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A game in progress by orteil where you try to obtain as many cookies as possible

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How long do Wrinklers need to suck before popping?

I'm currently at 5 Halloween cookies, and 552 Wrinklers popped. On a different machine, I am seeing similar poor performance. According to the below chart, the odds of having this happen are ...
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What are the grandmas plotting? [duplicate]

In Cookie Clicker, there is an upgrade called "One Mind". Besides giving the usual bonus to something (in this case grandmas), it comes with a red warning: "Note: The grandmothers are growing ...
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Will my Cookie Clicker save last beyond a reboot?

I have been loathe to reboot my machine for risk my Cookie Clicker game would lose all its hard-won progress. Am I being silly, here?
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What are cookie clicker's secret achievements?

Some achievements in cookie clicker show up only with "???" description and sometimes also as name. What are their names and requirements?
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Raptr Cookie Clicker hours?

Raptr is tracking playtime for Cookie Clicker. How does that work? Is it only tracking manually tracked gametime or does the desktop app automagically detect that it is running? I see people who ...
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How much can I get for selling my grandma?

Once you've played this game for a while, the cookies start rolling in so fast that it's hard to tell how many cookies you get back from selling things. How many cookies are actually returned to you ...
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How does the prestige system work when soft resetting

I don't understand what are the pros and cons of soft resetting, can anyone explain me what I keep and what I lose?
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Where do the red (unlucky) cookies come from?

At some point these red cookies started showing up, and their effect on clicking is pretty unlucky, namely I loose billions of cookies or cookie production is halved. What caused them to appear and do ...
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How do Golden Cookies work?

Periodically, Golden Cookies may appear, and when clicked, confer various bonuses (flat +cookies, or additional multiplier of cookie production for 77 seconds). I've noticed other people have many ...
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Is there any point in buying over 100 of something except Cursors, Grandmas and Time Machines?

Cursors and gradmas seem to have a lot of upgrades and achievements associated with them, and time machines seem to be the main cookie-makers. But is there any reason to get more than a 100 Farms, ...
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Should I take "One Mind" if I want to continue to play?

There's a strong warning associated with the "One Mind" upgrade that says that "it's all downhill from here". As I'm still interested in playing, should I take this upgrade or wait? Will appreciate ...
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Is there a maximum number of Grandmas you can have or any other item?

You can buy different sources to produce your cookies. But is there any actual maximum in grandmas or factories you can have?
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What causes the milk percentage to rise?

In cookie clicker, what causes the milk percentage to rise? I had a hundred percent, but now I have 106% and I have no idea where it came from. Now I also got the milk turned into raspberry juice and ...
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Can I prevent flashing?

I notice that once I'm above 1,000,000 cookies or so, I get the flashing background. However this only happens when I click the cookie. If I don't click the cookie will it never happen? How does this ...
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What governs how fast grandmas make cookies?

They were making 10 each time, now it's 14. What governs the rate?
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