The Portal is the 9th building in Cookie Clicker, and it is one of the first late-game buildings that significantly boosts your Cookies Per Second (CPS). It serves as a gateway to another dimension, pulling in cookies from mysterious realms beyond reality.
1οΈβ£ BASE COOKIE PRODUCTION OF A PORTAL
Building | Base CPS (Cookies Per Second) | Base Price |
---|---|---|
Portal π | 260,000 CPS | 1 billion cookies |
- The Portalβs CPS increases as you buy more and as you unlock upgrades.
- Like all buildings, its price rises exponentially with each purchase.
π Fact: Portals are one of the first buildings to cost over 1 billion cookies, marking a transition into the mid-to-late game phase.

2οΈβ£ HOW TO INCREASE PORTAL COOKIE PRODUCTION
If you want your Portals to generate even more cookies, you can enhance their power using upgrades, synergies, and Golden Cookies.
β IMPORTANT UPGRADES FOR PORTALS
Upgrade | Effect | Price |
---|---|---|
Sanity Dance | Portals are twice as efficient | 5 billion cookies |
Brane Transplant | Portals are twice as efficient | 50 billion cookies |
Deity-Sized Portals | Portals are twice as efficient | 500 billion cookies |
π Each upgrade doubles Portal efficiency, making them produce much more than the base 260,000 CPS.
3οΈβ£ USING THE GRANDMAPOCALYPSE TO BOOST PORTALS
The Grandmapocalypse is a late-game event that corrupts your Grandmas, making them stronger and giving certain buildings massive CPS boosts.
β GRANDMA SYNERGY UPGRADES FOR PORTALS
Upgrade | Effect |
---|---|
Arcane Sugar | Portals work better with Grandmas |
Elder Pact | Grants a huge CPS boost for Portals when the Grandmapocalypse is active |
π Strategy: Activate the Grandmapocalypse, let Wrinklers build up, and use Golden Cookie combos for maximum Portal efficiency!
4οΈβ£ HOW TO MAXIMIZE PORTAL EFFICIENCY WITH GOLDEN COOKIES
Golden Cookies provide powerful temporary buffs that can multiply your CPS, making Portals much more effective.
β BEST GOLDEN COOKIE EFFECTS FOR PORTALS
- Frenzy (x7 CPS for 77 seconds) β Your Portals will produce 7x more cookies!
- Click Frenzy (x777 cookies per click for 13 seconds) β If combined with an Auto-Clicker, this can generate trillions of cookies instantly.
- Building Special (Instant Production for 1 minute) β Makes your buildings generate 1 minute of cookies instantly.
π Pro Tip: Stack Frenzy + Click Frenzy for insane cookie production!
5οΈβ£ SHOULD YOU BUY MORE PORTALS OR SAVE FOR A TIME MACHINE?
After buying several Portals, youβll notice that newer buildings become more efficient. The next building after Portals is the Time Machine, which has a base CPS of 1.7 millionβsignificantly higher than a Portal.
β BEST STRATEGY FOR MID-TO-LATE GAME
- Buy some Portals to increase CPS but donβt overspend.
- Start saving for a Time Machine because it provides much more CPS.
- Upgrade Portals with synergy upgrades, but prioritize newer buildings for faster progress.
π― FINAL TIP: ARE PORTALS WORTH IT?
β Portals are essential for mid-game cookie production.
β Upgrades and Golden Cookies can make them extremely powerful.
β Donβt overinvestβsaving for Time Machines and Antimatter Condensers is a better long-term strategy!
Portals are a game-changing building, and with the right upgrades & strategies, they can help you bake trillions of cookies! πͺπ₯π