Balatro is a poker-esque roguelike deck builder where you collect Jokers, Tarot cards, and other special items to create combos and score massive points. Every run is different, and you can customize your deck at the shop between Blinds to further improve your chances of winning.
The shop also features items called Vouchers, which give powerful, persistent upgrades to your run. Half are unlocked by default, but the other half require you to complete specific, sometimes obtuse, objectives during your runs. Below, we’ll take a look at every Voucher’s effect, and how to unlock it.
How To Unlock Every Voucher
There are 32 Vouchers in Balatro, categorized into 16 pairs of two. Every Voucher essentially has a normal and upgraded version to form one pair. For example, Overstock is paired with Overstock Plus, which both have similar, but stacking, effects.
The normal versions of each Voucher are all
unlocked by default
, but their upgraded versions require you to complete certain objectives during runs.
Additionally, to find the upgraded version of a Voucher during a run, you must first obtain its normal version. For example, to see Glow Up during a run, you’ll first need to get Hone. Of course, you need to unlock Glow Up before it will appear as well.
|
Voucher |
Name |
Description |
How To Unlock |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Overstock |
+1 card slot available in shop. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Overstock Plus |
+1 additional card slot available in shop. |
Spend a total of $2500 at the shop. |
 |
Clearance Sale |
All cards and packs in shop are 25% off. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Liquidation |
All cards and packs in shop are 50% off. |
Redeem at least 10 Voucher cards in one run. |
 |
Hone |
Foil, Holographic, and Polychrome cards appear 2x more often. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Glow Up |
Foil, Holographic, and Polychrome cards appear 4x more often. |
Have at least 5 Joker cards with Foil, Holographic, or Polychrome effect. |
 |
Reroll Surplus |
Rerolls cost $2 less. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Reroll Glut |
Rerolls cost an additional $2 less. |
Reroll the shop a total of 100 times. |
 |
Crystal Ball |
+1 consumable slot. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Omen Globe |
Spectral cards may appear in Arcana Booster Packs. |
Use a total of 25 Tarot cards from booster packs. |
 |
Telescope |
Celestial Packs always contain the Planet card for your most played poker hand this run. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Observatory |
Planet cards in your Consumables area give x1.5 Mult for their specified hand. |
Use a total of 25 Planet cards from booster packs. |
 |
Grabber |
Permanently gain +1 hand per round. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Nacho Tong |
Permanently gain +1 additional hand per round. |
Play a total of 2500 cards. |
 |
Wasteful |
Permanently gain +1 discard per round. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Recyclomancy |
Permanently gain +1 additional discard per round. |
Discard a total of 2500 cards. |
 |
Tarot Merchant |
Tarot cards appear 2x more frequently in the shop. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Tarot Tycoon |
Tarot cards appear 4x more frequently in the shop. |
Buy a total of 50 Tarot cards from the shop. |
 |
Planet Merchant |
Planet cards appear 2x more frequently in the shop. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Planet Tycoon |
Planet cards appear 4x more frequently in the shop. |
Buy a total of 50 Planet cards from the shop. |
 |
Seed Money |
Raise the cap on interest earned per round to $10. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Money Tree |
Raise the cap on interest earned per round to $20. |
Max out the interest per round earnings for ten consecutive rounds. |
 |
Does nothing. |
Unlocked by default. |
|
 |
Antimatter |
+1 Joker slot. |
Redeem Blank Voucher 10 times in total. |
 |
Magic Trick |
Playing cards can be purchased individually from the shop. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Illusion |
Cards bought from the shop can have an enhancement, edition, and/or seal. |
Buy a total fo 20 Playing cards from the shop. |
 |
Hieroglyph |
-1 Ante, -1 hand per round. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Petroglyph |
-1 Ante again, -1 discard per round. |
Reach Ante level 12. |
 |
Director’s Cut |
Reroll the Boss Blind once per Ante, $10 per roll. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Retcon |
Reroll the Boss Blind unlimited times, $10 per roll. |
Discover 25 Blinds. |
 |
Paintbrush |
+1 max hand size. |
Unlocked by default. |
 |
Palette |
+1 max hand size again. |
Reduce your hand size down to 5 cards. |
How To Get Vouchers
Every Ante, one Voucher will appear in the shop, which can be purchased for $10. Whether you buy or don’t buy the Voucher, once you defeat the Boss Blind of that Ante, it will be replaced with another. This means, in a typical winning run, you’ll have the chance to get eight Vouchers.
If you continue to
Endless Mode
after winning, you can keep collecting Vouchers
after each Boss Blind shop refresh
.
Additionally, you can also prematurely refresh the shop using the Voucher Tag, earned by skipping a Blind that has it. This will add a Voucher to the next shop, giving you the potential to collect more than eight Vouchers in a typical winning run.
