What does the ante number mean?

[Neville Shortdingle]

when it says ante 3/8, what does that mean and do to the game? Does it make the amount you need higher? Does it go up by one after each boss kill? After 8 is that when the game ends?

Thanks!

[malogoss]

Ante is like levels in Mario Bros. Each ante there's a Small blind, a Big Blind and a Boss blind.

If from the main menu you go: Collection/Blinds, you'll see the detail about blinds.
Small blinds score are equal to the amounts on the left, so it depends on the ante. Then Big blinds are x1.5 those amounts (you can see that if you hover Big Blind). And the Boss Blinds are generally x2 those amounts, except for three of them.

Stake level can also impact those numbers.

Game is won by beating the ante 8 boss. Then if you want you can continue in endless mode, or start a new run, as you wish. Endless is more for fun or to test how far you can go. It also can help to unlock some achievements or jokers if you have a specific objective in mind. Like having $400 in bank, for example.

Good luck!

[ulzgoroth]

One of the unlocks strictly requires endless mode: there's an unlock for reaching ante 12.

[gruetoo]

Each Ante is basically a 'level' consisting of a Small Blind, a Large Blind, and a Boss Blind. there are 8 levels of increasing difficulty each game. All your suppositions are correct.

[Neville Shortdingle]

Thank you guys!

One last question, I saw a voucher that did ante -1 and hand limit -1, would that end the game after ante 7 boss then? or is there any point other than make things easier and give an extra round?

[FDru]

Originally posted by Neville Shortdingle:

Thank you guys!

One last question, I saw a voucher that did ante -1 and hand limit -1, would that end the game after ante 7 boss then? or is there any point other than make things easier and give an extra round?

Pretty sure it just gives you an extra ante.

It can help if you're struggling and you think you'll lose, by making your current ante easier, but the -1 hand is a big downside.

[Twelvefield]

It repeats an ante. Hiieroglyph, right, with the Egyptian eye? I find that voucher confusing and not great.

[Chillum]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

It repeats an ante. Hiieroglyph, right, with the Egyptian eye? I find that voucher confusing and not great.

It is helpful, if you have jokers that you need to build up, the jeans looking one, the dagger, the red box for skipping boosters. Or even if you drew poorly and its still early game gives you a few more rounds of breathing room.