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

Trophy/ Achievement Name

Description

How To Unlock It

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.

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.

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.

Ante Up!

Reach Ante 4

This is the halfway point of a run, so you should earn this one naturally.

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.

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.

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.

Card Discarder

Discard at least 2500 cards

Should be obtained just by playing the game.

Card Player

Play at least 2500 cards

Should be obtained just by playing the game.

Cartomancy

Discover every Tarot card

Use every type of Tarot card once to unlock this.

Clairvoyance

Discover every Spectral card

Use every type of Spectral card once to unlock this.

Completionist

Discover 100% of your collection

You'll need to unlock every single thing in your collection.

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.

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.

Extreme Couponer

Discover every voucher

Buy every Voucher from the shop once. Some Vouchers will need to be unlocked before they can be bought.

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.

Heads Up

Win a run

Should be obtained just by playing the game.

High Stakes

Win a run on at least Gold Stake difficulty

Win a run while playing with a deck on Gold Stake difficulty.

Legendary

Discover a Legendary Joker

You get Legendary Jokers by using the Soul Spectral Card, which can be found by opening Spectral Packs.

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.

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.

Nest Egg

Have $400 or more during a single run

Use Jokers, Tags, or card enhancements to earn extra money during runs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rule Breaker

Complete every challenge run

Beat all 20 challenge runs.

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.

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.

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.

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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Strategy
Digital Card Game
Roguelike
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Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 100%
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Released
February 20, 2024
ESRB
E10+ For Everyone 10+ // Gambling Themes
Developer(s)
LocalThunk
Publisher(s)
Playstack
Engine
LÖVE
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
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Genre(s)
Strategy, Digital Card Game, Roguelike
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
8 Hours