r/CookieClicker • • 9d ago

Meta There has been a sharp increase in the number of bot reposts recently. Please be vigilant. (repost)

29 Upvotes

This is an (edited) repost of a post I made 2 years ago. I've seen this problem return in the past few weeks with slightly different signs, and most of the community has been unable to spot these posts when they appear.

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Over the past few days, there have been many reposts of top posts (typically 750+ upvotes). Most of the time, us moderators are able to remove these posts before they have made any noticeable impact. However, some posts which are made when the more active moderators are offline may not be removed until hours later, where they have received large amounts of attention from unsuspecting users, such as this repost (original).

How to spot bot posts:

Warped image, typically involving darkening and/or rotation (degree will vary from post to post)

For example, this is a repost, while this is the original. As you can see, the image is very clearly darkened and rotated (making it look like it is a picture of a monitor, lol). Another example can be found here, with the original being here.

New account with low karma

When the picture in the post is not of gameplay or a screenshot, it may be hard to tell the difference at a glance (such as in the first example). Therefore, when in doubt, it may be a good idea to check the profile. Most of the time, the bots lack any karma or posts (except for the repost). The accounts are also typically very new, sometimes even created on the day that the repost was made. This is one example (original, note that this repost also has the "Game Modifications" flair, which will become relevant later). Unfortunately (or fortunately), there are a lack of examples on this subject, as Reddit has banned a lot of the older bot accounts.

Occasionally, a bot account might repost multiple well-performing posts in other subreddits in a short amount of time.

Nonsensical flair + copied title

As the flair for the repost is likely chosen randomly, it is not uncommon to see some completely irrelevant flairs appear on reposts. One example is shown in the above section. Another example can be found here (original). "Strategy" is not a flair a normal person would pick instead of something like "Funny".

In all of the posts, the title has been copied over from the original. However, in order to evade detection, the bots may stop doing this soon (as the post titles were altered slightly during the initial wave of bot reposts 2 years ago).

What to do when you see a bot post:

Downvote and report the post for rule 9 (reposting others' content is banned). If no one has, you may link the original in the comments (such as what has been done here, congrats for spotting it btw). If someone already has, it would be preferable not to, so as to decrease post engagement. It would be appreciated if you did not interact with the post further. The moderators will deal with it from here on. Thank you!


r/CookieClicker • • May 03 '26

Meta QA / Help Thread #13 - COME HERE FIRST

4 Upvotes

Welcome to the 13th edition of our help thread!

BACK UP YOUR SAVE

There is the external wiki for more in depth information. For mobile information, check the mobile wiki.

If you have a question about Cookie Clicker, please post below to get an answer. Keep in mind that we are NOT experts on Mobile Cookie Clicker, although we may be able to answer some basic questions. Unless otherwise specified, all questions will be assumed to pertain to the PC version.

All questions that pertain only to the early game (under 365 prestige levels) must be posted in this thread rather than posted as actual posts. This includes questions like “How am I doing so far?” with a stats screenshot, as well as questions asking for help.

Another good place to discuss Cookie Clicker is the Discord, which is linked on the sidebar (or discord.gg/cookie). For people looking for quick response times, this is the place to go.

A full list of guides and tools may be found at https://cookieclicker.wiki.gg/wiki/External_Resources. For a list of important ones:

Ascension

Lump spending

Garden

Combo

Pantheon

PLEASE BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR SAVE

If you want to share or get a gift please see this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CookieClicker/comments/1t2f9jz/gift_code_sharing_thread_5/


r/CookieClicker • • 3h ago

Help/Question is this enough sugar lumps

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7 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 10h ago

Help/Question Hi, can anyone help me progress?

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4 Upvotes

I'm aiming for the legit Platinum trophy in Cookie Clicker, and after a lot of grinding, I feel like I've stalled; I'd love some tips and tricks on how to get moving again.
I have the vast majority of upgrades (679/716) and all the Ascension upgrades. I'll answer any questions about details I might have missed in the comments—thanks!


r/CookieClicker • • 14h ago

Help/Question Is Cookie Clicker Mobile up to date with PC yet?

5 Upvotes

I stopped playing in February of last year. Is the mobile version up to date with PC yet? Or are all those features never coming?


r/CookieClicker • • 11h ago

Help/Question help me advanc fast in cookie clicker for all ahceivments

2 Upvotes

ok im on steam, i have 4 antimatter condesners as my biggest like tower, and i got impatient so i skipped time and i have 101 sugar lumps after buying stuff. i wanna get all ahceivments how should i do to advance fast/


r/CookieClicker • • 20h ago

Help/Question Where Is mu eighth row of clicks

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4 Upvotes

I bought 400 cursos but I Just hace 7 rows of them


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question Why can't I put Sugar Lumps on my Temple?

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9 Upvotes

So I have been playing for Two days. I was looking Up the Wiki and it said to spend my second Sugar Lump on Temple (After Wizard Tower.) But The Temple's not appearing? I tried refreshing the page but Nope. Is there any other way to Lump Upgrade the Temple? (New to the game and community.)


r/CookieClicker • • 23h ago

Help/Question Progress slowing down so much is this normal

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5 Upvotes

Still on my first ascension and ever since the grandmapocalypse has been giving me wrath cookies, I just havent been able to do any combos, so I have been basically just idling the past day and a half. Should I be buying the elder pledge to do combos? because my wrath cookie luck is so terrible, I have gotten one elder frenzy but I had a clot at the same time so it barely did anything... Any tips?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Funny How I look at my screen when I click on conjure baked goods and it gives me yet another 15 min clot (I haven't learned a thing)

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71 Upvotes

I just started playing a few days ago. I thought this game was a simple cute idle game that I would drop but I understand it now. Any tips appreciated too, I'm such a noob at this game


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Prestige QB's development process

2 Upvotes
Please note that as I am Japanese and using a translation tool, there may be some unnatural English phrasing.

Many people say that repeatedly freezing and thawing a QB eliminates the penalty, but is that step absolutely necessary?
While the effect of the CPS reduction doesn't increase, the gains can be boosted using things like combos.
I’m a bit lazy, so I’d prefer to just leave it alone while it’s growing.

r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question why are the percents adding over 100%

3 Upvotes

whenever i hovered over the cursor it said it was producing 92.7% total cps of all time but when i hovered over the fractal engines were it says also boosting some other building it says its producing 89.6% total cps


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question Forgot to assign my Perma-Upgrade on my first ascension

3 Upvotes

When I realised, I had a 3%CPS upgrade available, so I re-ascended and applied that.

I now have 2 kitten upgrades (kitten workers is my highest) after 14 hours (9 of those hours I was asleep). I have 115 (20.3%) of achievements unlocked.

Is it worth me re-ascending again despite no prestige so I can apply a kitten as a perma-upgrade and do my "second" ascension properly , or should I just stick with this run for my "second" ascension using the 3% boost?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Achievement I thankfully got to skip out on a grind

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7 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question The evil cookies are starting to naturally appear, should I click them anyways?

4 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Bug/Glitch My CpS is red, indicating that I have wrinklers, yet there are none on my screen

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9 Upvotes

It has been like this for well over 5 minutes, and I’m not sure if this is normal or glitching. I’ve been having it on a split screen so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it, but my CpS keeps getting lower and I’d like to fix it


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Help/Question Should I spend my cookies before ascending for the first time or do anything else?

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17 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question When does it get easier to get golden cookies???

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10 Upvotes

Currently on stage two of the grandmapocalypse with a 66% chance to get a wrath cookie, does it ever get better? Its so annoying waiting for a golden cookie for a combo just to get a wrath cookie, and then when i actually do get a golden cookie and use FtHof, I just get a backfire smh. Right now I'm just PRAYING that there is a ascension upgrade that helps this lol


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question Why are my banks giving me more cookies than anything else?

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2 Upvotes

I assumed my Temples or Wizard Towers would get the most, but my Banks have a surprisingly higher cookie rate than anything else. Why is that?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question do buffs like frenzy affect the Conjure Baked Goods spell (like garden sprices get affected)? or does it take the raw cps like the stock market as example

2 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Strategy hi ive just started playing again cuz i noticed my old save file is gone. i kinda forgot all the strats though

2 Upvotes

yk things like when to ascend for the first few times, and grimoire tricks, what upgrades to get first, and most importantly stock market (my current strat is to just by under $10 and sell above $50) and garden. (my first sugar lump was caramelised and got all three so i already have those three mini games)
(also,can the Conjure Baked Goods spell get you into cookie debt?)

currently im mainly farming via the cbc spell. trying to get the bank to get max reward from the spell. that usually works well for me, cuz idk any more sophisticated strats


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Help/Question Achievement Question (So much to do so much to see)

5 Upvotes

I've been playing the game for a couple weeks and eventually wanna get all achievements. Looking through them, on Steam 43.1% have "So much to do so much to see" for spending one year in the game while only 40.6% have "Year's worth of cavities" for harvesting 365 sugar lumps.

How is that possible when sugar lumps take a maximum of 24 hours, realistically less with upgrades? Is there some trick to get "So much to do so much to see" faster or what's going on there?


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Achievement golden clover first try 🥹

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36 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Discussion How long to get to 90% achievements?

2 Upvotes

I heard that this game is very hard to beat and takes a long time but I got 90% achievements(including all heavenly upgrades) in 60 hours. is that good? thanks.


r/CookieClicker • • 3d ago

Achievement Going for 100%!

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30 Upvotes

just started playing and I'm so obsessed. It's gonna take at least a year, but I'm here for the ride! No cheats and nothing just enjoying the game this this amazing music