This is a beginner and general-strategy guide. Exact prestige timing, boost choices, and artifact priorities vary with your Earnings Bonus, permit, inventory, contract grade, and available event bonuses.
Fast answer
The answer before the background
Your first priority is steady permanent progress, not keeping one farm alive forever. Push each egg until research and shipping become noticeably slow, then prestige for Soul Eggs and rebuild faster. Use Golden Eggs mainly for high-value Epic Research before buying large numbers of temporary boosts. Join contracts early, claim every realistic reward, and keep rockets launching once they unlock. In the early and mid game, save rare artifacts and ingredients instead of chasing expensive crafts. Only worry about advanced prestige chains, Path of Virtue planning, and optimized artifact sets after your ordinary farms, contracts, and spaceship routine are established.
Start here
Your first-session plan
Play actively at the beginning of each farm. Tap the hatch button, collect boxes and gifts, and buy the cheapest research that improves income, egg value, chicken growth, or shipping. Keep enough silos active that the farm continues producing while you are away.
Do not spread cash evenly across every category. A farm with full habitats but inadequate shipping wastes production, while a large fleet without enough chickens also wastes money. Upgrade the bottleneck shown by your farm: housing when habitats are full, vehicles when eggs are backing up, and research when both are comfortably ahead.
Move through the egg sequence whenever the next egg is affordable and your current farm has stopped making meaningful progress. The next egg normally gives you a better economic base, but do not rush so hard that you leave cheap, powerful research unbought.
- Collect the daily gift and free offers if they fit your play style.
- Use the video doubler when you expect to be away for a while or when a major purchase is close.
- Keep silos filled before closing the game; offline progress is much better when the farm can keep operating.
- Complete achievements and early challenges naturally instead of forcing inefficient detours.
| Situation | Best beginner action |
|---|---|
| Farm grows quickly | Buy income, capacity, and shipping upgrades, then move to the next egg. |
| Farm has stalled | Prestige if the Soul Egg gain is meaningful; rebuild on Edible Egg. |
| You have spare Golden Eggs | Buy useful Epic Research before stockpiling many temporary boosts. |
| A contract is active | Start early, use tokens regularly, and check whether the target is realistic. |
The game’s store description confirms that progression combines research, contracts, artifacts, crafting, and nested prestige. The ordering above is a recommendation for reducing wasted resources, not a mandatory route.
Permanent progress
When to prestige and what to keep
Prestige resets the active farm, including its chickens, habitats, vehicles, common research, and current egg. It preserves important long-term systems such as Golden Eggs, Epic Research, Mystical Eggs, owned artifacts, and your permit. That makes prestiging the normal answer when the current farm is slowing down.
For a beginner, prestige when the farm has become expensive to improve and the displayed Soul Egg reward would make the next rebuild noticeably faster. Do not wait for a perfect number. A series of sensible, smaller prestiges usually teaches the system better than one very long wait.
Before prestiging, spend cash on useful research and buildings that improve the run, but avoid draining Golden Eggs or rare boosts merely to make one reset look larger. Later players can use preload and multistige methods, but those techniques depend on artifact sets, boost inventory, and timing. They are not required for early progress.
- Save boosts for a clear purpose, such as a prestige run or a contract push.
- Improve Soul Food and Prestige Bonus when they are affordable and fit your wider Epic Research plan.
- Watch for special prestige events, but do not stop all progress while waiting for one.
- If you are unsure, compare the current Soul Egg reward with your existing total rather than judging by the raw number alone.
| Stage | Simple prestige approach |
|---|---|
| Early game | Prestige whenever the next rebuild is clearly faster than continuing. |
| Mid game | Build toward the highest practical egg, then use a planned boost run when the gain justifies it. |
| Late game | Learn artifact loadouts and advanced community strategies; exact timing becomes account-specific. |
Never treat the first farm as something you must protect permanently. The reset is the progression loop, not a punishment.
Weekly routine
Contracts, Golden Eggs, and rockets
Contracts are timed delivery missions with rewards that can include boosts, Golden Eggs, Epic Research, Mystical Eggs, and artifact cases. Start them promptly so tokens and production time are not lost. If a cooperative contract is available, contribute consistently and choose a group whose target matches your farm strength rather than joining blindly.
For contract farms, first establish enough chickens, habitats, common research, and shipping to keep production moving. Then use artifacts that improve laying, shipping, or teamwork. A contract reward is only valuable if the spending required to reach it does not exceed the benefit.
Golden Eggs are premium currency used for Epic Research, boosts, the Hyperloop, fuel-tank upgrades, and crafting. Beginners usually get more lasting value from Epic Research and essential infrastructure than from repeatedly buying short boosts. Drones, contracts, gifts, and other in-game sources can also provide them, so paid currency is optional rather than required for the basic route.
After rockets unlock, keep missions running whenever you can fuel them. Spaceships return artifacts, stones, and ingredients, and those items improve farming, contracts, fueling, and prestige. Short missions are a convenient way to gain experience and materials while you learn; longer missions become more attractive when their fuel and turnaround costs are manageable.
- Do not leave a contract farm idle with unused tokens or empty habitats.
- Do not spend every Golden Egg on boosts before checking Epic Research.
- Keep fuel plans in mind before prestiging if a spaceship is nearly ready.
- Equip artifacts for the task at hand instead of assuming one permanent set is best for everything.
| System | Beginner priority |
|---|---|
| Contracts | Start early, contribute steadily, and claim realistic milestones. |
| Golden Eggs | Permanent Epic Research and essential infrastructure first. |
| Rockets | Launch continuously; use short missions while learning and longer ones when practical. |
| Crafting | Save ingredients until you understand which artifact or stone would solve a real problem. |
The community reference describes artifacts as permanent farm modifiers obtained from spaceships or crafting. For a new account, collecting and equipping useful drops is safer than consuming scarce materials for speculative crafts.
Avoid these traps
Progression mistakes that slow new players
The most common error is buying everything in sight. Research has different effects, and a cheap upgrade that improves egg value or chicken growth can outperform an expensive building upgrade. Compare the next purchase with the farm’s actual bottleneck.
Another mistake is hoarding every boost forever. Boosts are consumable, but unused boosts produce no progress. Spend modest combinations when they help you reach a new egg, complete a realistic contract milestone, or produce a worthwhile prestige. Save premium combinations for a planned run rather than activating them randomly.
Do not copy a late-game Reddit or Discord strategy without checking its assumptions. Advanced prestige guides may require a Pro Permit, specific legendary artifacts, high Eggs of Prophecy, large boost reserves, or event timing. The same is true of Path of Virtue: it is an advanced post-Enlightenment system, not a beginner shortcut. Its community documentation says entry requires 100 trillion lifetime Enlightenment eggs and that normal artifacts, boosts, and earnings rules change while on the path.
Finally, do not consume artifacts just to clear inventory space. Keep one useful copy of items that improve income, internal hatchery rate, shipping, capacity, drones, fueling, or prestige. Consume duplicates only after you understand their stone slots, rarity, and likely future use.
- Do not prestige only because a guide says a fixed number is correct.
- Do not enter Path of Virtue before understanding what systems become unavailable or altered.
- Do not craft for rarity alone; craft to improve a defined farm or contract goal.
- Do not auto-join a contract if you need a reliable completion and cannot inspect the group.
| Mistake | Better replacement |
|---|---|
| Buying upgrades randomly | Upgrade the current bottleneck and compare returns. |
| Saving all boosts forever | Use affordable boosts for meaningful milestones. |
| Copying advanced prestige setups | Match the strategy to your artifacts, permit, and boost stock. |
| Crafting immediately | Collect first; craft once a clear upgrade is worth the cost. |
Contract balance, event schedules, and optimal late-game loadouts change over time. There is no universally correct prestige or crafting sequence for every account.
Long-term route
A simple progression checklist
Use this order as a practical default: advance through eggs, prestige when growth stalls, invest Golden Eggs into permanent improvements, complete contracts, unlock and run rockets, equip artifacts for specific jobs, then learn advanced prestige. Once ordinary progression feels comfortable, work toward stronger contract grades and better spaceship returns.
Only after reaching the late game should you plan around Enlightenment goals, high-tier crafting, multistiges, or Path of Virtue. Those systems reward preparation more than speed. Keep your home farm, contract routine, and artifact inventory healthy before committing to a specialized challenge.
- First: learn the farm loop and reach the first prestige.
- Next: build Soul Eggs, Epic Research, contracts, and spaceship access together.
- Then: specialize artifacts for income, contracts, fueling, and prestige.
- Finally: pursue Enlightenment, advanced crafting, optimized prestige, and Path of Virtue with a plan.
| Goal | You are ready when |
|---|---|
| More prestiges | Your current farm stalls and rebuilding is clearly faster. |
| More contracts | You can sustain production and understand token timing. |
| More crafting | You know which artifact or stone you want and can replace the ingredients. |
| Path of Virtue | You have reached its unlock condition and accept its altered rules. |
The best beginner strategy is a repeatable loop: build, identify the bottleneck, advance or prestige, invest permanent rewards, and keep contracts and rockets active.
FAQ
Common questions
Should I prestige as soon as the button appears?
Not automatically. Prestige when the Soul Egg reward is meaningful compared with your current total and the farm has begun to slow. Early on, several moderate resets are usually better than waiting indefinitely for a perfect run.
What should I spend Golden Eggs on first?
For most beginners, prioritize useful Epic Research and essential infrastructure such as the Hyperloop when shipping is limiting you. Temporary boosts are worthwhile for a clear milestone, but buying them before permanent improvements can slow long-term growth.
What are the best contract tips for a new player?
Start promptly, use tokens consistently, check the target before spending boosts, and join a cooperative group that matches your strength. Contribute production and shipping rather than relying on teammates to carry the contract.
When should I start crafting artifacts?
Crafting is safest after you have collected enough drops to understand your inventory and can name the upgrade you want. Early players should usually equip useful artifacts and continue spaceship missions instead of chasing rare crafts.
Is Path of Virtue part of the beginner route?
No. It is an advanced system unlocked after substantial Enlightenment progress. Learn normal prestige, contracts, rockets, and artifacts first, then read the current in-game rules and a maintained community reference before ascending.
Sources
What we checked
Official listings establish current availability and product facts. Community pages are used for mechanics and build history, then labeled separately.
- OfficialAuxbrain, Inc. listing on Google Play, current game description and update information
- OfficialEgg, Inc. listing on the Apple App Store
- CommunityEgg, Inc. Wiki: Prestige
- CommunityEgg, Inc. Wiki: Contracts
- CommunityEgg, Inc. Wiki: Artifacts
- CommunityEgg, Inc. Wiki: Golden Eggs
- CommunityEgg, Inc. Wiki: Path of Virtue