects into the hole, move beneath the fireworks stall to light a firework, then put the lit firework in the hole.
  2. Wait beneath a flying bird's shadow and hit it with the firework that shoots out. Collect the three fallen birds.
  3. Light more fireworks and fire toward the high picnic spot. Hit it three times to knock the birds down.
  4. Collect the stall, large objects and birds to finish.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Q1 I cannot drop the hot-air balloon ▼
A

At Potter's Rock, carry the kiln's heat beneath the balloon to send it up. First collect the sign and scooter so the hole is large enough for the kiln.

Q2 I cannot knock down the birds up high ▼
A

At Beach Lot C, put a lit firework in the hole, move to a bird's shadow and wait for it to launch. Hit the picnic spot three times.

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