Permaslot guide

PERMASLOT GUIDE
Some information inherited from the old permaslot guide by finnquaza on discord.
Some information obtained from lookas123 on discord.

| Table of Contents
-> Overview
-> Setups
---> For active players
---> For idle players
-> Miscellaneous

====== OVERVIEW ======
Permaslot stands for Permanent upgrade slots, a set of 5 heavenly upgrades where one can place normal upgrades into to make it immediately available and active for all subsequent ascensions. Permaslots go from I (1) to V (5), each requiring the previous to unlock, as well as costing 100, 20,000, 3 million, 400 million, and 50 billion heavenly chips, respectively. Every permaslot is functionally identical in every way except for its price.

Note that once an upgrade is permaslotted, it cannot be bought again in an ascension where it remains in a permaslot, and so permaslots cannot grant any actual boosts, and merely moves boosts earlier in time to the very start of an ascension depending on what upgrades you have slotted. Note that not all normal upgrades can be permaslotted, and heavenly upgrades cannot be permaslotted.

NOTE: "Active" denotes a playstyle centered around making cookies with golden cookie effects (especially through click combos), while "Idle" is a playstyle around letting the game produce cookies WITHOUT golden cookies (in other words, afk; also includes non-golden cookie auto clickers)

====== SETUPS ======
Please choose the setup according to your playstyle and total prestige.

Format:
-> [circumstance]
I: [upgrade in slot 1]
II: [upgrade in slot 2]
III: [upgrade in slot 3]
IV: [upgrade in slot 4]
V: [upgrade in slot 5]
[additional notes]

==== FOR ACTIVE PLAYERS ====

-> First ascension: after 365 prestige but before second permanent upgrade slot
I: Highest kitten upgrade
If you have the Santa and it isn't gonna be Christmas after you've reincarnated, permaslot A festive hat instead; revert after Season switcher is obtained

-> After second slot: After purchasing Permanent upgrade slot II but before Fortune Cookies heavenly upgrade (costs 77.78 billion heavenly chips)
I: Highest kitten upgrade
II: Serendipity (second golden cookie frequency doubling upgrade)
III: Lucky day (first golden cookie frequency doubling upgrade)
IV: Highest Cursor upgrade (NOT "Clicking gain +1% CpS"; switch to most expensive building biscuit after Undecillion fingers become purchasable in around 2 minutes into ascension)
V: Golden goose egg/Cookie egg/Most expensive building biscuit/Most expensive flavored cookie
(Building biscuits are upgrades you unlock for having at least 100 to 700 of every building, are rectangular, and are the "butter biscuits" that add 10% to cookie production multiplier. If you have them, you can find them at around the end of your cookies page)
Slot these upgrades as you unlock the slots
For V, if you have more than one of the above the leftmost upgrade takes priority

Past this point ordering doesn’t matter at all

-> Before late game: after Fortune cookies, before Unshackled you heavenly upgrade (costs 19.2 quadrillion heavenly chips)
I: Serendipity
II: Lucky day
III: Fortune #103/Cookie egg/Fortune #101/Fortune #104/Highest You upgrade (if you have more than one of the above the leftmost upgrade takes priority)
IV: Golden goose egg/Cookie egg/Most expensive flavored cookie
V: Most expensive building biscuit
For IV, if you have more than one of the above the leftmost upgrade takes priority

-> To endgame: After Unshackled you, to the last cookie related achievement (1 trevigintillion cookies in one ascend)
I: Highest You upgrade
II: Most expensive building biscuit
III: Second most expensive building biscuit
IV: Most expensive flavored cookie (as in costs the most amount of cookies to buy if it is already unlocked)
V: Fortune #103

-> In endgame: After the last cookie related achievement
Whatever you slot doesn’t matter that much anymore, so here’s a generalized setup for no-savescum no-planner people trying to get more cookies via comboing:
I: Personal biscuit
II: Springerles (most expensive flavored cookie)
III: Fortune #101 or Fortune #104
IV: Golden goose egg
V: Fortune #103
Feel free to swap the golden cookie frequency upgrades for fortunes if you are not planning on doing noscum combos involving dragonflight.

==== FOR IDLE PLAYERS ====

-> After first ascension: after 365 prestige, before Fortune cookies heavenly upgrade (costs 77.78 billion heavenly chips)
I: Highest kitten upgrade
II: Highest upgrade of the last building you managed to get
III: Highest building biscuit
IV: Highest Cursor upgrade; switch to Golden goose egg for extra golden switch power after you become able to purchase Undecillion fingers around a minute into an ascension
V: Wrinklerspawn; if don't have that yet, slot second most expensive building biscuit
(Building biscuits are upgrades you unlock for having at least 100 to 700 of every building, are rectangular, and are the "butter biscuits" that add 10% to cookie production multiplier. If you have them, you can find them at around the end of your cookies page)
Slot these upgrades as you unlock those slots
You may also want to slot in Lucky day or Serendipity (or both) for golden switch power if you are never planning on clicking golden cookies ever again

-> Before late game: After Fortune cookies, before Unshackled you heavenly upgrade (costs 19.2 quadrillion heavenly chips)
I: Fortune #101
II: Most expensive building biscuit
III: Fortune #103
IV: Golden goose egg
V: Wrinklerspawn

-> Before endgame: After Unshackled you
I: Highest You upgrade
II: Most expensive building biscuit
III: Highest flavored cookie (as in costs the most amount of cookies to buy if it is already unlocked)
IV: Fortune #103
V: Wrinklerspawn/Fortune #101 (depending on how often you click fortunes; if you almost never click fortunes, slot Fortune #101)

====== MISCELLANEOUS ======

-> Endless cycle/Reincarnation achievement
I: Highest kitten upgrade
II: Second highest kitten upgrade
III: Subsequent highest kitten/highest You upgrade/highest Cursor upgrade
IV: Subsequent highest kitten/subsequent highest You upgrade/subsequent highest Cursor upgrade
V: Subsequent highest kitten/subsequent highest You upgrade/subsequent highest Cursor upgrade
What you choose for III, IV, and V really depends on the strategy (primarily buying cursors or yous) you are using for ascends.
If buying cursors: Get every cursor upgrade that you can’t easily afford in around 6 seconds into ascending
If buying yous: Get every kitten upgrade that you can’t easily afford in around 6 seconds into ascending
If using the fractal-cursor Strat: ignore all cursor upgrades and just get 5 best kittens
Note: if you can afford every kitten except for the top four with ONLY the top four kittens slotted, permaslot Fortune #103 in the last slot. This also applies if you can do the same with less than four kittens.

-> DO ASS CLGCF Permaslots
I: Serendipity
II: Lucky day
III: Golden goose egg
IV: Highest You upgrade
V: Highest Javascript console upgrade
May switch out highest javascript console upgrade for A crumbly egg if "Simulation failsafes" (glimmeringue Javascript console upgrade) can be reasonably bought in around 2 minutes in.
This setup assumes a late game (post Unshackled you) save.