Balatro Steamodded Mod Installation Guide

After some tinkering, Steamodded now launches on the switch version of Balatro! Here's the guide!

Prerequisites:

• A legal switch copy of Balatro
• A modded Nintendo Switch
• A valid python install
• A computer, preferably Windows, but works on any OS

Limitations:

• Lovely is not supported on the Switch, so mods that require it will NOT work.
• Limited to mods that function on 0.9.8 version of sMOD. You may need to find an older version of a mod to use it.
• Card suit customization introduced in version 1.0.1g (Friends of Jimbo, v1.0.7) will not work.

Installation Instructions:

1. Download the SteamoddedNX repo by clicking the green Code button near the top and clicking Download ZIP, and extract it somewhere safe.
2. Dump your current update of Balatro, in NCA FS or romFS format using your favorite NX dump tool.
3. Once complete, connect your SD card to your computer, navigate to the dumped update location. Copy the Patch RomFS folder to inside your repo extraction folder. Now enter the folder and ZIP the contents of the Patch RomFS into a standard ZIP, ensuring that your ZIP contains the dumped files at the root, and are NOT nested in an additional folder inside the ZIP.
4. Copy your dumped ZIP inside the safe location of your extracted repo on your computer.
5. Drag the ZIP onto SteamoddedNX_injector.py and wait for the injector to complete. If you see Process completed successfully. Press any key to exit... then continue, if not, check your zip structure.
6. Extract the contents of the modded ZIP into the included \atmosphere\contents\0100CD801CE5E000\romfs directory.
7. This step is not needed but if you would like to see exact crash errors from your mods: while in your romfs folder, open globals.lua and jump to line 62 self.F_NO_ERROR_HAND = Now replace true with false
8. Copy your prepped atmosphere folder to your switch SD card and ensure Balatro launches and functions with the included example mods! More mods can be found below.

Where to Find Additional Mods:

Jaded's 0.9.8 Modpack
Awesome Balatro repo by jie65535
Nexus Mods Balatro page
Balatro Discord Mods thread
Discord is bad for listing mods but heres the invite link to access the thread. Remember to ask for help HERE on GBATemp and not on the discord!


How to Install a Mod:

• Find and download a sMOD 0.9.8 compatible mod (see Limitions.)
• Navigate to your Mods directory (see the installation instructions.)
• Put the mod into that directory (The mod can be a single file if there is only one file provided, or it can be a whole folder.)
• Launch the game and enjoy!

More specific information can be found on the github page created here: https://github.com/JonJaded/SteamoddedNX/ Enjoy!