Balatro
31 Achievements
1,000
200-300h
Xbox One
Xbox Series
Heads Up
Won a Run
15
54.78%
How to unlock the Heads Up achievement in Balatro - Definitive Guide
Obviously, this being a roguelike, every run will be different.
I am not sure yet if this achievement can be unlocked on a seeded run because the game came out yesterday as of writing this so I can only offer my strategy, which has worked more than once.
Pick the deck that gives you +1 to Discard, not Hand.
We want to win each round in one Hand if possible.
Using what I am going to tell you, I reached 90.000 in one hand at one point.
You want to level up either Straight, Flush or Full House with the Arcanas.
I went with Full House but once you pick, stay with that for the duration of your run.
The "trick" is to build up the level of your hand so it gives you more of a multiplier.
So always go for the Space cards (Arcanas) but otherwise try to keep money on you so you can get the interest (caps at 5$ without a special item)
1) Greedy/Lust/Gluttonous/Spades Joker is great for Flush and you should discard everything but your Joker's suit if you get it.
2) Misprint is great, Dusk is cool but not for this specific strategy where you want to finish ASAP, Raised Fist is cool because we discard cards anyway.
3) The most important piece if advice I can give and what helped me beat the run.
Pareidolia (all cards considered Face cards) with Scary Face/Smiley Face and some other kind of multiplier makes this trivial.
If you find these on a run you are almost sure to win.
Bussiness Card also helps with this, especially during the first half of the run.
4) Even Steven or Odd Todd are good, just keep one.
5) If you get Seltzer, try to skip both blinds and save it as much as possible for Bosses.
It's overpowered but limited to 10 hands.
Hands, not rounds.
Hope this helps you beat at least one run.
If you have any advice please share!
I am not sure yet if this achievement can be unlocked on a seeded run because the game came out yesterday as of writing this so I can only offer my strategy, which has worked more than once.
Pick the deck that gives you +1 to Discard, not Hand.
We want to win each round in one Hand if possible.
Using what I am going to tell you, I reached 90.000 in one hand at one point.
You want to level up either Straight, Flush or Full House with the Arcanas.
I went with Full House but once you pick, stay with that for the duration of your run.
The "trick" is to build up the level of your hand so it gives you more of a multiplier.
So always go for the Space cards (Arcanas) but otherwise try to keep money on you so you can get the interest (caps at 5$ without a special item)
1) Greedy/Lust/Gluttonous/Spades Joker is great for Flush and you should discard everything but your Joker's suit if you get it.
2) Misprint is great, Dusk is cool but not for this specific strategy where you want to finish ASAP, Raised Fist is cool because we discard cards anyway.
3) The most important piece if advice I can give and what helped me beat the run.
Pareidolia (all cards considered Face cards) with Scary Face/Smiley Face and some other kind of multiplier makes this trivial.
If you find these on a run you are almost sure to win.
Bussiness Card also helps with this, especially during the first half of the run.
4) Even Steven or Odd Todd are good, just keep one.
5) If you get Seltzer, try to skip both blinds and save it as much as possible for Bosses.
It's overpowered but limited to 10 hands.
Hands, not rounds.
Hope this helps you beat at least one run.
If you have any advice please share!
6 Comments
The space cards are the Celstial packs, not the Arcanas. The Arcanas allow you to do things like change three cards to diamonds, or make them gold cards etc.
Celestial cards allow you to level up your hands.
Celestial cards allow you to level up your hands.
By Rhinne on 23 Feb 2024 08:17
Right you are! Since I wrote this I've found ways to clear almost 2M in one hand alone!
I will update the guide with more info soon!
I will update the guide with more info soon!
By OrfeasDourvas on 23 Feb 2024 20:46