Joker Order.

[8 Bit Rick]

Hello friendly Balatro players. In general I'd consider myself being averagely smart. Balatro makes me feel dumb dumb. So could any kind soul explain Joker order to me, how I'm supposed to order them (+4 MULT, +8 MULT, +10 MULT, X1.5 MULT, X2 MULT). Like really dumb it down, Shrek style. And me and my swamp friends (Kidding Shrek has no friends) will be externally grateful.

[bloodsparks!]

as someone who is also averagely smart (i think?), I can confirm I always do it the order that you mentioned, im pretty sure thats how you would get the most out of it. atleast put the X mults last.

[8 Bit Rick]

Originally posted by koekoos:

as someone who is also averagely smart (i think?), I can confirm I always do it the order that you mentioned, im pretty sure thats how you would get the most out of it. atleast put the X mults last.

Hmm interesting. I'm just really wanting to understand this addicting game better and want to be sure about Joker order since it's so vital. Appreciate you

[lilie2]

Hello :) Very short answer: put + MULTs left and X MULTs to the right.
Like koekoss said, your order should actually be fine, the way you wrote it in your question.
For a bit more explanation, It does not make a difference if you put (+4 MULT, then +8 MULT then + 12 MULT) or (+12 MULT then +8 MULT and then + 4 MULT) the result will be + 24 MULT no matter which order. Same is true for the order of X MULTs. if you put X1.5 MULT and X 2 MULT the result will be X3 MULT, regardless of the order. If you would put the X MULTs first though, you miss out on points. ( because if you multiply after addition, the + MULT will also be multiplied) I hope this explanation helped your Shrek Brain ;-).

[Lod101]

just to take your example( just considering each of them only triggers once)
lets say you have a 2 mult for playing a pair.
with + mult first:
(2 +4+8+10) x 1,5 x 2 = 24 x 1,5 x 2 = 72 mult

with x mult first:
2 x 1,5 x 2 +4+8+10 = 6 +4+8+10 = 28 mult

[8 Bit Rick]

Originally posted by lilie2:

Hello :) Very short answer: put + MULTs left and X MULTs to the right.
Like koekoss said, your order should actually be fine, the way you wrote it in your question.
For a bit more explanation, It does not make a difference if you put (+4 MULT, then +8 MULT then + 12 MULT) or (+12 MULT then +8 MULT and then + 4 MULT) the result will be + 24 MULT no matter which order. Same is true for the order of X MULTs. if you put X1.5 MULT and X 2 MULT the result will be X3 MULT, regardless of the order. If you would put the X MULTs first though, you miss out on points. ( because if you multiply after addition, the + MULT will also be multiplied) I hope this explanation helped your Shrek Brain ;-).

Beautiful. Thank you very much. I'm really struggling with this game, still loving it but the struggle is real. This should help a bit.

[CMDR Shven]

Make sure you do the same with your played cards, not just your jokers. Eg if you have the Joker that makes the first scored face card give x2 multiplier, make sure you have any non face cards with flat +multipliers on them scoring first.

[8 Bit Rick]

Originally posted by CMDR Shven:

Make sure you do the same with your played cards, not just your jokers. Eg if you have the Joker that makes the first scored face card give x2 multiplier, make sure you have any non face cards with flat +multipliers on them scoring first.

okay okay, I do remember seeing that.

Thanks for the reminder.

[agentmith]

I didn't know you could reorder the jokers. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Goblin]

Originally posted by agentmith:

I didn't know you could reorder the jokers. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

You can reorder all card, anywhere. Even in the collection for instance, though it resets positions when you change pages.
Order can matter for jokers, the cards you select to play, and even cards held in hand. And of course the Death tarot card requires you to move your cards so the one to change is on the left.