Balatro: How To Unlock The Secret Banana, Cavendish

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Jokers are the beating heart of Balatro. Whilst there are many ways to gain power in Balatro, the most direct is to simply buy an assortment of powerful Jokers that synergise in some way. Heck, just having access to high-quality Mult cards can be enough, and that’s where Balatro’s legendary banana enters the conversation.

Gros Michel is one of the best early-game Jokers in Balatro because it grants a huge amount of Mult for a low cost. It even has the added benefit of having no downsides… kind of. In this guide, we will go over why Gros Michel is good, and how you can unlock the legendary super banana, Cavendish.

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Gros Michel grants a whopping +15 Mult with no downsides, clauses, or activations. You buy it, you get the effect. Early on, this can make Ante 1-3 a cakewalk as you brute force your way through every Blind. Very few Jokers in Balatro have a Mult this high, and the ones that do, often need to be scaled or have downsides. Mystic Summit and Popcorn spring to mind here.

When we say Gros Michel has no downsides, we are of course overlooking its glaring downside. Gros Michel, like all food-based Jokers, has an expiry effect. In this instance, Gros Michel has a 1-in-4 chance of being destroyed after every Round. You better believe this will happen at the worst possible time every time it happens.

But losing Gros Michel isn’t always the end of the world, and in fact, having Gros Michel go extinct can lead to even greater power later in your run. Gros Michel crawled so a second secret banana could sprint.

Cavendish is hidden away and incredibly rare. Even after you have met its unlock requirements, there is no guarantee you will see it appear. To unlock Cavendish, you have to have purchased Gros Michel during a run and let it expire. Then and only then will the game