Ion Microchip

Ion Microchip (마이크로 이온 칩 Micro Ion Chip) is an Epic Treasure released on April 28th, 2019. It spawns Microchip Jellies worth a certain amount of points, which is dependent on the amount of Coins the player has collected during the entire run.

This Treasure was released alongside of Ion Cookie Robot, continuing the technological theme of the update.

Story
''Smart Technology has swept the Cookie world! High performance contained within the smallest of Treasures!''

Effect
Creates Microchip Jellies at certain intervals. Collecting 1,000 Coins during a run will initiate its self-improve protocol. Level Up for more frequent Microchip Jelly creation and more points per Microchip Jelly.
 * Standard: Microchip Jellies worth pts every 10.0 sec. Self-improves 2 times with 1000 Coins
 * Enhanced: Self-upgrades up to v4, pts for v4 Chips

Strategy
 Overall rating 

While situational, Ion Microchip is extremely useful in the situations it is good for. With a relatively fast spawn rate and a low amount of Coins required to cause it to self-improve, in areas filled with Coins, it can be incredibly useful. It can also synergize with Coin Fireworks Box to upgrade even more quickly, though the usefulness of Coin Fireworks Box with it may be outweighed by the usefulness of other Treasures depending on the situation.

Generally speaking, the faster Ion Microchip upgrades, the better, because the longer it takes, the more its points output is damaged. Naturally, the Treasure should also not be used in places with very little Coins, because this will cause it a lot of trouble and heavily decrease its points output.

Despite being a good Treasure, it should be noted that Ion Microchip takes away Coins when upgrading, and as such it can interfere with Pets like Panda Dumpling and Energy Scale which use Coins to revive. This can potentially cause Panda Dumpling to not activate at all or cause Energy Scale to revive a Cookie with a very low amount of Energy. Due to this, it should be used with caution in these situations.

Updates

 * July 29, 2019
 * Points for Microchip Jellies greatly increased.

Trivia

 * Though Ion Microchip's description states that its spawn rate increases upon level up, it never changes and stays at a flat rate of 10 seconds for every spawn.
 * Prior to a silent update to its level effect text, Ion Microchip's effect description stated, "Microchip Jellies worth pts appear every 10.0 seconds. Self-improves 2 times with 1000 Coins," likely having been changed to be less wordy.
 * Though its description is likely intentional hyperbole, it is very possible that Ion Microchip is legitimately the smallest Treasure.