--- title: What the Buck Ending and 100%: How Long It Takes to Finish description: What the ending asks for, how long a full run and a 100% run take, and what is left to do after the credits. url: https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/ending-and-100-percent/ --- Guides # What the Buck ending and 100% completion _[Image: A late-game table with every upgrade at max, funds at $66.1 quintillion and the Idle Mode ON button lit]_ _Late game. Every panel upgrade is maxed and the breaker is on idle mode. Official Steam screenshot, © kohlgames / Loerting Games._ What the Buck ends when you have destroyed $1 sextillion: an **End It All** button appears, Mr. Buck makes his last call, and the credits roll. confirmed A full 100% run, all 47 achievements, took one release-day player 2 hours 46 minutes of in-game time. confirmed You do not need every upgrade to see the ending, and since patch 1.0.1 you can still finish the last prestige nodes afterwards. confirmed ## What the Buck ending: what you need - **The goal**: Mr. Buck asks you to destroy $1 sextillion “as quickly as possible” in his first call. confirmed Version note: a pre-release review key said 100 quintillion; release builds say $1 sextillion. confirmed - **The button**: once the total is reached, Mr. Buck tells you to “go ahead and end it all”, and an End It All button sits next to the end-shift button. confirmed - **The achievement**: the ending unlocks the one hidden achievement, the 47th. Its API name is `game_finished`. confirmed You can reach the ending with nodes left to buy. A forum player hit the ending 99% done, one prestige node short. reported ## How long does What the Buck take to beat? | Run | Length | Version | | --- | --- | --- | | Release-day 100% run with commentary | 2 h 46 min in game (99-minute edited video) | 1.0 | | Full-game 100% walkthrough, no commentary | 111 min | 1.0 | | Pre-release 100% longplay | 131 min | review key | | 100% achievements longplay, no commentary | 142 min | review key (uploaded 31 Oct) | | Japanese launch-day full clear | 35-minute edited video | 1.0 | So: plan on roughly two to three hours for everything, a bit less for the ending alone. confirmed The developer’s own recorded run used for Next Fest went “far into the late game” in about 80 minutes before looping. confirmed ## The last stretch, step by step - **Max both panels and keep them between shifts.** The keep nodes (10, 15 and 40 PP) mean the final shifts start strong. confirmed - **Finish the skill tree in one shift.** That is also **Nothing Left to Buy**. confirmed - **Buy Idle Hands and the Money Printer** for the final shift. confirmed - **Use Investment Papers to close the gap.** The release-day player doubled his money several times with stocks: one trade paid 283 quintillion, and the next took him past the goal. confirmed See [Investment Papers](https://whatthebuck.wiki/bills/investment-papers/). - **Press End It All.** ## What happens at the end (spoilers) Mr. Buck tells you why he hired you to destroy his fortune. It is a short, sincere monologue about what chasing money cost him, and it ends with your payout waiting at the front desk. confirmed We do not reproduce the text; watch it in game. Afterwards your save stays, so you can finish anything you skipped. ## 100% checklist - All nine panel upgrades maxed (**Top of the Line**). - Every skill tree node in one shift (**Nothing Left to Buy**). - Every prestige node (**Board Member**). Before 1.0.1 the post-ending shift price could make this impossible; now every shift from the ninth on costs 1 sextillion, or less with Market Maker. confirmed - 50 Diamonds, 50 Collector Bills, 100 each of Golden, Electric and Explosive, fuel from 50 Fuel Bills. - Totals: 100,000 bills, $1 billion earned, $100 million held at once, 700 Prestige Points, five shifts. - **One Hour**: currently counts table time only. confirmed - The ending. Full conditions are on [achievements](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/achievements/). ## After the ending Patch 1.0.1 was made for exactly this: after the ending the shift price kept rising ×100, which locked out the last prestige nodes. Now it stops at 1 sextillion. confirmed If your post-ending shift still shows a huge price, let Steam download 1.0.1; the new price shows on the current shift. confirmed ## Sources Last checked: 10 November 2026. Marks: confirmed = official notes, the store page, the game itself or a recording of it; reported = two or more players; unverified = one source. - [Release-day run (Blitz)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dklE9_1pEw&t=20s) · at 00:20 - [Release-day 100% run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtjuwrgHzQU&t=5686s) · at 94:46, 98:37, 94:05 - [itch.io devlog](https://kohlgames.itch.io/what-the-buck/devlog/1724635/what-the-buck-comes-out-on-steam-on-november-9) - [Patch 1.0.1](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4832970/view/1848664643357595) - [Forum thread](https://steamcommunity.com/app/4832970/discussions/0/564798922323788311/) - [Steam achievements](https://steamcommunity.com/stats/4832970/achievements/) - [Full-game 100% longplay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHkPdba9LI&t=0s) - [Japanese release-day clear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_58s9JvCR8&t=0s) - [Next Fest stream post](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4832970/view/1846651706691138) - [100% achievements longplay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBUMWRc1_hM&t=0s) - [Ending video (no commentary)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14g0Vx2DUgc&t=0s) ## More in Guides - [Beginner guide How to play your first shift: swiping, steering the breaker, the first upgrades to buy and when to end the shift.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/beginner-guide/) - [Achievements The full list of 47 Steam achievements, grouped by how you unlock them, with the ones that trip players up.](https://whatthebuck.wiki/guides/achievements/)