v0.5.16a

Remarks

I have been hard at work fixing lots of the remaining bugs and issues in the cryptid codebase, alongside adding some general polish to places where I felt it was needed. Wether there's going to be another release or not will probably depend on if I feel the need to make any more changes and if there are significant enough changes to warrant another release. and stay jolly or something, i think thats what they say. i havent really written a proper release before so im kind of just winging it to be honest

Non-Pull Request fixes

• ://DELETE will no longer crash when deleting a card from the shop joker area if ://DELETE is negative or Joker Slots are full.
• Refactored Quantum Computing to automatically apply to all Code cards; No longer needs to be handed manually in set_ability
• Code cards that start with multiuse now handle this with config rather than set_ability.
• Refactored Oil Lamp and Gemini's compatibility message code.
• ://ASSEMBLE now uses SMODS.upgrade_poker_hands, giving it a proper animation.
• Easier Antimatter Deck cross-mod compatibility with cry_antimatter_apply, cry_antimatter_calculate, cry_antimatter_vouchers and cry_antimatter_consumables in an SMODS.Back definition.
• Fixed Exploit being infinitely reusable.
• Overhauled Multiuse consumable code.
• Enhancement, Seal and Edition deck now apply their selected effect when applied via Antimatter Deck.
• Enhancement, Seal, Edition and Suit decks now use the selected property's colour in the description if it has one.
• Suit deck banning blinds that debuff the selected suit is no longer hardcoded to vanilla blinds.
• All scaling jokers have been updated to use SMODS.scale_card.
• All jokers have been updated to not use legacy return values.
• Membership Card's member count will no longer update every 5 seconds during runtime; instead it is gotten once at launch and can be updated during runtime via a button in the mod config.
• Remove Double Sided edition. It had a good run, but this decision unfortunately had to be made due to the immense amount of buggy behaviour caused by it. All code the edition and associated jokers used is still present in some way, but is either commented out or will not be loaded
• Fragile edition now forces the affected card to do a shattering animation when destroyed, like glass cards
• Replace all find_joker checks with SMODS.find_card checks
• Update Glass Stake, Jade Stake, Horizon Stake and Sapphire Stake code
• Update Glass Stake and Jade Stake descriptions to include the odds of shattering/flipping
• All gradients have been converted to SMODS.Gradient
• Cards that have been banished in the current run will now have a debuff overlay and a tooltip when hovered in the collection
• Probably some other stuff that I forgot about

Pull Requests pulled since last release

• Update ru.lua by @Ubivetz in #837
• Fix empty hand instantiate crash by @paulkent-coder in #838
• Fixed crash when playing non-scoring cards against The Scorch by @paulkent-coder in #839
• Fixed typo in White Hole code preventing levels from being reset by @paulkent-coder in #840
• Finished ru.lua by @Ubivetz in #842
• fix: prevent nil-indexing crash in LeBaron James enhancement calculation by @spadesmaster in #841
• Fix crash when force-triggering Castle, Runner, or Ice Cream by @paulkent-coder in #843
• Fix crash when force triggering Class by @paulkent-coder in #844
• Fix crash when playing a declare hand against Nostalgic Serpent by @paulkent-coder in #845
• Fix alt tab none crash, issues with Kitty Printer interaction by @paulkent-coder in #846
• Fixed Double Down affecting jokers too many times by @paulkent-coder in #847
• Fixed TC&UAoETMBS by @paulkent-coder in #848
• Fixed Declare hand "considered to contain" properties by @paulkent-coder in #849
• Fixed Sol's Observatory effect by @paulkent-coder in #852
• Clarify config.lua by @pawPatoes in #853
• Update Simplified Chinese Localization by @MarbleGateKeeper in #851
• Fixed Copy/Paste giving extra multiuse by @paulkent-coder in #854
• Fixed double-sided hybrid crash + visual issue with blank face of double-sided playing cards by @paulkent-coder in #855
• Replace outdated auto-pluralization patches by @borb43 in #861
• Fixed Oil Lamp blueprint compatibility label by @paulkent-coder in #862
• Fix crash when non .lua files are in the subdirectories (and more) by @pawPatoes in #857
• Refactored modifications to G.jokers.config.card_limit for a bunch of jokers by @paulkent-coder in #867
• Fix quantify add to deck by @paulkent-coder in #866
• Fixed White Hole setting most played hand to LV2 by @paulkent-coder in #863
• Add case for mod button doesn't exist by @pawPatoes in #872
• Fixed blueprint compat label for Compound Interest and Tax Fraud by @paulkent-coder in #871
• Fixed Candy Sticks behavior when spawned mid boss by @paulkent-coder in #870
• Fix monster exploit by @Nanuzer0 in #869
• Fixed crash when Mr. Bones saves you from Lavender Loop by @paulkent-coder in #875
• Fix Broken Sync Catalyst setting values to 0 by @paulkent-coder in #876
• Fixed infinite loop when banana voucher unredeem probability is 100% by @paulkent-coder in #877
• Fixed Burnt Joker retriggers when upgrading None hand by @paulkent-coder in #874

New Contributors

• @Ubivetz made their first contribution in #837
• @paulkent-coder made their first contribution in #838
• @spadesmaster made their first contribution in #841
• @pawPatoes made their first contribution in #853
• @MarbleGateKeeper made their first contribution in #851
• @borb43 made their first contribution in #861

Full Changelog: v0.5.15...v0.5.16

v0.5.15

Remarks

Well, as you may have heard here this will likely be the last Cryptid release for a good while until v2.0 is ready for the public eye. I would like everyone to know that the development is going very smoothly so far and that I hope to have more things to show off soon. I thank all of you for your continued support of this mod in any form and I am very happy with how things have and will continue to turn out. and btw Cryptid is 2 years old now 🥳

What's Changed

• Ctrl+V clipboard paste support by @mleaf233 in #822
• Pass i when calculating quantified boosters by @wingedcatgirl in #831
• cryptlib parity + fix broken sync catalyst by @InvalidOS in #832
• fixed white hole not properly removing levels by @jjasome11 in #834
• make deck of equilibrium unlock requirement actually 100 jokers by @jjasome11 in #833

New Contributors

• @jjasome11 made their first contribution in #834

Full Changelog: v0.5.14a...v0.5.15a

v0.5.14

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Download Talisman 2.7

V0.5.14a (Jan 11 2026)

• Fixed Red Bloon crashing at end of round

Changes

• Updated sprites
• Updated some localization
• Rigged Effect Guarantee all listed probabilities on this card > Double all listed probabilities on this card
• Reverted UI for The Tax and The Chromatic
• Redeeming a Voucher card with POINTER:// no longer shows visual animations
• Vouchers redeemed or unredeemed from a forcetriggered Trade no longer shows visual animations
• Added 2 new Jokers

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues related to newer versions of Steamodded (ex 'colour' crash)
• Fixed Broken Sync Catalyst crashing in certain situations
• Fixed //CTRL+V crashing in certain situations
• Fixed ascension power crashing at high values
• Fixed Spooky Deck not spawning Jokers
• Fixed Critical Deck visual error
• Fixed Telescope Not correctly spawning a planet for most played hand
• Fixed Nostalgic Mark crashing when a hand is selected
• Fixed Glass Stake not correctly working
• Fixed Sapphire Stake not correctly working
• Fixed Azure Stake not correctly working
• Fixed some crashes with bignum values
• Fixed Code cards with multiuse using up a use when taken from a booster pack
• Fixed Quantum Computing not working correctly with some code cards
• Fixed Monster not correctly setting XMult when a previous Monster activated its effect
• Fixed Key Change crashing when a hand is played

v0.5.13

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Download Talisman 2.6

Changes

• Completely Custom Antimatter Deck! Open items/decks.lua in the Cryptid folder and go to the bottom of the file for more information.
• Added 5 new Jokers
• Added 1 new Planet
• Universe (Planet Card): Observatory effect x1.5 Mult > ^1.5 Mult
• Removed Obsidian Orb compatibility for The Joke (Will be reimplemented later)
• The Chromatic is now fully functional again and now compatible with Obsidian Orb
  • The Chromatic is incompatible with The Needle and The Tax for obsidian Orb
• Hooked Cards now lose Hooked at end of round on Mainline Gameset
• Sol is now affected by Talisman(Mod) animation skip
• SUS now adds copied cards to the deck instead of the hand
• Pity Prize no longer creates Gambler Tags
• Removed ability to use code cards created from a Program Pack while in said program pack

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Epic Jokers not appearing in shops
• Fixed erroneous RNG with Lock
• Fixed an inconsistency with Glitched Edition Boosters or Boosters on Misprint Deck
• Fixed Monkey Dagger, Unjust Dagger, and Pirate Dagger destroying cards they aren't supposed to when forcetriggered
• Fixed Monkey Dagger, Unjust Dagger, and Pirate Dagger not giving Chips/Mult when forcetriggered if there was no valid target
• Fixed Lebaron James not correctly resetting at end of round
• Fixed visual misalignment with Clone Tag and Lens Tag
• Fixed Madness Gameset not auto unlocking None
• Fixed Satellite Uplink not working correctly
• Fixed Animation issues with Source and Typhoon
• Fixed Trick Or Treat spawning Cursed Jokers too frequently
• Fixed an interaction with Double Scale and Glitched Edition cards
• Fixed Incorrect interaction with Golden Edition and some probability contexts
• Fixed The Shackle incorrectly being able to spawn if there were negative consumables, but no negative jokers
• Fixed Program Pack soundtrack playing if Satellite Uplink was redeemed
• Fixed Runs not saving correctly after the effect of Effarcire was triggered in certain situations
• Fixed Zooble scaling incorrectly
• Fixed Dropshot scaling incorrectly
• Fixed Fidget Spinner scaling incorrectly
• Fixed Monkey Dagger, Unjust Dagger, and Pirate Dagger scaling incorrectly
• Fixed crash when Monkey Dagger was triggered
• Fixed crash with playing cards in joker slots (Via ://QUANTIFY)
• Fixed crash when Yorick was Forcetriggered
• Fixed crash when Wee Joker was Forcetriggered
• Fixed crash when Bonus Joker was Forcetriggered in certain situations
• Fixed crash when playing against Cerulean Bell with no playing cards
• Fixed crash with Energia

v0.5.12a

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Important note: if you downloaded the release of Steamodded right when it came out, you may need to redownload it as it has been updated since it was initially released with some bug fixes. You will also want to download Talisman 2.5 if you haven't already as there are fixes there as well

Changes

• Updated ui for The Tax

Bug Fixes

• Fixed The Joke not increasing ante when it was supposed to
• Fixed The Tax not affecting score of played hand
• Fixed ://OFFBYONE not correctly increasing pack choices and pack size
• Fixed Booster Tag not correctly increasing pack choices and pack size
• Fixed Clicked Cookie increasing it's chip value
• Fixed Green Joker not losing Mult on discards

v0.5.12

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Full Changelog: v0.5.11...v0.5.12

What's Changed

• Added Korean Localization (May be incomplete or unfinished)
• Reimplemented Yarn Ball (Joker) (@real-niacat)
• Removed Foil, Holographic, and Polychrome Infoqueues from Wheel of Hope without any of those editions
• Removed "Suit", "Rank", and "Face" conditions from playing card added context for RNJoker
• Universum no longer reduces Chips and Mult below starting values when hands are leveled down (Via The Arm or other means)
• Made Translucent Joker Blueprint-compatible
• Planet.lua: Observatory effect 1 in 5 chance for X1.5 Mult > Variable XMult
• Sol:
  • Description Changed
  • Observatory Effect: X1.5 Mult on Ascended hands > Held Sold increase ascension power
• Added Infoqueues for the observatory effects of Planet.lua, Neutron Star, and Sol (These always had observatory effects, they were just not visible)
• Added Infoqueue for the Ascended hand information (for ://EXPLOIT and Sol)
• Improved Visual consistency of Code Cards (@HastagGuigui)
• Update scaling detection and functionality to new SMODS APIs
• Fix broken Steamodded link in README (@soundasleep)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Membership Card and Old Membership Card having broken links
• Fixed Coupon Tag not making Big Cube free
• Fixed cards having an incorrect sell value in certain situations
• Fixed Clone Tag not correctly setting costs of shop cards when obtained in the shop
• Fixed Noisy description not being correctly localized
• Fixed Encoded deck not unlocking when POINTER:// is used (@HastagGuigui)
• Fixed RNJoker not scaling the correct amount when playing cards are added
• Fixed Tredecim displaying an incorrect message when copied by Blueprint (@InvalidOS)

New Contributors

• @soundasleep made their first contribution in #780

v0.5.11

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release

Changes

• Removed conflict with Saturn
• Changed Shader for Glitched
• Added a shader for Double Sided
• The Landlord:
  • Minimum ante 1 > 4
  • Rental apply changed to before cards are scored
  • Made compatible with Obsidian Orb
• Minor change to how Critical Deck calculates crit rate
• Azure Seal and Blue Seal will now create Voxel when applicable
• Made M Chain Blueprint-compatible
• Updated sprites for several cards
• Unlock All button now also unlocks None if it isn't already unlocked (Retroactive)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Pity Prize not creating Cat Tags when Kitty Printer is active
• Fixed The Greed setting blind score to a negative value
• Fixed The Landlord not correctly setting sell value of affected jokers
• Fixed The Landlord not setting Rental when it should in some cases
• Fixed The Landlord activating when disabled
• Fixed softlock with None (again...)
• Fixed ://VARIABLE not working when The Goad's effects was active
• Fixed Pizza and Pizza Slice being eternal compatible
• Fixed crash with Clockwork Joker when playing None
• Fixed Starfruit reroll message not being correctly localized
• Fixed Blueprint being able to copy Kaleidoscope
• Fixed Broken Home not correctly saying that it was Blueprint-compatible
• Fixed Pizza and Pizza Slice not correctly saying that they were Blueprint-compatible
• Fixed Planet.lua Observatory effect having the same rng key as Neutron Star
• Fixed Clone Tag not correctly applying add_to_deck effects (Negative edition, Juggler, Drunkard, etc)
• Fixed Jolly (Edition) not giving mult
• Fixed Crash when using ://LOG on Deck of Equilibrium
• Fixed ://LOG not showing the correct Boss Blind in certain situations
• Fixed ://CLASS, ://EXPLOIT, and ://VARIABLE with multiuse being able to be used unlimited times
• Fixed Various issues with code card ui
• Fixed Issues when ://QUANTIFY is used on Booster Packs
• Fixed some shaders causing crashes on certain platforms
• Fixed Paved Joker crash when trying to make a Royal Flush

v0.5.10

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Latest Steamodded (may not work or have issues)
Latest Talisman
Latest Cryptid

Changes

• Added 7 new Jokers
• Added 3 new Boss Blinds
• Added 3 new Tags
• Added 3 new Code Cards
• Added 1 New Planet
• "Added" Antimatter Sleeve (made much more functional) and added sprites for more sleeves with placeholders
  • (Cardsleeves mod required)
• Made most consumables not yet forcetriggerable compatible with forcetriggering
• Change none unlock via deck out to no longer game over
• Changed shader for Astral
• Made CCD card ranks and suits more visible
• Updated sprites for several cards
• Updated Localization for following languages
  • German
  • Russian
  • French
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Chinese (Simplified)
• Updated UI for several code cards
• CCD Deck no longer creates hidden consumables

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Sapphire Stamp not increasing play and discard limits
• Fixed Beige deck affecting card descriptions it is not supposed to affect
• Fixed Conduit applying Double-sided to cards that are not supposed to have double sided
• Fixed Double-sided Green Seal playing cards crashing in booster packs in certain situations
• Fixed Delayed Gratification and Mondrian activating their effects when discards are used with Labyrinth
• Fixed Softlock when reaching 0 handsize with no cards held in hand while having cards in deck when None is unlocked

v0.5.9

Download recommended version of Steamodded for this release
Latest Steamodded (may not work or have issues)
Latest Talisman (remember to remove -main from the folder name)
Latest Cryptid

Changes

• Added 1 new Joker
• Updated German Localization
• Updated French Localization
• Changed sprite for Primus
• Added sprites for Nostalgic Sleeve and Bountiful Sleeve (Cardsleeves mod required)
• Reroll Exchange no longer increases reroll cost to $2 if it is less than $2
• Candy Buttons no longer increases reroll cost to $1 if it is less than $1
• Made SUS Blueprint-compatible and Retrigger-joker compatible
• Meld:
  • Set: Tarot > Spectral
  • Updated Sprite

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Chambered causing a crash with certain mods
• Fixed Canvas sometimes causing issues in certain situations
• Fixed Crash when flipping Double Sided cards in certain situations
• Fixed Candy Basket not correctly displaying the maximum amount of joker cards it can create
• Fixed Cryptid Planets causing crashes when hovered in certain situations
• Fixed Supernova crashing when forcetriggered in certain situations
• Fixed Seal Deck not unlocking when using Typhoon
• Fixed Antimatter Deck incorrectly unlocking when a run was won on Blank Deck at any stake while having a deck won on gold stake (or vise versa)
• Fixed Blacklist crashing when obtained
• Fixed SUS crashing when activated
• Fixed SUS activating destroyed card effects (eg Canio) mutliple times when retriggered or copied by blueprint
• Fixed Glass Joker not gaining Xmult from Glass Cards destroyed by SUS
• Fixed Brittle Candy crashing if played hand was None
• Fixed Candy buttons not reducing the reroll cost when obtained in the shop without additional candy button copies
• Fixed Joker values sometimes being set to 0 in certain situations
• Fixed Glitched consumables permanently affecting value until game is reloaded

v0.5.8

Latest Steamodded
Latest Talisman (remember to remove -main from the folder name)
Latest Cryptid

Changes

• Added some additional ways to unlock None
• Added some more Pointer aliases
• Added back Double-Sided and related cards
• ://ASSEMBLE can now affect None if it is unlocked
• Nostalgic Candy is now Blueprint-compatible
• Loopy no longer requires a Jolly Joker for it to appear naturally in runs
• Vermillion Virus No longer replaces Eternal jokers
• Many Have Lost Their Minds Comprehending This Joker:
  • New effect: +8.07e67 Chips if played hand contains The Entire Deck

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a Softlock caused by unlocking None and then disabling Poker hands
• Fixed Tarot Acclimator not making Tarot cards free
• Fixed Planet Acclimator not making Planet cards free
• Fixed Burnt Joker crashing when discarding None on newer versions of Steamodded
• Fixed The Complete and Utter Annihilation of Everything That Makes Balatro Sacred having an incorrect description when locked
• Fixed Midas Mask causing crashes when forcetriggered in certain situations
• Fixed Seal The Deal Crashing if played hand was None
• Fixed Family Friendly Mode not replacing ://CRASH messages that weren't family friendly
• Localization Fixes