How to get Golden Cookies in Cookie Clicker
I read a story one time about a bakery in New York that made a special golden cookie for a contest.
It was filled with ruby chocolate and covered in genuine 24-karat gold leaf. Just one cost $1,000.
If that’s too steep for you, don’t worry, you can get plenty of Golden Cookies for free just by play Cookie Clicker, provided you’re paying attention.
Here’s how to get Golden Cookies in Cookie Clicker.Golden Cookies are, well, golden-colored cookies.
Unlike the regular cookies you produce in Cookie Clicker, Golden Cookies can’t be obtained just by clicking or through any kind of building.
Golden Cookies will appear at random intervals in random spots on your screen as you play the game, and to obtain one, you just have to click on it.
Clicking on a Golden Cookie will provide a random positive benefit to your cookie-clicking operation.
Of course, you have to be paying conscious attention to the game screen, or you won’t see it appear, and Golden Cookies will only stay on the screen for about 13 seconds.
No alt-tabbing allowed here; you want those Golden Cookies, you gotta dedicate 100% of your brain power to them.
How to get Golden Cookies in Cookie Clicker
- Click 7 Golden Cookies to unlock Lucky Day, which doubles the rate Golden Cookies appear at and how long they stay on screen.
- Click 27 Golden Cookies to unlock Serendipity, which doubles the stats again and stacks with Lucky Day.
- Click 77 Golden Cookies to unlock Get Lucky, which doubles the length of all positive Golden Cookie effects.
On the bright side, though, if you do manage to obtain a few Golden Cookies, you’ll find that getting more of them will become easier.
Crossing certain Golden Cookie thresholds will unlock upgrades that, when purchased, make the Golden Cookies appear more frequently and hang around longer.
You can also increase your chances with the Golden Goose Egg, which increases Golden Cookie spawn frequency by 5%, and the Green Yeast Digestives, which increases spawn frequency by 1%.
You can also check out the best Cookie Clicker Steam mods if you want to see what’s out there to help you farm more Golden Cookies.
Cookie Clicker Steam mods: best mods and how to install them
- It’s been said that time spent doing things you enjoy is never time wasted, though I’m not sure if that applies if the goal is to deliberately waste time.
- That was, at least as far as my understanding goes, the purpose of games like Cookie Clicker in the heyday of idle mobile games.
- I guess anything can be made fun when you put a lot of big numbers and flashy graphics in it…
- which kind of describes most games, now that I think about it.
- But you know what make Cookie Clicker even more confusingly fun? Mods! Here’s how to install Steam mods on Cookie Clicker, and a few of the best mods available.
- Unfortunately, the Steam version of Cookie Clicker only just released last week, so it doesn’t yet have integrated Steam Workshop support.
- However, the game does have a built-in mod manager function, so while the absence of Steam Workshop makes installing mods a little more difficult, it doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
How to install Cookie Clicker Steam Mods
To download and install Cookie Clicker Steam mods, follow these steps:
- Locate the Cookie Clicker mods directory.
- Download your mods of choice.
- Extract the mods into the directory.
- Enable the mods through the in-game options menu.
When you install Cookie Clicker on your system, it’ll automatically generate a mod directory within the game’s files. The file path will look like this:
\Steam\steamapps\common\Cookie Clicker\resources\app\mods\local
- When you’ve downloaded a mod, just extract it to that local folder. Then, in the game proper, go to the mod manager and enable the mod.
2. If you’re using mods that are dependent on the existence of other mods, the mods they’re dependent on will need to be enabled first and loaded higher in the priority list.
3. Some mods may also disable your Steam achievements when activated if they have a direct effect on the game’s balance.
4. The basic process to enable your mods in Cookie Clicker is by clicking the options button, scrolling down to the mods section, and clicking Manage Mods.You will need to install Cookie Clicker Script Extender (CCSE) for Steam and move it up the priority list to get most of them to work.
What are the best Steam Mods for Cookie Clicker?
- Timer Widget — adds a special object to display a countdown for buffs and timers.
- Hurricane Sugar — Adds a Golden Cookie effect to shorten the time for sugar lumps to ripen to 1 second.
- Casino — Adds a minigame to Chancemaker to play blackjack using cookies for chips.
- Steam Achievement Enabler — Allows you to attain Steam Achievements while using mods.
- One of the most popular mods from the game’s mobile days is Cookie Monster, a suite of handy statistical tools that will automatically calculate things like remaining time, likelihoods, and potential payoffs.
2. You could also try Timer Widget, a small timer in the corner of the screen that keeps you informed on cooldowns for buffs and shimmers.
3. If you don’t mind disabling Steam achievements, you can expedite your processes a bit with Hurricane Sugar, which shortens the ripening time of Sugar Lumps to 1 second.
4. If you’re feeling lucky, try the Casino, where you can bet cookies on games of Blackjack.
5. Of course, if you want to use these mods and get achievements, you could always just use the Steam Achievement Enabler to keep them on no matter what mods you use.