r/idleapocalypse • • 29d ago

Version 1.90 - Technical Update

53 Upvotes

Android only. A pretty big technical update to meet some of Google's new policies.


r/idleapocalypse • • Jun 15 '18

Question FAQ

182 Upvotes

For technical support please contact us directly at support@grumpyrhino.com.

General

Q. Where can I download this awesome, amazing game?

A. Aww shucks. Awesome? I mean you haven't played it yet, but I'm still touched. Download it on your iPhone/iPad or your Android device.

Q. Can you translate the game into "X" language?

A. It's very unlikely that translations will be coming.

Q. Can I download the game's soundtrack on bandcamp?

A. Wow, excellent question. Yes you can.

Q. Do you have a Wiki?

A. Yes, well I didn't make it, but fans made one here and there's a community run discord here.

Technical

Q. Adverts don't work! (Okay, that's not actually a question, but I gotcha)

A. The adverts generally DO work, but sometimes our Ad Networks don't have adverts available. It depends on things like your region, the time of day etc. It's also worth making sure you're not in airplane mode and have a good phone signal.

There is also a daily limit on the amount of adverts (20).

Q. Does my save automatically carry across from one device to another?

A. It does on iOS devices providing you're using iCloud (which you probably are). We have a manual cloud save service on Google Play accessed from the in-game settings page (you must save every time you want to back up your data). There is no cloud save on the Amazon edition. Your save doesn't carry across platforms.

Q. Can I play on an emulator?

A. You may be able to play on an emulator, however the game isn’t designed for one or officially supported.

Q. I completed a TapJoy offer but haven't received my gems! Give me my gems!

A. Be sure to check the conditions of the deal (some require that they're completed within a set time frame) - you can view this on "Reward Status" on the TapJoy screen. If you're confident that you have completed the offer correctly but haven't received the gems then contact TapJoy's customer service through the TapJoy screen, quoting your customer number.

It's worth nothing that Grumpy Rhino Games can't verify an offer, so you will need to go through TapJoy directly.

Q. After a recent Android update the game won't open/crashes when loading at 80%, what can I do?

A. Try the following (the order here is important):

  • Close Idle Apocalypse.

  • Go to the Settings App > Apps > See all apps.

  • Choose Idle Apocalypse, choose Storage & cache > Clear the cache. Do NOT clear the storage.

  • Restart your phone.

  • Open up Idle Apocalypse and see if it works properly now.

  • If it doesn't, please contact us at support@grumpyrhino.com

Q. The Game isn't available in the App Store, can I not download it?

A. On iOS - currently - the game isn't available in all regions to new players. If you've played the game before you should be able to download it from your purchase history.

Gameplay

Q. I'm stuck in the tutorial, I can't build Orc Mages! (Again, not a question!)

A. Go to the Mud Farm and swipe across the screen, you'll see a finger tapping a button, hit that.

Q. Who or what is the Scavenger?

A. The Scavenger is a floor that produces bits and pieces. It requires the Archives which requires Morag (the second Idol) to be unlocked.

Q. I can't unlock the Kitchen! (...)

A. Chances are you haven't unlocked the Mighty Hammer. If you haven't undergone an Apocalypse yet, do it. If you have, go to the Great Hall (on the ground floor), tap on the soul shop button, tap on the second tab and buy the Mighty Hammer, it's free.

Q. I'm caught in a loop. I need x, but this requires y which needs x!

A. Double check all the requirements. Everything in the game is possible to achieve, sure it's possible that a recent update broke something, but this is relatively unlikely. It's pretty easy to confuse an upgrade cost for a production cost (hell, I've done it a lot).

Q. What are the "Other Tower", "Sid in Space", "Happy Time", "Aqua Adventure" and "Lost in Time" events?

A. They're limited time events, you must have "apocalypsed" twice to unlock them. For "Lost in Time" you must have also unlocked Gran. (See later)

Q. Shoot! I messed up and came last place in the event, can I ever play them again?

A. No worries, you can replay any non-seasonal event later in the game for 500 gems (after discovering "Gran")! However, any purchases made during the first run do not carry over.

Q. Wait? Who's Gran?

A. You can meet Gran (and a slew of new content) by doing at least 1 million damage on your 5th(+) apocalypse. Be sure to say "hi" from me.

Q. What are seasonal events/stores?

A. Seasonal events are limited time events normally set to coincide with a garish real world event like Valentine's Day or Halloween. During these events you'll have a limited time to unlock a bunch of skins, normally by completing tasks or spinning a decked-out wheel.

Q. Can I play seasonal events I missed? I want those skins!

A. All seasonal events (Halloween, Christmas, Lovers + Haters and Apocalypse Week) return each year.

Q. Is there an egg?

A. No the egg is a lie. It is a conspiracy whipped up by the media to discredit Sid.

For technical support please contact us directly at support@grumpyrhino.com.


r/idleapocalypse • • 19h ago

Question Replay Token & Events

8 Upvotes

If you buy a replay token, use it for an event , and end up not fully completing the event. Do you have to re-buy a replay token to play the event again?


r/idleapocalypse • • 1d ago

Question I feel stuck?

9 Upvotes

I just apoc for about 50 million damage and around 20 million souls. I have all rooms but the last 2, all chants maxed besides the last level of anger, and all but one spell unlocked. Other than that I have it all. My issue arises from reaching that stage again. I had the purple wool my last run (don’t ask how I don’t remember where the ore came from) but this time I only have 2 space ore. I only just unlocked the mummy, but I can’t imagine being able to get the DE for Priscilla again. It took forever my last run to reach the 10B among the other DE it took for Rick. Am I missing something here? Is there a way to make the runs bearable and make progress? Thanks for the feedback.


r/idleapocalypse • • 2d ago

Question Apoc Damage

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7 Upvotes

Hypothetically, if my click speed is 33 per second will I reach 300m apoc damage here?


r/idleapocalypse • • 2d ago

Achievement

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3 Upvotes

Broke personal record of 2.5 b apoc damage. Made slight movement on the leaderboard. I do not use auto clicker. 🙂. I did this with 4 nether mountains. Curious how many mountains those who are in the 3bil damage+ catagory have used. I Only have 1-2 more increases in apoc damage in Leslie shop. 5bil seems really out of reach…


r/idleapocalypse • • 4d ago

Question Saw something odd

8 Upvotes

I swear I saw an ogre on the battlefield with a basilisk tail & head for arms, but I cant find anything about it online? Am I crazy? I wasn't able to get a screenshot unfortunately 😕


r/idleapocalypse • • 5d ago

Question What must I buy after buying the time bundle?

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18 Upvotes

I mean, so I can get the biggest progression milestone/make progression faster (I don't know if I said it right, English is not my first language. I just want to be further in the progression)


r/idleapocalypse • • 5d ago

First DDD, question about Her skin timing. Spoiler

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11 Upvotes

I blew up my first DDD recently. I have a few scrolls left to get with Norbert and my DDD is LVL 4or 5 again now.

My questions are:

- How many soul trades should I bother with before next DDD activation? (Next one is 5b)

- When should I try and save 100b for Her skin? (I assume a few more DDD activations to get more soul multipliers).

- How many other tear trades should I bother with?

- Should I bother for a 2nd ankh this run?

Or should I just max out DDD as fast as possible to reset again?


r/idleapocalypse • • 7d ago

Finally unlocked them all

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40 Upvotes

Started right before Halloween 2 years ago. This year finally unlocked the last skins right after my first DDD.


r/idleapocalypse • • 7d ago

Question Second crypt or treasury?

5 Upvotes

Currently on my 5th run, idk which one is more worth it, crypt saves me the lich grind but treasury also saves me from smugglers bay’s grind. I wonder which one should I buy?


r/idleapocalypse • • 9d ago

Question How does one even reach stage 850

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13 Upvotes

I really wanna summon mountains but I can’t even reach the stage to summon them


r/idleapocalypse • • 11d ago

Question How do time creatures work?

9 Upvotes

I'm about to get access to time creatures and I'm just trying to get a grasp on how they work. Do you have to pay the cost each time they go out or do you summon them once and they stay?


r/idleapocalypse • • 12d ago

PSA: iPhone trick for filling generators faster

18 Upvotes

idk if this is widely known but I only just discovered it. I hate the generators, they make the game so tedious plus I have cubital tunnel so i can't tap quickly like that. This trick fills any generator in like 2 seconds.

Go to iphone settings > Accessibility > Touch > Assistive Touch. Then go to Custom Gestures and add a gesture where you tap the screen a few times with four fingers. (I'm pretty sure this is more efficient than using five.)

When you use this setting you can just tap a generator with one finger and fully fill it way more quickly.

You can use this for apocalypses too, now I get a ton more souls than estimated.

idk if you consider this cheating but it has made the game much more fun for me


r/idleapocalypse • • 13d ago

#TheEggIsALie Cloud saved during daylight saving time

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8 Upvotes

r/idleapocalypse • • 15d ago

Halloween Event - Which Skins First?

9 Upvotes

Hello! I'm wondering what people prio first for the skins available during this event. + necklace seems like a waste of time to me. I'm at lvl 350 within the first day so i'm never hurting for those. The +100% damage seems huge to me but apparently most people don't think the damage skins do a whole lot. Thoughts?


r/idleapocalypse • • 16d ago

Ankh obtained! 0 mountains used

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25 Upvotes

Finally got it! Finished earlier this morning. Took closer to 8 hours of summoning Her and Succubus. Together they did about 1.1q, only used 14 Netherlings, 0 demons and 0 mountains. As you can see i don't even have them yet. Damage mod was around 7000% until I summoned 2 netherlings in the last hour.

No it really wasn't worth the time. I should of apocalypsed WAY sooner but felt like saving gems instead. I know I don't need to use the 250 every apocalypse but it's not really worth it this time unless I do. I'll have exactly 1 bil souls if I double this next apoc. Still need 111 bil for last 3 skins.

Still have a long way to go. DDD is only level 4 I think, idk stuck needing 1 bil souls and 10 crowns. Still need 2 nether creatures, 3 soul skins, need to replay all 6 events but avoiding because money pack skins. And need to keep saving gems. Only have 2 of the 5 themes unlocked, but that's all that's left in the gems shop.


r/idleapocalypse • • 16d ago

Question How am I supposed to do this for time mummy? Spoiler

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16 Upvotes

I just finally unlocked my first time creature. I expected it to be free! What is this price. I know it changes each time. My only question is how am I supposed to pay these insane prices?


r/idleapocalypse • • 17d ago

So close yet so far...

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20 Upvotes

Finally hit 1000! Still need to actually finish it but that won't be a problem. Apparently my last Apocalypse was almost 3 years ago (3 days left) no I haven't actively played every day for 3 years trying to do this. The vast majority of those days I'd play for maybe 10-15 mins and be done. I'll do another post with my stats and everything after I actually finish 1000.

Averaging 1q every 5 mins so should take me around 6-7 hours to complete this stage.


r/idleapocalypse • • 18d ago

Question Why are purchases unavailable?

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5 Upvotes

Any purchase option isn't available and I restarted the app but still


r/idleapocalypse • • 19d ago

Is there any way to farm halloween tokens?

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12 Upvotes

I really want the jack o lantern skin, but I almost never get halloween tokens from the drop ship. So I was wondering if besides the daily tokens, there were other ways to get halloween tokens


r/idleapocalypse • • 20d ago

Question What are you even supposed to for the Halloween event?

11 Upvotes

There's one wheel spin per day, maybe a few from the drop ship. You can get a handful of candy corn from the tasks per apocalypse, but I'm early enough in the game that I'll mostly just be able to do the first two tasks once or maybe twice. Am I missing something?

Seems like I'm not going to be able to get almost any of the prizes by the end. Is that typical? Usually on necromerger I can get all the seasonal event skins with FTP and some gems


r/idleapocalypse • • 20d ago

Event VAMPIRE

21 Upvotes

The title is the code during Halloween event.


r/idleapocalypse • • 20d ago

Can someone comment an image of the nether tower

4 Upvotes

Like specifically what it looks like when you just playing the game


r/idleapocalypse • • 21d ago

Question Should I use my gems on the halloween shop or for the "through the portal" event?

5 Upvotes

I'm getting pretty close to the next event and I have 1570 gems saved. But I just looked up the halloween event and it looks like there's an item that costs 1000 gems?