Energy

Energy **is the first basic resource you get in the game.**

You generate Energy every time the green bar at the top left fills up and until it reaches its cap, which at the start of the game is 500. This cap will increase by 1 Energy every 20 Energy you get, at every rebirth. The initial soft cap is 100,000 Energy, and when you reach it, it'll stop increasing. The only way to get it higher is by purchasing more in the Spend EXP menu. Pressing R will reclaim all allocated Energy from all features except Basic Training.

## Purchase

Available Energy upgrades in the Spend EXP section:

 **Power** | Increases the effect of each point of Energy put into a task (Time Machine, Blood Energy, NGUs, etc.). The output of each task is (points invested \* power), with the exceptions of Basic Training and Wandoos (which are not affected by power) and Advanced Training (

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 **Cap** | Increases the maximum quantity of Energy points you can invest in tasks. Your points are reset every time you rebirth, and will regenerate via your speed and bars until you hit your cap.Energy Cap is limited to a maximum of 9.00E+18.
 **Bars** | Increases the rate at which you generate Energy until you hit your cap. Also used as part of the formula for Beards of Power.
Energy Bars are limited to a maximum of 1.E18 (2.2E18 when using an Energy Bar Bar).

1. ↑ Almost everything in NGU operates on ticks. A tick is an update to the game's internal state and there are 50 ticks/updates per second. This means that the most a progress bar can gain is exactly 1 filling per tick, since there are 50 ticks per second, or 50 fills (or levels) per second.

## Uses

Energy is a core element of this game. It is used for:

* **Basic Training**: First available enhancement in the game, Energy placed in Basic Training improves your overall attack and defense..
* **Augmentations**: Energy can be used to get levels of Augmentations and their associated Upgrades up.
* **Broken Time Machine**: Level up the Machine Speed of the Broken Time Machine, first speeding up the progress of the Energy dump bar, and then when it is at maximum (50 levels/second), multiplying the GPS by the excess amount of levels gained.
* **Advanced Training**: Used to level up all upgrades on the Advanced Training. Energy power affects it only by a Sqrt(Energy Power), meaning that increasing cap is way better to advance here.
* **Wandoos**: Used on the Energy dump on Wandoos operating system. Energy Power does not affect the speed on the Energy dump, so high Energy Cap is essential. Each level is worth 1%, with diminshing returns for Wandoos 98 and exponential returns for Wandoos XL.
* **NGU**: You can get a lot of permanent upgrades on the NGU using Energy on the first page.
* **Yggdrasil**: The majority of fruits can be grown using Idle Energy, that will be removed from your idle reserves. You will have to regenerate this spent Energy, unlike most other features.
* **Beards Of Power**: Some beards are Energy-based, and therefore can be leveled with Energy. However, Energy Power affects it by square root, while Energy Bars become a multiplier.
* **Wishes**: Requires some Energy and other resources for wishes to run.

## Energy upgrades

There are several upgrades that improve different aspects of Energy:

* Rebirthing 3 times in a row while defeating boss 37 under 30 minutes gives an secrets achievement that gives 1 Energy Power.
* Money Pit gives a one-time +1 Energy Bar reward for throwing 10 B (1E10) gold.

### 4G's Sellout Shop

 Custom Idle Energy/Magic % Button!
 Energy Potion α (consumable item)
 Energy Potion β (consumable item)
 Energy Potion δ (consumable item)
 Energy Bar Bar (consumable item)

## See Also

* Magic
* Resource 3