Unlock Debug Menu: Cheats for Galatro Revealed

Balatro, the 2024 breakout hit selling over 3.5 million copies and winning multiple Game Awards, maintains immense popularity. However, mastering its mechanics might leave players seeking fresh challenges. While mods offer one solution, accessing Balatro's built-in developer debug menu provides an alternative, allowing for cheat usage without impacting achievements.

Quick Links

• Enabling Cheats in Balatro

• Using the Debug Menu in Balatro

How to Enable Cheats in Balatro

To activate Balatro's debug menu and utilize its cheats, you'll need 7-Zip (free, open-source software). Locate your Balatro installation directory (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Balatro). If not found, access it via your Steam library: right-click Balatro, select "Manage," then "Browse Local Files."

Right-click Balatro.exe and open the archive using 7-Zip (may be under "Show More Options"). Find conf.lua and open it with a text editor (e.g., Notepad).

Modify _RELEASE_MODE = true to _RELEASE_MODE = false, then save. If saving fails, extract conf.lua to your desktop, make the change, and replace the original file. The debug menu will now activate by holding the Tab key in-game.

To disable the menu, revert _RELEASE_MODE to true in conf.lua.

How to Use the Debug Menu in Balatro

Balatro's cheat menu is user-friendly. Unlock collectibles by hovering and pressing '1'; spawn jokers by hovering and pressing '3'. Initially limited to five jokers, pressing 'Q' four times on a joker in your hand negates it, effectively allowing for unlimited jokers.

All Balatro Cheats (Hold Tab to Open Menu)

Cheat / Key Effect 1 Unlock a Collectible (while hovering) 2 Discover a Collectible (while hovering) 3 Spawn a Collectible (while hovering) Q Change Joker Edition (while hovering in hand) H Isolate Background J Play Splash Animation 8 Toggle Cursor 9 Toggle All Tooltips $10 Adds $10 to Total +1 Round Increases Round by 1 +1 Ante Increases Ante by 1 +1 Hand Adds one additional Hand +1 Discard Adds one additional Discard Boss Reroll Rerolls the Boss Background Removes the Background +10 Chips Adds 10 Chips to Total +10 Mult Adds 10 Mult to Total X2 Chips Doubles Chip Total X10 Mult Increases Mult by 10 Win this Run Completes Current Run Lose this Run Ends Current Run Reset Resets Current Run Jimbo Makes Jimbo Appear Jimbo Talk Makes Jimbo Text Box Appear