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[[File:Grandmapocalypse3example.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Typical occurrence of the Grandmapocalypse during the final stage, version 2.0.]]
The '''Grandmapocalypse''' is an in-game event that affects both the [[Update History|1.0 Update]] of the game, as well as the pre-update version. It affects the background as well as the appearance of the game window and causes spawning of [[Wrinkler]]s and [[Wrath Cookie|Wrath cookies]]. 
[[File:New One Mind warning message.png|alt=|thumb|220x220px|Warning message that shows up when you're about to buy the One Mind upgrade.]]

==Starting the Grandmapocalypse==
To start the Grandmapocalypse, you must have at least seven [[Upgrades#Grandma_types|Grandma types]], and at least six [[grandma]]s. You will then have access to the [[Upgrades#Bingo Center.2FResearch Facility|Bingo center/Research facility]]. This will allow you different research/upgrades and eventually the "One Mind" Upgrade. This will give you a warning message, and if allowed will start the Grandmapocalypse.

===Stage 1===
Once "One Mind" is purchased, the Grandmapocalypse begins. The Grandmas are now considered "Awoken". Wrath cookies will appear 33% of the time, and [[Wrinkler]]s will appear as well. The [[Grandmatriarch]]s will lose their teeth and become more wrinkled.

===Stage 2===
To get to the next stage, follow the Research Upgrades until you buy the "Communal Brainsweep" Upgrade. The Grandmatriarch Status will change to "Displeased." Wrath cookies will appear 66% of the time, and [[Wrinkler]]s will appear faster. The Grandmatriarchs are tinted red and have glowing eyes and sharper teeth.

===Stage 3=== 
To get to the Final Stage of the Grandmatriarch form, you must follow the Research Upgrades up until you buy the "Elder Pact." Another warning message will appear. The [[News Ticker#Grandmapocalypse_Based|news broadcasts]] will turn into reports of the world ending, and the Grandmatriarch Status will change to "Angered." [[Golden Cookie]]s will be entirely replaced by Wrath cookies at this stage. [[Wrinkler]]s appear even faster. The Grandmatriarchs show their true form as demonic masses of flesh in the background.

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GrandmaIconTransparent.png|'''Grandma''' in the store when appeased.
GrandmaIconB.png|'''Grandma''' in the store when awoken.
GrandmaIconC.png|'''Grandma''' in the store when displeased.
GrandmaIconD.png|'''Grandma''' in the store when angered.
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==Halting the Grandmapocalypse==
Once Elder Pact is purchased, the [[Elder Pledge]] switch is unlocked. Elder Pledge puts a temporary hold on the Grandmapocalypse and unlocks the [[Upgrades#Research_and_Grandmapocalypse|Elder Covenant]] switch. When the Grandmapocalypse is halted or ended, the Grandmatriarchs' state of mind becomes "appeased". This changes the background into the original blue, makes only Golden Cookies appear, pops all [[wrinkler]]s, and reverts the news ticker to normal messages.

The '''Elder Covenant''' is worth exactly {{hover|66.6 trillion|66,666,666,666,665}} cookies. It puts an indefinite hold to the Grandmatriarchs' wrath. This purchase costs 5% of your CPS, and locks the Elder Pledge switch. In order to return to the chaotic state of the Grandmapocalypse and restore your CpS, the Elder Covenant can be revoked at a cost of {{hover|6.66 billion|6,666,666,666}} cookies.

The '''Elder Pledge''' will put the genocidal grandmas to rest for 30 minutes. Every time an Elder Pledge is bought, the price goes up by a factor of 8, capping at {{hover|4.4 trillion|4,398,046,511,104}}. After pledging 10 times, [[Upgrades#Bingo_Center.2FResearch_Facility|Sacrificial Rolling Pins]] is able to be researched. It doubles the time of peace, making it an hour long.

The Grandmapocalypse can also be stopped by selling all of your grandmas. Doing this causes the Grandmatriarchs' status to disappear from the Stats page. Buying at least one grandma will restart the Grandmapocalypse at the stage you left off.

==Background changes==
As the Grandmapocalypse goes on, the Grandmatriarchs grow increasingly angry with each Bingo Center/Research Facility related upgrade. By using the background switcher unlocked in the ascension upgrades, you can switch the wall paper to the different stages of grandmas without having started the grandmapocalypse. This is reflected in the backgrounds:

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Grandmas1.jpg|Awoken Grandmatriarchs, after buying the One Mind upgrade.
Grandmas2.jpg|Displeased Grandmatriarchs, once you purchase Communal Brainsweep.
Grandmas3.jpg|Finally, the angered Grandmatriarchs, after the Elder Pact is acquired.
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By using the [[Upgrades#Switches|background selector]] unlocked during [[Ascension]], you can switch the background to the different stages of Grandmatriarchs without angering them.
==Research Upgrades==
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==Switches==
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==Achievements==
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==Why should I trigger the Grandmapocalypse?==
The Grandmapocalypse seems a bit scary (tyrannical end-of-the-world jokes aside), but it's really not all that bad, and has the potential to usher in a new era of prosperity for you and your cookie business.  

Upgrading through One Mind gives you a 6x increase in CpS because of [[Wrinkler]]s. [[Wrinkler]]s are red, eldrich beasts which will leech a small fraction of your CpS and eat it. Fortunately, you can pop them to make them explode, giving you your cookies back along with a little interest.  

The reason why wrinklers offer such a big boost is because they help each other. Popping a wrinkler will give you an amount of cookies equal to 1.1x the cookies eaten by '''ALL wrinklers''' while that wrinkler was present, not just the cookies eaten by that ''particular'' wrinkler. 

If you're still confused, here's a grossly oversimplified example. Let's assume you make exactly 10 trillion cookies per second. Since each wrinkler will eat 5% of your CpS, 10 wrinklers will halve your CpS, lowering it to 5 trillion cookies. After 10 seconds, those 10 wrinklers have eaten a total of 50 trillion cookies, so '''each wrinkler''' will give you 1.1x those 50 trillion cookies when popped. Multiplying that 55 trillion cookies by 10 wrinklers gives a total yield of 550 trillion. Adding in the 50 trillion cookies from your unwithered production gives a grand total of 600 trillion cookies, exactly 6x the amount of cookies you'd otherwise get. However, you have to actually ''pop'' the wrinklers before getting those bonus cookies, but doing so will force you to wait for more wrinklers to spawn, which can take a while. (Wrinklers can also be spawned manually by the "Resurrect Abomination" spell from the [[Grimoire]], which can significantly speed up the process.) 

True, One Mind also come with the downside of turning some of your golden cookies into wrath cookies, but it's not really all that big of a downside. Not only do wrath cookies result in ''positive'' outcomes nearly as often as they do negative ones (and are the only way to encounter Elder Frenzies), you can also just choose to ignore them if you want to. (Doing so is not recommended.)

== To Pledge or not to pledge? ==
If you are an active player, pledging is generally considered the better option due to the benefits of easier golden combos. In the grandmapopcalypse, golden cookie frequency is reduced, making it not worth it. However, if you are a player who usually relies on idle cookie production, the benefits of occasional Elder Frenzies and boosts from Wrinklers exceeds the benefits of an extra frenzy you get every once in a while. 

It is recommended to fully complete the Grandmapopcalypse, because of the benefits to your cookies per second through upgrades such as Arcane Sugar. Both idle players and active players should complete the Grandmapocalypse, because idle players benefit from the extra cps and faster Wrinkler spawn rates, and both playstyles benefit from the CPS multipliers.  

Subtle variations can be made for several outstanding factors (e.g. [[Krumblor]]'s Dragon Harvest, the various stock market loans, etc), but will not alter the overall effectiveness by much.

==Strategy for achievements==
You need to play the Grandmapocalypse through to its end to get the related achievements. More specifically, you need to issue 5 Pledges, and declare a Covenant, on top of popping at least 200 wrinklers (although this can be done even in stage 1).

The later phases are also good for collecting all Halloween cookies and Easter eggs. Since you'll be popping wrinklers instantly when you are looking for these collectibles, you'll benefit from the faster spawn rate, and in the event you are simply going for collectibles, the potential negative downsides of having exclusively Wrath Cookies won't be as painful to your cookie production.

Elder Pledge is recommended over Elder Covenant due to the %5 CPS penalty, and Elder pledge is extremely cheap, as it takes 512 Quadrillion to finish to the Grandmapocalypse, and at that stage of the game, the prices to pledge are worth less than 1% of your bank at any given time. 

That said, the Covenant is useful as an indirect way to cancel out of a pledge early. If you are about to go idle and want to cancel a pledge, you can't do it directly.  However, you can replace the pledge with a Covenant, and Covenants can be cancelled.

== History ==
===Cookie Clicker v1.03===
The Grandmapocalypse returned alongside various other [[grandma]]-related updates in version "1.03", which was then quickly updated once again with only Grandmapocalypse-related updates in version "1.031". It is triggered after buying the "One mind" upgrade from the [[Research Facility]], and is furthered by buying "Communal brainsweep" and finally "Elder Pact".

Known effects of this event include the background changing into a painting of grandmothers slowly acquiring a demonic appearance and Wrath Cookies occasionally (or once angered enough, always) appearing instead of Golden Cookies. Once the Grandmapocalypse begins, the "special" segment of the Stats page will indicate the [[grandmatriarch]]'s mood, from "Awoken", "Displeased", to finally "Angered". Starting with Version 1.0393, the Grandmas in the Store section will distort as the Grandmapocalypse advances, and [[Wrinkler]]s, leechlike creatures that decrease [[CpS]] until popped, begin appearing. 

===In Cookie Clicker Classic===
[[File:Grandmapocalypse.png|thumb|An example of the first stage of the Grandmapocalypse]]
[[File:Menesbonsgranda.png|thumb|When you hit 1,000,000,000 cookies, the final stage will be activated]]
The Grandmapocalypse starts once you've accumulated over 1,000,000 cookies. The screen becomes covered in a shaking, flashing, tiled background of grandmas. As you gain more cookies, the Grandmapocalypse becomes more intense, with more images of different grandmas of various sizes and intensity beginning to show up.

===The Elder Pledge===
The Grandmapocalypse can be temporarily halted by purchasing the [[Elder Pledge]], an upgrade which becomes available after accumulating over 2 million cookies. The first iteration of this upgrade costs 666,666 cookies and increases the effectiveness of your clicking, and boosts the CpS of your grandmas based on your number of portals.

The boost in CpS from purchasing the Elder Pledge can be a huge gift in the beginning of the end game of Cookie Clicker.  Players can increase their clicking output by over 100x with enough cursors which can give a huge boost to cookie output when saving for additional Portals or Time Machines.  

[[File:D.png|thumb|Skull Grandmas later in the grandmapocalypse]]

==Trivia==
* Sometimes, switching windows can cause the grandma background to get 'stuck' in its current state until you buy another upgrade that changes it. (Does not work anymore in version 1.0375)
* Elder Covenant used to cost 666 trillion cookies, and cut CpS by 20% instead of 5%.

[[File:Grandmapocalypse glitch.jpg|thumb|If the bug occurs, this is the result. It's zoomed out for the best effect.]]
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