Experiment: Neutral

The Neutral Experiment

The Neutral experiment is one of 12 experiments in the laboratory, available when the laboratory is first built.

The goal of the neutral experiment is to expand a sphere.

Mechanic

Upgrades increases how fast the sphere grows. Each tier of upgrades costs more, but also expands the sphere faster. When you buy enough of a single tier, the base rate of that tier will also increase.

Expanding converts current growth into maximum growth, which resets the sphere back to size 0.

Upgrade	Base rate	Cost
Essencer	0.1/s	1 * triangle(lvl)
Combiner	0.5/s	10 * triangle(lvl)
Dragger	1.5/s	50 * triangle(lvl)
Forcer	4/s	150 * triangle(lvl)
Purer	10/s	500 * triangle(lvl)
Condenser	50/s	2000 * triangle(lvl)

where triangle(lvl) = lvl*(lvl+1)/2 + 1.

As you buy more upgrades in a tier, the base rate of that tier starts getting multiplied based on how many upgrades you've bought. This makes it better to focus on a single tier, rather than spreading your upgrades among all the tiers. The multipliers follow a simple pattern, until it switches at high amounts:

Count	Rate multiplier
0	1x
10	2x
15	4x
20	8x
50	16x
100	32x
150	64x
200	128x
500	256x
1000	512x
2000+	2^(8.8+0.2*floor(count/1000))x

Prestige

Prestige resets all generators and your maximum orbs to the square root of your current maximum orbs (capped at 10) and you have to choose between 2 bonuses.

• Production x2 - generators will produce orbs twice as much
• +10 max. Level (multiplicative) - increases the maximum generator by 10% of previous maximum amount

Rewards

Sphere size	Reward
500	Simple Evasion
2500	Lifesteal
10000	Impetus
20000	Reflect
125000	Defiance
6.5M	Critical Strike
Varies	+% Neutral damage
Varies	+% Neutral resistance