Transcendence

Sacrifice everything to appease the Outsiders, and gain previously unheard of things.

Transcendence is basically a super-Ascension; but in addition to sacrificing your Gold, Hero levels, Relics, and zone progress, you also sacrifice Ancients, Hero Souls, and Gilds (except gilds purchased with Rubies which you'll gradually earn back). In exchange, you receive Ancient Souls (which is based on the total amount of Hero Souls sacrificed) and Transcendent Power. Transcendence becomes available after defeating Woodchip, the Rodent (boss of zone 300).

You can choose to respec when you transcend: simply tick the "Respec on Transcension" when you transcend. Unlike Hero Souls, all Ancient Souls are earned back when respeccing. It is always recommended to Respec on Transcension. This makes it easier to level Outsiders, and fix mistakes.

Mercenaries will be locked immediately post-transcendence, but will be kept in store "as-is" and unlock at the normal time (level 139 or after one Ascension) and remain just as they were when you left them. On mobile, however, Mercenaries will still be available post-trancendence. Purchased gilds are only temporarily lost: you regain 5% of them every time you earn a gild normally.

Transcendence does not replace Ascension: each Transcendence cycle is worth and will require several Ascension cycles, increasing as your Transcendence rewards do.

Outsiders

Main Article: 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%	150
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

Transcendent Power

Transcendent Power increases the Hero Souls dropped by Primal Bosses. Each Ancient Soul earned is worth a tiny bit of Transcendent Power.

$\mathrm {TP=25-23\times e^{-0.0003\times AS}}$

This indicates that the maximum transcendent power is 25%.

Here is a table for how much Transcendent Power you will have from x Ancient Souls:

AS	TP	AS	TP	AS	TP	AS	TP	AS	TP
1	2.0069%	10	2.0689%	100	2.6798%	1000	7.9612%	10000	23.855%
2	2.0138%	20	2.1376%	200	3.3394%	2000	12.377%	20000	24.942%
3	2.0207%	30	2.2061%	300	3.9796%	3000	15.649%	30000	24.997%
4	2.0276%	40	2.2744%	400	4.6008%	4000	18.073%	40000	24.999%
5	2.0345%	50	2.3424%	500	5.2037%	5000	19.868%	50000	24.999%
6	2.0414%	60	2.4103%	600	5.7888%	6000	21.198%	60000	24.999%
7	2.0482%	70	2.4780%	700	6.3566%	7000	22.184%	70000	24.999%
8	2.0551%	80	2.5454%	800	6.9076%	8000	22.913%	80000	24.999%
9	2.0620%	90	2.6127%	900	7.4423%	9000	23.454%	90000	24.999%

Every point in Transcendent Power gives a bonus to the number of Hero Souls dropped, beginning with level 105, for which the boss gives 20 (× Ponyboy effect × TP%) extra Hero Souls if it is Primal. For every subsequent boss, this value is multiplied by TP. This gives the formula:

$\mathrm {Bonus\,Souls=20\times (1+10\times Ponyboy^{2})\times (1+TP\%)^{\left({\frac {zone}{5}}-20\right)}}$

Strategy

• Outsiders should be leveled accordingly to the outsider calculator. Note: Orphalas is a bad outsider and should be disabled in the settings.
• Transcend after 3-4 ascensions that gain new  Ancient Souls.

Other Changes

Immortal Damage

While  Hero Souls count is reset — and with it the player's Hero Souls reward cap from defeating an Immortal — Immortal damage isn't reset. Therefore, the player's value to their clan isn't diminished by transcending. The sole thing that happens regarding clans is the fact that the "Highest Zone Ever" value does freeze for a while, until the player once again reaches that zone. Similarly, the new Immortal damage or level does not reset upon Transcending either. All damage is retained.

Gains and Losses

Warning when you click Transcend.

Keep in mind what will happen after every Transcendence:

You will keep:	You will gain:	You will lose:
Ancient Souls Rubies Outsiders Mercenaries (and quests) Clans Auto Clickers 2× Damage Multiplier Achievements	Ancient Souls Transcendent Power	Hero Souls Relics Ancients Forge Cores Gilds(except gilds bought) Zone Progress

Achievements

Achievement Name	Icon	Description
Transcendent		Transcend.
A Glimpse Outside		Acquire 50 Ancient Souls
Drinking Deep		Acquire 100 Ancient Souls
Ancient Crusher		Acquire 200 Ancient Souls
Traitor		Acquire 500 Ancient Souls
Host of the Gate		Acquire 1000 Ancient Souls
Herald to the Void		Acquire 10000 Ancient Souls
Complicit to Ruin		Acquire 100000 Ancient Souls
Transcendent Zone Explorer		Beat Zone 4,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Warrior		Beat Zone 5,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Crusher		Beat Zone 7,500 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Connoisseur		Beat Zone 10,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Annihilator		Beat Zone 15,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Devourer		Beat Zone 20,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Conqueror		Beat Zone 30,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zone Vanquisher		Beat Zone 100,000 after transcending
Transcendent Zoneist		Beat Zone 250,000 after transcending
Point of No Return		Beat Zone 1,000,000 after transcending

Notes

• Transcendence was introduced in patch 1.0.
• During the same patch, the formula for the HP of the monsters changed. Past level 500, the HP of monsters is so high that players are encouraged to transcend for their first time, although they should have done that 200 zones ago.
• There are 9 Outsiders, that you can scroll through in the scrolling page to put your ancient souls in after transcendence.
• Prior to patch 1.10, there was such a thing as a Primal Soul Cap. The cap was calculated by whatever 5% of the maximum Hero Souls sacrificed during Transcension. The best way to increase it was by playing more and leveling Borb.
  • It was removed in Patch 1.10 and has no replacement.

Sen Akhan

Phandoryss

Borb

Orphalas

Ponyboy

Rhageist

K' Ariqua

Xyliqil

Chor'gorloth