What exactly do Wrinklers do?

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I have entered the Grandmapocalypse, and these things called 'Wrinklers' are spawning on my main cookie. Are they positive or negative, and what do they do?
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You should not kill them after a small amount of time they are a long term game mechanic that you can get loads of cookies from if you leave them for a long time.
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What can you do with Wrinklers?
When a Wrinkler is attached to your cookie, you gain a 5% debuff to your Cookie Per Second, and this stacks as multiple Wrinklers attaches to it (up to a maximum of 10, thus 50% debuff). To remove one, simply click on it (multiple times) and they'll pop, returning 1.1 times the cookies it leeched.Should you let Wrinklers cookie clicker?
Popping wrinklers should probably give you enough cookies to buy 3 prisms and a couple of other buildings, otherwise you popped them too early. Without Unholy Bait, attracting all wrinklers again takes a lot longer, therefore you should also wait longer to pop them.Do Wrinklers increase CpS?
A single Wrinkler gives an effective 0.5% boost to CpS, though the effect is not visible until the Wrinkler is popped. Because of the stacking effect, a full 10 Wrinklers give a combined 6x boost to CpS, although, once again, the benefit is not noticed until the Wrinklers are popped."How much do Wrinklers give?
Normal wrinklers give x1. 1 the number of cookies they consume; shiny wrinklers give x3. 3. They are affected multiplicatively by Sacrilegious Corruption and Wrinklerspawn, making them give x3.What are Wrinklers in cookie clicker?
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