Ascension guide
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Throughout the guide, all ascensions will include the following stats:
- Heavenly chips - how many heavenly chips are needed to purchase all recommended upgrades for this ascension
- Prestige level - the needed prestige level, until and including, this ascension
- Cookies baked all time needed - how many cookies baked all time is required to reach the needed heavenly chips and prestige level
- Total upgrades - how many prestige upgrades should have been bought, until and including, this ascension
Note that these are ascension minimums, and may be overshot with golden cookie combos. This will not result in slower progress, as long as the upgrades from two or more consecutive ascensions, or at least the most important upgrades, are bought in one ascension.
This guide assumes a somewhat active playstyle, where golden cookie effects are the primary method of gaining cookies. However, this guide acknowledges idle playstyles as well. The costs for the extra upgrades are not factored into the heavenly chip gain.
The upgrades in each ascension are listed from most to least important, with upgrades required to get an important upgrade in the Prerequisites column.
See Ascension for more info on heavenly upgrades.
See the Permanent upgrade slots guide for more info on permaslots.
Ascension 1
Heavenly chips: 365
Prestige level: 365
Cookies baked all time needed: 48.627 quintillion
Total upgrades: 9/129
| Icon | Name | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Legacy | 1 | - |
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Heavenly Cookies | 3 | Legacy |
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How to Bake Your Dragon | 9 | Legacy |
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Box of Brand Biscuits | 25 | Heavenly Cookies |
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Tin of British Tea Biscuits | 25 | Heavenly Cookies |
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Box of Macarons | 25 | Heavenly Cookies |
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Heavenly Luck[note 1] | 77 | Legacy |
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Permanent Upgrade Slot 1 | 100 | Legacy |
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Heralds | 100 | Legacy |
Ascension 2
Heavenly chips: 2185
Total Heavenly chips: 2550
Cookies baked needed: 16.581 sextillion
Total upgrades: 13/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Season Switcher | 1 111 | - |
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Golden Switch | 999 | Heavenly Luck |
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Tin of Butter Cookies | 25 | - |
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Starter Kit | 50 | Tin of Butter Cookies |
Ascension 3
Heavenly chips: 12 301
Total Heavenly chips: 14 851
Cookies baked needed: 3.275 septillion
Total upgrades: 20/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Kitten Angels | 9 000 | Dominions |
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Dominions | 2 401 | Virtues |
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Virtues | 343 | Archangels |
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Archangels | 49 | Angels |
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Angels | 7 | Twin Gates of Transcendence |
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Twin Gates of Transcendence | 1 | - |
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Persistent memory | 500 | - |
Ascension 4
Heavenly chips: 62 217
Total Heavenly chips: 77 068
Cookies baked needed: 457.744 septillion
Total upgrades: 26/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Halo Gloves | 55 555 | - |
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Lasting Fortune | 777 | - |
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Lucky Digit[note 2] | 777 | - |
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Starter Kitchen | 5 000 | - |
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Classic dairy selection (cosmetic) | 9 | - |
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Basic wallpaper assortment (cosmetic) | 99 | Classic dairy selection |
Ascension 5
Heavenly chips: 127 776
Total Heavenly chips: 204 844
Cookies baked needed: 8.595 octillion
Total upgrades: 29/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Residual Luck | 99 999 | - |
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Permanent Upgrade Slot 2 | 20 000 | - |
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Decisive Fate | 7 777 | - |
Ascension 6
Heavenly chips: 825 019
Total Heavenly chips: 1 029 863 (1.03 million) [note 3]
Cookies baked needed: 1.092 nonillion
Total upgrades: 37/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Synergies Vol 1 | 222 222 | Satan |
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Satan | 2 401 | Abaddon |
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Abaddon | 343 | Mammon |
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Mammon | 49 | Belphegor |
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Belphegor | 7 | - |
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Divine bakeries | 399 999 | Divine sales, Divine discounts |
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Divine sales | 99 999 | - |
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Divine discounts | 99 999 | - |
Ascension 7
Heavenly chips: 2 568 911 (2.569 million)
Total Heavenly chips: 3 598 774 (3.599 million)[note 4]
Cookies baked needed: 46.608 nonillion
Total upgrades: 43/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Synergies Vol 2 | 2 222 222 | Beelzebub, Seraphim |
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Beelzebub | 117 649 | Asmodeus |
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Seraphim | 117 649 | Cherubim |
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Asmodeus | 16 807 | - |
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Cherubim | 16 807 | - |
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Lucky Number | 77 777[note 5] | - |
Ascension 8
Heavenly chips: 32 900 000 (32.9 million)
Total Heavenly chips: 36 498 774 (36.499 million)[note 6]
Cookies baked needed: 48.622 decillion
Total upgrades: 48/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled cursors | 15 000 000 | Unshackled Flavor |
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Unshackled Flavor | 10 000 000 | Label Printer |
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Label printer (QoL) | 5 000 000 | Genius Accounting |
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Genius Accounting (QoL) | 2 000 000 | Inspired Checklist |
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Inspired Checklist (QoL) | 900 000 | - |
Ascension 9
Heavenly chips: 210 266 660 (210.267 million)
Total Heavenly chips: 246 765 434 (246.765 million)
Cookies baked needed: 15.026 undecillion
Total upgrades: 66/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Starlove | 111 111 | - |
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Starsnow | 111 111 | - |
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Starspawn | 111 111 | - |
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Startrade | 111 111 | - |
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Starterror | 111 111 | - |
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Wrinkly Cookies | 6 666 666 | Elder Spice, Sacrilegious Corruption |
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Elder Spice | 444 444 | Unholy bait |
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Sacrilegious Corruption | 444 444 | Unholy bait |
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Unholy bait | 44 444 | - |
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Permanent Upgrade Slot 3 | 3 000 000 | - |
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Five Finger Discount | 555 555 | - |
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Golden Cookie Alert Sound (QoL) | 999 999 | - |
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Wrapping Paper | 999 999 | - |
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Distilled Essence of Redoubled Luck | 7 777 777 | - |
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Lucky Payout [note 7] | 77 777 777 | - |
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Stevia Caelestis | 100 000 000 | - |
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Fanciful Dairy Selection (cosmetic) | 1 000 000 | - |
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Distinguished Wallpaper Assortment (cosmetic) | 10 000 000 | - |
Ascension 10
Heavenly chips: 1 600 000 000 (1.6 billion)
Total Heavenly chips: 1 846 765 434 (1.847 billion)[note 8]
Cookies baked needed: 6.298 duodecillion
Total upgrades: 69/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Sugar Crystal Cookies | 1 000 000 000 | Sugar Baking |
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Sugar Baking | 200 000 000 | - |
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Permanent Upgrade Slot 4 | 400 000 000 | - |
Ascension 11
Heavenly chips: 6 838 860 718 (6.839 billion)
Total Heavenly chips: 8 685 626 152 (8.686 billion)
Cookies baked needed: 655.245 duodecillion
Total upgrades: 80/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Grandmas | 1 920 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Berrylium | 1 810 193 360 | - |
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Sugar Aging Process | 600 000 000 | Sugar Craving |
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Sugar Craving | 400 000 000 | Diabetica Daemonicus |
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Diabetica Daemonicus | 300 000 000 | Lucifer |
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Aura Gloves | 555 555 555 | - |
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Keepsakes | 1 111 111 111 | - |
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Eye of the Wrinkler (QoL) | 99 999 999 | - |
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Chimera | 40 353 607 | Lucifer, God |
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Lucifer | 823 543 | - |
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God | 823 543 | - |
Ascension 12
Heavenly chips: 34 999 999 984 (35 billion)
Total Heavenly chips: 43 685 626 136 (43.686 billion)
Cookies baked needed: 83.371 tredecillion
Total upgrades: 85/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Cat Ladies | 9 000 000 000 | - |
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Kitten Wages | 9 000 000 000 | - |
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Reinforced Membrane | 14 999 999 985 | Shimmering Veil |
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Shimmering Veil | 999 999 999 | - |
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Sucralosia Inutilis[note 9] | 1 000 000 000 | - |
Ascension 13
Heavenly chips: 227 777 777 776 (227.778 billion)
Total Heavenly chips: 271 463 403 912 (271.463 billion)
Cookies baked needed: 20.005 quattuordecillion
Total upgrades: 88/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Fortune Cookies | 77 777 777 777 | - |
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Permanent Upgrade Slot 5 | 50 000 000 000 | - |
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Pet the dragon | 99 999 999 999 | - |
Ascension 14
Heavenly chips: 1 379 559 951 147 (1.38 trillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 1 651 023 355 059 (1.651 trillion)
Cookies baked needed: 4.5 quindecillion
Total upgrades: 94/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Box of Pastries | 333 000 000 000 | - |
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Box of Maybe Cookies | 333 000 000 000 | - |
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Box of Not Cookies | 333 000 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Chalcedhoney | 327 680 000 000 | Unshackled Blueberrylium |
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Unshackled Blueberrylium | 37 879 951 162 | - |
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Cosmic Beginner's Luck | 14 999 999 985 | - |
Ascension 15
Heavenly chips: 9 809 487 269 319 (9.809 trillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 11 460 510 624 378 (11.461 trillion)
Cookies baked needed: 1.505 sexdecillion
Total upgrades: 100/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Sugarmuck | 6 857 003 606 358 | Unshackled Buttergold |
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Unshackled Buttergold | 1 746 928 107 422 | - |
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Luminous Gloves | 55 555 555 555 | - |
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Milkhelp® Lactose Intolerance Relief Tablets | 900 000 000 000 | - |
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Delicate Touch | 149 999 999 985 | - |
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Sound Test (cosmetic) | 99 999 999 999 | - |
Endless Cycle Note
This is the convenient time to do Endless Cycle (shadow achievement for ascending 1000 times whilst gaining at least 1 prestige each time). This window lasts until ~1 quadrillion prestige, with ~70 trillion prestige being optimal. For a guide on optimizing the grind, see Shadow Achievement Strategies. From here on, all ascends will be written as normal ascend/ascends if doing Endless Cycle (it's possible to stop ascending a bit earlier to get Endless Cycle on the way to Trevigintillion or more).
Ascension 16/993
Heavenly chips: 39 791 524 719 681 (39.792 trillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 51 252 035 344 059 (51.252 trillion)
Cookies baked needed: 134.627 sexdecillion
Total upgrades: 106/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Jetmint [note 10] | 21 788 899 719 681 | - |
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Unshackled Farms | 32 805 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Mines | 245 760 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Factories | 1 171 875 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Banks | 4 199 040 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Temples | 12 353 145 000 000 | - |
Ascension 17/994
Heavenly chips: 202 805 486 015 158 (202.805 trillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 254 057 521 359 217 (254.058 trillion)
Cookies baked needed: 16.398 septdecillion
Total upgrades: 108/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Hazelrald | 143 489 070 000 000 | Unshackled Cherrysilver |
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Unshackled Cherrysilver | 59 316 416 015 158 | - |
Ascension 18/995
Heavenly chips: 977 594 110 341 772 (977.594 trillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 1 231 651 631 700 989 (1.232 quadrillion)
Cookies baked needed: 1.868 octodecillion
Total upgrades: 111/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Mooncandy | 316 277 766 016 838 | - |
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Unshackled Astrofudge | 646 316 344 324 949 | Unshackled Mooncandy |
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Steadfast Murmur | 14 999 999 999 985 | - |
Ascension 19/996
Heavenly chips: 3.5 036 801 946 893 E+15 (3.504 quadrillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 4.73 533 182 639 029 E+15 (4.735 quadrillion)
Cookies baked needed: 106.182 octodecillion
Total upgrades: 113/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Alabascream | 1 241 250 239 661 059 | - |
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Unshackled Iridyum | 2 262 429 955 028 239 | Unshackled Alabascream |
Ascension 20/997
Heavenly chips: 1.41 390 514 390 732 E+16 (14.139 quadrillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 1.88 743 832 654 635 E+16 (18.874 quadrillion)[note 11]
Cookies baked needed: 6.724 novemdecillion
Total upgrades: 123/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Glucosmium | 3 944 212 159 073 245 | - |
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Unshackled Wizard Towers | 31 457 280 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Shipments | 71 744 535 000 000 | Unshackled Wizard Towers |
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Unshackled Alchemy Labs | 150 000 000 000 000 | Unshackled Shipments |
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Unshackled Portals | 292 307 565 000 000 | Unshackled Alchemy Labs |
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Unshackled Time Machines | 537 477 120 000 000 | Unshackled Portals |
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Unshackled Antimatter Condensers | 941 227 755 000 000 | Unshackled Time Machines |
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Unshackled Prisms | 1 581 202 560 000 000 | Unshackled Antimatter Condensers |
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Unshackled Chancemakers | 2 562 890 625 000 000 | Unshackled Prisms |
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Unshackled Fractal Engines | 4 026 531 840 000 000 | Unshackled Chancemakers |
Ascension 21/998
Heavenly chips: 1.27 724 352 341 841 E+16 (12.772 quadrillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 3.16 468 184 996 476 E+16 (31.647 quadrillion)
Cookies baked needed: 31.695 novemdecillion
Total upgrades: 125/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Glimmeringue | 6 617 355 139 184 079 | - |
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Unshackled Javascript Consoles | 6 155 080 095 000 001 | - |
Ascension 22/999
Heavenly chips: 2.2 591 376 565 E+16 (22.591 quadrillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 5.42 381 950 646 476 E+16 (54.238 quadrillion)
Cookies baked needed: 159.557 novemdecillion
Total upgrades: 127/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled Idleverses | 9 183 300 480 000 000 | - |
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Unshackled Cortex Bakers | 13 408 076 085 000 000 | Unshackled Idleverses |
Ascension 23/1000
Heavenly chips: 2.07 E+16 (20.7 quadrillion)
Total Heavenly chips: 7.49 381 950 646 476 E+16 (74.938 quadrillion)
Cookies baked needed: 420.833 novemdecillion
Total upgrades: 129/129
| Icon | Upgrade | Cost | New Prerequisites |
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Unshackled You | 19 200 000 000 000 000 | - |
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Glittering Edge | 1 499 999 999 999 985 | - |
Past here, aim to at least double your prestige per combo/ascend if you still wish to bother playing, there's still more 'cookies baked in one ascension' achievements to do.
Notes
- ↑ May be skipped for idle playstyles, as golden cookies require active attention.
- ↑ Your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 1 7 for Lucky Digit to appear.
- ↑ Purchase Unholy bait (44 444) here too if idle playstyle.
- ↑ Purchase Elder spice (444 444) here too if idle playstyle.
- ↑ Your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 2 7s for Lucky Numbers to appear.
- ↑ Purchase Sacrilegious Corruption (444 444) here too if idle playstyle.
- ↑ Your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 4 7s for Lucky Payout to appear.
- ↑ Purchase Aura Gloves (555 555 555) here too if your cursor level is any more than 0.
- ↑ Sucralosia Inutilis decreases the chance of all special sugar lumps except for bifurcated permanently, so you might not want to buy if you care about the achievements and don’t have it yet or want more Caramelized sugar lumps.
- ↑ Tiers are unshackled first because Elder Battalion (Grandma dragon aura) gets substantially stronger around this time, and tiers are the main contributor; note that Godzamok makes Elder Battalion very hard to use as they anti-synergizes. If you are not planning on using Elder Battalion, you can unshackle buildings, it’s just that unshackling buildings before Fractal Engines is not gonna do much at all.
- ↑ If playing completely idle, purchase Glittering Edge (1 499 999 999 999 985) here too; otherwise, you might not want to purchase it at all as the absence of the upgrade can have positive implications in advanced strategies. See Grimoire for more information.