Money Printer

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*This article is up to date as of Anti-Idle version **1742**. If the current game version is later than this, the article may be outdated.*

## Description

Print (illegal) Coins. Battery must be charged every once in a while.

## Idleability

Primarily an idle feature, but activity is required to charge battery. With Battery Charger Card, no activity is required.

**Money Printer** is a feature that automatically generates Coins when battery is charged. Occasionally, a CRITICAL PRINT is performed, allowing the Money Printer to generate Green Coins in addition to Coins. The amount of money printed is affected by your level and the level of the Money Printer itself, which can be upgraded up to level 400.

An add-on feature, Super Battery, can be purchased. With Super Battery, you can charge the battery without going to the Money Printer screen and maximum number of battery charges is also increased. (more about this in below)

## Basics

Once the Money Printer feature has been purchased, the Money Printer will begin to produce Coins at certain intervals - the time until the next money print is indicated by the indicator on the Money Printer. The Money Printer will continue to function without penalty when another feature is selected; however, the Money Printer will not function while *A:TG* is closed.

## Mechanics

### Printer Level

Printer Level is one of two primary stats which determine Printer Power (i.e. how many Coins are produced on a print). The Money Printer begins at Printer Level 1 and can be upgraded up to Printer Level 400; however, each Printer Level upgrade requires A:TG Level (20\*New Printer Level) and some Coins.

### CRITICAL PRINT

Every time the Money Printer attempts to print Coins, there is a 1% chance that the Money Printer will perform a CRITICAL PRINT and print 2% of Printer Power as Green Coins. The normal print will still occur when a CRITICAL PRINT occurs.

Ascension Perks can increase the chance of CRITICAL PRINT occurring.

### Battery

The Money Printer runs on a battery which stores a certain number of Battery Charges at any given time, and when the Money Printer performs a print, it consumes some of these Battery Charges to do so. Specifically, 1 Battery Charge is consumed per print if the number of Battery Charges is below 161; at 161+ Battery Charges, 5 are consumed per print.

The amount of Battery Charges left in the Money Printer's battery is represented by the colors present in the battery icon:

* All grey: 0 Battery Charges. The battery has been completely depleted, and the Money Printer is unable to print more money.
* All red: 40 Battery Charges.
* All yellow: 80 Battery Charges.
* All green: 120 Battery Charges.
* All blue: 160 Battery Charges.

* All magenta: 200+ Battery Charges.

Recharging the battery can be done by clicking on it, deducting 2 Green Coins and setting the number of Battery Charges to 160 (no Super Battery) or 200 (with Super Battery) if the current number of Battery Charges is lower than that value. If Super Battery has been purchased, the Money Printer's battery can be recharged by clicking on the Super Battery widget as well.

The speed at which the Money Printer performs prints increases as the number of stored Battery Charges increases. Specifically, the print progress percentage is incremented by 0.04\*(stored Battery Charges) each second. A print occurs every time the print progress percentage reaches or exceeds 100.

## External Upgrades

### Super Battery

In addition to upgrading the printer itself, the battery may be upgraded to a Super Battery for 750 Blue Coins at the Feature Shop. A Super Battery provides several features:

* You can charge the battery manually to 200 charges rather than 160.
* Full charge still costs 2 Green Coins.
* The battery icon is displayed on the main window, and may be clicked without going to the printer window.

### Battery Charger Card

While Battery Charger Card is active, the Money Printer's battery is constantly supplied with Battery Charges, allowing it to print twice as fast most of the time. Specifically, while stored Battery Charges is below 400 and this card is active, ceil((400-stored Battery Charges)/10) Battery Charges are generated each second.

### Battery Charger Epic Skill

The Battery Charger Epic Skill gives a (Skill Level)% chance to gain 1 Battery Charge whenever a Progress Bar reward is claimed. Since gains from this Epic Skill are not capped, one can push the number of Battery Charges very high, causing the Money Printer to work much faster than would otherwise be possible. Note: Battery Charges are reset to 1000 whenever the Money Printer makes a print with over 1000 Battery Charges.

### Ascension Points

Once the player has accumulated at least 20 Ascension Points in total, the Blue Coin Printer bonus becomes active, initially giving the Money Printer a 4% chance to produce a Blue Coin on each print. This chance increases by +4% each time accumulated Ascension Points reaches or exceeds the next multiple of 20 until it reaches a maximum value of 100% at 500 accumulated Ascension Points.

### Ascension Perks

Perk #4 increases the amount of money printed by Money Printer by 40/60/100% at level 1/2/3.

Perk #29 increases Critical Print Chance to 3/4/6% (normally 1%).