3.6.0.0 MAD Challenges and Ascension 3

Global Reminder: The Goblin Invasion Event will be starting on Jul 22nd 2019, 12.01 PM UTC and will end on Jul 26th 2019, 6.59 PM UTC.

ADDED MAD CHALLENGES, starting from Reincarnation 135. Five new challenges, plus a spell upgrade, will be available for each of the new Elite factions.
ASCENSION 3 BEGINS IN THIS UPDATE, starting with Mercenaries, which will be as strong as you have ever seen. You will now collect Amethyst Coins. New gem and reincarnation formulas, Lineages will be capped at L50.
NEW SPELL RESET FUNCTION to allow smarter control of Realm Grinder spellcasting - this will be available way earlier than endgame.
ADDED NEW BUY10K AND BUY SMART OPTIONS, allowing you to purchase Buildings, Excavations and Royal Exchanges up to a round value.
LOTS OF NEW UPGRADES AND TROPHIES throughout all stages of the game, changing and shifting balance of powers and allowing player to create new strategies.
Chrono Loading now uses seconds rather than ticks for its formula, base reduced.
Archon 6 (Absent-Mindedness) now has a headstart of 30.
Dragon 9 (Chromatic Scales) and Dragon Challenge spell upgrade (Prismatic Breath) are now correctly affected by Dragon Perk 4.
Infinite Spiral now has a headstart of 10.
Most "Researcher" and all "Challenger" upgrades no longer suffer from Ascension penalties.
Mercenaries can now buy Dragon upgrades only with the fourth tier of their contract-based upgrades. Cost has been increased.
Alchemy 400 (Bloodspring) can no longer provide MAD bloodlines before R130.
Spellcraft 200 (Cryomancy) reworked: it's now based on mana produced in this game.
Druid challenge 2 reworked: it's now based on all buildings owned.
Druid challenge 3 reworked: it's now based on all buildings owned.
Faceless challenge 2 reworked: it's now based on all buildings owned.
Dragon Challenge 2 now affects Non-Unique buildings. Spell tier cost reduction is now based on Grand
Balance activity time in this Reincarnation. No longer suffers from Ascension penalties.
Bloodline coming from Alchemy 2950 (Combination) is now taken into account by R60 power.
Freemason's Hall now has a headstart of 20. Base increased.
Maelstrom and Catalyst no longer lose their targets when reloading.
Flesh Workshop base and scaling reduced.
Holy Sites base and scaling increased.
Swarming Tower base and scaling increased.
No Recruiting no longer suffers from Ascension penalties.
Fixed a bug that caused assistants not to produce anything under certain circumstances.
Eligible artifacts now show their excavation chance in their tooltip.
All MAD contracts and Heritages cost reduced.
All Advanced Heritages cost reduced..
Archon Bloodline growth reduced by half.
Warfare 1375 (Scavenging) base decreased, scaling increased.
Warfare 275 (Domination) base increased, scaling decreased.
Multiplicative Faction Coin Chance has been reduced from Warfare 1375 (Scavenging), Craftsmanship 400 (Gravitation), Alchemy 3400 (Chemistry).
Archon Mask bonus reduced.
Djinn Mask bonus reduced.
Makers Mask now also adds assistants.
Excavated Mirage bonus reduced.
Goblin Invasion Support 1 (Elite Goblins) changed to be based on Evil spells cast in this Reincarnation.
Chocolate Egg effect increased to 100% and now also clicks once per second.
Advanced Elven Heritage base increased, scaling decreased.
Advanced Druid Heritage base increased, scaling decreased.
Vanilla Flavor Juice and Chocolate Flavor Smoothie effect reduced.
Chrono Loading mana requirements reduced.
Faceless Lineage base effect reworked to provide spell duration.
Archon Bloodline growth reduced by half.
Titan Lineage now increases Royal Exchange bonus by an additional 200% per level. No longer increases count.
Goblin Perk 5 now gives actual Faction Coin find chance rather than making it count more.
All A2 faction artifacts now have a requirement of 2000 Excavations, down from 3000.
Raw Emerald is now easier to excavate.
Angel 11 (Angelic Fortitude) reworked to provide Faction Coin find chance. Base increased.
Angel 12 (Seraphim Wings) now also increases Maximum Mana, bonus increased to 200%.
Angel Union now provides Mana Regeneration based on mana produced in this game instead of its previous effect.
Ascension 2 Spell Tier 2s cost reduced.
Share Benefits now produces TC casts per second based on your Maximum Mana.
Appraisal Vantage base is now based on the amount of assistants you own, scaling decreased.
Gem Grinder formula changed to depend on Reincarnations and Ascensions.
Drow Challenge 4 (Trained Assassins) is now log-based, with a much higher base and much lower scaling.
Economics 1425 (Rarity) base and scaling decreased.
Reap Interests base increased, scaling decreased.
Tyrant Garrison base increased.
Drow 9 (Blade Dance) is now an independent upgrade based on Combo Strike casts.
Veteran Figurine now grants only your alignment challenge effects.
Stonecarving (MK7) now has a headstart of 30.
Spellcraft 330 (Reverberation) now has a cap of 300 for active spells.
Precognition base and scaling decreased.
Spellcraft 2875 (Scholarship) is now available for Good alignment only. Base and scaling increased.
Craftsmanship 3000 (Customizing) is now available for Neutral alignment only. Base and scaling increased.
Warfare 3050 (Flanking) is now available for Evil alignment only. Base and scaling increased.
Divine 2775 (Intervention) base increased.
AR10 (Purity of Form) now also increases Precognition values (above previous stats - this is an improvement for Archons only).
Dragon Challenge 1 tooltip states that it removes 1 ascension penalty. No longer increases the scaling of the upgrades, but increases their base.
Druid Challenge 4 now increases Non-Unique buildings production based on the duration of your longest spell instead of its previous effect. Ascension penalties removed.
Fairy Perk 4 changed to provide temporary assistants based on Fairy Chanting duration.
Druid Perk 4 spell duration base and scaling increased.
Goblin Perk 1 base increased, scaling decreased.
Primal Balance now also increases Grand Balance targets production based on the amount of targets exceeding 10.
Titan Lineage base now increases Royal Exchange bonus by 200% per level. No longer increases count.
Titan Perk 1 effect merged into Djinn Perk 1. New Titan Perk 1 removes 1 Ascension penalty from Titan Bloodline.
Titan Perk 3 now increases the base production of tier 4 and tier 7 buildings based on Unique Buildings owned.
Everything that was unlocked at Lineage level 50 is now unlocked at level 45.
Spellcraft 200 (Cryomancy) reworked to provide spell duration.
Alchemy 270 (Synthesis) reworked to provide spell duration.
Warfare 1275 (Authority) reworked to provide spell duration based on the amount of Non-Unique buildings you own.
Dragon Set reworked to provide spell duration.
Divine 205 (Communion) effect increased.
Added Elven Luck stats to the stats panel.
The initial costs for Trade Treaties with Neutral factions have been halved.
Combo Strike now has a fixed duration of 16 seconds. Cannot be changed.
Tiered Autocast cost lowered.
"Know Your Enemy II" requirements lowered to Reincarnation 75. Now requires a mercenary Unique Building.
Prismatic Breath bonus reduced to 50%.
Production bonus provided by Research Facilities has been reduced.
Ancestral Hourglass now reduces Lineage cost multiplier based on Reincarnations made.
Lineage base cost multiplier reduced to 8, down from 15. Now increases by 1 additional step every 30 levels.
Challenges can no longer be toggled on and off. Instead, the Challenge Power upgrade activates their power when you buy it from the Upgrades panel.
Gem Power, Ruby Power, Reincarnation Power, Challenge Power and Unique Building upgrades can be excluded from the BuyAll button by disabling the "Buy All Upgrades" option in the Options menu.
Autoclicks no longer count against manual click cap.

PSA 1: Many old builds will break as a result of this patch.
PSA 2: Reap Interests needs 11 casts to work.
PSA 3: Lineage Formula reworked, will be easier up to Lineage Level 30, then harder past that.