⚡ Energy (World Energy) — The x10 Global Multiplier System

Energy (its full in-game name is World Energy) shipped alongside Project Stargate in v1.4.0. It is a late-game currency with exactly one source — Ascensions processed by the World Reactor — and one purpose: filling a Global Multiplier that boosts you everywhere, permanently. Unlike Cash or Cosmic Cash it is never spent; it accumulates toward the multiplier cap, which makes every point you bank a permanent account-wide upgrade.

Energy is gated behind Project Stargate's most important button:

1. 1

   Reach Project Stargate — the Area in Space entered via the Stargate Button beside LemonX (1 Ascension to enter).

2. 2

   Buy the World Reactor button — a Power-category button that requires you to HOLD 3 Ascensions (like every Stargate button, it checks your total and spends nothing).

3. 3

   Ascend twice more — the reactor completes, and your first unlock starts a 1-hour earning timer.

All Energy income happens inside the reactor's timer window:

The timer mechanics are community-documented from the shipped v1.4.0 build and may be refined by patches — exact refresh behavior between windows is still being measured.

Banked Energy fills a Global Multiplier that scales up to a maximum of x10 at the 30,000 Energy cap. The multiplier applies universally — the developer bills it as the benefit that "works between Worlds" — so it will directly boost you in v1.5.0 "World 2" (dated Sep 18, 2026). In other words, every hour you spend grinding the reactor now is progress that carries straight into the next version: Energy is World 2's pre-progression system, live a season early.

Three of the nine Companions are awarded at Energy milestones — they follow you as visible progress markers on the way to the cap:

Full companion details on the Companions page. All 9 Companions →

The core tension is speed: every Ascension pays the same +100 Energy, but the timer moves with you. Players who can chain quick, low-value Ascensions (skipping deep rebuilds) extract far more Energy per window than players who grind each Ascension to its maximum multiplier. The community consensus so far: during an active window, Ascend as fast as possible even at reduced income — the permanent multiplier outearns any single slow cycle. Between windows, return to normal Ascend optimization. These tactics are community-documented and will be refined with real play data.