Balatro: Every Boss Blind, Explained

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Getting through Balatro is easier said than done. A solid understanding of Poker will only get you so far, and if we are being honest, it won’t get you all that far. The trick is to overcome each blind by scoring enough chips. The amount of chips required increases for each Ante, and every Ante has three Blinds.

The star of every Ante is the Boss Blind. These require a huge amount of chips (usually) whilst also contending with a difficult modifier designed to mess with your ability to score. Not only that but Ante 8 has a special Boss Blind that is particularly nasty. In this guide, we will go over all of them so you know what to expect. 

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Before we go into Boss Blinds, we should probably touch on Blinds in general. A Blind is simply a score you need to hit to progress to the next Blind in the Ante. There are 8 Antes, and three Blinds per Ante. They are split into Small, Big, and Boss. 

What sets your standard Blinds apart in Balatro is their ability to be skipped to gain special Tags. We have a whole guide covering Tags which we highly recommend you check out. Boss Blinds cannot be skipped for Tags and they come with unique modifiers.

Boss Blinds are the gatekeepers to higher Ante’s and are likely where most of your runs will end. This will either be down to the Score being insurmountable for your deck, or the Boss Blind having an effect that punishes you too harshly. 

There are a total of 23 Boss Blinds in Balatro. Each Blind will only start to appear after a certain Ante, with all Blinds being available after Ante 6.

We lied when we said there were 23 Boss Blinds in Balatro. There are another 5 Blinds in the game. These only appear as the finale to Ante 8. These are even more disruptive than standard Boss Blinds, so we made a separate