Besides it being a genuinely fun and addicting game, the main pull of Balatro is unlocking every card and completing your Collection. In this guide, you’ll learn how to collect all Jokers, decks, vouchers, and so much more!
Balatro: How to unlock all cards
Before I tell you how you can unlock everything in Balatro, you need to know that there is an Unlock All button you can press which is found under Reset Profile directly after creating a new profile that unlocks everything in the game.
I don’t recommend using this because it takes a lot of the fun out of Balatro and disables achievements for that profile. But if you don’t care about spoilers, it’s not a bad idea to press Unlock All to see what’s in store. Or you can just keep reading this guide and earn your unlocks.
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How to unlock all Jokers in Balatro
Pages one through seven, which consist of 105 Jokers, are unlocked naturally by buying or finding them during a run. The Jokers on pages eight through ten, which consist of 45 Jokers, are locked until you meet a certain criteria. Here is how to unlock all the locked Jokers in Balatro:
- Play a five card hand that contains only Gold cards.
- Lose five runs.
- Play 200 Hands.
- Play a total of 300 face cards.
- Sell a total of 20 Joker cards.
- Win five consecutive rounds by playing only one Hand.
- Have a Gold playing card with a Gold Seal.
- Have at least three Wild Cards in your deck.
- Beat a Boss Blind with a High Card.
- Have at least 30 cards with Diamond suit in your deck.
- Have at least 30 cards with Heart suit in your deck.
- Have at least 30 cards with Club suit in your deck.
- Have at least 30 cards with Spade suit in your deck.
- Have at least five Glass Cards in your deck.
- Reach Ante level four.
- Reach Ante level 8.
- Win a run.
- Win a run in 18 or fewer rounds.
- Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds.
- In one Hand, earn at least 10,000 Chips.
- In one Hand, earn at least 1,000,000 Chips.
- Play a hand that contains four Seven of Clubs.
- Defeat a Boss Blind in one Hand without using any discards.
- Discard five Jacks at the same time.
- Win a run without playing a Pair.
- Win a run without playing a Three of a Kind.
- Win a run without playing a Four of a Kind.
- Win a run without playing a Straight.
- Win a run without playing a Flush.
- In one Hand, earn at least 100,000,000 Chips.
- Win a run without ever having more than four Jokers.
- Discard a Royal Flush.
- Have $400 or more.
- Play every Heart in your deck in a single round.
- Enhance 16 cards in your deck.
- Discover every Tarot Card.
- Discover every Planet Card.
- Sell a total of 50 cards.
- Have at least two Polychrome Jokers.
- Five are listed as “???”
How to unlock all Decks in Balatro
Since you start with the Red Deck, there are 14 Decks in total to unlock in Balatro. Here’s what they all are and how to get them:
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| Deck | Description | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Red Deck | +1 discard every round | N/A |
| Blue Deck | +1 Hand every round | Discover at least 10 items |
| Yellow Deck | Start with $10 | Discover at least 20 items |
| Green Deck | Rerolls cost $1 less | Discover at least 30 items |
| Black Deck | +1 Joker slot, -1 Hand and -1 discard every round | Discover at least 45 items |
| Nebula Deck | Start run with the Telescope Voucher | Discover at least 60 items |
| Magic Deck | Start run with the Crystal Ball Voucher | Discover at least 75 items |
| Abandoned Deck | Start run with no face cards in your deck | Discover at least 90 items |
| Erratic Deck | All ranks and suits in the deck are randomized | Discover at least 110 items |
| Braided Deck | Your most played Poker Hand starts at level three | Discover at least 130 items |
| Checkered Deck | Star run with one Tarot Card and one Planet Card | Discover at least 150 items |
| Silver Deck | Start run with one Joker | Discover at least 170 items |
| Foil Deck | Add Foil to three random cards in your deck | Discover at least 180 items |
| Holographic Deck | Add Holographic to two random cards in your deck | Discover at least 190 items |
| Polychrome Deck | Add Polychrome to one random card in your deck | Discover at least 200 items |
How to unlock all Vouchers in Balatro
There are 32 Vouchers in Balatro. Half of them are unlocked naturally by buying and finding them during a run, but the other 16 are locked. Here are all the Vouchers in Balatro and how to unlock them:
| Voucher | Description | Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Overstock Plus | 4 card slots available in the shop | Spend a total of $2,500 at the Shop |
| Liquidation | All cards in the shop are 25% off | Redeem at least 10 Voucher Cards in one run |
| Glow Up | Foil, holographic, and Polychrome cards appear 4x more often | Have at least five Joker Cards with Foil, Holographic, or Polychrome edition |
| Reroll Glut | Rerolls cost $1 less | Reroll the shop a total of 100 times |
| Omen Globe | Shops start with the Mega Arcana Pack. When opened, you get to choose one of four Tarot Cards. | Use a total of 25 Tarot Cards from any Arcana Pack |
| Observatory | Shops start with the Mega Celestial Pack. When opened, you get to choose one of four Planet Cards. | Use a total of 25 Planet Cards from any Celestial Pack |
| Nano Tong | Permanently gain +1 Hand per round | Play a total of 2,500 Cards |
| Recyclomancy | Permanently gain +1 discard per round | Discard a total of 2,500 Cards |
| Tarot Tycoon | Tarot Cards appear 5x more frequently in the shop | Buy a total of 50 Tarot Cards from the shop |
| Planet Tycoon | Planet Cards appear 5x more frequently in the shop | Buy a total of 50 Planet Cards from the shop |
| Money Tree | Raise the cap on interest earned per round to $20 | Max out the interest per round earnings for 10 consecutive rounds |
| Antimatter | +1 Joker slot | Redeem Blank 10 total times |
| Electromagnet | Your three most played cards are always drawn to your hand first | Buy a total of 20 player cards from the shop |
| Petroglyph | -2 Ante | Reach Ante level 12 |
| Retcon | Reroll Boss Blind one time per Ante. It’s $10 per roll. | Discover 25 Blinds |
| Tesselation | Spawns your all-time most used Joker card | Reduce Hand size down to five cards |
Tarot Cards, Planet Cards, Spectral Cards, Editions, Booster Packs, Tags, and Blinds all become revealed in your collection as you discover them during a run. Nothing in those groups needs to be unlocked, they just need to be discovered which is easy enough to do since each card tells you if it’s discovered or not during a run. To help you get further in your run, make sure you know how to get Cash fast.
Published: Feb 20, 2024 03:33 pm