Big Cookie

The Cookie, or Big Cookie, refers to the cookie on the top left side of the screen and the (possible) main protagonist of Cookie Clicker Classic and the 1.0 Update.

When the cookie is clicked, it momentarily decreases slightly in size, produces a small cookie particle effect (as of v.1.0411; as of v.2.002, the particle effect features a random assortment of every cookie upgrade the player has bought instead of simply smaller copies of the chocolate chunk Big Cookie), and displays a number that fades away while floating up to the top of the screen, indicating how many cookies the player earned from clicking the cookie. These can be disabled in the settings.

Starting the GameEdit

When the players start the game, they have no cookies. The player must click the big cookie to gain more cookies, or wait until a Golden Cookie appears (recommended to get the no-click achievements). Once the player has accumulated enough cookies, they can buy buildings and upgrades, which help the player gain cookies without clicking.

Mid-Game and Late-GameEdit

During mid-game to late-game, the player should have many buildings and upgrades allowing them to obtain cookies quickly, which makes clicking the Big Cookie seem obsolete unless you have Click Frenzy or the Dragonflight aura active. However, mid-game, with all clicking upgrades, you can gain about 10-13% of your CpS per click.  

Cookie-Clicking ValueEdit

Clicking the big cookie initially gives you 1 cookie per click (CpC). A number of upgrades increase this value, processed in the following order:  

1. First, Reinforced index finger, Carpal tunnel prevention cream and Ambidextrous each double the click value (bringing the total to 8 CpC).  
2. Then, the bonuses from mouse upgrades (plastic mouse,...), Fortune Cookie Upgrade #104, and the remaining cursor upgrades (Thousand fingers,...) are added to the CpC. 
3. Then, all other multipliers affect the CpC:
   1. Santa's helpers increases the click value by 10% (multiplyier of 1.1).
   2. Cookie egg increases the click value by 10% (multiplyier of 1.1).
   3. The Heavenly Upgrade Halo Gloves increases the click value by 10% (multiplyier of 1.1).  
   4. Golden Cookie outcome Click Frenzy multiplies CpC by 777
   5. Golden Cookie outcome Dragonflight multiplies CpC by 1111. Dragonflight requires the Dragonflight Aura to be active.
4. Wrath Cookie outcome Cursed Finger sets CpS to 0 for ten seconds, but each click is worth an amount equal to ten seconds of normal (unwithered) production. The other CpC upgrades have no effect on Cursed Finger CpC.

Related AchievementsEdit

Clicking AchievementsEdit

The main achievements related to the big cookie are the ones for cookies baked through clicking.

Clicking achievements
Icon	Name	Description	ID
	Clicktastic	Make 1,000 cookies from clicking.	30
	Clickathlon	Make 100,000 cookies from clicking.	31
	Clickolympics	Make 10 million cookies from clicking.	32
	Clickorama	Make 1 billion cookies from clicking.	33
	Clickasmic	Make 100 billion cookies from clicking.	100
	Clickageddon	Make 10 trillion cookies from clicking.	145
	Clicknarok	Make 1 quadrillion cookies from clicking.	146
	Clickastrophe	Make 100 quadrillion cookies from clicking.	244
	Clickataclysm	Make 10 quintillion cookies from clicking.	245
	The ultimate clickdown	Make 1 sextillion cookies from clicking. "(of ultimate destiny.)"	337
	All the other kids with the pumped up clicks	Make 100 sextillion cookies from clicking.	376
	One...more...click...	Make 10 septillion cookies from clicking.	377

Miscellaneous AchievementsEdit

Additionally, there are four miscellaneous achievements related to the big cookie, one of which being a shadow achievement.

Miscellaneous achievements
Icon	Name	Description	ID
	Cookie-dunker [note 1]	Dunk the cookie. "You did it!"	76
	Neverclick [note 2]	Make 1 million cookies by only having clicked 15 times.	29
	Uncanny clicker	Click really, really fast. "Well I'll be!"	71
	True Neverclick [note 2] (shadow achievement)	Make 1 million cookies with no cookie clicks. "This kinda defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it?"	78

1. ↑ You can easily get the "Cookie-dunker" achievement by re-sizing the browser window (display of Milk does not need to be enabled in the Options, but at least 12% Milk, gained by earning 3 achievements, is required).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} These achievements can only be obtained before ascending for the first time (or after ascending without gaining anything) or in Challenge Mode.

Grandma CookieEdit

It is possible to turn the cookie into a cookie with a grandma face on it by copying this code into the console:

Game.addClass("elderWrath");

To remove it without refreshing the page, use this code.

Game.removeClass("elderWrath");

TriviaEdit

• In the game's coding, the Big Cookie is referred to as the "Perfect Cookie", and the "Grandma Cookie" is

  

  referred to as the "Imperfect Cookie"
• Clicking right outside the Big Cookie will still count as a cookie click, as it is still in the "boundbox".
• During ascension, the Big Cookie explodes and then is reincarnated afterwards.
• The achievement "All the other kids with the pumped up clicks" is a reference to the famous song "Pumped Up Kicks" by American pop band, Foster The People. 
• The achievement "The ultimate clickdown" and it's flavor text is a reference to the internet song "Ultimate Showdown".
• There is a 1/10,000 chance that when clicking on the Big Cookie, Orteil's head will appear instead of a random cookie type.

Interactive Objects
Big Cookie					Golden Cookie					Wrath Cookie
Wrinkler			Reindeer			Santa			Krumblor			Shiny wrinkler
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