Balatro: Roguelite Poker Deckbuilder (NSW/PC/PS/Xbox) - Out Now

Have they updated this so you can wipe your profile and redo the tutorial yet? Steam version I mean. I started it when it came out briefly but not been back on it since so I want to restart but the Steam version didn’t allow this for reasons

ITSMILNER wrote:Have they updated this so you can wipe your profile and redo the tutorial yet? Steam version I mean. I started it when it came out briefly but not been back on it since so I want to restart but the Steam version didn’t allow this for reasons

If you're on Windows steam rather than deck, you can force it to make a new save file completely. First, disable steam cloud save sync for Balatro in the steam client.
Then press windows key+R to open the run dialog box. Paste in %appdata% (including the % symbols and press return.

In this folder, rename the balatro folder to something else like Balatro2 or similar.

Now when you start Balatro from steam it should be a fresh copy. Play for a while and quit normally. This should generate a new save folder.

Re-enable steam cloud for Balatro and next time you launch it will point out the mismatch between your new local save and the cloud one. Choose to favour the local save and it will overwrite the cloud data.

I hope that helps.

Winckle wrote:
ITSMILNER wrote:Have they updated this so you can wipe your profile and redo the tutorial yet? Steam version I mean. I started it when it came out briefly but not been back on it since so I want to restart but the Steam version didn’t allow this for reasons

If you're on Windows steam rather than deck, you can force it to make a new save file completely. First, disable steam cloud save sync for Balatro in the steam client.
Then press windows key+R to open the run dialog box. Paste in %appdata% (including the % symbols and press return.

In this folder, rename the balatro folder to something else like Balatro2 or similar.

Now when you start Balatro from steam it should be a fresh copy. Play for a while and quit normally. This should generate a new save folder.

Re-enable steam cloud for Balatro and next time you launch it will point out the mismatch between your new local save and the cloud one. Choose to favour the local save and it will overwrite the cloud data.

I hope that helps.

On Deck sadly, seems a real oversight that you can’t just wipe your save file :lol:

cheers though, I’ll have another play around and see if I can maybe get access to a laptop with Windows and try the above.

Herdanos wrote:On a good run at present. I don't recall the exact joker names but an early tag gave me a jumbo buffoon pack from which I chose the joker that gives two random jokers every blind plus the one that gives a multiplier based on how many planet cards redeemed this run. So I was selling lots of random jokers early on. Then I got the one (holographic?) that adds a multiplier for every card added to the deck. So I'm going mad on buying extra cards and planet cards between blinds. Every hand I play ends up with a massive multiplier as I have several other good jokers to add to my initial mult, including the one that gives a higher mult for every joker owned. Hoping I might win this time! Just depends on the bosses...

I won!

Red Deck down, now to try another.
Ended up on ante 11 I think (on endless mode).
What a game this is :wub:

ITSMILNER wrote:
Winckle wrote:
ITSMILNER wrote:Have they updated this so you can wipe your profile and redo the tutorial yet? Steam version I mean. I started it when it came out briefly but not been back on it since so I want to restart but the Steam version didn’t allow this for reasons

If you're on Windows steam rather than deck, you can force it to make a new save file completely. First, disable steam cloud save sync for Balatro in the steam client.
Then press windows key+R to open the run dialog box. Paste in %appdata% (including the % symbols and press return.

In this folder, rename the balatro folder to something else like Balatro2 or similar.

Now when you start Balatro from steam it should be a fresh copy. Play for a while and quit normally. This should generate a new save folder.

Re-enable steam cloud for Balatro and next time you launch it will point out the mismatch between your new local save and the cloud one. Choose to favour the local save and it will overwrite the cloud data.

I hope that helps.

On Deck sadly, seems a real oversight that you can’t just wipe your save file cheers though, I’ll have another play around and see if I can maybe get access to a laptop with Windows and try the above.

If you boot the steam deck into desktop mode you can find the folder and do the rename thing there.

Pc gaming wiki has the path: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Balatro

Winckle wrote:
ITSMILNER wrote:
Winckle wrote:
ITSMILNER wrote:Have they updated this so you can wipe your profile and redo the tutorial yet? Steam version I mean. I started it when it came out briefly but not been back on it since so I want to restart but the Steam version didn’t allow this for reasons

If you're on Windows steam rather than deck, you can force it to make a new save file completely. First, disable steam cloud save sync for Balatro in the steam client.
Then press windows key+R to open the run dialog box. Paste in %appdata% (including the % symbols and press return.

In this folder, rename the balatro folder to something else like Balatro2 or similar.

Now when you start Balatro from steam it should be a fresh copy. Play for a while and quit normally. This should generate a new save folder.

Re-enable steam cloud for Balatro and next time you launch it will point out the mismatch between your new local save and the cloud one. Choose to favour the local save and it will overwrite the cloud data.

I hope that helps.

On Deck sadly, seems a real oversight that you can’t just wipe your save file cheers though, I’ll have another play around and see if I can maybe get access to a laptop with Windows and try the above.

If you boot the steam deck into desktop mode you can find the folder and do the rename thing there.

Pc gaming wiki has the path: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Balatro

Ooo nice one, thanks for that, I’ll get that sorted and start playing it!

dobby is free

i can do challenges now - i had been holding off because if i got the last joker in challenge mode (where unlocks dont count) i would have absolutely lost my mind

Going to play it once, decide I don't like it, and mark it completed. You can't stop me

i have the moral victory and that is really worth it to me

i spent 70 hours of my life to beat rinks on principle

Black deck is beating my ass, man. It's the only colour deck I still need to win on and I just can't get anything started. I moved onto the ghost deck and that was free, so I'll probably do the other special gimmicky decks first and swing back at the end.

Had a deck today that was getting me 2.5m points every flush I played.

Completely strawberry floated up when I didn't notice a boss blind needed changing to prevent my jokers becoming useless (I had the necessary voucher and plenty of cash to do so, I just clicked proceed to quickly) :fp:

yeah I’m always doing that when I’m set up and just cruising on autopilot

copied from elsewhere, new experimental build available on steam, preview of potential upcoming patch

localthunk wrote: Hello everyone, I have the first version of 1.0.1 ready to test. There are a lot of changes included in here so I wanted to have an extended public test to ensure everything is working smoothly before pushing it live for real, probably in about a week! This experimental version of the game is English only and will be available on Mac, PC and Steam Deck. Please let me know if Steam Deck/Windows performance is improved from the previous version

To access, click on the gear icon on the Balatro Steam library entry, then Properties > Betas > Beta Participation and select public_experimental

Please test this version and let me know if there are any issues, feedback or regression from earlier versions. Please try and keep discussion within the thread below if possible so I can follow along easier!

Thanks Balapals

1.0.1c (experimental) patchnotes are attached

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- Updated version of Love2D - this fixed an issue on Windows and Steam Deck causing poor/stuttery performance for some players
- Added toggle for 'Reduced Motion', removing the swirly background and gyrating card motion
- Changed default fallback tarot from Fool to Strength (when all tarots are on screen)
- Changed Gold Stake random seeds - now ensures that the first Legendary Joker on that seed is a Joker that you have not won with on Gold Stake (For Completionist++ hunting)
- Changed ante scaling in white stake: 
    - Ante 3: 2800 -> 2000
    - Ante 4: 6000 -> 5000
- Changed ante scaling in green stake: 
    - Ante 2: 1000 -> 900
    - Ante 3: 3200 -> 2400
    - Ante 4: 9000 -> 7000
- Changed ante scaling in purple stake: 
    - Ante 2: 1200 -> 1000
    - Ante 3: 3600 -> 3000
    - Ante 4: 10000 -> 8000
    - Ante 5: 25000 -> 22000
- Changed Orange Stake
    - Scrapped increasing pack cost
    - Added new 'Perishable' mechanic, Jokers have a 30% chance to have a 'Perishable' sticker, disabling them after 5 rounds
- Changed Gold Stake
    - Scrapped -1 hand size
    - Added new 'Rental' mechanic, Jokers have a 30% chance to have a 'Rental' sticker (stacks with eternal/perishable), making them cost $1 up front and $3 every round
- Changed eternal to apply to Jokers in Buffoon packs
- Changed the first shop in every run to always include a normal Buffoon pack as one of the pack options
- Upcoming blinds/tags can now be seen in the shop immediately after defeating a boss blind/cashing out
- Some Blinds are now be banned on challenge runs
        - banned Crimson Heart, Verdant Leaf and Amber Acorn on 'Jokerless'
        - banned Verdant Leaf on 'Typecast'
        - banned Verdant Leaf on 'Non-Perishable'
        - banned The Plant on 'Mad World'
- Buffed Saturn
    - Now gives +3 mult instead of +2 mult for Straights
- Buffed Neptune
    - Now gives +4 mult instead of +3 mult for Straight Flush
- Buffed Eris
    - Now gives +50 chips instead of +40 chips for Flush Five
- Buffed Ceres
    - Now gives +4 mult instead of +3 mult for Flush House

- Changed Uncommon tag - Now makes the uncommon joker free
- Changed Rare tag - Now makes the rare joker free
- Negative, Polychrome, Holo, Foil tags all make their respective joker free
- Changed Investment to give $25 instead of $15
- Changed 8 Ball - scrapped old effect, new effect -> 1 in 4 chance to spawn a tarot when any played 8 is scored
- Changed Blue Seal - now creates the planet card of the final poker hand played during the round
- Changed both Mad and Clever Joker - scrapped 'contains 4 of a kind' effect, now applies instead to any hand that contains a 'Two Pair'
- Changed Yorick - scrapped old effect, new effect -> gains X1 mult every 23 cards discarded (starts at X1)
- Changed Magician Tarot - now applies lucky to 2 cards instead of 1
- Changed Midas Mask - now only applies Gold enhancement to scoring face cards, costs $7 was $6
- Changed Vampire 
    - now only removes enhancement from scoring cards
    - gives X0.1 mult per enhancement instead of X0.2 mult
    - Rare instead of Uncommon
- Changed Madness - now only applies on small/big blinds, not on boss blind selection
- Changed To Do list - poker hand no longer changes on payout, always changes at end of round (won't get stuck on Straight Flush)
- Changed description of Shortcut to include a more apt example (10 8 6 5 3)
- Changed Ancient Joker - the selected suit is no longer able to repeat between rounds
- Changed Swashbuckler - Now adds sell value of all other Jokers to Mult, not just the Jokers to the left
- Changed Hanging Chad - Now retriggers the first played card 2 times instead of once
- Changed Flower Pot - Now includes the base suit of debuffed cards when determining if it will trigger
- Changed Bootstraps to include current mult bonus in description
- Changed all 4 Sinful Jokers (one for each suit) - they now each give +3 mult per suit instead of +4 mult
- Changed Banner - now gives +30 chips per remaining discard instead of +40 chips
- Changed Fibonacci - costs $8 instead of $7, because Fibonacci
- Changed Steel Joker - Now gives X0.2 mult per Steel card in full deck instead of X0.25 mult
- Changed Odd Todd - Now gives +31 chips per odd ranked card instead of +30 chips
- Changed Sixth Sense - Now uncommon and $6, was rare
- Changed Hiker - Now gives +5 chips to every scoring card played instead of +4 chips
- Changed Gros Michel - Now has a 1 in 6 chance to go extinct instead of 1 in 4
- Changed Seance - Now uncommon and $6, was rare and $7
- Changed Riff-Raff - Now $6, was $4
- Changed Vagabond
    - Rare, was uncommon
    - $8, was $6
    - Applies when you have $4 or less, was $3 or less
- Changed Cloud 9 - Now $7, was $6
- Changed Mail-In Rebate - Now $5 was $3
- Changed Reserved Parking - Now common, was uncommon
- Changed Lucky Cat - Now gains X0.25 per lucky proc, was X0.2
- Changed Trading card - Now costs $6, was $5
- Changed Campfire - Now gains X0.25 per card sold, was X0.5
- Changed Smily Face - Now give +5 mult per face card, was +4 mult
- Changed Golden Ticket - Now payes out $4 per gold card played, was $3
- Changed Bloodstone - Now has a 1 in 2 chance to proc, was 1 in 3
- Changed Onyx Agate - Now gives +7 mult per club card, was +8 mult
- Changed Glass Joker - Now gives X0.75 mult per glass card destroyed, was X0.5 mult
- Changed Stuntman - Now gives +250 Chips, was +300
- Changed Invisible Joker - Now requires 2 rounds and costs $8, was 3 rounds and $10
- Changed Burnt Joker - Now is rare, was uncommon
- Changed wording on most scaling jokers to refer to 'this joker'

- Fixed bug where opening a booster pack with hand size of 0 was unskippable
- Fixed bug where the card generated by 'Certificate' was not being debuffed by the boss

big changes to stakes which look to be interesting and might make the gold grind a bit easier, joker tags big changes which look like they will be an auto take at early ante's, and a few x mult cards getting nerfs should make stakes a bit different, harder and easier at the same time

and of course the 1 in 6 change to the king of jokers, banana, giveth and taketh, not sure where i sit on that one yet

quite like the changes that have been made to the selected joker cards, and like the idea of perishable and rental stickers on the cards, something extra to consider when doing builds.

Still not claimed a win on a gold stake yet, not getting good jokers turn up and on the odd occasion i do get a good run going and get to the ante 8 boss, usually cant get anywhere near the point total i need.

I think for gold stakes (current patch) you need a chip joker and a decent +Mult very early or you are doomed. Then you need to look into fishing an x Mult from somewhere pre 6, especially if it needs building up

It’s best to focus on hands you can statistically hit almost every time, so probably 3 of a kind is where you max out unless you hit a spectral for loads of one suit or something early

I think checkered deck is a easiest personally because you can autopilot flushes early and it’s easier to focus on getting down to either hearts or spades later instead of deciding between 4 suits

Unless you get a stuntman early then you go all in on high card or maybe pair imho

i am doing this with my chequered deck so i am all in on flushes, did try a 2 pair attempt with it though the other day, purely because i got square joker and the trousers at the same time. then invisible joker copied trousers. got a decent way through the antes but it ran out of steam eventually.

EDIT

thrown in the towel for the day, two more trips back to ante 8 boss with no hope of winning. Xmultipliers dont seem to exist in my runs at the moment.

I like a lot of those changes.

Hanging Chad didn't even need a buff but I'll take it.
8 ball was utter garbage before.
Gros Michel change makes it harder to get Cavendish, one of the best Jokers in the game.
Free jokers for those tags are much better.

Was struggling with Yellow Deck (certainly compared to Blue, which seemed much easier than Red) until just now, when I've got a superb run of jokers. Here's what I've got (now starting Endless Mode), left to right:

To The Moon - extra $1 (per $5 held) of interest at the end of each round. Got this early on and it helped me rack up lots of cash
Abstract Joker - +3 mult for each joker held (currently +24)
Space Joker :wub:

so powerful!
Oops! All 6s - doubles listed probabilities. Meaning Space Joker upgrades my hand 50% of the time. And I didn't realise those upgrades remained for the run!
Greedy Joker - +4 mult for each scored Diamond card (I've used lots of Tarot cards to convert other suits into Diamonds)
Smiley Face (negative) - played face cards give +4
Blueprint (negative) - copies ability of Joker to the right
Driver's Licence (negative) - x3 mult if you have at least 16 enhanced cards in deck (currently 29)

If I can somehow find the Joker that adds to your mult for each card added to your deck, I'll be laughing in Endless Mode!

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