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Ascensions Guide - how to get all 126 heavenly upgrades in 24 progression ascensions or less
Last updated 13.21 2023.05.11

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For each ascension, the first number is the target HC to get, which is a recommended minimum. The second number, "Total HC," is the total amount of HC required for all upgrades up to and including that ascension. The third number is the total cookies baked all time you'll need to complete this ascension. Remember, you're free to play the game however you like, but deviating from the guide may result in a longer time to complete the game.

Note: These are ascension minimums. If you're lucky with Golden Cookie combos you might get way more than an ascension minimum. That's okay. Just combine two or more consecutive ascensions or buy some of the upgrades (for a future ascension) in one ascension and buy the rest (for that future ascension) in a later ascension. [Example: you overshot Ascension 3 and got 67 thousand HC. Then you can buy all of the upgrades for Ascension 3 and Starter Kitchen and Satan (Ascension 4), and buy the rest of Ascension 5 on the next ascension]

If you don't know what any of the heavenly upgrades do, check out this link. https://pastebin.com/anF78Jmy 
It tells you what each and every one of the upgrades does, all sorted in the same order as you see below, except for unshackled upgrades grouped at the bottom. (They are in order but not divided by ascension)

Permaslots guide can be found at https://pastebin.com/qgT3GepD

1st - 365 - Total PL: 365 - 48.627 quintillion - 9/129
Legacy (1)
Heavenly Cookies (3)
How to Bake Your Dragon (9)
Box of Brand Biscuits (25)
Tin of British Tea Biscuits (25)
Tin of Butter Cookies (25)*
Box of Macarons (25)
Starter Kit (50)*
Heavenly Luck (77)
Permanent Upgrade Slot 1 (100)
Heralds (100)
*If you want, you can add these to 1st ascend, this would make numbers for this ascend 440/440/85.184 quintillion and numbers for next ascend 3 387/3 827/56.050 sextillion
 
2nd - 2 185 - Total PL: 2 550 - 16.581 sextillion - 13/129
Tin of Butter Cookies (25)
Starter Kit (50)
Golden Switch (999)
Season Switcher (1111)
 
3rd - 12 409 - Total PL: 14 959 - 3.347 septillion - 22/129
Twin Gates of Transcendence (1)
Angels (7)
Classic Dairy Selection (9), cosmetic only
Archangels (49)
Basic Wallpaper Assortment (99), cosmetic only
Virtues (343)
Persistent Memory (500)
Dominions (2 401)
Kitten Angels (9 000)
 
4th - 62 109 - Total PL: 77 068 - 457.744 septillion - 26/129
Lasting Fortune (777)
Lucky Digit (777), your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 1 7 for this upgrade to appear
Starter Kitchen (5 000)
Halo Gloves (55 555)
 
5th - 130 576 - Total PL: 207 644 - 8.9523 octillion - 33/129
Belphegor (7)
Mammon (49)
Abaddon (343)
Satan (2 401)
Decisive Fate (7 777)
Permanent Upgrade Slot 2 (20 000)
Residual Luck (99 999)
 
6th Ascend
822 219 - Total PL: 1 029 863 - 1.092 nonillion - 37/129
Divine Sales (99 999)
Divine Discount (99 999)
Synergy Vol 1 (222 222)
Divine Bakeries (399 999)

7th - 2 568 911 - Total PL: 3 598 774 - 46.608 nonillion - 43/129
Cherubim (16 807)
Asmodeus (16 807)
Lucky Number (77 777), your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 2 7s for this upgrade to appear
Seraphim (117 649)
Beelzebub (117 649)
Synergy Vol 2 (2 222 222)
  
8th - 32 900 000 - Total PL: 36 498 774 - 48.622 decillion - 48/129
Inspired Checklist (900 000)
Genius Accounting (2 000 000), no true effect on gameplay, but can be useful
Label Printer (5 000 000), cosmetic only
Unshackled Flavor (10 000 000)
Unshackled Cursors (15 000 000)
 
9th - 210 266 660 - Total PL: 246 765 434 - 15.026 undecillion - 66/129
Unholy Bait (44 444)
Starspawn (111 111)
Starsnow (111 111)
Starterror (111 111)
Starlove (111 111)
Startrade (111 111)
Elder Spice (444 444)
Sacrilegious Corruption (444 444)
Five-Finger Discount (555 555)
Golden Cookie Alert Sounds (999 999)
Wrapping Paper (999 999)
Fanciful Dairy Selection (1 000 000), cosmetic only
Permanent Upgrade Slot 3 (3 000 000)
Wrinkly Cookie (6 666 666)
Distilled Essence of Redoubled Luck (7 777 777)
Distinguished Wallpaper Assortment (10 000 000) cosmetic only
Lucky Payout (77 777 777), your PRESTIGE LEVEL AFTER ASCENDING needs to contain at least 4 7s for this upgrade to appear
Stevia Caelestis (100 000 000)
 
10th - 1 600 000 000 - Total PL: 1 846 765 434 - 6.2980 duodecillion - 69/129
Sugar Baking (200 000 000)
Permanent Upgrade Slot 4 (400 000 000)
Sugar Crystal Cookie (1 000 000 000)
 
11th - 6 838 860 718 - Total PL: 8 685 626 152 - 655.245 duodecillion - 80/129
God (823 543)
Lucifer (823 543)
Chimera (40 353 607)
Eye of the Wrinkler (99 999 999), no true effect on gameplay, but can be useful
Diabetica Daemonicus (300 000 000)
Sugar Craving (400 000 000)
Aura Gloves (555 555 555)
Sugar Aging Process (600 000 000)
Keepsakes (1 111 111 111)
Unshackled Berrylium (1 810 193 360)
Unshackled Grandmas (1 920 000 000)
 
12th - 34 999 999 984 - Total PL: 43 685 626 136 - 8.3731 tredecillion - 85/129
Shimmering Veil (999 999 999)
Sucralosia Inutilis (1 000 000 000)
Cat Ladies (9 000 000 000)
Kitten Wages (9 000 000 000)
Reinforced Membrane (14 999 999 985)
 
13th - 227 777 777 776 - Total PL: 271 463 403 912 - 20.005 quattuordecillion - 88/129
Permanent Upgrade Slot 5 (50 000 000 000)
Fortune Cookies (77 777 777 777)
Pet the Dragon (99 999 999 999)
 
14th - 1 379 559 951 147 - Total PL: 1 561 023 355 059 - 4.500 quindecillion - 94/129
Cosmic Beginner's Luck (14 999 999 985)
Unshackled Blueberrylium (37 879 951 162)
Unshackled Chalcedhoney (327 680 000 000)
Box of Pastries (333 000 000 000)
Box of Maybe Cookies (333 000 000 000)
Box of Not Cookies (333 000 000 000)
 
15th - 9 809 487 269 319 - Total PL: 11 460 510 624 378 - 1.505 sexdecillion - 100/129
Luminous Gloves (55 555 555 555)
Sound Test (99 999 999 999)
Delicate Touch (149 999 999 985)
Milkhelp lactose intolerance relief tablets - (900 000 000 000)
Unshackled Buttergold (1 746 928 107 422)
Unshackled Sugarmuck (6 857 003 606 358)
  
You may want to do most of Endless Cycle right around here before it gets progressively longer to complete.

16th/993rd - 39 791 524 719 681 - Total PL: 51 252 035 344 059 - 134.627 sexdecillion - 106/129
Unshackled Farms (32 805 000 000)
Unshackled Mines (245 760 000 000)
Unshackled Factories (1 171 875 000 000)
Unshackled Banks (4 199 040 000 000)
Unshackled Temples (12 353 145 000 000)
Unshackled Jetmint (21 788 899 719 681)
 
17th/994th 202 805 486 015 158 - Total PL: 254 057 521 359 217 - 16.398 septendecillion - 108/129
Unshackled Cherrysilver (59 316 416 015 158)
Unshackled Hazelrald (143 489 070 000 000)
 
18th/995th - 977 594 110 341 772 - Total PL: 1 231 651 631 700 989 - 1.868 octodecillion - 111/129
Steadfast Murmur (14 999 999 999 985)
Unshackled Mooncandy (316 277 766 016 838)
Unshackled Astrofudge (646 316 344 324 949)
 
19th/996th - 3 503 680 194 689 298 - Total PL: 4 735 331 826 390 287 - 106.182 octodecillion - 113/129
Unshackled Alabascream (1 241 250 239 661 059)
Unshackled Iridyum (2 262 429 955 028 239)

20th/997th - 14 139 051 439 073 245 - Total PL: 18 874 383 265 463 532 - 6.724 novemdecillion - 123/129
Unshackled Wizard Towers (31 457 280 000 000)
Unshackled Shipments (71 744 535 000 000)
Unshackled Alchemy Labs (150 000 000 000 000)
Unshackled Portals (292 307 565 000 000)
Unshackled Time Machines (537 477 120 000 000)
Unshackled Antimatter Condensers (941 227 755 000 000)
Unshackled Prisms (1 581 202 560 000 000)
Unshackled Chancemakers (2 562 890 625 000 000)
Unshackled Glucosmium (3 944 212 159 073 245)
Unshackled Fractal Engines (4 026 531 840 000 000)
 
21st/998th - 12 772 435 234 184 080 - Total PL: 31 646 818 499 647 612 - 31.695 novemdecillion - 125/129
Unshackled Javascript Consoles (6 155 080 095 000 001)
Unshackled Glimmeringue (6 617 355 139 184 079)
 
22nd/999th - 22 591 376 565 000 000 - Total PL: 54 238 195 064 647 612 - 159.557 novemdecillion - 127/129
Unshackled Idleverses (9 183 300 480 000 000)
Unshackled Cortex Bakers (13 408 076 085 000 000)
 
23rd/1000th - 20 699 999 999 999 985 - Total PL: 74 938 195 064 647 597 - 420.833 novemdecillion - 129/129
Glittering Edge (1 499 999 999 999 985)
Unshackled You (19 200 000 000 000 000)
 
Past here, aim to double your prestige per ascend if you still wish to bother playing, there's still more 'cookies baked in one ascension' achievements to do.