Although Prysms and SurrealScapes don't directly accelerate your climb to higher prestige levels, they provide significant benefits. Prysms increase resource production rates and are essential for generating energy. SurrealScapes also enhance resource production and enable you to deploy more Prysms, further increasing the energy you gain with each prestige. This extra energy is vital, especially in Episode 2, where you’ll need it to harvest Mycelium and unlock ROOT.