Balatro has plenty of trophies and achievements for its players to earn. Some will be unlocked by playing through the game normally. Others will require you to not only learn the mechanics of the game, but also master them to score high amounts of chips to defeat its many tough boss blinds.
There are 31 achievements in Balatro for you to add to your collection. Here's how to get every single one of them.
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Every Trophy & Achievement In Balatro
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Trophy/ Achievement Name |
Description |
How To Unlock It |
|---|---|---|
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10K |
Score 10,000 chips in a single hand |
To reach higher blinds, you'll need to earn scores much higher than this. So this one should unlock just by playing the game. |
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1000K |
Score 1,000,000 chips in a single hand |
You'll need to find some high-scoring Jokers, upgrade your hands, and add plenty of enhanced cards to your deck to pull this off. |
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100,000K |
Score 100,000,000 chips in a single hand |
Just like the previous trophy/achievement, upgrade your hands, enhance your cards, and try to get high-scoring Jokers that synergize with each other. |
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Ante Up! |
Reach Ante 4 |
This is the halfway point of a run, so you should earn this one naturally. |
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Ante Upper! |
Reach Ante 8 |
This is close to the end of a run, so if you manage to beat the first stake of a deck, this will unlock. |
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Astronomy |
Discover every Planet card |
Most of these will be found by opening Celestial Packs in the shop. However, some are special cards that will require you to play special hands to become available. The Planet X card is found by playing Five Of A Kind. The Eris card is gained by playing a Flush Five, which is a Five Of A Kind hand where every card is the same suit. The Ceres card requires you to play a Flush House, which is a Full House where every card has the same suit. |
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Big Hands |
Have 80 or more cards in your deck |
Buy cards from the shop, open Standard Decks, or use certain Tarot and Spectral cards to add more playing cards to your deck. |
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Card Discarder |
Discard at least 2500 cards |
Should be obtained just by playing the game. |
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Card Player |
Play at least 2500 cards |
Should be obtained just by playing the game. |
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Cartomancy |
Discover every Tarot card |
Use every type of Tarot card once to unlock this. |
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Clairvoyance |
Discover every Spectral card |
Use every type of Spectral card once to unlock this. |
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Completionist |
Discover 100% of your collection |
You'll need to unlock every single thing in your collection. |
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Completionist+ |
Win with every deck on Gold Stake difficulty |
Every deck has eight stakes, which are like different difficulties. Gold Stake is the highest difficulty, so earning this trophy/achievement will require you to beat every deck on the highest difficulty. |
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Completionist++ |
Earn a Gold Sticker on every Joker |
This will be a very difficult and time-consuming trophy/achievement. Each time you beat a Gold Stake, the Jokers that you used to beat the stake will receive a Gold Sticker. Therefore, to unlock this, you'll need to use every Joker in your collection to beat a deck on Gold Stake difficulty. |
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Extreme Couponer |
Discover every voucher |
Buy every Voucher from the shop once. Some Vouchers will need to be unlocked before they can be bought. |
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Flushed |
Play a Flush with five Wild Cards |
Wild Cards are cards with an enhancement that allows them to be any suit. So just play a five-card Flush with cards that have this enhancement. |
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Heads Up |
Should be obtained just by playing the game. |
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High Stakes |
Win a run on at least Gold Stake difficulty |
Win a run while playing with a deck on Gold Stake difficulty. |
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Legendary |
Discover a Legendary Joker |
You get Legendary Jokers by using the Soul Spectral Card, which can be found by opening Spectral Packs. |
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Low Stakes |
Win a run on at least Red Stake difficulty |
You need to win a run on Red Stake, which is the next difficulty up from the easiest difficulty, White Stake. |
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Mid Stakes |
Win a run on at least Black Stake difficulty |
You need to win a run on Black Stake difficulty. This is the fourth-highest difficulty, which is unlocked by beating Green Stake difficulty. |
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Nest Egg |
Have $400 or more during a single run |
Use Jokers, Tags, or card enhancements to earn extra money during runs. |
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ROI |
Buy 5 Vouchers by Ante 4 |
To do this, you'll need to skip a Blind and get the Voucher Tag. This will put another Voucher in the shop for you to buy. |
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Retrograde |
Get any Poker hand to level 10 |
You upgrade various Poker hands by using Planet cards. Use the Planet card of a certain hand 10 times to upgrade it to level 10. This will be easier to do if you buy the Telescope Voucher from the shop. |
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Royale |
Play a Royal Flush |
A Royal Flush is a Poker hand that consists of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 card that are all of the same suit. |
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Rule Bender |
Complete any challenge run |
To unlock challenge runs, you'll need to win five different runs with five different decks. Then you just need to win a challenge run, which will add unique stipulations to a run. |
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Rule Breaker |
Complete every challenge run |
Beat all 20 challenge runs. |
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Shattered |
Break 2 Glass Cards in a single hand |
Glass Cards are a card enhancement. When played, they give x2 mult but have a 25% chance of breaking and being removed from your deck. You gain Glass Cards by buying them from the shop, opening Standard Packs, or using certain Tarot and Spectral Cards. If you play two Glass Cards in your hand and they both shatter, you score this trophy/achievement. |
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Speedrunner |
Win a run in 12 or fewer rounds |
Each Blind you play counts as a round. You'll need to get some high-scoring Jokers along with other bonuses, and then skip a bunch of Small and Big Blinds. Win the run by playing 12 or fewer Blinds, and you unlock this trophy/achievement. |
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Tiny Hands |
Thin your deck down to 20 or fewer cards |
Certain Tarot cards, Spectral Cards, and Jokers will destroy cards from your deck. Use these to remove cards until you only have 20 or fewer cards left in your deck. |
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You Get What You Get |
Win a run without rerolling the shop |
Just don't reroll the shop and win the run with whatever cards you get from the shop. |
There is an extra trophy if you're playing on PS4 or PS5. It's the platinum trophy you earn for unlocking all other trophies. It is appropriately called Platinum.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 100%
- Released
- February 20, 2024
- ESRB
- E10+ For Everyone 10+ // Gambling Themes
- Developer(s)
- LocalThunk
- Publisher(s)
- Playstack
- Engine
- LÖVE
- Genre(s)
- Strategy, Digital Card Game, Roguelike
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Android, iOS
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours