Ship evolution levels in Cell: Idle Factory Incremental, CIFI for short, are all placed at key points in the game’s progression, but the cost to upgrade your ship is hidden until you purchase the required number of crew members for the evolution itself. Meaning that new players are left without any guidance and often need to do another loop reset or two before they can gather up enough cells for the upgrade.
CIFI: Ship Evolution Strategy for Beginners
Here are a few pointers you should keep in mind, especially as a beginner.
- CIFI is not like other idle games where you should prestige as soon as you’re able to, this advice could not be more relevant in this situation, Ship Evolutions grant incredibly powerful bonuses and will push you past a lot of walls in the game – they’re worth waiting an extra day for.
- Look at the table below and identify the next ship evolution you need to work towards.
- Beginners won’t find it too difficult to grab the first Hephaestus evolution as well as the second Cradle evolution in the same run, this will speed up your playthrough significantly.
- When you’re aiming for a Ship Evolution, forget about mod points and shards. Focus primarily on Cell generation and generator output.
CIFI: Ship Evolution Costs
You can reduce these costs by purchasing various upgrades, so there’s no need to be scared!
| SHIP | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | LEVEL 4 | LEVEL 5 | LEVEL 6 | LEVEL 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRADLE | 4.11e37 | 2.14e160 | 1.88e485 | 2.49e1488 | 2.63e6777 | 1.37e30521 | 8.73e73218 |
| AUXESIA | 1.90e50 | 1.39e196 | 9.11e795 | 4.81e2577 | |||
| ZAGREUS | 8.82e107 | 5.34e866 | 1.40e2920 | 8.49e8486 | |||
| HEPHAESTUS | 2.94e158 | 4.79e1442 | 2.21e4782 | 5.61e13743 | 3.93e57930 | ||
| DEMETER | 6.56e331 | 1.04e2135 | 1.75e6438 | ||||
| KOIOS | 3.97e556 | 9.75e2726 | 3.77e7918 | 5.60e21367 | |||
| ZEUS | 1.36e1451 | 5.65e4451 | 3.44e11472 | 3.35e29479 | 9.11e115294 | 3.66e469100 |
CIFI: Ship Evolution Bonuses
Here are the bonuses you get for each of the upgrades above – some of these are definitely stronger than the rest.
| SHIP | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | LEVEL 4 | LEVEL 5 | LEVEL 6 | LEVEL 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRADLE MK1, MK2, MK3 | x5 | x50 | x850 | x162,000 | x5e15 | x6e30 | x7e60 |
| AUXESIA All Tech Upgrades | x2 | x8 | x36 | x850,000 | |||
| ZAGREUS Mod Points | x4 | x22 | x4,800 | x7.5e7 | |||
| HEPHAESTUS Cell Gains | x125 | x1.5e8 | x3.8e30 | x1e100 | x1e500 | ||
| DEMETER Shards Gained | x13 | x1300 | x1.3e8 | ||||
| KOIOS Research Points | x25 | x900 | x1.5e7 | x2.8e30 | |||
| ZEUS Academy Points per Mission | x2 | x4 | x12 | x48 | x240 | x2,440 |
