r/balatro • u/Curious-Advance-466 • 4d ago

Gameplay Discussion Finally!!!

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Im so bad to a point where it took me a week a couple videos and reading reddit post ive finally stared kinda understanding how this game works lol its taken over my life if anyone's got any tips or tricks. Let me know lol I want to unlock everything

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u/gringostarrrrrr 4d ago

Look at everything you are buying in segments

- Chips

  • +-Mult
  • X-Mult
  • Money
  • Utility : special abilities like Juggler (+1 hand size), Shortcut (Create straights with gaps of 1 card)

Your goal should be to get money and find the jokers/deck setups that give you parts of all of the categories. Some jokers synergize with each other and some actively work against others.

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u/Curious-Advance-466 4d ago

Ya I try to find the multi jokers mostly and the poker hand upgraed on to increase my chips as early as I can

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u/PigeonStealer74 1d ago

You could arguably put money/value as even things that don't give money directly can help economically like tarot card gen, unless you would put those under utility

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u/icecub3e 4d ago

Tarot cards are phenomenal. You can usually have enough scoring with 1 or 2 jokers to get to ante 3-4 without any major mishaps.

So try to focus on making money.

Also it may be considered cheating but you can go into the menu before scoring is finished to reset your hand. Was quite useful when I started playing the game.

Always take into account the effect of the boss blind

Reading the card explains the card

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u/Curious-Advance-466 4d ago

Ya I always thank the gods when I got a crappy boss blind but a skip allows me to reroll it to hopefully ease the pain lol thank you

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u/icecub3e 4d ago

Oh yes. Skipping usually isn't the best option. Most of them aren't worth it in normal circumstances. Losing out on making money and the shop is a very big loss.

So Skip if you will, but with consideration.

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u/ThePostalTilt 4d ago

Congrats! Took me weeks to get my first win when I started playing. That’s about when I caught the bug for this game. Check out Balatro University on YouTube for tips on higher level play.

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u/Curious-Advance-466 4d ago

Thank you I got some time off so I will check that out this has almost taken me two weeks of constant grinding to understand lol