Before you start

Before you dive in, it might be useful to know a few things about Balatro and the modding process. This page should help make further reading easier and provide some context for the guides.

Glossary

Term	Description
"injector"	Code that is embedded into a program during runtime to perform tasks.
Lua	This is the scripting language used by Balatro
LÖVE 2d (or love2d)	This is a framework for making 2D games using Lua
Lovely	An injector for LÖVE 2d that allows the manipulation of the game via "patches"
Steammodded	A mod loader for Balatro