Editing Guide:Prestige Perks

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Every account [[Ascension]] grants 5 [[Rune]]s. [[Prestige Perks]] usually cost a Rune per level and can change your economy, collection, or convenience. Start by deciding whether your next goal is faster account climbs, a stronger farm, pet development, or a particular unlock.

== A practical starting approach ==

Nepotism reduces ranking costs; [[Anointment]] reduces [[Ascension]] costs. They are sensible early investments when repeated Ascensions are your goal. Spend discounts before the purchase they affect. Reassess when a production upgrade would unblock more progress than another discount.

Gourmand helps pet XP; [[Asterism]] raises the normal pet tier ceiling. Deluge and [[Vitality]] support frequent watering and longer absences respectively. [[Hypervisor]] extends Relay's active window. Your schedule matters: the best benefit is the one you can actually use.

Do not follow an old fixed [[Rune]] order simply because it gives an exact savings total. Current rank costs, your income, profile mode, and the bottleneck you are solving determine the value.

== Perk reference ==

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
{| class="wikitable" style="max-width:100%;"
|-
! <strong>Goal</strong>
! <strong>Relevant perks and effects</strong>
|-
| Account climbs
| Nepotism lowers rank cost and Anointment lowers Ascension cost
|-
| Action finds
| Fortuity improves rare discovery and Amnesiac can ignore an action cooldown
|-
| Work
| Favoritism improves the chance of a Work bonus
|-
| Farm upkeep
| Deluge lowers watering cooldown and Vitality extends crop survival
|-
| Farm output
| Arbory raises same-crop limits and Overgrowth increases watering byproducts
|-
| Farm extras
| Fecundity improves rare crop output
|-
| Pet levels
| Gourmand improves craving XP and Asterism raises reincarnation limits
|-
| Pet capacity
| Gluttony increases energy and Menager adds idle pet and egg storage
|-
| Pet breeding
| Zootechny lowers breeding cost and Virility helps skip breeding waits
|-
| Pet byproducts
| Fecality increases Manure from feeding
|-
| Buddy switching
| Playboy lowers the swap cooldown
|}
</div>

Menager storage is not extra [[Adventure]] capacity. Buy [[Stable|stable]]s or use [[Golden Lariat]]s for more simultaneous adventurers. A pet leveling goal can require food, energy space, and [[Asterism]] together; buying only the tier limit does not supply the other two.

<small>Screenshots on this page: [[Guide:Prestige Perks#figure_13|Figure 13]]</small>

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[[File:Bconomy-guide-13-choosing-prestige-perks.png|thumb|center|680px|alt=Choosing Prestige Perks|Figure 13  Choosing Prestige Perks. Prestige shows your Rune balance, perk levels and Info controls. Choose perks that address your next goal and read their current costs and effects rather than copying this developed build.]]

== More perks and changing your build ==

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{| class="wikitable" style="max-width:100%;"
|-
! <strong>Goal</strong>
! <strong>Relevant perks and effects</strong>
|-
| More equipped items
| Hammerspace increases your equipment capacity
|-
| Tool augmentations
| Lapidist adds Gemerald Augment slots to level 50 tools
|-
| Longer Relay activity
| Hypervisor extends time before Network idling
|-
| Better daily rewards
| Loyalist raises maximum reward amounts
|-
| Main listing prices
| Mercantilist raises price limits and removes them at its maximum
|-
| Solo Depot variety
| Mercantilist opens additional Supply Depot items
|-
| Trading fees
| Insider lowers transaction fees with a remaining minimum
|-
| Museum payouts
| Provenance raises the highest reward tier you can earn
|-
| Depot rerolls
| Quartermaster raises daily reroll allowances
|-
| Coinflip stakes
| Numismatist raises your maximum wager
|-
| Burn relic returns
| Pyrology increases Burn item return
|}
</div>

== Resetting perks ==

The [[Prestige]] interface offers <strong>[[Reset All]]</strong> for reallocating your build, with a one-week cooldown. A separate single-perk reset is only for a perk whose stored level exceeds its current maximum; it is not a general selective respec. Review the refund and restrictions before confirming.

A perk can create a dependency. Resetting an allowance or unlock does not mean all the systems it supported will continue working identically afterward. Check affected pets, tools, equipment, market prices, and storage before changing a mature build.

== Spend for the next useful outcome ==

For a new Main profile, market access is earned through the [[Governor]] unlock. [[Mercantilist]] is a price-limit perk, so buying it to unlock the next item on an obsolete listing ladder wastes the reasoning behind the purchase. If a valuable item will not list high enough, then more Tier or Mercantilist may be relevant.

For Ironman or Hardcore, Mercantilist has another purpose: improving Depot selection. Insider can reduce Depot transaction costs, and [[Quartermaster]] helps when rerolls matter. The same [[Rune]] can have a different value on another mode.

Do not raise [[Coinflip]] stakes just to make your next essential upgrade depend on winning. Secure the farm, pets, food, and progression budget first. Optional minigames and [[Burn]] can wait until you decide what amount you are comfortable losing.

== Related pages ==
* [[Guide:Ranks and Ascension|Ranks and Ascension]]
* [[Guide:Gemerald Augments and Rare Ingredients|Gemerald Augments and Rare Ingredients]]
* [[Guide:Profiles and the Supply Depot|Profiles and the Supply Depot]]

<small>Adapted from Shadybliss's illustrated new-user guide, 24 October 2026. Game mechanics may change; check the current in-game Manual and previews.</small>

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