Useful Tips for Getting Your First Win
It boils down to how you use the ressources the game gives you, and how you minimize the need for favorable RNG.
For example in ante 1 for a typical deck : if you go for a full house, discarding to get the 5th card is going to require more luck than if you do the same for a flush/straight. The more you progress the more possibilities open up depending on what you come across of course.
Some jokers are really good almost everytime. Some will get you out of ante 2 safely while you look for better options. Some are to be avoided most of the time. Some will be slightly better than what you already have, and might be worth picking up. Some are good but show up at the wrong time etc…
Keep in mind how “ahead” you are in terms how score (how easily/by how much you beat current blinds), so you can buy stuff (or save) accordingly. Do not be afraid to switch course if the situation calls for it. Also don’t be afraid to experiment a little bit (games are short and experience is valuable).
Try to buy ONE joker before the first boss or right after it (unless you see something crazy of course), and save the rest of your money so you can build some interest before you need to buy more. Sitting close to 25 makes your run much easier compared to struggling between 0 and 5 every shop, and will open much more options.
The voucher that gives +1 hand is very strong, don’t sleep on it if you can afford it.
When money is good, don’t be afraid to buy tarot packs just to see if there’s not even more money waiting for you. Rerolling is a good idea if you have money to spare and have a joker that is not that useful to you atm, but don’t do it too much, and certainly not too early in the run. In the worst case though, better burn all your money hoping for a good power up than proceed to your certain defeat with $30 unused.
Superb guide!
Would you kindly add a note regarding level ups for Straight/Royal Flush as well?
It appears that whenever you deal a Straight Flush or a Royal Flush during your run, they can level up automatically. Regarding the Straight Flush, I’m not sure because I believe Celestial Packs can be used to upgrade it.
Playing Straight Flush doesn’t cause it to level up automatically. The Neptune planet card can be used to level royal flushes as well as straight flushes.
By the way, just a quick question: what do “face,” “ante,” “blind,” and “mult” mean? Exist any additional terms? I’m just getting started, but I haven’t found anywhere that provides a description of the significance.
also just asking, is it better to use the celestial pack immediately or is it a 1 time use for a run?
The King, Queen, and Jack cards are known by their faces, or faces. An ante is a wager placed by every player prior to the commencement of a poker hand. In this game, it denotes both the minimum score required to win a round and—perhaps more confusingly—the difficulty of the task you are currently facing.
After you win the Boss Blind, which is typically the third round on an ante level, your starting ante level increases by one. Vouchers can be used to reduce this figure and ease the difficulty once more.
The word “blind” in poker refers to bets with a minimum. For instance, in Texas Hold Em, the small blind typically begins at half of the big blind. The small blind for the first round of this game starts at 300. If you surpass this score during the round, you will win the “pot”.
In the game, the way cards are scored from each hand is referred to as “mult.”
How does investment work?
You receive $15 from Investment Tag when you beat the subsequent Boss Blind.
Another interesting fact about Four Fingers is that it can create Straight Flushes from combinations that wouldn’t normally result in one. The hand counts as a Straight Flush if you can form a four-card straight in which only three of the cards share a suit, and then add a fifth card that is out of sequence but still fits that suit. I guess because it has a Straight and a Flush.
When used in a “low” Straight, however, it still scores an 11 rather than a 1, as in poker.
I had no idea how simple it was to open the game. However, instead of directly cheating, this kind of makes me want to come up with a ton of clever jokes, like “-1 hand size, -1 hand, -1 discard, Negative Jokers are (2x?) more likely.”
You can alter a lot more things in that file, including the point gain per card, joker effects, and vouchers.
In the beginning I was losing all my runs, trying to “force” a build, looking for the flush, looking for best hand (full house, straights, flushes, ..) Then I switched it around and I try to build my strategy around the cards I’m dealt and finding consistent more wins, three in a row now. I won with “pair” and “two pair” hands. Used deck was green deck and then switched to abandoned deck as soon as that was unlocked. Abandoned deck is amazing for straights and two pairs. Try looking for scaling jokers like Supernova, green joker, card sharp together with a good boost in base chips (banner is my favorite). The ultimate jokers line up is where you have a strong base chip builder + mult scaler (looking at you supernova) x mult scaler ( card sharp) , you can stack up really hard. Some legendary jokers are really funky. Telescope voucher is handy for planet building on your most played hand, which gives a nice base increase on your hand value.
Oh sometimes, you don’t get dealt any good jokers, better to abandon the run after ante 4-5 if the build is going nowhere, as you won’t survive 7-8.