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Strategies for Winning Bellatro Challenges

Apr 26, 2025

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Introduction to Jokerless Challenge

  • Jokerless Challenge: The 20th and final challenge in the game without any jokers available in the shop.
  • Shop Dynamics: Increased tarot cards (four times more than usual) compensate for the absence of jokers.
  • Card Availability: 22 tarot cards and nine planet cards.
  • Strategy: Winning through playing straights; Saturn planet cards are powerful.
  • White Stake Rules: Low scoring requirements allow wins with high card plays as well.

Advanced Jokerless Strategies

  • Endless Mode: Offers more time and options for deck building.
  • Alternative Decks:
    • Checker Deck: Easier flush plays due to two suits.
    • Painted Deck: Increased hand size with reduced joker slots.
    • Plasma Deck: Easier scoring, especially early game.
  • High Difficulty Play: Abandoned Deck offers strategic advantages by drawing your whole deck each round.
  • Winning on Gold Stake: Requires luck, strategic choices such as spectral packs, and specific cards like Imilate.

Low Percent Challenge

  • Objective: Win by playing the least possible amount of cards.
  • Strategies:
    • Avoid re-rolling or discards.
    • Minimize rounds and hands; eight hands is ideal.
    • Play with strong jokers and win with high cards.
  • No Shopping Wins: Achieving victory without making any purchases using jokers like "bull" and "bootstraps".

No Planets Challenge

  • Objective: Succeed without using planet cards.
  • Chips Only Strategy:
    • Plasma deck as a loophole.
    • True challenge on non-plasma decks (e.g., black deck).
  • Molt Only Challenge: Using jokers like "Shoot the Moon" to maximize molt gains.

Other Challenges

  • Nanimp on Gold Stake: Achieving success without blueprints or brainstorms.
  • Modded Challenges: New gameplay opportunities with mods for various decks and stakes.
  • Special Challenges:
    • Eggless Omelette: Sell all eggs initially.
    • 15-minute City: Speedrun challenge.
    • Rich get Richer: Limiting chips proportionate to money held.
    • Dagger and Blastoff Challenges: Specific rules for handling daggers and constellations.
    • Golden Needle and Brand Poker: Focus on minimizing discards or enhancements.
    • Mad World and Medusa Challenges: Winning with or without specific card types.

Conclusion

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These notes summarize the key points from a comprehensive discussion on various challenges and strategies in the game Bellatro, providing insights into gameplay, strategies, and ways to engage with the game at different difficulty levels.

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