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- Other ways of unlocking new features and boosting production include:
- equipping Evolved Bacteria
- researching the Dark Matter Institute technologies
- purchasing premium bonuses
- collecting Gene Strands
- completing certain achievements
- Other ways of unlocking new features and boosting production include:
Contents
Bacteria Upgrades
Bacteria upgrades give various multipliers to global BPS, BPC, as well as increase the production of different colonies.
Most upgrades can only be bought once, but some are iterative. Iterative upgrades usually become available after the player has bought 200 of one colony type. Afterwards, they can be purchased once per 25 new colonies.
The player unlocks new bacteria upgrades by purchasing more colonies. After purchase, Bacteria upgrades cannot be sold or disabled.
The Buy all upgrades option is unlocked after the player has destroyed Lableilara.
All bacteria upgrades are lost when attacking a planet or entering a Black Hole.
BPC Upgrades
Iterative BPC Upgrades
Iterative BPC upgrades can be purchased multiple times. Currently there is only one type of iterative BPC upgrade.
It is unlocked after obtaining 100 Bacteria guns and it can be purchased again after each 250 new Bacteria guns.
Icon | Name | Effect | Prerequisite | Price (Bacteria) |
---|---|---|---|---|
BPC upgrade | Increase your BPC by 50% | x100 Bacteria guns | 100 |
Regular BPC Upgrades
Regular BPC upgrades can be purchased only once per planet attack.
Colony Upgrades
Colonized Planet Upgrades
Gene Strand Upgrades
Gene Strand upgrades enable and increase the idle BPS bonus, tapping combo bonus, as well as provide various multipliers to total BPC and increase the production of different colonies.
New Gene Strand upgrades are unlocked by destroying planets. Previously purchased upgrades can be sold for 2/3 of their original Price (Gene Strands), rounded down.
Gene Strand upgrades remain after planet attacks, but are lost upon entering a Black Hole.
Gene Strand Bonus vs. Gene Strand Upgrades
The increase to Bacteria production from Gene Strand upgrades isn't always as big as the bonus from unspent Gene Strands.
The usefulness of Gene Strand upgrades usually differs depending on your playstyle and current progress in the game. For example, most upgrades to colony production are worth the Gene Strand investment only if most of Bacteria production comes from these colonies. Similarly, BPC and tapping combo upgrades are worth it only for an active tapping playstyle.
One of the exceptions to this rule are the Gene Strand upgrades that increase idle BPS bonus. These upgrades almost always increase your total BPS significantly.
This is because idle BPS also provides bonus to production when the game is closed and it will be active most of the time. Furthermore, idle BPS multiplies the bonus from the unspent Gene Strands, which means that the upgrade can be worth the cost even if the price of the upgrade is very high.
Example: Gene Strand Bonus vs. A.I. controlled production
A.I controlled production is an upgrade that costs 2500 and increases the player's idle BPS bonus by 100%.
Let's say your BPS without any bonuses is 100
.
If you have
100
(coefficient is
2.0
),
your total BPS without the upgrade would be
100 × 2 × 1 = 200
.
If you purchased the upgrade it would be
100 × 1 × 1.75 = 175
.
As you can see, the BPS is now smaller.
If instead, you have 1000
(coefficient is 11.0
), your total BPS without the upgrade would be
100 × 11 × 1 = 1100
.
If you purchased the upgrade it would be
100 × 10 × 1.75 = 1750
.
In this case, the total BPS has increased.
BPC Upgrades
Idle BPS Upgrades
Colony Upgrades
Tapping Combo Upgrades
List of Upgrades
Bacteria Upgrades
- List of All Bacteria Upgrades
- List of Iterative BPC Upgrades
- List of Regular BPC Upgrades
- List of Regular Colony Upgrades
- List of Colonized Planet Upgrades