Post 5e11 IP, Part 1

Post 5e11 IP, Part 1

Right after: Woo, huge boost from the upgrade "50% stronger galaxies! Now, set galaxy autobuyer cap to 1000, or some other arbitrary number above 800 or so, and you'll never have to touch the galaxy autobuyer again. Crunch autobuyer off, you should now be crunching for higher and higher IP. Redo challenges around 1e18 IP. The slowdown begins around 1e22 IP.

~1e22 IP: Progress is generally quick at this point, but there are slowdowns. To push through them, they only require around 3m runs, until 1e24, which needs an 8m run. Once past 1e5000 AM, redo the challenges again, maxxing out the upgrade.

1e26 IP Lull: There's a small lull at 1e26, but it could take minutes. Upgrades should be bought in this order (and credit to Patashu for it): ID1, ID3, 1e26 IP doubler, 3e26 Dimension cost multiplier increase 5x → 4x, ID2, 1e27 IP, 1e28 IP. Do some good minute long runs (general approximation) for quick IP.

1e29 IP: Now do ID1, 1e29 IP doubler, 1e30 IP doubler, 2e30 Dimension cost multiplier increase 4x -> 3x. Production now begins to get faster, you'll get to 1e35 IP in minutes. Try different length runs up to 10m to see what gives you the most IP.

1e45: Get ID4, at long last. It could take upwards of an hour, so be aware of that. Complete row 7 of achievements. Afterwards, do IC2, which should only take up to 5 minutes. Go ahead and set sacrifice autobuyer to 100x. At 1e50, buy upgrades in order: 1e50 IP doubler, ID1, ID3, ID4, ID2, 1e51 IP doubler. Now, do a 25 minute run for about 1e54 IP.

1e56 IP: Here comes one of your first "extremely" long runs (comparatively, of course), for a 36 galaxy run which could take up to 5 and a half hours. Do a few quick runs for some good IP, and once you buy everything to 1e58 IP, do IC3, which could take 2 hours.
(Note: You do not have to do these long runs if you're active, and crunching for good IP.)