How to Get Sugar Lumps in Cookie Clicker
1. Unlocking Sugar Lumps
- Sugar Lumps are unlocked after baking 1 billion cookies in total.
- Once unlocked, a Sugar Lump will start growing beneath the Big Cookie on the main screen.
2. How Sugar Lumps Grow
Sugar Lumps grow automatically over time. Here’s the growth timeline:
- Ripening: A Sugar Lump takes 20 real-time hours to ripen.
- Harvesting: Once ripe, you can click the Sugar Lump to harvest it.
- Auto-Harvest: If you don’t click the Sugar Lump, it will fall off after 23 hours and automatically be collected.
3. How to Increase Sugar Lump Production
- Heavenly Upgrades:
- After ascending, spend Heavenly Chips to unlock upgrades that enhance Sugar Lump production.
- Key upgrades:
- Sugar Baking: Unlocks at 1,000 Heavenly Chips; gives 1% more cookies per Sugar Lump owned.
- Lump Asceticism: Unlocks at 7,000 Heavenly Chips; Sugar Lumps ripen 5% faster.
- Stevia Caelestis: Unlocks at 30,000 Heavenly Chips; Sugar Lumps ripen 10% faster.
- Minigames:
- Certain mini-games, like the Garden, can increase the chance of earning additional Sugar Lumps (e.g., from special plants).
4. Special Sugar Lump Types
Occasionally, you’ll encounter special Sugar Lumps with unique effects:
- Bifurcated Lumps: Splits into 2 lumps when harvested.
- Golden Lumps: Gives an extra +1 lump when harvested and awards bonus cookies.
- Meaty Lumps: Provides no bonus and has no additional effect.
- Caramelized Lumps: Automatically harvested when ripe and gives a significant cookie bonus.
How to Use Sugar Lumps
1. Level Up Buildings
- Each Sugar Lump can be used to level up buildings, increasing their efficiency and unlocking special perks (e.g., mini-games).
- Costs:
- Level 1: 1 Sugar Lump
- Level 2: 2 Sugar Lumps
- Level 3: 3 Sugar Lumps, and so on.
- Key buildings to level up first:
- Farms: Unlocks the Garden mini-game.
- Temples: Unlocks the Pantheon mini-game.
- Wizard Towers: Unlocks the Grimoire mini-game.
2. Unlock Mini-Games
Leveling up certain buildings unlocks unique mini-games:
- Garden (Farms): Grow plants for production bonuses and additional effects.
- Pantheon (Temples): Assign spirits for buffs.
- Grimoire (Wizard Towers): Cast spells for rewards.
3. Other Uses
- Some late-game upgrades and achievements require Sugar Lumps.
- Stockpiling Sugar Lumps increases your cookie production bonus through Heavenly Upgrades.
Tips to Get More Sugar Lumps
- Stay Active:
- Log in regularly to harvest ripe Sugar Lumps manually.
- Manual harvesting has a chance to yield bonus lumps.
- Upgrade Faster Growth:
- Invest in Heavenly Upgrades to speed up Sugar Lump growth.
- Utilize Mini-Games:
- Plant Bakeberry or other Sugar Lump-related crops in the Garden.
- Be Patient:
- Sugar Lump growth is time-based, so check back periodically.
With patience and the right strategy, you’ll accumulate Sugar Lumps to unlock powerful upgrades and dominate Cookie Clicker! 🍪