The Poker Cards in Hard West 2 aren’t just for show, impressive looking they may be. They offer base stat increases for one type of stat and if you can form a hand with them, they can unlock a character’s true potential.
In this guide, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the Poker Cards – what they do – but more importantly, where to get them.
What do Poker cards do in Hard West 2?
Poker cards increase the value of the game’s 4 critical stats – Luck, Speed, Health, and Bullseye Chance. Characters with more than 100 Luck are able to make near-impossible shots. Health is the character’s overall health pool. Characters with a lot of Speed can cover more tiles using 1 AP compared to a character that has less Speed. Bullseye Chance increases the likelihood of making a critical shot. (Represented by the yellow bar when aiming at an enemy.) There’s a separate value called a Bullseye Multiplier which can be increased through a combination of traits and trinkets.
The 9 card offers the lowest value while Aces offer the best.
- Diamonds – Luck
- Clubs – Speed
- Hearts – Health
- Spades – Bullseye Chance
Poker Card Hands
- Five of a Kind – All 4 cards of the same value from different suits plus the Joker card.
- Royal Flush – A ten, Jack, Queen, King, and an Ace.
- Straight Flush – A nine, ten, Jack, Queen, and King.
- Four of a Kind – All 4 cards of the same value from different suits.
- Full House – Three cards of the same value from different suits plus a Pair.
- Flush – A Jack, Ace, nine, Queen, and ten all from the same suit.
- Straight – A nine, ten, Jack, Queen, and King from different suits.
- Three of a Kind – Three kinds of the same value from different suits.
- Two Pair – Two sets of pairs of different cards.
- Pair – A pair of cards of the same value.
While it is possible to collect all the main cards in one playthrough. 9 cards are often side missions that can easily be dismissed because of the card’s low value. They are best seen as placeholders until you are able to make better card hands.
List of Poker Card Locations in Hard West 2
- Nine of Spades, King of Diamonds, Queen of Clubs – Red cross South of Old Man Bill’s farm.
- Jack of Clubs, Nine of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts – Collapsed tunnel, North of Boomtown, Need Pickaxe or dynamite to get
- Jack of Diamonds – Acquired after completing the “Blasting Out” mission.
- Ten of Hearts – Acquired after completing the “The Ritual” mission.
- Nine of Clubs – Acquired after completing the “Flynn’s Vision” mission and collecting all of Fynn’s diary pages.
- Queen of Spades – Acquired after completing the “Flynn’s Vision” mission.
- Queen of Diamonds – Acquired after completing the “The O’Kare Farm” mission.
- Ten of Spades – Acquired after completing the “Last Train to Utah” mission.
- Ace of Clubs – Acquired after completing the “Served Cold” mission.
- King of Hearts – Acquired after completing the “Riftwalkers” mission.
- Jack of Spades – Acquired after completing the “The Grand Bank Robbery” mission.
- Nine of Hearts – Acquired after completing the “3:10 To Heaven” mission and taking over the train within the first round.
- Ten of Diamonds – Acquired after completing the “3:10 To Heaven” mission.
- King of Spades – Acquired after completing the “A Plague Upon This Land” mission.
- Queen of Hearts – Acquired after completing the “Wanted: Lady Shrike” mission.
- Ace of Hearts – Acquired after completing the “Bridge to Nowhere” mission.
- Ace of Diamonds – Acquired after completing the “The Town That Time Forgot” mission.
- King of Clubs – Acquired after completing the “The Great Train Heist” mission.
- Ace of Spades – Acquired after completing the “Shootout at San Argent” mission.
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