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For the same building in Cookie Clicker Classic, see Grandma (Cookie Clicker Classic).

The grandma is the main antagonist of Cookie Clicker Classic and the 1.0 Update, and the second building you can purchase with an initial cost of 100 cookies. She produces cookies at a base rate of 1 CpS.

Unlike the Cursor and Farm, grandmas progress with later buildings very well with the grandma type upgrades, most of which double its efficiency but require 15 or more of a superior building to purchase, and sometimes can be quite expensive, up to 3.55 sextillion cookies for Binary grandmas. After all upgrades, each grandma has a CpS of 104857.6 cookies per second herself, not counting the bonuses from One mind, Communal Brainsweep, and Elder Pact.

Once you have unlocked 7 grandmas, you unlock the Bingo Center/Research Facility, which (as of 1.036) is currently the only upgrade to make a building four times as efficient, although its price of 1 quadrillion cookies means it'll be a while until it's worth the cost. This will unlock a new upgrade after 30 minutes (research only starting once the last item researched is purchased), including five multiplier upgrades, one upgrade to double grandma efficiency, and three upgrades to greatly increase grandma output but start the Grandmapocalypse.

In theory, fully upgraded grandmas are the most efficient building a player can buy because they have a CpS based on the number of grandmas purchased. That is grandma's CpS rate increases as a square where other CpS rates increase linearly. However, the crossover point where grandmas outperform the best other building, the Javascript Console, requires purchasing so many grandmas that it is impossible to even via cheating since the price would be much higher than JavaScript (which Cookie Clicker is written in) can store.

Achievements

Building Achievements

Grandma achievements
Name	Description	ID
Just wrong	Sell a grandma. "I thought you loved me."	39
Elder	Own at least 7 grandma types.	81
Veteran	Own at least 14 grandma types. "14's a crowd!"	431
The elder scrolls	Own a combined 777 grandmas and cursors. "Let me guess. Someone stole your cookie."	248
Grandma's cookies	Have 1 grandma.	40
Sloppy kisses	Have 50 grandmas.	41
Retirement home	Have 100 grandmas.	42
Friend of the ancients	Have 150 grandmas.	101
Ruler of the ancients	Have 200 grandmas.	102
The old never bothered me anyway	Have 250 grandmas.	149
The agemaster	Have 300 grandmas.	208
To oldly go	Have 350 grandmas.	209
Aged well	Have 400 grandmas.	338
101st birthday	Have 450 grandmas.	339
But wait 'til you get older	Have 500 grandmas.	340
Defense of the ancients	Have 550 grandmas.	399
Okay boomer	Have 600 grandmas.	475
They moistly come at night	Have 650 grandmas.	556
And now you're even older	Have 700 grandmas.	618
Gushing grannies	Make 10 quintillion cookies just from grandmas.	135
Panic at the bingo	Make 100 septillion cookies just from grandmas.	190
Frantiquities	Make 1 decillion cookies just from grandmas.	294
Methuselah	Reach level 10 grandmas.	308

Buildings & Upgrades achievements
Name	Description	ID
Builder	Own 100 buildings.	72
Architect	Own 500 buildings.	73
Engineer	Own 1,000 buildings.	83
Lord of Constructs	Own 2,500 buildings. "He saw the vast plains stretching ahead of him, and he said : let there be civilization."	127
Grand design	Own 5,000 buildings. "They'll remember you forever!"	526
Ecumenopolis	Own 7,500 buildings. "Getting a wee bit cramped."	527
Myriad	Own 10,000 buildings. "At this point, most of your assets lie in real estate."	581
Enhancer	Purchase 20 upgrades.	74
Augmenter	Purchase 50 upgrades.	75
Upgrader	Purchase 100 upgrades.	90
Lord of Progress	Purchase 200 upgrades. "One can always do better. But should you?"	128
The full picture	Purchase 300 upgrades. "So that's where that fits in!"	528
When there's nothing left to add	Purchase 400 upgrades. "...keep going."	529
Kaizen	Purchase 500 upgrades. "Just a little more."	582
Beyond quality	Purchase 600 upgrades. "Dwarfing all of mankind's accomplishments."	583
Oft we mar what's well	Purchase 700 upgrades. "But don't let that stop you!"	638
All the stars in heaven	Own 100 heavenly upgrades.	588
Polymath	Own 300 upgrades and 4,000 buildings. "Excellence doesn't happen overnight - it usually takes a good couple days."	247
Renaissance baker	Own 400 upgrades and 8,000 buildings. "If you have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants - a mysterious species of towering humanoids until now thought long-extinct."	430
One with everything	Have at least 1 of every building.	64
Mathematician	Have at least 1 of the most expensive building, 2 of the second-most expensive, 4 of the next and so on (capped at 128).	65
Base 10	Have at least 10 of the most expensive building, 20 of the second-most expensive, 30 of the next and so on.	66
Centennial	Have at least 100 of everything.	91
Centennial and a half	Have at least 150 of everything.	131
Bicentennial	Have at least 200 of everything. "You crazy person."	129
Bicentennial and a half	Have at least 250 of everything. "Keep on truckin'."	242
Tricentennial	Have at least 300 of everything. "Can't stop, won't stop. Probably should stop, though."	273
Tricentennial and a half	Have at least 350 of everything. "(it's free real estate)"	392
Quadricentennial	Have at least 400 of everything. "You've had to do horrible things to get this far. Horrible... horrible things."	393
Quadricentennial and a half	Have at least 450 of everything. "At this point, you might just be compensating for something."	394
Quincentennial	Have at least 500 of everything. "Some people would say you're halfway there. We do not care for those people and their reckless sense of unchecked optimism."	395
Quincentennial and a half	Have at least 550 of everything. "This won't fill the churning void inside, you know."	466
Sexcentennial	Have at least 600 of everything. "Hey, nice milestone!"	530
Sexcentennial and a half	Have at least 650 of everything. "Hope you're enjoying the grind so far! It gets worse."	575
Septcentennial	Have at least 700 of everything. "In this economy?"	599

Grandmapocalypse Achievements

Grandmapocalypse achievements
Name	Description	ID
Elder nap	Appease the grandmatriarchs at least once. "we are eternal"	79
Elder slumber	Appease the grandmatriarchs at least 5 times. "our mind outlives the universe"	80
Elder calm	Declare a covenant with the grandmatriarchs. "we have fed"	82

Upgrades

Basic Upgrades

Grandma upgrades
Name	Unlock condition	Base price	Description	ID
Forwards from grandma	Own 1 grandma	1,000	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "RE:RE:thought you'd get a kick out of this ;))"	7
Steel-plated rolling pins	Own 5 grandmas	5,000	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Just what you kneaded."	8
Lubricated dentures	Own 25 grandmas	50,000	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "squish"	9
Prune juice	Own 50 grandmas	5 million	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Gets me going."	44
Double-thick glasses	Own 100 grandmas	500 million	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Oh... so THAT's what I've been baking."	110
Aging agents	Own 150 grandmas	50 billion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Counter-intuitively, grandmas have the uncanny ability to become more powerful the older they get."	192
Xtreme walkers	Own 200 grandmas	50 trillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Complete with flame decals and a little horn that goes "toot"."	294
The Unbridling	Own 250 grandmas	50 quadrillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "It might be a classic tale of bad parenting, but let's see where grandma is going with this."	307
Reverse dementia	Own 300 grandmas	50 quintillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Extremely unsettling, and somehow even worse than the regular kind."	428
Timeproof hair dyes	Own 350 grandmas	50 sextillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Why do they always have those strange wispy pink dos? What do they know about candy floss that we don't?"	480
Good manners	Own 400 grandmas	500 septillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Apparently these ladies are much more amiable if you take the time to learn their strange, ancient customs, which seem to involve saying "please" and "thank you" and staring at the sun with bulging eyes while muttering eldritch curses under your breath."	506
Generation degeneration	Own 450 grandmas	5 nonillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Genetic testing shows that most of your grandmas are infected with a strange degenerative disease that only seems to further their powers; the more time passes, the older they get. This should concern you."	662
Visits	Own 500 grandmas	50 decillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "In an extensive double-blind study (sample size: 12 millions), your researchers have found evidence that grandmas are up to twice as productive if you just come by and say hi once in a while. It's nice to check up on your grans! (Do not under any circumstances ingest any tea or tea-like substances the grandmas may offer you.)."	700
Kitchen cabinets	Own 550 grandmas	500 undecillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "A grandma's kitchen cabinet is a befuddling place. Through lesser-studied aggregating instincts, grandmas will tend to gradually fill all nearby cabinets with various sorts of things, such as curious coconut snacks or dietetic powders. By contract, these are legally yours, which opens up exciting opportunities for your substance investigation department."	743
Foam-tipped canes	Own 600 grandmas	5 tredecillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "Perhaps the result of prolonged service, your grandmas have developed all kinds of odd and aggressive hierarchies among themselves; these will help them not hurt each other as bad during their endless turf wars."	840

Grandma Types

Grandma types
Name	Unlock condition	Base price	Description	ID
Farmer grandmas	15 farms and 1 grandma owned	55,000	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Farms gain +1% CpS per grandma. "A nice farmer to grow more cookies."	57
Miner grandmas	15 mines and 1 grandma owned	600,000	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Mines gain +1% CpS per 2 grandmas. "A nice miner to dig more cookies."	58
Worker grandmas	15 factories and 1 grandma owned	6.5 million	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Factories gain +1% CpS per 3 grandmas. "A nice worker to manufacture more cookies."	59
Banker grandmas	15 banks and 1 grandma owned	70 million	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Banks gain +1% CpS per 4 grandmas "A nice banker to cash in more cookies"	250
Priestess grandmas	15 temples and 1 grandma owned	1 billion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Temples gain +1% CpS per 5 grandmas. "A nice priestess to praise the great Baker in the sky."	251
Witch grandmas	15 wizard towers and 1 grandma owned	16.5 billion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Wizard towers gain +1% CpS per 6 grandmas. "A nice witch to cast a zip, and a zoop, and poof! Cookies."	252
Cosmic grandmas	15 shipments and 1 grandma owned	255 billion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Shipments gain +1% CpS per 7 grandmas. "A nice thing to... uh... cookies."	60
Transmuted grandmas	15 alchemy labs and 1 grandma owned	3.75 trillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Alchemy labs gain +1% CpS per 8 grandmas. "A nice golden grandma to convert into more cookies."	61
Altered grandmas	15 portals and 1 grandma owned	50 trillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Portals gain +1% CpS per 9 grandmas. "a NiCe GrAnDmA tO bA##########"	62
Grandmas' grandmas	15 time machines and 1 grandma owned	700 trillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Time machines gain +1% CpS per 10 grandmas. "A nice grandma's nice grandma to bake double the cookies."	63
Antigrandmas	15 antimatter condensers and 1 grandma owned	8.5 quadrillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Antimatter condensers gain +1% CpS per 11 grandmas. "A mean antigrandma to vomit more cookies. (Do not put in contact with normal grandmas; loss of matter may occur.)"	103
Rainbow grandmas	15 prisms and 1 grandma owned	105 quadrillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Prisms gain +1% CpS per 12 grandmas. "A luminous grandma to sparkle into cookies."	180
Lucky grandmas	15 chancemakers and 1 grandma owned	1.3 quintillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Chancemakers gain +1% CpS per 13 grandmas. "A fortunate grandma that always seems to find more cookies."	415
Metagrandmas	15 fractal engines and 1 grandma owned	15.5 quintillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Fractal engines gain +1% CpS per 14 grandmas. "A fractal grandma to make more grandmas to make more cookies."	521
Binary grandmas	15 javascript consoles and 1 grandma owned	3.55 sextillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Javascript consoles gain +1% CpS per 15 grandmas. "A digital grandma to transfer more cookies. (See also : boolean grandmas, string grandmas, and not-a-number grandmas, also known as "NaNs".)"	593
Alternate grandmas	15 idleverses and 1 grandma owned	600 sextillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Idleverses gain +1% CpS per 16 grandmas. "A different grandma to bake something else."	683
Brainy grandmas	15 cortex bakers and 1 grandma owned	95 septillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. Cortex bakers gain +1% CpS per 17 grandmas. "A clever grandma to think up some cookies."	729
Clone grandmas	15 You and 1 grandma owned	27 octillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. You gain +1% CpS per 18 grandmas. "Yet another grandma to replicate even more cookies."	825

Since the 1.032 update, grandmas now have varying appearances based off the above type upgrades, as well as two seasonal grandma types for Easter and Christmas. However, there is one exception; the grandma related to the Javascript Console appears after buying the Script grannies synergy upgrade, rather then the Binary grandmas type upgrade.

Grandma's different appearances

Other Upgrades

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| |Naughty list |Purchasing
"A festive hat" or evolving Santa |data-sort-value="2525"| 2,525 × 3^S |Grandmas are twice as productive.
Cost scales with Santa level.
"This list contains every unholy deed perpetuated by grandmakind.
He won't be checking this one twice.
Once. Once is enough." |162 |-

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| |Script grannies |15 grandmas, 15 javascript consoles and "Synergies Vol. I" purchased |data-sort-value="1.42E25"| 14.2 septillion |Grandmas gain +5% CpS per javascript console.
Javascript consoles gain +0.1% CpS per grandma.
"Armies of energy drink-fueled grandmas ready to hack into the cyberspace for renegade e-cookies." |605 |-

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The Bingo Center/Research Facility can also unlock new upgrades for grandmas. Although these upgrades can make grandmas more powerful, they would unlock the Grandmapocalypse as well. The following is a list of all upgrades for Grandma, unlocked in the Bingo Center/Research Facility. Once the Bingo Center is purchased, the first research project will be completed 30 minutes later. Once a research project is completed, research is halted until the resulting upgrade is purchased, which starts the 30-minute timer for the next project.

Research upgrades
Name	Unlock condition	Base price	Description	ID
Bingo center/Research facility	"Elder" achievement earned At least 6 grandmas owned	1 quadrillion	Grandma-operated science lab and leisure club. Grandmas are 4 times as efficient. Regularly unlocks new upgrades. "What could possibly keep those grandmothers in check?... Bingo."	64
Ritual rolling pins	3rd research project completed	4 quadrillion	Grandmas are twice as efficient. "The result of years of scientific research!"	67
One mind ^{[note 1]}	5th research project completed	16 quadrillion	Each grandma gains +0.02 base Cps per grandma. Note: the grandmothers are growing restless. Do not encourage them. "We are one. We are many."	69
Communal brainsweep	7th research project completed	64 quadrillion	Each grandma gains another +0.02 base Cps per grandma. Note: proceeding any further in scientific research may have unexpected results. You have been warned. "We fuse. We merge. We grow."	71
Elder Pact	9th research project completed	256 quadrillion	Each grandma gains +0.05 base CpS per portal. Note: this is a bad idea. "squirm crawl slither writhe today we rise"	73

↑ Purchasing the One mind upgrade triggers the beginning of the Grandmapocalypse.

Changes During Grandmapocalypse

Main article: Grandmapocalypse

Background Changes

Changes from one stage to another can be obtained by the One Mind, Communal Brainsweep and Elder Pact upgrade. Once they're appeased, the background will change back to normal temporarily. When the Grandmatriarchs are appeased, the store icon will change back to normal.

Store Icon Changes

Since version 1.0393, the store icon for grandmas will change from the regular version to different ones, depending on the state of the Grandmapocalypse.

Trivia

The outfit worn by bunny grandmas during Easter may be a reference to the 2001 film Donnie Darko.
- Similarly, the grandma’s lucky outfit resembles the Forest Picori from The Legend Of Zelda: Minish Cap.
The achievement "The old never bothered me anyway" is a reference to a line from "Let it go", the Disney movie "Frozen" theme song.

Buildings
Cursor	Grandma	Farm	Mine	Factory
Bank	Temple	Wizard Tower	Shipment	Alchemy Lab
Portal	Time Machine	Antimatter Condenser	Prism	Chancemaker
Fractal Engine	Javascript Console	Idleverse	Cortex Baker	You
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[1] Purchasing the One mind upgrade triggers the beginning of the Grandmapocalypse.

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 *The outfit worn by bunny grandmas during Easter may be a reference to the 2001 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Darko Donnie Darko.]
 **Similarly, the grandma’s lucky outfit resembles the [https://zelda.gamepedia.com/Forest_Picori Forest Picori] from [https://zelda.gamepedia.com/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Minish_Cap The Legend Of Zelda: Minish Cap.]
-*The achievement "The old never bothered me anyway" is a reference to a line from "Let it go", the Disney movie "Frozen" theme song
+*The achievement "The old never bothered me anyway" is a reference to a line from "[[wikipedia:Let It Go|Let it go]]", the Disney movie "Frozen" theme song.
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