March 29 Update Patch Notes - Rambutan Cookie

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

Welcome the fearless leader of the Rambutan Tribe! It's Rambutan Cookie! 💕

Here are the details of the March 29 update.

1. NEW COOKIE & PET

- Rambutan Cookie: Gains points by defeating monsters attacking the village!

- Floofy Fruity: Creates Rambutan Bear Jelly Party Potions at certain intervals!

 

2. NEW TREASURE

Rambirdtan Handler Glove: Collecting a certain number of Pink Bear Jellies summons Rambirdtan, which drops feathers that grant points!

3. BREAKOUT: RANDOM CHALLENGE OPEN!

A new mode of Breakout is available! Reach the top with randomly generated Combis and receive sweet rewards!

4. Story Mode: The Isle of Awakening Dragons OPEN!

Embark on a brand new adventure with GingerBrave and friends, and collect various rewards!

5. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: RAMBUTAN SEASON

Exciting runs await, together with an adorable Jelly Shape Set in Champions Shop!

6. CURIOUS RAINBOW MINE OPEN!

A perfect chance to collect Rainbow Cubes! Run in the Curious Rainbow Mine!

7. NEW COSTUMES

- Purple Yam Cookie's Violet Dragonstorm (Super Epic)

- Avocado Cookie's Dragonscale Armorsmith (Epic)

8. OTHER

Champions League

Map

- The Red Dragon's Valley map has rotated out and is replaced by Cutting Edge CookieBot Laboratory.

- The Mysterious Yogurt Dunes map's 5th stage has had slight adjustments, and the base speed has been increased by 1.

- The Mysterious Yogurt Dunes map's Bonus Time Jellies have had their pattern adjusted.

- The Fancy Yogurcan Mansion map's 4th and 5th stages have had their Jelly patterns slightly adjusted.

- Fixed an issue where Giant Rainbow Star Jellies did not grant points during Bonus Time in the Fancy Yogurcan Mansion map.

- The remaining time in Bonus Time is now displayed for all Bonus Time maps.

System

- A new distraction, "Eyes of Darkness," has been added. The distraction appears in the newly added map.

- Eyes of Darkness: Appears at random, covering certain parts of the screen in darkness for a period of time.

Other

- Due to map changes and additions, Dr. Wasabi Cookie's Best Combi Generator will be temporarily unavailable. Please be patient as Dr. Wasabi Cookie tweaks the algorithm to be as good as possible! (Scheduled to be available again April 1)

Balance Changes & Bug Fixes

Cookies

- Purple Yam Cookie: Increased Rage Tornado Points, Critical Tornado Points, and Rage Tornado Destruction Points

- Avocado Cookie: Fixed an issue where the Cookie entered Giant Mode for an instant after the Shield skill finished, the Shield Blast does no longer count as being superfast, changed the Hammer Points to be a fixed amount, fixed the size of the Cookie to match other Cookies' Giant Mode size when entering Giant Mode while the Cookie's skill is active, increased destruction range of the Sword skill, increased points for Avocado Jellies

- Sugar Glass Cookie: Changed so that the flower button changes back to the slide button first after the stained glass is completed, and the flower button now grants points while pressed

Pets

- Firestarter: Increased destruction points

- Avocatapult: Now grants bonus destruction points instead of the previous points being given relative to the amount of Jellies collected, added Energy drain speed reduction effect

Treasures

- Stuffed Jumping Jelly Horsey: The Treasure icon now shows the count towards creating Jelly Balls while in Giant Mode, increased points for Jelly Balls

- E-Z Camera: Changed so that Snapshot Points are granted even if the Cookie runs out of Energy shortly after taking a snapshot

- Gigawatt Cube: When no regular Jellies are available for turning into MagnetiCubes, the total amount and the cooldown are displayed on the Treasure icon.

Combis

- Purple Yam Cookie & Firestarter: Increased Rage Tornado Points

- Avocado Cookie & Avocatapult: Increased points for Avocado Jellies

Cookie Trials

- The score requirements and certain patterns in Purple Yam Cookie’s Trial have been changed.

March 15 Update Patch Notes - Pizza Cookie

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

No matter the distance, this Cookie is eager to deliver everyone pizzas!

It's Pizza Cookie! 🍕

Here are the details of the March 15 update.

1. NEW COOKIE & PET

- Pizza Cookie: Rides a delivery bike at certain intervals and delivers pizzas!

- Piping Pizza Sauce: Fires hot sauce at certain intervals destroying obstacles within range!

2. OTHER

Balance Changes

Treasures

- Ion Microchip: Increased points for Microchip Jellies

About the Guild Run Update and Future Plans

 Hi, Cookie Runners! In the last update, we made some changes to Guild Runs, and many of you shared feedback and suggestions regarding the new system! We’d like to thank you all for sharing your thoughts, and we’d like to share our thought process regarding this revamp and how we plan on improving Guild Runs in the future using your feedback.

1. Why did we change the Guild Run system?

We wanted to alleviate the following issues through this Guild Run revamp:

• The lack of immediate rewards and lack of participation.

• For the top players, the impact they have on their Guild was low in comparison to the very high effort required to reach the highest possible scores.

• Beginners didn’t have many ways to contribute to the success of their Guild.

• Beginners needed too many Cookies to participate in Guild Runs.

• Even after deciding to invest and level up a Cookie for an arena, the same Cookie might not be used in the following season.

• The opportunities to use your leveled-up Cookies were too few.

We tried to tackle these issues by:

• Adding rewards after each arena run

• Granting points to each Guild member depending on their position in each arena

• Increasing the pool of selectable Cookies

You shared your thoughts regarding these changes and often mentioned feedback included: 

• The fear that the Guild Run meta might become less diverse (Wouldn’t each arena require the same Cookie? / Wouldn’t Cookies released a long time ago never get used?) 

• Guild Run now counting each member’s score/position makes the game mode more burdensome.

We are very attentive to these concerns, and we’ll work with them in mind to improve Guild Runs in the future! But first, we thought it might be helpful to clarify a few things regarding the current system.

2. How does the current system work?

1. Cookies usable in a Guild Run season are part of a general pool, usable for each arena which means that you can run in each arena with the Cookies you have. 

2. With this new system, new Cookies you level up will be usable for at least 6 months.

3. Buff Combis are strong enough to encourage various strategies, including the use of various Cookies, as in the previous system.

4. The point system is designed to reward players who reached the highest possible scores (and position) more.

5. The ratio of points given to the highest positions (1st, 2nd, etc.) is higher to promote player skill over guild size.

6. There are new rewards for each arena, rewarding players directly for their run.

Here’s a graph (also displayed in the game) showing the number of points granted for each position. So, for example, the player who scores the most (1st) in a given arena earns 330 points for their Guild.

As you can see, the points earned by being amongst the best players are much higher than points earnable by players ranked lower. We wanted to make a system that rewards players who rank high as the efforts required to reach such a position are very high. 

For example, let’s take a situation where a player has currently ranked 2nd with 199,000,000 points, and 1st place is just ahead at 200,000,000 points. 

1st 200,000,000 pts (1st place is worth 330 Guild Run pts)

2nd 199,000,000 pts (2nd place is worth 255 Guild Run pts)

Previously, the incentive for the player in 2nd place taking 1st place was very low as the reward did not reflect the effort needed. With the updated system, if the player in 2nd place manages to take 1st place, they would earn 330 pts while the other player would only get 255 pts (75 pts less!)! That’s a meaningful difference that could be decisive for the outcome of the Guild Run. 

On the other end of the graph, you can see that players who score less have less impact on their Guild score. This means that these players are less likely to make a decisive difference in the final ranking. That’s why we were hoping that this system would not be too stressful or burdensome for the average player.

However, after checking your feedback, it seems that we underestimated this point, and we’re already thinking about ways to improve it!

3) What’s next?

We want to make the Guild Run experience as pleasant as possible for as many players as we can and your feedback is very helpful in this process. We’re exploring various ideas and we can already tell you that, in order to reduce the pressure of all members of a Guild needing to participate, we are planning to adjust the ranking system to take into account only the score of the top 20 Guild members (instead of every member, as of now).

However, as we can’t make such changes in the middle of a season, we have plans to apply them at the beginning of the following season. Again, we will be doing our best to improve the Guild Run experience to make it as fun as possible for all runners! Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and opinions, and thank you for reading until the end! 

With love,

Your Cookie Run Team.

February 28 Update Patch Notes - Dr. Bones Cookie

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

Dr. Bones Cookie is here! 🏥🩺

Here are the details of the February 28 update.

1. NEW COOKIE & PET

- Dr. Bones Cookie: Performs emergency treatment to a fallen Cookie at given intervals.

- Pit-A-Pat Monitor: Revives Cookies when they run out of Energy. Both the initial runner and the relay Cookie receive this effect once each!

2. NEW TREASURE

Bone-afide Multivitamin Jelly: Creates Pill Jellies at given intervals.

3. EVENT MODE: BONES’ MOBILE CLINIC

Collect Prescriptions from Dr. Bones Cookie to reach high scores! Don't miss out on awesome rewards and a Lobby Design too!

4. GUILD RUN SEASON 15: BUSTLING BONES HOSPITAL SEASON

A new and improved Guild Run season has started! Check out the Emergency Pill Jelly Set as well as the new items added to the Guild Shop!

5. NEW EVENT: Daily Health Run!

Check-in daily and complete missions to receive rewards!

There's a bonus reward if you succeed for 7 consecutive days!

6. NEW COSTUMES

- Milk Cookie's Crunchy Strong Pediatrician (Super Epic)

- Truffle Cookie's Soothing Sweet Pediatrician (Epic)

7. OTHER

Balance Changes & Bug Fixes

Cookies

- Milk Cookie: Fixed the issue where the additional time required to fully activate the Cookie's skill varied depending on the type or the time of appearing of the Evil Spirits, increased points for Protection Points, increased points for Protection Points from Greater Evil Spirits

- Truffle Cookie: Increased points for Spider Seamstress Points, increased points for Wrapped Obstacle Points

- Lotus Dragon Cookie: Changed skill to destroy nearby obstacles while in dragon form, as well as obstacles affected by the sound waves

- Plum Cookie, Bell Pepper Cookie: Fixed the issue of being able to perform triple jumps after skill activation with low energy

Pets

- Milk Angel: Increased points for Milk Drop Jellies

- Silkweave Cocoon: Increased points for Web shootings

Treasures

- E-Z Camera: Increased Snapshot Points

- Giant Superbean: Fixed the issue where some Yellow Bear Jellies, Pink Bear Jellies, Frozen Bear Jellies, and Giant Bear Jellies failed to become giant. (Bitter Jellies, Giant Pink Bear Jellies, Nauseous Giant Bear Jellies, Lovey-Dovey Bear Jellies, and Winged Bear Jellies remain unchanged, meaning they will be counted but will not become giant.)

Combi Bonuses

- Milk Cookie & Milk Angel: Increased Protection Points

- Truffle Cookie & Silkweave Cocoon: Increased Spider Seamstress Points

Cookie Trials

- Some patterns of Milk Cookie and Truffle Cookie's Cookie Trials maps have been changed as well as the required score for trials.

Reworked Guild Run

The Arena system will be changed as follows. 

  1. The number of Guild members reflected in the Guild ranking will be changed.

- Before: Reflected a specific number of members for each Arena

- After: Reflects all Guild members

  2. Changes to Guild ranking system.

- Before: Added up the Guild members' scores to determine the Guild rankings

- After: Determines Guild ranking by summing the points given according to individual rankings

- A ranking system will be added to Guild Runs. Rankings can be achieved at each Arena once per match, and initial rewards will be given accordingly

- Cookies, Pets, and Treasure Combis available for each season will be designated. Previously, Arenas each had available designated Combis. However, it has been reworked to allow all designated Combis to be usable in all Arenas. Season’s Combis are only valid throughout the relating season and will be replaced when the season ends. Details can be found in the Season's Combis pop-up.

- A Guild Supply Chest has been added to the Guild Shop. Guild Supply Chests can be purchased as many times as specified during the season and the number of Guild Coins required varies depending on the number of purchases. When the season ends, the Season's Combis that can be drawn from the Guild Supply Chest will be replaced, and the designated number of purchase times will be reset.

- The level required to participate in Guild Run has been adjusted from Lv.4 to Lv.2

- The number of members to join a Guild has been adjusted to 30 regardless of the Guild level.

Champions League

- Cozy Winter Village map is replaced with Fancy Yogurcan Mansion.

Invitation Event

- The Invite a Friend event has been reworked from sharing an Invitation Link to sharing an Invitation Code.

- You can check your Invitation Code by tapping the "Invite" button at the Invite a Friend event.

- Share your Code with a friend and receive various rewards!

Magic Candy Upgrade & Treasure Enhancement Probabilities

- Guidelines on the probability of Magic Candy upgrades, Magic Candy Blessings, and Treasure Enhancements have been added.

- Check the details from Probabilities information on the related pages.

Other

- Tags for some Cookies, Pets, and Treasure have been changed.

- Run Together! Mentor & Mentee Event: You can now use the borrowed Cookies, Pets, and Treasures in Story Mode too.

February 14 Update Patch Notes - Crowberry Cookie

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

A new Cookie is introduced in this update: Crowberry Cookie! 💍

Here are the details of the February 14 update.

1. NEW COOKIE & PET

- Crowberry Cookie: Shapeshifts into a crow at given intervals taking to the sky, stealing jewels!

-Eggsquisite Brooch: A shining light appears at given intervals creating Jewel Egg Jellies!

2. OTHER

Balance Adjustments & Bug Fixes

Treasures

-Peaceful Dove Bun: Skill activation changed to be based on distance traveled rather than time passed, increased points for Peaceful Jellies

Custom Runs

- A total of 8 new maps have been added to Custom Runs. Collect Snow Crystal Jellies and trade them for cool rewards!

January 27 Update Patch Notes - Candlelight Cookie

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

This new update introduces Candlelight Cookie, who admires the treasure in the Witch's attic!

Here is what we have for you with this update.

1. CANDLELIGHT COOKIE & CANDLE MELT BEAR

- Candlelight Cookie: Converts Treasure items into Wax Treasures at given intervals, and different effects are activated depending on the item!

- Candle Melt Bear: Creates Candle Melt Bear Jelly Parties at given intervals!

2. NEW TREASURE

Good-Job Bear Stamp: Stamps a Wax Seal at given intervals destroying obstacles ahead, and creates a Giant Wax Seal!

3. 2022 GRAND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OPEN!

The 2022 Grand Champions League is here!

Which Cookie Runner will become the champion?! Check out the Grand Champions League Sampler Event, too! Let's RUN!

4. STORY MODE: THE WITCH’S MYSTIC ATTIC!

Check out the newly added Story that takes place in the Witch's Mystic Attic!

You can earn more rewards if you play during the event period!

5. CANDLELIGHT SEASON OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

A new season of the Champions League is open!

Claim Candlelight Cookie's limited Costume and a cute Jelly Shape Set!

6. NEW COSTUMES

- Birthday Cake Cookie's Dazzling Candle Party (Super Epic)

- Chili Pepper Cookie's Black Tiger Bandit Leader (Super Epic)

- Firecracker Cookie's Witch's Treasure Party (Epic)

- Candlelight Cookie's Illustrious Scholar (Champion)

7. OTHER

Balance Adjustments & Bug Fixes

Cookies

- Chili Pepper Cookie: Increased base Energy, faster Energy drain while sneaking inside the vault, increased points for Treasure Jellies, increased points for special Diamond Jellies

- Firecracker Cookie: Increased base Energy, reduced cooldown, increased Arcade Points

- Birthday Cake Cookie: Increased base Energy, reduced cooldown, increased points for Confetti Jellies, increased points for Birthday Presents

Pets

- Bad Pepper: Chili Coins now appear with Bear Jellies and Coins, increased cooldown, increased points for Chili Coins

- Super PEWPEW!: Reduced cooldown

- Party Balloon: The Jellies acquired while the Pet flies also changed to be included in the number of Jellies needed for the next skill activation, increased the number of Jellies required for skill activation, increased points for Balloon Jellies

- Wave Drop: Fixed the number of Water Column summons at each level, increased points, and number of Energy recovery when summoning Water Columns (Level 15 remains the same)

Treasures

- Mirror of Malice: Increased points for Dark Stone Jellies, increased points for Malicious Spirit Jellies

Combi Bonuses

- Chili Pepper Cookie & Bad Pepper: Increased points for Treasure Jellies

- Firecracker Cookie & Super PEWPEW!: Increased Arcade Points

- Birthday Cake Cookie & Party Balloon: Increased points for Confetti Jellies

Other

- With the addition of the Cookie & Treasure Combi Bonus, the following Treasure Combi Bonus has been removed: Mama's Apple Pie, Kitty's Lovely Lunchbox, Kitty's Candy Box

Champions League

Candlelight Cookie Season of the Champions League has started!

Maps

1. Ancient Forest Altar has been replaced with Mysterious Yogurt Dunes.

2. Alleviated difficulty for Cozy Winter Village.

3. Alleviated difficulty for The Red Dragon's Valley.

4. The Blast Jelly that was removed from the Super Bonus Time (a Bonus Time entered when the Cookie's Energy is low) has been added again.

System

1. The interval between Distractions has increased.

2. A new Distraction, Distortion Scissors, has been added, which appears in the newly added map.

3. Distortion Scissors: It appears randomly and distorts some parts of the screen for a certain period.

Other

-  To store the information of the newly added map and the changed maps, Dr. Wasabi Cookie's Best Combi Generator will be temporarily unavailable. (Scheduled to reopen on February 3, 2022)

Custom Runs

- The time when the FINISHED button is automatically activated after 90 seconds of a Run, was adjusted to 120 seconds instead.

Cookie Trials

- Chili Pepper Cookie's Trial, Birthday Cake Cookie's Trial, and Firecracker Cookie's Trial's required Rank scores have been adjusted.

January 14 Update - Continuum Cog & Timekeeper Cookie's Magic Candy!

 Greetings from the Cookie Run: OvenBreak team.

This new update welcomes back Timekeeper Cookie. Only this time, the Cookie is stronger than ever, along with a new Legendary Pet, Continuum Cog, and a very own Magic Candy!

Here's a list of what's new in this update.

​

1. NEW MAGIC CANDY

​- Timekeeper Cookie's Magic Candy: After each time blink, a Magic Time Rune is drawn at the end of the distance traveled. 

2. NEW LEGENDARY PET

- Continuum Cog: At given intervals, the Pet's skill is alternately activated according to its state. It restores Energy a set amount of times.

3. EVENT EPISODE: SAVE THE FUTURE! CHAPTER 2

Find out how the story concludes and obtain the Lobby Design you want!

4. ​NEW WINTER SEASON OF CUSTOM RUNS

Obtain a new Lobby Design by collecting Sugar Snow Crystals in Custom Runs!

​

5. NEW EVENT: A Rift In Time

Find the new Legendary Pet, Continuum Cog with Timekeeper Cookie!

​

6. OTHER

​[Save the Future! Event Mode]

The following improvements have been made to the Event Mode.

- When you choose to redraw the Fortuna Cards, the same Fortuna Card will not appear more than once.

[Improvements to Custom Runs]

Run and collect Snow Sugar Crystals with new improvements in Custom Runs!

- When creating your own Run, you can now add more rules. Customize to your liking!

- Players who do not press the FINISHED button after finishing a run will be set to FINISHED state automatically after 20 seconds.

- 90 seconds after a Run starts, players will automatically be set to FINISHED state once they return to Lobby after finishing the Run (60 seconds for Sprout League).

- The maximum amount of Snow Sugar Crystals obtainable in Team League has been adjusted to be the same as Infinite League.

[Balance Adjustments & Bug Fixes]

[Cookies]

- Timekeeper Cookie: Increased cooldown time and faster Energy drain in wormholes

[Treasures]

- Nutcracker Mallet: Decreased cooldown time, decreased point value for Walnut Jellies and now locked to remain constant, increased point value for Walnut Shells

[Combis]

- Timekeeper Cookie & Cosmos Gear: Increased point value for time rifts

[Champions League]

- The following maps have had undergone a few pattern changes: "Ancient Forest Altar" and "The Red Dragon's Valley"

- Dr. Wasabi's Combi Generator and the Best Combi Leaderboard will be temporarily unavailable for these maps. (However, these features will still be available for the "Cozy Winter Village" map.)

[Continuum Cog Issue]

- We have detected an issue where when the Pet skill is activated, it moves further ahead than what is intended.

This issue requires a client update, but due to the App Store app review process, the fix will arrive along with the January 27 update.