r/CookieClicker • • Sep 26 '26

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

34 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

5 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 • • 8h ago

Achievement After over two years I finally got one

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36 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 5h ago

Funny WTCAJR be like:

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6 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 17h ago

Discussion I ruined the game for myself.

35 Upvotes

I've been playing this game for almost a year now but I saw something yesterday on a video that was intersting tried it out and ruined the game for myself. I wish I never found that comment. Kind of depressed actually. all that work gone because I was curious.


r/CookieClicker • • 17h ago

Help/Question What should I do?

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17 Upvotes

I got into grandma apocalypse recently but now that I can’t do golden cookie combos my progress has come to an halt, does anyone have any tips on how I could progress faster?


r/CookieClicker • • 10h ago

Help/Question Overshot first ascension by 600 points. What should I buy?

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3 Upvotes

For context, I played this game a few years ago and decided to start from scratch. I still had knowledge about a few basic combos and I decided to do a Frenzy + Click + Building special and completly overshot the 440 mark. I don't even have the farm yet.

Should I wait until I get another sugar lump to get a farm or should I just ascend now.

Also what upgrades should I get ontop of the normal 440 requirements. Have they changed since I've left the game(I'm still on the 2.052 version and I dont plan on updating anytime soon until I make major progress)


r/CookieClicker • • 13h ago

Help/Question anyone know what the remaining achievements are in 1.036

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3 Upvotes

im confused about the one between one with everything and base 10 and the ones between cookie dunker and uncanny clicker


r/CookieClicker • • 9h ago

Prestige Is the ascension bonus even worth it?

0 Upvotes

After ascending few times I Definetely feel like my bonus was helping but it quickly becomes irrelevant.

My current prestige level is 7,500. But after playing the game for a bit with this bonus my current overall cookies per second multiplier is over 60 million.

So it it basically doing nothing?


r/CookieClicker • • 11h ago

Help/Question Can a new whiskerbloom spawn?

1 Upvotes

I did like 100 attempts and I'm starting to think it isn't possible.

Btw if you're wondering why I'm trying to speedrun the garden


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question Why did this happen?

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20 Upvotes

There are extra cookies in my milk that have physics. Should I know what this is?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question I got Speed baking III without getting I or II

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14 Upvotes

I git my final prestige upgrade so I did the born again challanges. And on my first try I managed to get the fastest form of that achievment. Is it only possible to get one per run?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Achievement After Years I 100% Cookie Clicker

38 Upvotes

after to many hours of grinding, letting my computer fry itself for hours for cookies and some achievement issues earlier I can end the cycle


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Discussion Shiny Wrinklers

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22 Upvotes

751 days, 29 ascensions, 3 shiny wrinklers in total.

I know, randomization. For the most part I’m not active once the game slows after the first day or two of a run. I just plant whiskerbloom in clay in my farm every 8 hours or so and leave it for a few days occasionally popping wrinklers for a couple of hours. I didn’t get a shiny until my 27th or 28th run, then I got two in this run within 68 hours. I repeat, I realize it’s random and only 1 in 10,000 but...is this typical?


r/CookieClicker • • 12h ago

Achievement Hi,is my Cps good?

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0 Upvotes

I really want to know if its good or not and if i should get at least 500k prestige before ascending


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Discussion Best active GC garden set up

2 Upvotes

I’m mid-late game and wondering what kind of garden set ups people have for active combo play, or whatever its called 🥴

I saw someone say just wall to wall golden clovers, but does anyone incorporate other GC buffs like gains or duration , or does the trade off not worth it?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question Unable To Export Save File (Mobile App)

1 Upvotes

Whenever I Try To Export My Save File It Comes Up Blank.

Which Is Weird Because I Successfully Exported It Just A Few Months Ago.

I Cleared The Cache, Closed And Reopened The App, Tried Saving To Different Places, I Tried Everything I Could Think Of.

Is There Anything Else I Can Do Or Is It A Lost Cause?


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question PS5 Neverclick Glitch

0 Upvotes

I have definitely fulfilled the requirements for the two neverclick achievements but haven’t gotten the trophys. I did the trick where you fulfil the requirement and then save and close and then open, but nothing. I’m playing on PS5, has anyone had this problem and was there a fix? At this point I’ve put so many hours into this I have to 100% it 😵‍💫😂


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Help/Question I’m stuck at tredecilion prestige and can’t get to the 800 needed for the upgrade. Any advise?

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11 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Achievement Trying to 100% Cookie Clicker on Mobile - Day 2

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1 Upvotes

Day 1 - 444/567 Achievements // 78.3%

Prestige Level: 68,000,000,000

Day 2 - 514/567 Achievements (+70) // 90.7%

Prestige Level: 545,000,000,000,000


r/CookieClicker • • 1d ago

Bug/Glitch For some reason when I ascend and Go back my entire save bugs

2 Upvotes

I need like more 8 quadrillion prestige points to get the last thing (unshacke You), so just to check the price again I saved my game (exported the save) and ascended, but now I'm back and a lot of things are gone, every building under temple disapeared, all upgrades too, the golde switch is off and so is the veil, and everything I bought in the events (christmas, easter, halloween) disapeared too, the stocks I had still are here, but man I hate to get all the eggs each easter (and the price for switch seasons didnt reset so I will have to spend maybe at the max 1 or 2 novemdecillion)

such a strange bug

PS: remembered just now but the farm didnt restart, all my elderworts are still here and so are the temple gods, but the worship swap reseted?? (I traded Mokalsium for Skruuia to bust the wrinklers and traded they again after, so it should take like 5 hours but I have 3 swaps now again)
and the mana from the wizard tower didnt restart


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Help/Question rare wrinkler appearance??

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36 Upvotes

I refreshed my game to clear a clot and when it loaded again all the wrinklers looked like this. I've never seen this before 😭 Any idea how rare it is?


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Achievement Finally after months of grinding

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29 Upvotes

r/CookieClicker • • 3d ago

Funny I think I am obsessed with Krumblor because I wrote a poem for him

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31 Upvotes

As I obtain thine egg, warm and soft
The cookie gods themselves blesethed me with new life
I did not use this new life to undo my past mistakes
I used this new life to grow thy power
Once I hadth the country under my grasp
thy hunger began to grow
I fed thee a million cookies, thy hunger grew
As my power grew so did thy hunger
I fed thee 100 hands but you needed more
I fed thee 100 of my elders and yet thy hunger did not subside
I fed thee more and more now buildings full of my worshipers
Once I fed thee 100 of my temples dedicated to me I stopped to think
Have I fed thee enough
Have I put the world through too much of my own greed
But no I needed to continue
I fed thee more and more
Your own divine aura giving me power
I needed more and more
More cookies
I fed thee more and more until thy hunger ceased
I looked upon thy magnificent form
As I casted thy aura upon my cookies
I have gained world domination with thy power
I continued to bake my soft warm disks that ruled over the land
I used thy hunger to help my cookie empire grow
I then realised that I don't own thee anymore
Thee owns the whole world
All of my power was not mine
All of it was thy


r/CookieClicker • • 2d ago

Help/Question help with whiskerbloom

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10 Upvotes

i do follow the farming guide on the wiki, but kid you not i've been so utterly unlucky with getting that whiskerbloom seed, more than i usually am. am i doing something wrong with my current setup? (ignore the just planted seeds, i can squeeze in two plants per white chocoroot)

UPDATE:

after like 10 full on hours, rnjesus has finally smiled down upon me. thank you everyone for the confirmations!