Lost and Found Co What an Unlucky Day Walkthrough: Every Item and Balloon Location

What an Unlucky Day Walkthrough: Start With a Route, Not a Search

The hardest part of What an Unlucky Day isn't finding any single item — it's staying organized across one wide-open street scene packed with shop signs, stalls, water, and crowds. Because the level sits on a single floor, you never get the reset that stairs and interior rooms usually give you, so a plan matters more than speed. The verified route below covers every main story item plus the Afrodite bonus pickup, and it flags the optional balloon sweep that trips up most completionists.

This walkthrough follows the item list and locations documented by Casual Game Guides' Chapter 7 breakdown and Into Indie Games' Chapters 1–7 walkthrough. Casual Game Guides files the stage as Chapter 7; Into Indie Games covers it inside its first-seven-chapters guide. Where the two guides describe a different hiding spot for the same item, both are noted so you can check either.

The Full Item List for What an Unlucky Day

Work one side of the stage and rotate clockwise: street, alley, water, food stalls, shop fronts. That single habit prevents the classic failure state where you half-search five zones and remember none of them.

Pigeon and Favorite Phone

The pigeon is not loose on the street. It's printed on the board game shop's standee sign, so look at signage rather than the ground. Into Indie Games places it near the magician, toward the pizza place at the top right, which matches the same cluster.

The Favorite Phone is the orange cellphone on the steel staircase in the alley to the left of the pigeon. Locate the sleeping cat first, then click the step directly beneath it. Into Indie Games approaches from the other direction: head east to the blue bus, find the building with the staircase beside it, and look for the chubby cat with the phone.

Skateboard, Portrait, and Wet Dog

The Speedy Skateboard is barely visible in the water at the far left end of the alley path. Follow the alley all the way left and scan the waterline instead of clicking open pavement — Into Indie Games describes it as sitting in the river near the staircase in the southwest.

The Unfortunate Portrait lies flat on the ground outside the photo booth, described by Into Indie Games as the camera shop near the mechanic. Click the floor directly in front of the entrance.

For the Wet Dog, the two guides diverge. Casual Game Guides reports it hidden in bushes near the street dancers on the left side; Into Indie Games reports it napping in plant pots behind the bus station. Check both greenery clusters before you move on.

Food Stall Finds: Drumstick, Cone, and Golden Ticket

The Spicy Drumstick is part of the chicken fast food sign — look at the mascot's raised hand. The Dropped Cone sits on the bench behind the couple under the cherry blossom tree; Into Indie Games instead points to a pink shop with a maid mascot sign, where the ice cream rests on the mascot's hand.

The Golden Ticket is behind the golden ball held by the rabbit statue on the food stall roof. Ignore the crowd below and focus on the centerpiece statue. Into Indie Games describes the same object as being on a giant rabbit figure near the white pigeon.

The Balloon Sweep and Afrodite

The balloon cleanup is a separate optional objective from the story route, and Casual Game Guides reports it asks for 8 balloons around the stage. Because it runs independently of the main items, a single missed balloon can leave you short of full completion even after the Golden Ticket is handed in.

Save balloons for a final pass. Pan from the left water and alley side, move through the central shop signs, and finish at the right-side storefronts.

Two specific balloons are documented by players in a Steam Community discussion about the last balloons:

• One balloon is tucked inside the ring of the donut sign — described by user Secrets as sitting "in center of round donut."
• One balloon is on the chicken sign, per user PinkyCharms.

User Skovde's hint in the same thread is worth remembering: the final balloon blends into a sign or billboard rather than hiding behind a prop, which is why it reads as missing. Treat sign centers and mascot artwork as searchable surfaces.

Before leaving the stage, grab Afrodite behind the ballerina-shaped shrub near the gachapon shop. It's a bonus pickup, not a story requirement, but it's easy to walk past.

Why You Keep Missing Items in This Level

Lost and Found Co. hides objects inside the edges of signs, shelf lips, window frames, trays, drawers, and boxes, according to Casual Game Guides' general walkthrough tips. In What an Unlucky Day, that pattern shows up constantly: the pigeon is artwork, the drumstick is artwork, the Golden Ticket is behind a prop on a roof.

A few habits that shorten the search:

• Scan in layers. Skyline and hanging props first, then signs and counters, then floor clutter.
• Click the prop, not the empty space. Obscured objectives are hidden inside or behind something clickable.
• Zoom before you guess. Small objects reward zooming and panning far more than rapid clicking.
• Hold hints until the end. Juju hints work best when you've narrowed the problem to one item in one zone, not when the whole stage is still unchecked.

If you're stuck on the level's structure rather than a single item, the Steam Community guide hub for Lost and Found Co. collects player-made objective lists, screenshot maps, and Juju location guides you can cross-reference.

FAQ

Is this Lost and Found Co What an Unlucky Day walkthrough enough for 100% completion? It covers all main story items, the Afrodite bonus pickup, and the balloon objective. Casual Game Guides notes a missed balloon can keep you short of 100% even after the Golden Ticket is complete, so do the balloon sweep last.

How many balloons are in What an Unlucky Day? Casual Game Guides reports the optional balloon objective asks for 8 balloons around the stage. Player reports confirm at least two specific spots: inside the donut sign's ring and on the chicken sign.

Where is the Golden Ticket in What an Unlucky Day? Behind the golden ball held by the rabbit statue on the food stall roof. Focus on the statue itself, not the crowd beneath it.

Why can't I find the wet dog? The two published guides disagree. Check the bushes near the street dancers on the left side, then the plant pots behind the bus station. Both are greenery clusters, so scan the foliage rather than the walkway.