Clicker Heroes

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Clicker Heroes is an idle clicker game made by Playsaurus, the developers of "Cloudstone", a once popular MMORPG. Clicker Heroes was released in 2014 on Web, 2015 on Steam and mobile devices and 2017 on consoles (PS4 and Xbox One). Some features include 54 heroes (separately buffed by Ancients and Outsiders), skills, achievements, offline farming (three different play styles are possible: active, hybrid, idle), soft reset to accelerate progression, statistics, and the ability to donate for perks.

Description

General gameplay

The game has the player kill monsters in order to advance in zones, reaching new monsters that get more HP as progress is made. These monsters can be killed by clicking on them, but there's also the option to hire heroes to do that instead. Those heroes aren't free; they cost gold, which is dropped by the monsters that have been killed.

As the monsters get increasingly more HP, the Gold dropped after death increases as well, but the formula for the latter is slower than the first one, and the gold cost per DPS also increases as well. This makes it so that, the higher the zone reached, the slower progress becomes. This is where a special mechanic kicks in: Ascension. Ascension allows players to completely destroy their progress and start over, but with new permanent bonuses depending on how much progress the player has made before they ascended. These bonuses are referred to as Hero Souls, or HS. The type of bonus is up to the player; Hero Souls are just the currency between them and their bonus. While unspent, they provide a +10% damage bonus per Hero Soul, but they can be spent on Ancients if the player desires different bonuses. For a full list of bonuses, see below.

Eventually, the bonuses will start to decrease in value relatively, and the Ancient prices will keep getting higher and higher, rendering progress constantly slower. To make up for this, there are special super-Ascensions called Transcensions which destroy all Hero Souls and Ancients but in return, give the player valuable Ancient Souls, which can be spent on Outsiders to give various bonuses that speed up progress.

The ultimate goal of the game is to keep on reaching higher zones and killing stronger bosses. To do this at optimal speed, careful consideration on when to ascend and when to transcend is advised.

Additional Mechanics

Besides the general gameplay, Clicker Heroes has four extra mechanics that can help players reach their goal faster.

First off, there are Relics. These are little accesories that act like mini-Ancients, granting small Ancient bonuses without paying for the respective Ancient. Players can possibly gain a random Relic once during every Ascension (but only once), automatically activating its effect when they get it. Up to 4 Relic slots are available, and the 5th Relic and all Relics thereafter will end up in a Junk Pile, unactivated and ready to be destroyed upon Ascension, unless they are replaced with one of the current active Relics.

Secondly, there is an option to join a Clan. This is a group consisting of 1 to 10 players of the game who unite their powers once a day to defeat a collective enemy, called an Immortal. The difficulty of the Immortal depends on whether or not the Clan beat the Immortal of the previous day. If the Clan succeeds to kill an Immortal, everyone in the Clan will get an amount of Hero Souls based on their share of damage to the Immortal. Immortal damage can be raised by gaining Hero Souls.

A third thing that has been added, are Mercenaries. Mercenaries are little helpers that can be sent on quests to obtain certain bonuses, like additional Relics or free Hero Souls. The more time a Mercenary has put into questing, the higher their level will become, and the higher the reward/quest time ratio. But this bonus doesn't grow infinitely; all Mercenaries have a precalculated lifespan, and will eventually die during a quest, to be replaced with new Mercenaries that start back at level 1.

And last but not at least, there is a Ruby Shop where players can buy various bonuses using Rubies, which have a chance to be obtained from Clickables that appear randomly on the screen. For a full list of things that can be bought in the Ruby Shop, see below.

Heroes

There are 54 Heroes.

Hero Name	Sprite(s)				Base Cost	Base DPS	Upgrade Bonuses
	Normal	Gilded	April Fools 2017 Normal	April Fools 2017 Glided			Personal Damage	Global DPS	Click Damage From DPS	Critical Click Chance	Critical Click DPS Multiplier	Gold Found	Unlock Skill
Cid, the Helpful Adventurer		Cid, the Helpful Adventurer Gilded (removed)	Cid, the Helpful Adventurer April Fools 2017 Normal	-	5	-	+20,900%	-	-	-	-	-	Clickstorm
Treebeast		Treebeast Gilded	Treebeast April Fools 2017 Normal	Treebeast April Fools 2017 Gilded	50	5	+1,900%	-	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
Ivan, the Drunken Brawler		Ivan, the Drunken Brawler Gilded	Ivan, the Drunken Brawler April Fools 2017 Normal	Ivan, the Drunken Brawler April Fools 2017 Gilded	250	22	+1,900%	-	+0.5%	-	-	-	Powersurge
Brittany, Beach Princess		Brittany, Beach Princess Gilded	Brittany, Beach Princess April Fools 2017 Normal	Brittany, Beach Princess April Fools 2017 Gilded	1,000	74	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Wandering Fisherman		The Wandering Fisherman Gilded	The Wandering Fisherman April Fools 2017 Normal	The Wandering Fisherman April Fools 2017 Gilded	4,000	245	+700%	+25%	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
Betty Clicker		Betty Clicker Gilded	Betty Clicker April Fools 2017 Normal	Betty Clicker April Fools 2017 Gilded	20,000	976	none (+500,000,000% from Wepwawet)	+107.36%	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
The Masked Samurai		The Masked Samurai Gilded	The Masked Samurai April Fools 2017 Normal	The Masked Samurai April Fools 2017 Gilded	100,000	3,725	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leon		Leon Gilded	Leon April Fools 2017 Normal	Leon April Fools 2017 Gilded	400,000	10,859	+700%	+25%	-	-	-	-	-
The Great Forest Seer		The Great Forest Seer Gilded	The Great Forest Seer April Fools 2017 Normal	The Great Forest Seer April Fools 2017 Gilded	2,500,000	47,143	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alexa, Assassin		Alexa, Assassin Gilded	Alexa, Assassin Normal	Alexa, Assassin Gilded	15,000,000	186,900	+406.25%	-	-	+3%	×5	-	Lucky Strikes
Natalia, Ice Apprentice		Natalia, Ice Apprentice Gilded	Natalia, Ice Apprentice April Fools 2017 Normal	Natalia, Ice Apprentice April Fools 2017 Gilded	100,000,000	782,000	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mercedes, Duchess of Blades		Mercedes, Duchess of Blades Gilded	Mercedes, Duchess of Blades Normal	Mercedes, Duchess of Blades Gilded	800,000,000	3,721,000	+1,900%	-	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
Bobby, Bounty Hunter		Bobby, Bounty Hunter Gilded	Bobby, Bounty Hunter April Fools 2017 Normal	Bobby, Bounty Hunter April Fools 2017 Gilded	6,500,000,000	17,010,000	+1,900%	-	-	+3%	-	-	-
Broyle Lindeoven, Fire Mage		Broyle Lindeoven, Fire Mage Gilded	Broyle Lindeoven, Fire Mage April Fools 2017 Normal	Broyle Lindeoven, Fire Mage April Fools 2017 Gilded	50,000,000,000	69,480,000	+900%	+25%	-	-	-	-	Metal Detector
Sir George II, King's Guard		Sir George II, King's Guard Gilded	Sir George II, King's Guard April Fools 2017 Normal	Sir George II, King's Guard April Fools 2017 Gilded	4.500e11	460,700,000	+1,900%	-	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
King Midas		King Midas Gilded	King Midas April Fools 2017 Normal	King Midas April Fools 2017 Gilded	4.000e12	3,017,000,000	none (+10,000,000,000% from Wepwawet)	-	-	+3%	-	+193%	Golden Clicks
Referi Jerator, Ice Wizard		Referi Jerator, Ice Wizard Gilded	Referi Jerator, Ice Wizard April Fools 2017 Normal	Referi Jerator, Ice Wizard April Fools 2017 Gilded	3.600e13	20,000,000,000	+1,900%	-	-	-	×3	-	-
Abaddon		Abaddon Gilded	Abaddon April Fools 2017 Normal	Abaddon April Fools 2017 Gilded	3.200e14	1.310e11	+1,039.0625%	-	-	-	-	-	Dark Ritual
Ma Zhu		Ma Zhu Gilded	Ma Zhu April Fools 2017 Normal	Ma Zhu April Fools 2017 Gilded	2.700e15	8.147e11	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amenhotep		Amenhotep Gilded	Amenhotep April Fools 2017 Normal	Amenhotep April Fools 2017 Gilded	2.400e16	5.335e12	+100%	+44%	-	-	-	-	-
Beastlord		Beastlord Gilded	Beastlord April Fools 2017 Normal	Beastlord April Fools 2017 Gilded	3.000e17	4.914e13	+700%	+10%	-	-	-	-	Super Clicks
Athena, Goddess of War		Athena, Goddess of War Gilded	Athena, Goddess of War April Fools 2017 Normal	Athena, Goddess of War April Fools 2017 Gilded	9.000e18	1.086e15	+1,500%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love		Aphrodite, Goddess of Love Gilded	Aphrodite, Goddess of Love April Fools 2017 Normal	Aphrodite, Goddess of Love April Fools 2017 Gilded	3.500e20	3.112e16	+1,500%	-	-	-	-	-	Energize
Shinatobe, Wind Deity		Shinatobe, Wind Deity Gilded	Shinatobe, Wind Deity April Fools 2017 Normal	Shinatobe, Wind Deity April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.400e22	9.173e17	+700%	+10%	-	-	-	-	Reload
Grant, The General		Grant, the General Gilded	Grant, the General April Fools 2017 Normal	Grant, the General April Fools 2017 Gilded	4.200e24	2.027e20	+300%	+56.25%	-	-	-	-	-
Frostleaf		Frostleaf Gilded	Frostleaf April Fools 2017 Normal	Frostleaf April Fools 2017 Gilded	2.100e27	7.469e22	+300%	+25%	+0.5%	-	-	-	-
Dread Knight		Dread Knight Gilded	Dread Knight April Fools 2017 Normal	Dread Knight April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e40	1.310e32	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Atlas		Atlas Gilded	Atlas April Fools 2017 Normal	Atlas April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e55	9.655e44	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Terra		Terra Gilded	Terra April Fools 2017 Normal	Terra April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e70	7.113e57	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phthalo		Phthalo Gilded	Phthalo April Fools 2017 Normal	Phthalo April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e85	5.241e70	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orntchya Gladeye, Didensy Banana		Orntchya Gladeye, Didensy Banana Gilded	Orntchya Gladeye, Didensy Banana April Fools 2017 Normal	Orntchya Gladeye, Didensy Banana April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e100	3.861e83	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lilin		Lilin Gilded	Lilin April Fools 2017 Normal	Lilin April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e115	2.845e96	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cadmia		Cadmia Gilded	Cadmia April Fools 2017 Normal	Cadmia April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e130	2.096e109	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabaster		Alabaster Gilded	Alabaster April Fools 2017 Normal	Alabaster April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e145	1.544e122	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astraea		Astraea Gilded	Astraea April Fools 2017 Normal	Astraea April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e160	1.138e135	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chiron		Chiron Gilded	Chiron April Fools 2017 Normal	Chiron April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e175	8.386e147	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moloch		Moloch Gilded	Moloch April Fools 2017 Normal	Moloch April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e190	6.178e160	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bomber Max		Bomber Max Gilded	Bomber Max April Fools 2017 Normal	Bomber Max April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e205	4.552e173	+1,300%	-	-	-	-	+50%	-
Gog		Gog Gilded	Gog April Fools 2017 Normal	Gog April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e220	3.354e186	+1,300%	+50%	-	-	-	-	-
Wepwawet		Wepwawet Gilded	Wepwawet April Fools 2017 Normal	Wepwawet April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e235	2.471e199	+950%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tsuchi		Tsuchi Gilded	Tsuchi April Fools 2017 Normal	Tsuchi April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e500	1.820e425	+1,300%	-	-	-	-	+200%	-
Skogur		Skogur Gilded	Skogur April Fools 2017 Normal	Skogur April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e1000	1.341e846	+1,900%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moeru		Moeru Gilded	Moeru April Fools 2017 Normal	Moeru April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e2000	9.885e1678	+1,400%	+50%	-	-	-	-	-
Zilar		Zilar Gilded	Zilar April Fools 2017 Normal	Zilar April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e4000	7.283e3333	+1,000%	+134.375%	-	-	-	-	-
Madzi		Madzi Gilded	Madzi April Fools 2017 Normal	Madzi April Fools 2017 Gilded	1.000e8000	5.366e6630	+5,150%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Xavira		Xavira Gilded	-	-	1.000e14000	3.954e11681	+1e3667%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cadu, Tomb Guardian		Cadu, Tomb Guardian Gilded	-	-	1.000e25500	2.913e26444	none (+1e10794% from Ceus, Tomb Guardian)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ceus, Tomb Guardian		Ceus, Tomb Guardian Gilded	-	-	1.000e25500	2.146e26444	none (+1e9094% from Cadu, Tomb Guardian)	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Maw		The Maw Gilded	-	-	1.000e45500	1.581e61730	+1e13490%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yachiyl, The Primordial Soul		Yachiyl, The Primordial Soul Gilded	-	-	1.000e72000	1.165e98692	+1e18290%	+11%	-	-	-	-	-
Ace Scout Rose		Ace Scout Rose Gilded	-	-	1.000e108000	8.586e148592	+1e28992%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ace Scout Sophia		Ace Scout Sophia Gilded	-	-	1.000e114500	6.326e158831	+1e28992%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ace Scout Blanche		Ace Scout Blanche Gilded	-	-	1.000e127500	4.661e178104	+1e28992%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ace Scout Dorothy		Ace Scout Dorothy Gilded	-	-	1.000e142200	3.434e199738	+1e28992%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ancients

There are 26 Ancients.

Ancient	ID	Category	Incremental Cost	Cumulative Cost	Effect per level
Argaiv, Ancient of Enhancement	28	Gilds	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+2% Gilded DPS bonus (per Gild)
Atman, Ancient of Souls	13	Hero Souls	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	primal boss chance increase
Berserker, Ancient of Rage	24	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Powersurge duration
Bhaal, Ancient of Murder	15	Clicking	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+15% critical damage
Bubos, Ancient of Diseases	18	Progression	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	boss life reduction
Chawedo, Ancient of Agitation	22	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Clickstorm duration
Chronos, Ancient of Time	17	Progression	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	boss timer increase
Dogcog, Ancient of Thrift	11	Gold	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	hero cost reduction
Dora, Ancient of Discovery	14	Gold	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	treasure chest chance increase
Energon, Ancient of Battery Life	27	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Metal Detector duration
Fortuna, Ancient of Chance	12	Gold	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	10x Gold chance increase
Fragsworth, Ancient of Wrath	19	Clicking	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+20% click damage
Hecatoncheir, Ancient of Wallops	23	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Super Clicks duration
Juggernaut, Ancient of Momentum	29	Clicking	$n^{1.5}$	$\frac{2}{5}n^{2.5}+\frac{1}{2}n^{1.5}+\frac{1}{8}n^{0.5}$	+0.01% DPS per click combo (active clicking)
Kleptos, Ancient of Thieves	26	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Golden Clicks duration
Kumawakamaru, Ancient of Shadows	21	Progression	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	required monster kills per level reduction
Libertas, Ancient of Freedom	4	Idle	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+25% to +15% idle Gold (down 1% every 10 levels)
Mammon, Ancient of Greed	8	Gold	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+5% Gold
Mimzee, Ancient of Riches	9	Gold	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+50% treasure chest gold
Morgulis, Ancient of Death	16	DPS	$1$	$n-1$	+11% Hero Soul DPS
Nogardnit, Ancient of Moderation	32	Idle	$n^{1.5}$	$\frac{2}{5}n^{2.5}+\frac{1}{2}n^{1.5}+\frac{1}{8}n^{0.5}$	+10% Gold per unassigned Auto Clicker when idle (no clicks for 60 seconds).
Pluto, Ancient of Wealth	10	Gold	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	increased gold from Golden Clicks
Revolc, Ancient of Luck	31	Clickables	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	increased chance of double rubies from clickable upon ruby drop
Siyalatas, Ancient of Abandon	5	Idle	$n$	$\frac{n*(n+1)}{2}-1$	+25% to +15% idle DPS (down 1% every 10 levels)
Sniperino, Ancient of Accuracy	25	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	+2s Lucky Strikes duration
Vaagur, Ancient of Impatience	20	Skills	$2^n$	$2^{n+1}-4$	skill cooldown reduction

Outsiders

There are 9 Outsiders.

Name	Bonus	Cost per level	Cumulative Bonus	Max level
Xyliqil	Improved Idle bonuses	Level+1 AS	(1.5Level-1) × 100%	None
Chor'gorloth	Reduce ancient costs	Level+1 AS	(1-0.95Level) × 100%	1,000M
Phandoryss	Increase DPS	1 AS	Level × 100%	None
Ponyboy	More primal hero souls	Level+1 AS	Level2 × 1000%	None
Borb	Improved Kumawakamaru	Level+1 AS	Level × 12.5%	None
Rhageist	Improved Atman	Level+1 AS	Level × 25%	None
K'Ariqua	Improved Bubos	Level+1 AS	Level × 50%	None
Orphalas	Improved Chronos	Level+1 AS	Level × 75%	None
Sen-Akhan	Improved Dora	Level+1 AS	Level × 100%	None

Ruby Shop

Item	Cost in Rubies	Effect	State after Ascension	State after Transcension
Timelapse	8h: 100 (10) 24h: 200 (20) 48h: 300 (30) 168h: 500 (50)	Fast-forward 8, 24, 48 or 168 hours in time. Your cooldowns refresh, and you get a certain amount of gold based on your DPS and highest zone. It also progresses through zones and takes time off mercenary quests.	Lost	Lost
Auto Clicker	1000 + 500 × (current number of Auto Clickers owned) Before PC ruby update: 100 + 50 × (ACnum)	Auto Clickers can be used to automatically level heroes, activate skills, and click monsters for you! Auto clickers on the monster stack unlimitedly, clicking exponentially more times per stack (starting at 10 CPS), exceeding the click limit.	Remain	Remain
Quick Ascension	500 (50)	Additional Hero Souls will be added to the current total (not the "Ascend for" total) without resetting the levels. One Ascension will also be added to the total Ascensions in the stats. (The Quick Ascension reward is equal to the Sum of Hero Souls from all non-Centennial bosses beaten up to your HZE * Chance of Boss being Primal + Sum of Hero Souls from Centennials up to zone 1 million. This includes Hero Souls from Transcendent Power.)	Remain	Lost
2x multiplier to all your damage forever	500 (50)	Adds a permanent 2x multiplier to all damage. Can be purchased only once.	Remain	Remain
3 Random Gilded Heroes	300 (30)	Up to 3 heroes will have a gild added. One hero may be gilded more than once with this purchase. Only seen heroes can be selected. Heroes marked as LOCKED on the Gilded Heroes screen are not eligible. (The Gilded Heroes screen can be reached by clicking the "?" button in the Shop or by clicking the "Gilded" button at the bottom of the Heroes list.)	Remain	Lost at first, but restored gradually
3 Relics	400 (40)	Gives you 3 random Relics without having to hunt for them. (You need to ascend at least once in order to unlock this purchase.)	Remain	Lost

Platforms

This section describes the advantages and disadvantages of different platforms.

Web

The official website is always the primary edition to receive updates, and cloud saves can be used if desired. Alternatively, the game can be played on Armor Games, CrazyGames or CoolMath (outdated version). In-game purchases of rubies are directly possible with real money.

Since the game was initially based on Adobe Flash Player technology, the discontinuation and blocking of the Flash Player plugin on January 12th made the old web version impossible to play. The workaround was to play it offline via Flashpoint.

On September 2022, the web version finally returned after porting the game to Unity game engine. However, the site no longer saves your progress in the cloud and there is no more diamond shop, which makes it almost impossible to do some missions without being able to buy the automatic click in stores.

Kongregate continues to offer the original albeit outdated Flash version on their website, running seamlessly thanks to Ruffle middleware. If a player has a Kongregate account and they own Kreds, they can spend them on rubies in the Shop watch adverts to earn rubies.[1]

On September 22 2023, the game returned on CoolMath using Unity, following the announcement by CoolMath on Instagram. Since it's a child-friendly website, there is no clan section in the game and many images considered inappropriate are changed: mostly skull or blood images, e.g. Lucky Strikes, Powersurge skills. References to death are also removed, with most instances being replaced with "destruction" or "defeat". Notably, Bhaal and Morgulis were changed to be the Ancients of "Destruction" and "Defeat", respectively.

Steam

The Steam version is similar to that of the official website, but there are additional microtransactional features such as Auto Clicker skins.

Mobile

The mobile version differs from desktop, causing some advantages and disadvantages. It's easier to play on the go, and achievements, such as reaching a specified zone, also reward rubies. On the other hand, compared to before the 1.0e12-5443 update on PC, everything in the Ruby Shop costed 10 times as much, while the rewards were only 6-7 times of the old desktop version.

On May 16 2023, Android was the first platform to receive the 2023 update, which brought the new graphics engine, Unity. The game is currently still updating, which is a good news for Android users but not iOS users.

Console (PS4 and Xbox One)

The console version used to be similar to other versions, but updates have been discontinued and there are no clans.

Sequel

On July 16, 2018, Playsaurus released a Clicker Heroes sequel called Clicker Heroes II. The game was available on Steam for $29.99/€24,99, but hadn't left the beta stage until its official discontinuation announcement in March 2024 due to being based on the old Flash technology. At that point it was removed from the Steam store and has been unavailable for purchase since. Before the announcement, many players in the community declared the game "dead", because hadn't been updated since June 17th, 2021.

Clicker Heroes 2 never reached the levels of success of its predecessor and the reception by players was cold: All-time reviews on Steam are "Mixed" at 53% positive reviews.

Extra

• Here's a little fun story ---> The Journey