Realm Grinder News

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.

• MAD UNIQUE BUILDINGS. Each of the new MAD Factions now has its own Unique Building, unlockable from Reincarnation 130.
  
• MAD BLOODLINES. Three new Bloodlines to select, themed for the new factions.
  
• MAD LINEAGES. Available when you get their respective Bloodline and reach 400 of each Royal Exchange.
  
• LEVEL 50 LINEAGE PERKS. Perk 5s for all Lineages, available from Reincarnation 130 and Lineage Level 50.
  
• NEW ARTIFACTS and their relative upgrades.
  
• NEW SECRET TROPHIES and their relative upgrades, including MAD spell upgrades.
  
• Precognition base and scaling increased.
  
• Arcane Core base decreased, scaling increased.
  
• MAD Trade Treaties costs reduced.
  
• Elven Diplomacy reworked: now increase click count based on Faction Coins found in this game.
  
• Elven Lineage effect changed to additive, resulting in a much lower click count.
  
• Goblin Lineage reworked: now increases Tax Collection worth in seconds.
  
• Demon Lineage reworked: now increases Non-Unique buildings production, ignoring Ascension Penalties.
  
• Dwarven Lineage reworked: now increases all buildings base production based on their tier. Bonus is multiplied by the Lineage level.
  
• Drow Lineage changed to standard exponential (base and scaling reduced).
  
• Old Goblin Perk 4 merged into Goblin Perk 1 and turned into a multiplicative bonus.
  
• New Goblin Perk 4 now makes Goblin's Greed stop producing Faction Coins instantly. Instead, increase your Faction Coin find chance based on the Gems required for your next Reincarnation.
  
• Avarice Drive reworked: now makes Goblin's Greed use Faction Coins found in this Reincarnation.
  
• Fairy Perk 4 effect decreased.
  
• Elven Perk 3 effect increased.
  
• Elven Perk 4 effect increased.
  
• Druid Perk 1 base increased.
  
• Druid Perk 3 merged into Grand Balance effect.
  
• Drow Perk 3 reworked to provide Faction Coin find chance.
  
• Undead Perk 4 changed to provide an independent offline bonus based on Night Time activity time.
  
• Dwarven Perk 3 reworked: Excavations and artifacts count 1% more for every 1500 Unique Buildings.
  
• Fairy Challenge 1 now provides 2 assistants per Fairy upgrade.
  
• Dragon Challenge 3 time req reduced to 8 days total and 2 each.
  
• Advanced Elven Heritage base increased.
  
• Advanced Titan Heritage base increased, scaling decreased.
  
• Advanced Undead Heritage base increased.
  
• Camouflage also increases click count.
  
• Sylvan Treasure Frills bonus reduced.
  
• Elven Discipline now gives assistants instead of mana regen.
  
• Wooden Dice was incorrectly replacing Elven Luck bonus instead of multiplying it. Now it does, and it also casts automatic Tax Collections when Elven Luck triggers.
  
• Angelic Fortitude base and scaling increased.
  
• Spellcraft 30 (Vacuumancy) both base and scalings increased.
  
• Divine 175 (Resurrection) now counts time in this Reincarnation. Base and scaling increased.
  
• Divine 250 (Demonology) scaling increased.
  
• Economics 230 (Coercion) reworked: now makes Trophies count more based on time spent being Evil.
  
• Alchemy 400 (Bloodspring) now gives Elite Bloodlines as intended.
  
• Economics 3250 (Estates) now costs 3300 Economics points.
  
• Economics 3300 (Hirelings) now costs 3250 Economics points. No longer locked to Mercenaries.
  
• Economics 590 (Slavery) base increased, scaling decreased.
  
• Spellcraft 2875 (Scholarship) base decreased.
  
• Warfare 3050 (Flanking) base increased, scaling decreased.
  
• Craftsmanship 3000 (Customizing) base and scaling decreased.
  
• Economics 1425 (Rarity) base and scaling decreased.
  
• Hellfire Burst reworked: now makes Hellfire Blast add part of Evil spells cast in this Reincarnation to fuel its bonus.
  
• Archangel Feathers base increased.
  
• Seraphim Feathers renamed to Seraphim Wings: base increased, now also increases Faction Coin find chance and assistants.
  
• Fairy Set base and scaling reduced.
  
• Archon Pride is now based on Lineage level.
  
• Lunar Cycle reworked: now increase Maximum Mana additively based on time spent online in this game. Increase Maximum Mana multiplicatively based on time spent offline in this game.
  
• Strange Attraction base increased.
  
• Eternal Servitude is now based on time spent in this Reincarnation. Now also affects Flesh Workshops.
  
• Djinn Union base reduced.
  
• Drow Set base and scaling increased.
  
• Dwarven base and scaling increased.
  
• High Bastion scaling increased.
  
• Reincarnation 50 power, base increased.
  
• Elven Set base increased.
  
• Goblin Set reworked to increase general Faction Coin find chance additively and multiplicatively.
  
• Stone Servants renamed to Stonecarving.
  
• Holy Crusaders now increases its bonuses with Ascensions.
  
• Share Benefits now adds Tax Collections casts based on its duration and current tier cast.
  
• Mercenary Camp scaling increased.
  
• Tyrant Garrison base and scaling decreased.
  
• Freemason's Hall scaling increased.
  
• Uniformity effect and scaling increased.
  
• Ziggurat scaling increased.
  
• Mountain Palace base increased.
  
• Genealogist scaling increased.
  
• Underworld Tyranny base increased.
  
• Mana Addicts effect increased.
  
• Blood Sacrifices base increased.
  
• Spider Gods base increased.
  
• Professional Assassins base decreased, scaling increased.
  
• Demonic Fury base and scaling increased.
  
• Druid Lineage base effect reworked: now each Lineage level counts as 2 additional Reincarnations.
  
• Sun Force: Faction Coin find chance changed to additive mana regen.
  
• Excavated Mirage bonus increased.
  
• Angel Set is now based on the highest amount of spells cast in a single game.
  
• Faceless Set reworked: now increases assistants based on the highest amount of assistants you had in a previous game.
  
• Dwarven Set base decreased.
  
• Arboreal City scaling changed to ln(x).
  
• Undead Union scaling changed to ln(x).
  
• Heaven's Brilliance all effects increased.
  
• Goblin Union base and scaling increased.
  
• Fairy Union scaling increased.
  
• Faceless Union base and scaling increased.
  
• Elven Union now also adds 10 clicks per second, in addition to its previous effect.
  
• Druid Union Lineage count scaling increased.
  
• Angel Union mana produced scaling increased.
  
• Dwarven Ale base decreased.
  
• Mining Prodigies base decreased.
  
• Magic Resistance scaling decreased.
  
• Solidity base and scaling increased.
  
• Evil Art of the Crow is now based on production bonus from Gems.
  
• Drow Set now increases the production of all buildings based on Evil spells cast in this Reincarnation.
  
• Titan Set now increases Royal Exchange bonus additively and multiplicatively based on time spent in this game.
  
• Hand of the Makers changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Cosmic Resonance changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Reality Marble changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Moon Blessing changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Secret Clicking Techniques changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Sharp Claws changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Advanced Elven Heritage changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Warfare 1400 (Cataclysm) changed to exponential (increased scaling).
  
• Craftsmanship 3100 (Engineering) changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Divine 3350 (Vampirism) reworked: now increase assistants additively and multiplicatively based on your Offline Bonus.
  
• Divine 290 (Transubstantiation) changed to provide Max Mana.
  
• Divine 275 (Meditation) primary effect reworked to provide mana regen based on max mana. Formula is similar to Druid Bloodline.
  
• Spellcraft 500 (Heirlooms) now also increases mana regen.
  
• Alchemy 1500 (Sublimation) reworked to provide Faction Coin find chance instead of Maximum Mana.
  
• Warfare 175 (Overwhelm) base and scaling increased.
  
• Economics 1225 (Hoarding) changed to reduce production by 90% (one less order of magnitude) when active, in addition to its previous effect.
  
• Divine 245 (Soulrending) now has D1375 (Sanctification) effect. New D1375 makes Ascensions count 50% more for Spiritual Surge.
  
• High Bastion formula changed to exponential (decreased base, increased scaling).
  
• Djinn Perk 1 effect increased.
  
• Advanced Dwarven Heritage, Infinite Spiral, Stonecarving: resets contribution moved from exponent to base.
  
• Evil Art of the Crow base and scaling increased.
  
• Bloodlines no longer require 100 upgrades to unlock.
  
• Spiritual Surge formula changed. Now it provides an higher bonus early on, but scales worse at later stages.
  
• Faceless unlock requirements now count total time, making them easier to get in the early stages.
  
• Changed automatic click handler: now all automatic clicks perform only once per second, but they increase click stat and reward as if they clicked X times (depending on the effect). This should greatly reduce lag and screen littering.
  
• Offline gains now take place before loading spells. Spells no longer cancel when you reload the game.
  
• Challenge tooltips now clarify all requirements.
  

Global Reminder: The Easter Event will be starting on Apr 18th 2019, 12.01 PM UTC and will end on Apr 25th 2019, 6.59 PM UTC.

*Mod notes: Ruby Upgrade UI now shows both bonuses, rather than just the additive ones. This is purely a visual change, as Ruby Upgrades have had these multiplicative boosts since version 3.0.2.

*Mod notes 2: Royal Exchanges in the window now show the individual bonus of Royal Exchanges, not the total bonus that Faction's Royal Exchanges grants. You can view the full bonus granted to you by hovering over the Royal Exchanges icon and checking the tooltip through the Upgrades tab.

*Mod notes 3: You can no longer buy the Lineage for a Prestige Faction of the same alignment as what you're playing.

• Fixed an issue with Royal Exchange checks for all factions, resulting in Elven Challenge 3 being non-unlockable.
  
• Added a new Christmas feat and cosmetic option.
  
• Camouflage effect and scaling increased
  
• Grove Farming effect increased
  
• Druid Union effect increased
  
• Dwarven Set effect increased, scaling decreased
  
• Reality Marble effect and scaling decreased
  
• Hand of the Makers scaling decreased
  
• Everlasting Materials effect increased
  
• Structural Stability effect and scaling increased
  
• Ancillae Obscurae effect and scaling increased
  
• Elven Union effect and scaling increased
  
• Infinite Spiral scaling decreased
  
• FC Chance and Max mana from spells now count for upgrade purposes, resulting in much higher bonuses overall
  
• Titan Helmet requirements reduced
  
• Makers Heritage effect and scaling decreased
  
• Golemcraft (Craftsmanship 305) effect increased, scaling decreased
  
• Makers Union mana calculations fixed, resulting in a higher All Creation effect when using it.
  
• Zombie Apocalypse effect increased, scaling decreased
  
• Angel Union effect increased
  
• Dwarven Order Union effect increased
  
• Dragon Order Union effect increased
  
• Energy Recharge effect and scaling decreased
  
• Archon Pride effect decreased
  
• Precognition scaling decreased
  
• Archon Heritage effect decreased
  
• Star Trading scaling increased
  
• Superior Consciousness effect and scaling increased
  
• Druid Union GB target scaling increased
  
• Structural Stability now provides double bonus where appropriate
  
• Aura of Magic effect decreased
  
• Flashy Storm made logarithmic, resulting in increased effect and reduced scaling
  
• Limited Wish Fairy/Faceless changed to spell duration count. Demon/Faceless get Faction Coin find chance.
  
• Infinite Spiral assistants formula made logarithmic, resulting in increased effect and reduced scaling
  
• Stone Servants reworked into all buildings production. Effect increased.
  
• The Desire Within scaling decreased
  
• Aura of Magic effect and scaling decreased
  
• Wishing Well effect and scaling decreased
  
• Everlasting Materials position switched with Magical Shards
  
• Masks costs reduced
  
• Abyssal Furnace effect increased
  
• Devastation made logarithmic, resulting in increased effect and reduced scaling
  
• Demonic Fury reworked to provide Faction Coin find chance
  
• Elite factions heritage costs reduced
  
• Elite factions union costs increased
  

We remind you that the Christmas Event will be starting on Dec 21st 2018, 1.01 PM UTC and will end on Jan 5th 2019, 7.59 PM UTC. During the course of the event, you will gain daily presents containing Snowballs and Rubies every day! Snowballs will be required to complete special quests and feats, and purchase unique upgrades which will last only for the duration of the event. A new feat has been added for this year, which will unlock new mana cosmetics. Cheers!