Balatro

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Welcome to Balatro Lemmy and Mbin Community.

This community is for the game Balatro, which is developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. For more Balatro conversation, please head to the stickied FAQ and check out the official Discord channel. Also make sure you read our rules before posting.

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FAQ about Balatro

Q: Which platforms Balatro is available for?

A: Currently Balatro is available for Windows and Mac through Steam and for Mobiles through G-Play, Apple Store and Apple Arcade and also for console like Xbox, PlayStation and Switch.

Q: Linux Version?

A: Probably never because Balatro work fine with Proton. But, if you still want to run Linux natively. Here's a guide made by a Steam user : Guide.

Q: How to access source code of Balatro and modify it?

A: Just right-click the “.exe” file and open it as an archive file. Now, just open the “.lua” files, modify them, and save them. Here’s a video if you still don’t get it.

Q: How to mod Balatro?

A: Install any of these Modloaders: Steamodded (Recommended), Bala-Mods or Lovely (Please no). And now just download Mods for that Modloader. And Put it in the Mods folder-Balamod-Steamodded. Proper Guide if you are still confused.

Q: Can I create Custom Deck skin?

A: Yep, Here's a Guide made by a Steam user

Q: How to enable debug mode in Balatro?

A: Guide to enable debug mode.


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Please give me suggestion that what more I can add in this FAQ or Small Wiki.

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Just got the last gold sticker on the last deck 😎 I guess next is either getting a gold sticker on every joker, or challenges

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I finally understood the dice. No wheels of fortune were used (for now).

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I legitimately was afraid of getting this guy my first few runs because loosing all discards sounds scary. But +3 hands is actually awesome if you dont have any active synergies with discards going on.

Unused hands contribute money at the end of round. You can burn trash cards on a 'junk hand' which effectively acts like a discard that still gives you points. Having no discards with a positive effect preemptively invalidates the effects of a nasty boss blind.

If you run out of discards but have hands you can still maybe win. If you have all discards but no hands you lost. taps forehead

The only cons I'm thinking is the discard synergyzing cards like... The one that gives you money for each unused discard?? Thats all I can think of. What do you think?

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Source: Tumblr

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I'm not good at card games at all, and I didn't know what a straight or full house was before playing, but i kept at it and finally succeeded!

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Source: Xhitter

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Source: Xhitter

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Showman did appear multiple times after all

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Looks very Balatro inspired right? Just was watching the show the other night and found this interesting.

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Source: Pixiv

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Source: Sheddit

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A few of the recent posts I've seen here were about custom jokers, so I figured I'd share mine and ask others here. It doesn't have to be drawn out, but if you ever spent some time thinking about one, I'm interested to hear about it! Speaking of, here is what mine is about:

Ain't Goin Nowhere infodumpThis card is a homage to those people who overload their trucks in hardware stores, the ones who will tap the vehicle and say "That ain't goin nowhere!" It's a magical incantation, and something I thought would be fun to represent as an effect.

I tried to make it clear enough with the limited typing space you'd get, but that leaves out a lot of the tangential info of course. When I say Joker chips and mult can't decrease, think about the many cards which offer an unconditional trigger of these things in a given hand. When the trigger is unconditional, there tends to be an external condition which needs to be fulfilled, which can either decrease or reset (e.g. Hit The Road Jack, Ride The Bus). A joker can also be perishable and lose chips and mult over time (e.g. Popcorn, Ice Cream). Ain't Goin Nowhere would effectively prevent any of these from providing less than the maximum mult they've given since when this Joker was added to your run.

An important note though would be that these cards would still both perish and reset or decrease as normal, but would never provide that lower value, instead waiting for you to meet the conditions to increase it beyond your current maximum.

The second aspect of the Joker is that you cannot sell other jokers (as in, only this Joker can be sold while it's in play). This is functionally related to ratcheting down everything, and also a penalty to work around if you want to try and work with the potentially quite powerful effect. If you have fewer than the maximum amount of Jokers, you can buy more, but once bought, they are stuck there unless they either perish or are destroyed (e.g. Gros Michel, Ceremonial Dagger). You need to be mindful of anything you pick up, or you'll have to sell this card and change your strategy.

The best time to get this card would likely be once you have some established Jokers, and a rare conditional xMult card (e.g. Campfire) or an economy card like Bull or Bootstraps. Something that has synergy in a way where you can just massively inflate it and lock it in for the rest of the run. Verdant Leaf would destroy you though.

Credit: Typeface is m6x11plus by Daniel Linssen.

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