How to Unlock Every Joker in Balatro

Before you start

• Play unseeded runs. The game skips every unlock check in a seeded run, so a seed from our seed list is great practice but won't unlock anything.
• Challenge runs count for less. Hands played, face cards played, cards sold, jokers sold and the single-hand streak only grow in normal runs, and a challenge win doesn't count for the win-based unlocks below.
• Unlocks happen right away. Most conditions are checked the moment you meet them, even in a run you go on to lose.
• Win-based unlocks are checked when you beat the Ante 8 boss. Endless play after that doesn't matter.

Career counters

These six count up across all your runs, so you'll get them by playing normally.

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	Mr. BonesUncommon Lose 5 runs You'll probably get this one without trying.
	AcrobatUncommon Play 200 hands Comes after a few full runs.
	Sock and BuskinUncommon Play a total of 300 face cards Every Jack, Queen or King in a played hand counts. Pareidolia makes every card count as a face card. Avoid Abandoned Deck while you work on this.
	SwashbucklerCommon Sell a total of 20 jokers Sell cheap Common jokers whenever you upgrade.
	Burnt JokerRare Sell a total of 50 cards Any card counts, including Tarots and Planets you don't need.
	TroubadourUncommon Win 5 rounds in a row using only 1 hand each The streak carries across runs but resets on any round where you play 2 or more hands. Small Blinds early in a run are the easiest place to do it.

Win a run

Each of these needs a full win, which means beating the Ante 8 boss in a normal (not seeded or challenge) run. Any deck and any stake counts.

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	BlueprintRare Win a run Your first win unlocks it.
	Invisible JokerRare Win without ever having more than 4 jokers at once Black Deck's extra slot is a trap here. Leave a slot empty and win with strong scaling jokers.
	Wee JokerRare Win in 18 rounds or fewer A run with no skips is 24 rounds, and skipped blinds don't count as rounds. Skip at least 6 Small or Big Blinds and take the Tags.
	Merry AndyUncommon Win in 12 rounds or fewer You need at least 12 skips. Build around scaling jokers and economy Tags, and save the skips for easy blinds.
	The DuoRare Win without ever playing a Pair Only the hand the game names when you play it counts, so Two Pair and Full House are fine.
	The TrioRare Win without ever playing Three of a Kind Same rule: a Full House doesn't count as Three of a Kind.
	The FamilyRare Win without ever playing Four of a Kind The easiest of the five. Most runs never play one.
	The OrderRare Win without ever playing a Straight Watch out for accidental Straights when you play five cards.
	The TribeRare Win without ever playing a Flush Play pairs-based hands. Avoid Checkered Deck, because Flushes come too easily.

You can work toward several of these in one run. For example, a Pair-free win that skips 6 blinds and never holds more than 4 jokers unlocks The Duo, Wee Joker and Invisible Joker together.

Reach an ante or a score

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	ShowmanUncommon Reach Ante 4 Comes in your first few runs.
	Flower PotUncommon Reach Ante 8 You'll get it on the way to your first win.
	Oops! All 6sUncommon Score at least 10,000 chips in one hand Any mid-game run with a few +Mult jokers will do it.
	The IdolUncommon Score at least 1,000,000 chips in one hand You'll need an xMult joker or two. Keep playing into the late antes of a winning run, or past Ante 8.
	StuntmanRare Score at least 100,000,000 chips in one hand Usually done in Endless mode with stacked xMult jokers, retriggers and leveled hands.

The score checked is the total for one hand: chips times mult.

Play or discard a specific hand

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	Golden TicketCommon Play a 5-card hand made only of Gold Cards Use The Devil to make Gold Cards, one per use.
	Seeing DoubleUncommon Play a hand containing four 7 of Clubs Copy a 7 of Clubs with Cryptid or Death.
	Hit the RoadRare Discard 5 Jacks at once Copy Jacks, or convert cards to Jacks with Death.
	BrainstormRare Discard a Royal Flush Hold 10, J, Q, K and A of one suit and discard them instead of playing them.
	Hanging ChadCommon Beat a Boss Blind with a High Card Make High Card the hand that finishes the boss.
	MatadorUncommon Beat a Boss Blind in 1 hand without using any discards Easiest on an early boss when your deck is strong.
	Shoot the MoonCommon Play every Heart in your deck in one round Shrink your Hearts first: destroy them with The Hanged Man or convert them with The Star, The Moon or The World. Stone Cards are ignored.

Build your deck

These check the cards in your deck at any point during a run.

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	Smeared JokerUncommon Have at least 3 Wild Cards in your deck The Lovers makes one Wild Card per use.
	Glass JokerUncommon Have at least 5 Glass Cards in your deck Justice makes one Glass Card per use. Glass can break, so buy a few extra.
Driver's License	Have at least 16 enhanced cards in your deck	Any enhancement counts. Tarots like The Empress and The Magician enhance two cards per use.
	CertificateUncommon Have a Gold Card with a Gold Seal Make a Gold Card with The Devil, then add a Gold Seal with Talisman.
	Rough GemUncommon Have at least 30 Diamonds in your deck The Star converts up to 3 cards to Diamonds.
	BloodstoneUncommon Have at least 30 Hearts in your deck Checkered Deck starts with 26 Hearts, so you only need 4 more. Use The Sun.
	ArrowheadUncommon Have at least 30 Spades in your deck Checkered Deck starts with 26 Spades. Use The World.
	Onyx AgateUncommon Have at least 30 Clubs in your deck The Moon converts up to 3 cards to Clubs.

Suit counts use each card's printed suit, so Wild Cards don't count toward the 30.

Collection, money and editions

Joker	Unlock condition	Tip
	CartomancerUncommon Discover all 22 Tarot cards Comes with normal play. Arcana Packs speed it up.
	AstronomerUncommon Discover all 12 Planet cards The last three (Planet X, Ceres and Eris) only appear after you've played their secret hands.
	SatelliteUncommon Have $400 or more at once Stack money jokers, skip spending, and keep playing in Endless mode if needed.
	BootstrapsUncommon Have at least 2 Polychrome jokers at once Take the Polychrome Tag when it's offered, and use The Wheel of Fortune, which has a 1 in 4 chance to add an edition to a random joker.
	ThrowbackUncommon Continue a saved run from the main menu Quit to the menu mid-run and press Continue.

Legendary jokers

The five Legendaries can't appear in the shop. Each unlocks the first time you get it from The Soul, a Spectral card that has a small chance to appear in Arcana and Spectral packs. Ghost Deck's shop Spectrals never include The Soul, so open packs.

Joker	What it does, in short
	CanioLegendary Gains xMult when a face card is destroyed
	TribouletLegendary Played Kings and Queens each give x2 Mult
	YorickLegendary Gains xMult every 23 cards discarded
	ChicotLegendary Disables the effect of every Boss Blind
	PerkeoLegendary Creates a Negative copy of a random consumable when you leave the shop

To see where Legendaries show up early, browse our Legendary seeds and Perkeo seeds. Remember that seeded runs don't unlock them.

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