Clicking vs Idle in Capybara Clicker: What Each System Does

Capybara Clicker pays you in two ways: Click Power, which adds capybaras each time you tap the big capybara, and capybaras per second, which keeps coming in on its own. Several systems in the game reward one style or the other. Here is what each one does, based on the game's own files.

Systems that reward clicking

• The thermometer. Every tap on the capybara also fills a thermometer on screen. When it reaches its goal, the game shows a 2X bonus and a rain of capybaras. The fill runs on a timer and drops back if you stop, so it only helps while you keep tapping.
• Golden capybaras. A Golden Capybara spawns on screen from time to time, and you click it to catch it. The game counts catches, with achievements for catching 1, 50 and 100.
• Click Power upgrades. Cursor, Mr Clicker, President Clicker and the other "Clicker" upgrades only raise what each tap is worth.

Systems that reward idling

• Per-second upgrades. Auto Click, Capybara Farm, Capybara Pump, Capybara Factory and the rest of the per-second line earn while you do nothing.
• Offline earnings. The game stores the time you were last playing. When you come back, an "Offline Earnings" window shows how many capybaras you made while away, and you collect them with Take. The code divides your per-second rate when it works this out, so expect less than you would get with the game open.
• Auto-save. Progress is saved on a timer with the Easy Save 3 plugin, and it stays in this browser. Another browser or device starts fresh.

The video bonuses

The original game has two buttons that play a video ad: a bonus that gives "a 2x bonus to all capybaras earned" for 60 seconds, and a "Free Stuff" button that grants a batch of capybaras. These depend on the CrazyGames ad service. On this site the game runs without in-game ads, so those requests come back empty and you should not count on those rewards here. Everything else works without them.

Achievements by play style

Style	Achievements
Clicking	Click 1, 100 and 1,000 times; reach 10, 100, 1,000 and 1,000,000 Click Power
Idle	Passive Income (500 per second), Lazy Rich (5,000 per second), Retirement (50,000 per second)
Either	Get 1 thousand, 1 million, 1 billion, 1 trillion and 1 quadrillion capybaras; spend 2,000, 40,000 and 120,000
Golden capybara	Catch 1, 50 and 100

So which is better?

At the very start you have no income at all, so tapping is the only option. Once you own a few per-second upgrades, a sensible mix is to tap in short bursts to keep the thermometer bonus going and catch any golden capybara that appears, then let the per-second upgrades run when you step away. Before you close the tab, spending your bank on per-second upgrades raises what offline earnings can pay out.

Controls and settings

Everything is done with the left mouse button, or by tapping on a touch screen. The settings menu has separate sliders for music and sound effects, and the game mutes itself when you switch to another tab. The music is by Radiocosmo, credited in the settings.

Sources: the system names, texts and achievement goals are from the game build at /play/; the controls line matches the CrazyGames page for Capybara Clicker.