Maximum Pressure
Maximum Pressure is a military-themed sprint. The three buildings — carrier, drone strike, sanctions package — are individually massive, but the real story of this era is the events: some of the strongest one-time frenzies in the game unlock here, and a well-timed frenzy during active play can leapfrog you toward the next gate.
New buildings this era
| Building | Base cost (MAGA$) | Base MAGA$/sec |
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Carrier | 1.22e17 | 2.06e13 |
| Precision Drone Strike | 1.40e18 | 1.85e14 |
| Sanctions Package | 1.61e19 | 1.67e15 |
Global upgrade unlocked
Fire and Fury (1e15 MAGA$) — ×2 to all production.
Strategy
Keep the mid-game loop running, but pay attention to the event feed. Three of the game's biggest bonuses become possible from this era: the Nobel Peace Prize Nomination (a 20-minute lump sum), Space Force, Liftoff (a ×8 production frenzy), and the Emergency Ego Broadcast (×7 frenzy). Because these are one-time events, a completionist wants to trigger every one — each also unlocks a secret achievement, and achievements are permanent production.
Strategically, this is the last era before the game's structure changes character. From The Greatest Comeback onward the global upgrades jump to ×3 and the buildings start spacing further apart. Use Maximum Pressure to tidy up: finish any side quests you skipped (they complete oldest-first, so leftovers from early eras are still catchable), push a third and fourth building to their Weaponized breakpoint, and make sure every global is bought.
Side quest
Side quest: Fire and Fury — press 13 Red Buttons for the "My Button Works" achievement.
Reaching the next era
23 quintillion (2.3e19) lifetime MAGA$ opens The Greatest Comeback and the Total Mandate ×3 global.