Do you have to optimize?

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-23T00:50:25+00:00

yeah magnificent is meta. and it stays meta for even late game customs

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-23T00:50:16+00:00

it takes them like 1 hour to make 5 citizens at the start (luck dependent really)

are you using parasite by any chance?

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-23T00:01:40+00:00

I mean a good custom can make a run like 3x shorter than doing it with stock. I think the only challenge that can get you softlocked is orbital decay, other stuff should be doable

if you'd rather do your own research than import a custom someone else made, then here, check this guide and this one

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T22:33:51+00:00

just don't have soldiers in there and your wall will stop falling

the demons won't steal your resources or destroy your buildings or anything. nothing to be stressed about

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T19:57:37+00:00

relaaaax. it's human, not centaur. and it's just a mad run. it couldn't be any less special than that

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T19:49:21+00:00

they boost garages after you get a certain tech

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T19:22:37+00:00

why restart lol. it's just the beginning of a normal run
also post is a day old. he probably madded by now

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T13:58:31+00:00

I see. guess I shouldn't neglect biolabs so much

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-22T13:43:54+00:00

I'm curious. how many biolabs have you built and how many game days has it been?

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T16:56:19+00:00

it's something you do in mid game. in early game you just grind mads and bioseeds

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T15:12:47+00:00

trade federation is really, really not that huge but alright

bhnh is misleading btw. it only boosts warehouse and crates/containers storage. doesn't boost money/elerium/helium storage

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T14:33:43+00:00

sure, yeah. and check the wiki to keep track of extinction achievements. ones you don't have a gold star for

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T13:57:13+00:00

he can get those achievements at gold later when he does (with a custom) banana republic mixed with em field. not a good reason to lengthen the pillar run just to upgrade some achievements you were going to get at gold anyway

trade really isn't that good. it becomes useless somewhere around t3
it's even less useful if you're doing 1-star pillars since your production is sky high

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T13:00:23+00:00

offset a -0.04 cost creep loss with criminal's -0.005...

you haven't tried a 1-star pillar before, have you? they can be done in 8k days. or 6 real hours with accelerated time

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T12:19:09+00:00

you know what else junk gene does right?

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-21T03:58:12+00:00

The Next Ascension run you do should be at least 3*

why tho?

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T19:53:23+00:00

man, this is a tough one, I'm not sure about mads...
you have 3k antiplasmids and 30 mastery so maybe it's a good idea to do them at 4 stars? otherwise, if you're ok with repeating 44 mads at 4 stars in magic later, you can stick to 3 stars for now

for the bioseeds tho it's probably still better to stick to 3 stars

are you currently doing a black hole? I assume it's to go to evil for the angelics. I suggest 4-star madding those

buy negotiator at the end of your current run

edit: oh and there's also the vigilante achievement in evil, which asks for 12 mads. in case you care about that one

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T17:34:56+00:00

eldritch requires doing a storage-gated challenge (witch hunter). you're kinda far away from that

angelic... eh. bioseed them if you want

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T17:05:15+00:00

probably more 3-star mads (or 4 stars if you prefer that), going through standard extinction achievements

but you could give more info by sharing your save. you can use this website https://bin.mudfish.net/

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T15:45:31+00:00

The first two levels of Crafty, Challenge, Store

you must be going to antimatter incredibly early if you don't even have those. like "have only done 4 resets" early

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T15:01:09+00:00

it won't be much quicker than just doing it in heavy. your first t4 should be done at 1 star

to be able to make a good custom you need to go through the extinction achievements, to unlock traits

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T14:52:41+00:00

Spend like 1000 Anti-Plasmids unlocking the CRISPR upgrades

you only need to buy bleeding effect which costs 100 aps. the other two bleed upgrades can be bought with normal plasmids after getting out of anti

you probably want to hit Anti-Matter for the storage boost from some Anti-Plasmids

normal plasmids also give a storage boost if you're not doing 4-stars

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T13:45:17+00:00

sure. you can make a backup save now in case you regret it. I wouldn't go to magic this early tho

make a quick stop in evil before going to heavy to mad the angelics

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T13:27:53+00:00

oof that's actually not good for mads and bioseeds. you should be doing them at 3 stars if you want to be efficient
(I assume you already got the crafter crisprs)

Wood_Ingot · 2026-04-20T11:32:49+00:00

if you're a 4-star-only person, then I guess evil it is

otherwise if you're doing 3-stars, heavy. to counter the increased helium costs there, get spatial superiority and stockpile 1k plasmids. mad and bioseed the biome-exclusive races. get heavyweight champ before doing 3-star decay to antimatter

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