Burglar

Burglar

Latest release: 0.26.7

Fixes drafted Hanging Chad and Bloodstone disappearing from Balanced shops. Requires MultiplayerAPI 1.0.5 and MultiplayerPvP 1.0.5. Keeps the shared deck wheel, custom cubes, Balanced Asteroid exclusion, and existing draft and scoring rules. Standard edition only; the experimental Spectator edition is deprecated. Everyone should update before starting a new match.

New in 0.26.4

Select dont_worry_chat_were_scaling.json using Open draft → Draft pool. This cube contains 126 copies (63 different Jokers); a default four-player draft uses 108 and leaves 18 out. Its four-player limit is three packs.

Burglar runs using Balanced (or a ruleset built on its layer) now exclude Asteroids from normal consumable pools. Other Balanced changes remain active. Previously owned Asteroids are not deleted from saved runs. Start a fresh match. The host deck wheel and updated icon are included. This release is Standard only.

A two- to four-player Joker draft for Balatro.

Burglar brings Magic: The Gathering-style drafting to Balatro multiplayer. Before the run, you and your friends open packs of Jokers, pick what you want, and pass the rest around the table. The Jokers you draft become your personal shop pool for that match.

You don't get those Jokers immediately—you still have to find and buy them. The draft gives you a plan, and the run is where you find out whether it was a good one.

Made by Cjpep, based on Fantom_Balatro's original idea. A lot of the changes came from playing it with friends and figuring out what worked.

Downloads

Get a player ZIP from this repository's Releases page:

Download Burglar v0.26.7 Standard from Releases, or update cj-Burglar in your mod manager. This release does not contain the spectator feature. Replace the entire Burglar folder. Everyone in a lobby must use the same version. The GitHub source ZIP is for updating the repository; install the Standard ZIP to play.

What you need

• Balatro. The development baseline is 1.0.1o on Windows.
• Steamodded 1.0.0-beta-1814a or later.
• Lovely 0.10.0 or later. Multiplayer 1.0.5 requires this newer minimum.
• MultiplayerAPI and MultiplayerPvP, both 1.0.5 or later. This release was checked against 1.0.5; later releases may need another compatibility review.

MultiplayerSpeedrunning is optional. Remove the old Multiplayer and MultiplayerExperimental mods from active Mods. These downloads don't include Balatro, Lovely DLLs, or the multiplayer dependencies.

Install or update

1. Close Balatro.
2. Press Win + R, enter %AppData%\Balatro\Mods, and open that folder.
3. Move any old Draftout or Burglar installation somewhere outside Mods.
4. Extract your chosen player ZIP and place its Burglar folder in Mods.
5. Check that the path is Mods\Burglar\Burglar.json, without another Burglar folder inside it.
6. Start Balatro and check that Burglar appears in the Mods list.

Replace the whole folder when updating or changing editions. Don't merge editions or keep backup copies anywhere inside Mods.

Start a match

1. Open Multiplayer PvP → Create Lobby → Burglar → CREATE.
2. Share the lobby code. Burglar supports two, three, or four players.
3. The host clicks the deck/stake button below Open draft to use PvP's native deck picker. Choose balance rules under Lobby Options.
4. Everyone clicks Open draft. The host chooses the draft settings, then clicks Check players.
5. Wait for Ready to draft, then click Start draft. The button enables once every player is connected and the initial two-second routing check has finished. Recheck connections restarts the check if needed.
6. Pick your Jokers and confirm. Hover cards to read them, and use the team tray to keep track of your roster.
7. With Reveal rosters after draft enabled (the default), click Review all rosters after drafting to browse everyone's picks. Return to the lobby when you're ready. Guests ready up, and the host clicks Start Game.

F8 still opens the draft screen. A completed draft is kept if the host changes the deck or balance before starting the match. Restart draft starts over, so don't use it just to review your roster.

How the draft works

The default is three packs of nine Jokers per player, with one pick per turn. Pick a Joker, pass the pack, and repeat until the packs are empty. Everyone finishes with 27 Jokers in their pool.

Passing direction alternates between packs: packs 1 and 3 go one way; packs 2 and 4 go the other. The draft is shuffled fresh each time. Jokers that weren't included in the draft are unavailable through the normal roster-restricted sources for everyone.

The host can choose 1–4 packs, 1 or 2 picks per turn, and a pick timer. Packs 1–3 contain nine Jokers each; the optional fourth pack contains eight, giving each player a 35-Joker roster. Your pool is a list of Jokers you can find during the run—you don't start with all of them equipped.

The default timer is Scaling: 5s per Joker: a nine-Joker pack starts at 45 seconds, then the timer shortens as the pack empties. Existing saved timer choices are kept; select Scaling in setup if your old setting was Off.

Reveal rosters after draft (open deck lists) is on by default. Everyone can browse completed rosters before the match. Turn it off before drafting for private rosters. Upgrading enables this once for future drafts; subsequent choices are saved. Picks stay private while drafting. After the last pick, Review all rosters lets you switch players and pages and hover Jokers for descriptions. The option also works in Local development draft.

How the match works

• Everyone starts with four lives.
• Ante 1 uses the normal Small Blind, Big Blind, and Boss Blind.
• From Ante 2 onward, each ante ends with PvP after the Small and Big Blinds.
• With **three or four players