Prestige

Prestige is a part of the Game Menu that allows players to progress faster.
== Prestige ==
Prestige is a unique form of gameplay in that in order to level up, the player must start over. It sounds counter-productive and a little scary at first, but it allows the player to progress quicker. The answers about when to reset vary based on your current levels of bonuses. If the level clearing times slow down considerably, then it's probably a good time to collect the gold and start over. 
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|-| Level Complete Cash Bonus =
== Level Complete Cash Bonus ==
Great for speed runs but that's about it. How it works: the percentage (%) bonus is multiplied by whatever level the player just finished, so for example, if the bonus is 3200% and level 369 has been finished, the player would receive $1,180,800. Keep in mind that the percentage is ignored. Its usefulness fades out in the later parts of the game. At max bonus and level 40,000, the bonus is $1,024,000,000 which sounds like a lot, and of course it adds up, but that's relatively small when making upwards of $1-2T/m.
n (number)	% 	Cost (Gold)	Total Cost
1 	50% 	2 	2
2 	100% 	4 	6
3 	200% 	8 	14
4 	400% 	16 	30
5 	800% 	32 	62
6 	1,600% 	64 	126
7 	3,200% 	128 	254
8 	6,400% 	256 	510
9 	12,800%	512 	1,022
10 	25,600%	1,024 	2,046
Formulas:
increase=(2^(n-2))*100%
cost=2^(n+1)
|-| Ball Speed Increase =
== Ball Speed Increase ==
A useful prestige upgrade and worth the money for increasing the speed of all balls. Faster leveling is more gold. More gold is more prestige. More prestige is more fun.
However, it only goes to 10x so get it leveled up quickly. Keep in mind the maximum speed by default is 40 (or 60 if you have 2, 3 enabled in the skills tab) so it may not be useful upgrading all of their ball's speed.
n (number)	x 	Cost (Gold)	Total Cost
1 	2x 	5 	5
2 	3x 	10 	15
3 	4x 	20 	35
4 	5x 	40 	75
5 	6x 	80 	155
6 	7x 	160 	315
7 	8x 	320 	635
8 	9x 	640 	1,275
9 	10x	1,280 	2,555
Formulas:
multiplier=n+1
cost=(5/2)*2^n
|-| Ball Power Multiplier =
== Ball Power Multiplier ==
One of the most viable upgrades in the game and certainly the most expensive. For the balls, you can see your total power for each one by hovering over the ball in the top left. The Click X and Lasers do not show the total power so if you're curious, you'll have to do the math yourself. Getting your multiplier up is the only way to soar your level into the 10's of thousands with ease and also to defeat the bosses.
n (number)	x 	Cost (Gold)	Total Cost
1 	2x 	5 	5
2 	4x 	10 	15
3 	8x 	20 	35
4 	16x 	40 	75
5 	32x 	80 	155
6 	64x 	160 	315
7 	128x 	320 	635
8 	256x 	640 	1,275
9 	512x 	1,280 	2,555
10 	1,024x 	2,560 	5,115
11 	2,048x 	5,120 	10,235
12 	4,096x 	10,240 	20,475
13 	8,192x 	20,480 	40,955
14 	16,384x 	40,960 	81,915
15 	32,768x 	81,920 	163,835
16 	65,536x 	163,840 	327,675
17 	131,072x	327,680 	655,355
18 	262,144x	655,360 	1,310,715
Formulas:
multiplier=2^n
Cost=(5/2)*2^n
|-| Unlock VAUS Laser =
== Unlock VAUS Laser ==
The VAUS Laser, well, is what it sounds like. A laser. They obliterate bricks. They are also extremely helpful, especially for newer people, as they start with 100 damage, and max out with 10,000 damage. If Ball Power Multiplier is maxed out (which costs 163,835 gold), lasers can do 2,621,440,000 (2.621B) damage. Then, if you spend 15 skill points to remove the bosses' immunity to lasers, you can essentially one-shot most bosses, at least until the bosses have more than 1.31072B health. And anyway, how are you going to get 1,310,715 gold again?
n (number)	Cost (Gold)	Total Cost
1 	10 	10
2 	15 	25
3 	23 	48
4 	34 	82
Formulas:
Cost=n+1)^2+6
=n^2+2n+7
|-| Maximum Number of Balls =
== Maximum Number of Balls ==
A high number of balls is very effective but can also cause lag on certain devices. The main culprit is, of course, the scatter ball. If your system cannot handle the game, you may need to find another game or use the numbers only mode which may ruin the allure of Idle Breakout. The maximum number of balls is 50 by default.
n (number)	Amount	Cost (Gold)	Total Cost
1 	60 	4 	4
2 	70 	6 	10
3 	80 	9 	19
4 	90 	13 	32
5 	100 	18 	50
6 	110 	26 	76
7 	120 	38 	114
8 	130 	54 	168
9 	140 	79 	247
10 	150 	114 	361
11 	160 	165 	526
12 	170 	239 	765
13 	180 	346 	1,111
14 	190 	502 	1,613
15 	200 	727 	2,340
16 	210 	1,054 	3,394
17 	220 	1,528 	4,922
18 	230 	2,215 	7,137
19 	240 	3,212 	10,349
20 	250 	4,657 	15,006
21 	260 	6,752 	21,758
22 	270 	9,791 	31,549
23 	280 	14,196 	45,745
24 	290 	20,584 	66,329
25 	300 	29,847 	96,176
26 	310 	43,278 	139,454
27 	320 	62,753 	202,207
28 	330 	90,991 	293,198
29 	340 	131,937 	425,135
30 	350 	191,308 	616,443
31 	360 	277,396 	893,839
32 	370 	402,225 	1,296,064
amount=10n+50
cost=approximately 9.55882 - 10.8916*n + 7.12006*n^2 - 1.75671*n^3 + 0.229811*n^4 - 0.0142651*n^5 + 0.00038681*n^6
otherwise, the cost for the next one is about 1.5 times the previous one.
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== Trivia==
*The total cost of gold to spend to get every upgrade to max is 2,611,462 gold.
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