I have entered the Grandmapocalypse, and these things called 'Wrinklers' are spawning on my main cookie. Are they positive or negative, and what do they do?
What exactly do Wrinklers do
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Related Solutions
You're popping them correctly.
The odds are low, which isn't quite the same as negligible. You are just the "lucky" demonstration of why each curve has a long flat tail all the way out into the 1000s on the x axis of that graph.
New Cookies
If you've earned 99999999999999 cookies, it unlocks:
- Gingerbread men - multiplier +25% - 9999999999999999 cookies
- Gingerbread trees - multiplier +25% - 9999999999999999 cookies
Reindeer
Just as wrinklers will randomly popup, now so will Reindeer. Click on them to get:
- 1 minute of cookie production, or 25 cookies - whichever is highest. (x2 with Ho ho ho-flavored frosting)
- Random cookie unlocks:
- Christmas tree biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Snowflake biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Snowman biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Holly biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Candy cane biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Bell biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Present biscuits - multiplier +20% - 252525252525 cookies
- Achievements:
- Oh deer - pop 1 reindeer
- Sleigh of hand - pop 50 reindeer
- Reindeer sleigher - pop 200 reindeer
- Let it snow - Collect all Christmas-themed cookies above - Increases the chance of Christmas-themed cookies dropping.
"SPECIAL THINGS AND STUFF"
If you've earned 25 or more cookies, it unlocks the upgrade:
- A festive hat - 25 cookies - unlocks:
A new section in the code ("SPECIAL THINGS AND STUFF") defines a Santa object that sits in the bottom left of cookie clicker is unlocked by A festive hat. You spend cookies to unlock new levels. They are as follows:
- Festive test tube - You start here after purchasing A festive hat.
- Festive ornament - 1 cookie
- Festive wreath - 4 cookies
- Festive tree - 27 cookies
- Festive present - 256 cookies
- Festive elf fetus - 3125 cookies
- Elf toddler - 46656 cookies - unlocks the Coming to town achievement.
- Elfling - 823543 cookies
- Young elf - 16777216 cookies
- Bulky elf - 387420489 cookies
- Nick - 10000000000 cookies
- Santa Claus - 285311670611 cookies
- Elder Santa - 8916100448256 cookies
- True Santa - 302875106592253 cookies
- Final Claus - 11112006825558016 cookies - unlocks the All heil Santa achievement.
For each Santa level purchased, you will gain in random order one of the following upgrades for purchase:
- Increased merriness - multiplier +15% - 2525 cookies
- Improved jolliness - multiplier +15% - 2525 cookies
- A lump of coal - multiplier +1% - 2525 cookies
- An itchy sweater - multiplier +1% - 2525 cookies
- Reindeer baking grounds - Reindeers appear twice as frequently - 2525 cookies
- Weighted sleighs - Reindeers are twice as slow - 2525 cookies
- Ho ho ho-flavored frosting - Reindeers give twice as much - 2525 cookies
- Season savings - buildings are 1% cheaper - 2525 cookies
- Toy workshop - upgrades are 5% cheaper - 2525 cookies
- Naughty list - Grandmas are twice as productive. - 2525 cookies
- Santa's bottomless bag - Random drops are 10% more common (special cookie unlocks from wrinklers and reindeers) - 2525 cookies
- Santa's helpers - Clicking is 10% more powerful - 2525 cookies
- Santa's legacy - multiplier +10% per Santa's level (1-15) - 2525 cookies
- Santa's milk and cookies - Milk is 5% more powerful - 2525 cookies
For purchasing the last Santa level, you will also unlock the upgrade:
- Santa's Dominion - multiplier +50%, buildings are 1% cheaper, upgrades are 2% cheaper - 2525252525252525 cookies
Cosmetic
There are a few purely visual changes that are happening:
- Snowflakes in the cookie stream
- Elf grandmas are mixed in with the Grandmas
- Wrinklers display a winter variety
- If you have 1000 or more cookies baked, the following news stories appear at the top:
- bearded maniac spotted speeding on flying sleigh! Investigation pending.
- Santa Claus announces new brand of breakfast treats to compete with cookie-flavored cereals! "They're ho-ho-horrible!" says Santa.
- "You mean he just gives stuff away for free?!", concerned moms ask. "Personally, I don't trust his beard."
- obese jolly lunatic still on the loose, warn officials. "Keep your kids safe and board up your chimneys. We mean it."
- children shocked as they discover Santa Claus isn't just their dad in a costume after all!
"I'm reassessing my life right now", confides Laura, aged 6. - mysterious festive entity with quantum powers still wrecking havoc with army of reindeers, officials say.
- elves on strike at toy factory! "We will not be accepting reindeer chow as payment anymore. And stop calling us elves!"
- elves protest around the nation; wee little folks in silly little outfits spread mayhem, destruction; rabid reindeers running rampant through streets.
- scholars debate regarding the plural of reindeer(s) in the midst of elven world war.
- elves "unrelated to gnomes despite small stature and merry disposition", find scientists.
- elves sabotage radioactive frosting factory, turn hundreds blind in vincinity - "Who in their right mind would do such a thing?" laments outraged mayor.
- drama unfolds at North Pole as rumors crop up around Rudolph's red nose; "I may have an addiction or two", admits reindeer.
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Best Answer
Wrinklers are leech-like creatures which has a 0.0003% chance to spawn, per frame, and the chances increase as you go through each stage of the Grandmapocalypse.
When spawned, they will appear in the Big Cookie Window, where it'll move towards your cookie.
When a Wrinkler is attached to your cookie, you gain a 5% debuff to your Cookie Per Second, and this stacks as multiple Wrinklers attaches to it (up to a maximum of 10, thus 50% debuff).
To remove one, simply click on it (multiple times) and they'll pop, returning 1.1 times the cookies it leeched.
In the long run, although they appear to be a debuff - They actually return more than lost, since none of the cookies they leech are actually destroyed.