Factors

The highest possible Factor values achievable in Ordinal Markup before you complete OC2. You have to be in Challenge 3, have the u33 and u11 Booster Upgrades and have all your Factors maxed.

Factors are upgradable values that are unlocked one-by-one by performing a Factor Shift. They are located in the Factors sub-tab of the Markup tab. They are upgradable with Ordinal Points, and you can only have up to seven of them per run (outside of Challenges). Factors boost the power of Tier 1 Automation, and loosely Tier 2 Automation through Challenge rewards.

Factors are lost upon performing a Factor Shift, Factor Boost or any succeeding Prestige Mechanics. They are also lost upon refunding Boosters.

Upgrading Factors

Factors can be upgraded through spending Ordinal Points (OP), Markup's main Currency. Each Factor requires an exponentially higher amount of Ordinal Points to upgrade.

Factors Cost

Factor	Initial Cost (OP)	Cost Scaling (xy)	Maximum Bought
1	10	2	9
2	100	2	8
3	1000	2	7
4	10000	3	4
5	100000	3	4
6	1.000e6	6	3
7	1.000e7	30	2

Because each additional Factor increases in OP cost, there are only a limited amount of times a Factor can be upgraded. Once a Factor would reach over 1.000e257 Ordinal Points, the contents of the Factor will change to Maxed! and can no longer be upgraded.

Usage

Factors boost the power of Tier 1 Automation. Every time a Factor is upgraded, its multiplier to Tier 1 Automation increases by 1 (at base). This effect can be increased through buying specific Booster Upgrades and completing Challenges.

The total Factor Multiplier is $(\prod _{i=1}^{FS}(\mathrm {1+F_{i}+3\times u33\times (1+C3)} )\times (\mathrm {1+u11} ))^{\mathrm {1-OC1} }$, where $\prod$ means products ($\prod_{i=1}^N i$ is mean let variable is i, from 1 to N, every time multiply by i, aka i factorial or i!), $\mathrm{FS}$ is your Factor Shifts, $\mathrm{F_i}$ is your Factor i bought times, u33 and OC1 mean 1 if you have this upgrade/in this Challenge, and 0 otherwise, C3 and u11 mean OC2 completions + 1 if you have this upgrade/in this Challenge and not in OC2, and 0 otherwise.

A table has been provided to show max possible Factor values in multiple situations, such as during certain Challenges.

Factors: 0 OC2 completions

Main		Maximum Base Mult		Maximum Mult (u11)		Maximum Mult (u33)				Maximum Mult (u11+u33)
		None	C2/C7	None	C2/C7	None	C2	C3	C7	None	C2	C3	C7
Factor #	1	10	1	20	2	13	4	16	7	26	8	32	14
	2	9		18		12		15		24		30
	3	8		16		11		14		22		28
	4	5		10		8		11		16		22
	5
	6	4		8		7		10		14		20
	7	3		6		6		9		12		18
Total		216,000	1	27,648,000	128	4,612,608	16,384	36,590,400	823,543	590,413,824	2,097,152	4,683,571,200	105,413,504
				(128x Base)		(~21.35x Base)		(~7.93x Mult (w/o C3)		(128x w/o u11)		(~7.93x Mult (w/o C3)

Factors: in OC2 (note: u11 and C3 effect do nothing)

Main		Maximum Base Mult		Maximum Mult (u33)
		None	C2/C7	None	C2/C7
Factor #	1	10	1	13	4
	2	9		12
	3	8		11
	4	5		8
	5
	6	4		7
	7	3		6
Total		216,000	1	4,612,608	16,384
				(~21.35x Base)

Factors: 1 OC2 completion

Main		Maximum Base Mult		Maximum Mult (u11)		Maximum Mult (u33)				Maximum Mult (u11+u33)
		None	C2/C7	None	C2/C7	None	C2	C3	C7	None	C2	C3	C7
Factor #	1	10	1	30	3	13	4	19	10	39	12	57	30
	2	9		27		12		18		36		54
	3	8		24		11		17		33		51
	4	5		15		8		14		24		42
	5
	6	4		12		7		13		21		39
	7	3		9		6		12		18		36
Total		216,000	1	472,392,000	2,187	4,612,608	16,384	177,768,864	10,000,000	10,087,773,696	35,831,808	388,780,505,568	21,870,000,000
				(2,187x Base)		(~21.35x Base)		(~38.54x Mult (w/o C3)		(2,187x w/o u11)		(~38.54x Mult (w/o C3)
				(~17.09x w/o OC2s)	(~17.09x w/o OC2s)			(~4.86x w/o OC2s)	(~12.14x w/o OC2s)	(~17.09x w/o OC2s)	(~17.09x w/o OC2s)	(~83.01x w/o OC2s)	(~207.47x w/o OC2s)

! Note:	Only some Challenges are featured in this table since only some Challenges affect Factors.

With this, Challenge Multipliers also let Factors boost Tier 2 Automation. This multiplier is based on the Factor, and how many times you've completed the Challenge.

Trivia

According the doc for OM rewritten, when you buy a factor, the cost will be squared, regardless the factors.