The primary large steadiness patch for Balatro is now totally stay on Steam, bringing with it efficiency enhancements, quite a few gameplay changes, bug fixes, and a discount in the price of Fibonacci, “as a result of Fibonacci.”
I do not know what Fibonacci did to deserve such flippancy, however thus far the response to the change—Fibonacci “prices $8 as a substitute of $7, as a result of Fibonacci”—appears fairly constructive. At the very least one redditor took situation with an identical tweak to Odd Todd, although, writing, “When Odd Todd triggers on an odd card, you get an EVEN quantity of chips whole. Rating an Ace with Odd Todd, get 11 + 31 chips. That is 42. Busted sport. Needs to be reverted instantly or I will be protesting.”
I am unsure how severe that menace is (not very, I am guessing) but it surely does illustrate how Balatro patch notes are so completely impenetrable for anybody who would not play the sport. Some patch notes, just like the current Stardew Valley repair for Mr. Raccoon, do not make sense out of context however not less than they’re type of relatable: Hey, Mr. Raccoon is best now, good for him. He is a cute man.
Balatro, then again? “Fastened bug the place Buffoon Pack may present up in Jokerless problem.” Studying these patch notes as a non-player myself, I am beginning to get an inkling of how Violent J feels about magnets.
In fact, it isn’t all fairly so incomprehensible. Together with quite a few gameplay tweaks, the patch makes “normal efficiency enhancements,” provides an possibility for “lowered movement” that removes the swirly background, gyrating card movement, and “a lot of the ‘juice’ within the sport,” and fixes a bug that was inflicting efficiency issues for some gamers on Steam Deck. That final one is especially necessary as a result of Balatro is vastly in style on Steam—the truth is it was the third-most-played sport on the Deck in April, behind solely Stardew Valley and the resurgent Fallout 4.
Updates to Balatro have been flowing for the reason that sport launched in February, however they have been restricted to an experimental department of the sport on Steam. This patch basically collects all of them collectively into one large replace that is now obtainable to everybody on the stay construct. Developer LocalThunk mentioned on Twitter that builds for the PlayStation, Xbox, and Change variations of the sport will probably be submitted this week, however there’s at present no ETA on after they’ll go stay.
The complete Balatro 1.0.1f patch notes are beneath.
– Up to date model of Love2D (the engine) – this fixes a difficulty on Home windows and Steam Deck inflicting poor/stuttery efficiency for some gamers
– Added VC++ 2022 redistributable as an set up requirement
– Common efficiency enhancements
– Added toggle for ‘Diminished Movement’, eradicating the swirly background, gyrating card movement, a lot of the ‘juice’ within the sport
– Modified default fallback tarot from Idiot to Power (when all tarots are on display)
– Banned top-up tag and Antimatter on Jokerless Problem
– Modified Gold Stake random seeds – now ensures that the primary Legendary Joker on that seed is a Joker that you haven’t received with on Gold Stake (For Completionist++ searching)
– Modified ante scaling in white stake:
– Ante 3: 2800 -> 2000
– Ante 4: 6000 -> 5000
– Modified ante scaling in inexperienced stake:
– Ante 2: 1000 -> 900
– Ante 3: 3200 -> 2600
– Ante 4: 9000 -> 8000
– Ante 5: 18000 -> 20000
– Ante 6: 32000 -> 36000
– Ante 7: 56000 -> 60000
– Ante 8: 90000 -> 100000
– Modified ante scaling in purple stake:
– Ante 2: 1200 -> 1000
– Ante 3: 3600 -> 3200
– Ante 4: 10000 -> 9000
– Ante 6: 50000 -> 60000
– Ante 7: 90000 -> 110000
– Ante 8: 180000 -> 200000
– Modified Orange Stake
– Scrapped growing pack price
– Added new ‘Perishable’ mechanic, Jokers have a 30% probability to have a ‘Perishable’ sticker, disabling them after 5 rounds
– Modified Gold Stake
– Scrapped -1 hand dimension
– Added new ‘Rental’ mechanic, Jokers have a 30% probability to have a ‘Rental’ sticker (stacks with everlasting/perishable), making them price $1 up entrance and $3 each spherical
– Modified everlasting to use to Jokers in Buffoon packs
– Modified Everlasting/Rental/Perishable sticker location to be within the prime left nook
– Made some non-retroactive scaling Jokers incompatible with ‘Perishable’ (Ceremonial Dagger, Glass Joker, Hologram, Experience the Bus, runner, constellation, inexperienced joker, crimson card, insanity, sq. joker, vampire, rocket, obelisk, fortunate cat, flash card, spare trousers, fortress, wee)
– Modified the primary store in each run to at all times embody a standard Buffoon pack as one of many pack choices
– Upcoming blinds/tags can now be seen within the store instantly after defeating a boss blind/cashing out
– Some Blinds are actually be banned on problem runs
– banned Crimson Coronary 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 offers +3 mult as a substitute of +2 mult for Straights
– Buffed Neptune
– Now offers +4 mult as a substitute of +3 mult for Straight Flush
– Buffed Eris
– Now offers +50 chips as a substitute of +40 chips for Flush 5
– Buffed Ceres
– Now offers +4 mult as a substitute of +3 mult for Flush Home
– Sq. Joker now has a sq. sprite
– Blue Joker sprite was mounted (2 misplaced blue pixels)
– Modified Unusual tag – Now makes the unusual joker free
– Modified Uncommon tag – Now makes the uncommon joker free
– Damaging, Polychrome, Holo, Foil tags all make their respective joker free
– Modified Funding to provide $25 as a substitute of $15
– Modified 8 Ball – scrapped previous impact, new impact -> 1 in 4 probability to spawn a tarot when any performed 8 is scored
– Modified Blue Seal – now creates the planet card of the ultimate poker hand performed in the course of the spherical
– Modified each Mad and Intelligent Joker – scrapped ‘comprises 4 of a sort’ impact, now applies as a substitute to any hand that comprises a ‘Two Pair’
– Modified Yorick – scrapped previous impact, new impact -> positive aspects X1 mult each 23 playing cards discarded (begins at X1)
– Modified Magician Tarot – now applies fortunate to 2 playing cards as a substitute of 1
– Modified Midas Masks – now solely applies Gold enhancement to scoring face playing cards, prices $7 was $6
– Modified Vampire
– now solely removes enhancement from scoring playing cards
– offers X0.1 mult per enhancement as a substitute of X0.2 mult
– Modified Insanity – now solely applies on small/large blinds, not on boss blind choice
– Modified To Do checklist – poker hand now not adjustments on payout, at all times adjustments at finish of spherical (will not get caught on Straight Flush)
– Modified description of Shortcut to incorporate a extra apt instance (10 8 6 5 3)
– Modified Historic Joker – the chosen swimsuit is now not capable of repeat between rounds
– Modified Swashbuckler – Now provides promote worth of all different Jokers to Mult, not simply the Jokers to the left
– Modified Hanging Chad – Now retriggers the primary performed card 2 instances as a substitute of as soon as
– Modified Runner – now begins at +0 chips and provides +15 chips per straight, was +20 and +10 per straight
– Modified Flower Pot – Now consists of the bottom swimsuit of debuffed playing cards when figuring out if it’s going to set off
– Modified Bootstraps to incorporate present mult bonus in description
– Modified all 4 Sinful Jokers (one for every swimsuit) – they now every give +3 mult per swimsuit as a substitute of +4 mult
– Modified Banner – now offers +30 chips per remaining discard as a substitute of +40 chips
– Modified Fibonacci – prices $8 as a substitute of $7, as a result of Fibonacci
– Modified Sq. Joker – now begins at +0 chips, was +16 chips, now prices $4, was $5
– Modified Wee Joker – now begins at +0 chips, was +10 chips
– Modified Metal Joker – Now offers X0.2 mult per Metal card in full deck as a substitute of X0.25 mult
– Modified Odd Todd – Now offers +31 chips per odd ranked card as a substitute of +30 mult
– Modified Sixth Sense – Now unusual and $6, was uncommon
– Modified Hiker – Now offers +5 chips to each scoring card performed as a substitute of +4 chips
– Modified Gros Michel – Now has a 1 in 6 probability to go extinct as a substitute of 1 in 4
– Modified Seance – Now unusual and $6, was uncommon and $7
– Modified Riff-Raff – Now $6, was $4
– Modified Vagabond
– Uncommon, was unusual
– $8, was $6
– Applies when you’ve $4 or much less, was $3 or much less
– Modified Cloud 9 – Now $7, was $6
– Modified Mail-In Rebate – Now $5 was $3
– Modified Reserved Parking – Now widespread, was unusual
– Modified Fortunate Cat – Now positive aspects X0.25 per fortunate proc, was X0.2
– Modified Buying and selling card – Now prices $6, was $5
– Modified Campfire – Now positive aspects X0.25 per card offered, was X0.5
– Modified Smily Face – Now give +5 mult per face card, was +4 mult
– Modified Golden Ticket – Now payes out $4 per gold card performed, was $3
– Modified Bloodstone – Now has a 1 in 2 probability to proc, was 1 in 3, offers X1.5 mult, was X2 mult
– Modified Onyx Agate – Now offers +7 mult per membership card, was +8 mult
– Modified Glass Joker – Now offers X0.75 mult per glass card destroyed, was X0.5 mult
– Modified Stuntman – Now offers +250 Chips, was +300, is now uncommon, was unusual, is just not $7, was $6
– Modified Invisible Joker – Now requires 2 rounds and prices $8, was 3 rounds and $10
– Modified wording on most scaling jokers to seek advice from ‘this joker’
– Fastened bug the place opening a booster pack with hand dimension of 0 was unskippable
– Fastened bug the place the cardboard generated by ‘Certificates’ was not being debuffed by the boss
– Fastened bug within the price at which everlasting/perishable Jokers had been being generated
– Fastened bug the place Buffoon Pack may present up in Jokerless problem
– Fastened bug the place debuffed unfavourable Jokers being offered would not cut back the variety of obtainable joker slots
– Fastened bug the place sticker seeding was shared between store and booster packs
