Prestige

References

1. ^In Pecorella's account, production first outruns costs, multipliers keep it close, and a prohibitive wait for the next generator marks the time to prestige.Dev blogPecorella 2016
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   But eventually the costs become overwhelming, and the time you would have to wait to be able to afford the next generator gets prohibitively long.

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2. ^ abWhen A Dark Room ends, it saves each store divided by a random whole number (1–9 for goods, 1–4 for weapons, up to 100 for ammunition), and the next game hides them in a landmark, “A Destroyed Village”.Codedoublespeakgames/adarkroom
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   439								Prestige.save();
   

   44					(reduce ? this.randGen(s.type) : 1)));
   

   92			amount = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 10 * Math.ceil(Math.random() * 10));
   

   3575					Prestige.collectStores();
   

   153    // Only add the cache if there is prestige data
   154    if($SM.get('previous.stores')) {
   155      World.LANDMARKS[World.TILE.CACHE] = { num: 1, minRadius: 10, maxRadius: World.RADIUS * 1.5, scene: 'cache', label:  _('A Destroyed Village')};
   

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3. ^ abAfter accepting the offer to start over in a new universe (project 147, Accept), the player can restart in “The Universe Next Door” for 300,000 operations or “The Universe Within” for 300,000 creativity; each restart adds 10% to demand or to creativity speed, and the counts survive the reset.CodeUniversal Paperclips projects.js · Universal Paperclips main.jsrevised
   How we know

   description: "Escape into a nearby universe where Earth starts with a stronger appetite for paperclips. (Restart with 10% boost to demand) ",

   cost: function(){return creativity>=300000},

   demand = demand + ((demand/10)*prestigeU);

   var ss = creativitySpeed+(creativitySpeed*s);

   prestigeU = loadPrestige.prestigeU;

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4. ^ abIn Cookie Clicker (web 2.058), ascending sets the prestige level to $\lfloor \sqrt[3]{C/{10}^{12}}\rfloor$ for $C$ cookies baked across all ascensions, and each new level adds one heavenly chip.CodeCookie Clicker main.js v2.058
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   return Math.pow(cookies/1000000000000,1/Game.HCfactor);

   var prestige=Math.floor(Game.HowMuchPrestige(Game.cookiesReset+cookiesForfeited));

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5. ^ abIn Cookie Clicker, each prestige level adds 1% to production times a heavenly multiplier that starts at 0; five heavenly upgrades add up to 1 (0.05, 0.20, then 0.25 three times), and later lines of the routine scale it further by dragon auras and a god's slot.CodeCookie Clicker main.js v2.058revised
   How we know

   if (Game.ascensionMode!=1) mult+=parseFloat(Game.prestige)*0.01*Game.heavenlyPower*Game.GetHeavenlyMultiplier();

   if (Game.Has('Heavenly key')) heavenlyMult+=0.25;

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6. ^ abA reset with more than 70 kittens adds one paragon for each kitten past 70; past 35 kittens it also adds karma kittens on a rising scale, 1 each to 60, then 4, 8, 13, 23, and 38 each past 60, 100, 150, 300, and 750.Codenuclear-unicorn/kittensgame
   How we know

   5549			paragonPoints = (kittens - 70);
   

   5483			karmaKittens += (kittens - 60) * 3;
   

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7. ^ abFive metaphysics perks bought with paragon, the reset currency, lower every building's ratio by 0.0865 in sum: 0.01, $(1+\sqrt{5})/200$, $16/900$, 0.02, and 0.0225. With all five, the Catnip Field's 1.12 becomes 1.0335.Codenuclear-unicorn/kittensgame
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   16			"priceRatio" : -0.01
   

   102			"priceRatio" : -(1 + Math.sqrt(5)) / 200,	//Calculates the Golden Ratio
   

   116			"priceRatio" : -16 / 900,
   

   130			"priceRatio" : -0.02
   

   140			"priceRatio" : -0.0225,
   

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8. ^ abIn Antimatter Dimensions, a Big Crunch pays 1 Infinity Point before multipliers until Infinity is broken; after, it pays ${10}^{{\log }_{10}A/308-0.75}$ for this Infinity's peak antimatter $A$.CodeIvarK/AntimatterDimensionsSourceCoderevised
   How we know

   102    ? Decimal.pow10(player.records.thisInfinity.maxAM.log10() / div - 0.75)
   

   103    : new Decimal(308 / div);
   

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9. ^ abAntimatter Dimensions stacks a second reset on Infinity: Eternity unlocks once this Eternity's peak Infinity Points reach the cost of 1 Eternity Point, never less than 1.8 × 10³⁰⁸, and pays $5^{{\log }_{10}P/308-0.7}$ Eternity Points for $P$ Infinity Points.CodeIvarK/AntimatterDimensionsSourceCode
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   950    return player.records.thisEternity.maxIP.gte(Player.eternityGoal);
   

   982      : requiredIPForEP(1);
   

   158    .clampMin(Number.MAX_VALUE);
   

   139  let ep = DC.D5.pow(player.records.thisEternity.maxIP.plus(
   

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10. ^Karma is $(\sqrt{1+8k/5}-1)/2$ for $k$ karma kittens, so each point costs 5 more kittens than the last.Codenuclear-unicorn/kittensgame
    How we know

    5869		var karma = this.getUnlimitedDR(this.karmaKittens, stripe);
    

    5893		var result = (Math.sqrt(1 + (value / stripe) * 8) - 1) / 2;
    

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11. ^Outside challenges, a Big Crunch (Infinity, the first prestige reset) unlocks when this Infinity's peak antimatter reaches Decimal.NUMBER_MAX_VALUE, the cost threshold's ≈ 1.8 × 10³⁰⁸.CodeIvarK/AntimatterDimensionsSourceCode · break_infinity.js 2.0.0revised
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    945    const goal = challenge === undefined ? Decimal.NUMBER_MAX_VALUE : challenge.goal;
    

    6524    "node_modules/break_infinity.js": {
    6525      "version": "2.0.0",
    

    var NUMBER_MAX_VALUE = D(Number.MAX_VALUE);

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    Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-27: NUMBER_MAX_VALUE was read in a later break_infinity; now in the pinned 2.0.0.

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