BALATRO
by qnoss
Balatro brings a card-based poker scoring game into Minecraft, where players build a hand of Jokers, Items and resources to reach each round's score requirement.
What it does
Each round sets a score requirement that rises after every round. Players play scoring Items, and Jokers add multipliers and points to the total. Reaching the requirement completes the round, and losing all Items ends the run. Between rounds a shop offers new Items to buy, and scoring Items are removed from play once used.
A run starts by placing an armor stand as the target block, and a reset command destroys that block to begin again. Several Jokers try to set a new highscore, so long-term play has a record to chase. The mod is built for minigame play on a server, and the server needs it while players may add it on their own clients.
Installation covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with files published for 1.21.5 and 1.21.6 (2 release versions, 1.21.5 – 1.21.6). The latest file is 4.2+mod for 1.21.5, dated 2025-06-12. Balatro is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Score-requirement rounds
Each round asks for a target score, and the requirement multiplies after every round completed.
Shop between rounds
A shop appears after each round, offering new Items that can be bought to strengthen the next hand.
Multiplier Jokers
Several Jokers add fixed multipliers, such as Frog and Emerald effects, and one destroys multipliers to add 10 per destroyed one.
Resource upgrades
Some Jokers upgrade random resource Items in the inventory, and one adds score through Diamond slots.
Spawn egg and food Jokers
Spawn eggs for mobs such as Creeper, Bat and Allay, along with Golden Apple, Golden Carrot and Knowledge Book, each carry a scoring effect.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Minigame sessions
Groups on a server can play rounds against the score requirement and compete for the highscore.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want a card-based minigame, and players who enjoy poker-style scoring with Minecraft items and mobs.
Questions
Does Balatro need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Balatro support?
Is there a version gap between 1.21.5 and 1.21.6?
In the catalog
BALATRO is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 13,625 mods support Minecraft 1.21.6.
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What the author says
This is my take on the Game Balatro in Minecraft. You can move the Datapack into any world but might lose items you place on the Game Board. You also can play it on qnoss.org
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/balatro
- Owner
- qnoss
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15