#(and i thanked myself for boosting my dinos lives and energy like that's where i always add when they reach a new level)

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New Breakout: Tales of the Wishing Lotus

📖 It’s time for another new Breakout episode. In this chapter, we are returning back to the story of the Guild Adventures of Milk, Purple Yam, Dino-Sour, and Mala Sauce Cookie. Oh. I forgot to introduce myself. I am Blueberry Pie Cookie. Cinnamon Cookie may have convinced me to take a brief excursion from the Archives as a benefactor for my health.

🪄 That’s right! It helps to get outside and away from everything for a bit. It does get a bit stuffy and repetitive when you get cooped up inside all day, right?

📖 I suppose so-

🪄 Besides, I’m sure Moonlight’s gonna be fine with you taking a break. She’s probably been watching over you all that time through the skylight!

📖 You know… you’re probably right. The moon has provided solace in some of my misadventures in keeping the Archives in order… also because your friends are in the other room crowded around the TV. You did check with the owner of this building that she’s alright with this, right?

🌰 Yep! She’s cool with us staying! She’s like the cool aunt I want to have, but she doesn’t want her name given out. Maybe she’s camera-shy? Now come on, Cinnamon. Show me that card trick again!

🪄 I’ll be there in a bit! You’ll do great, Blueberry Pie. Everything’s right in front of you. [Closes the door]

📖 …so that’s that. We last left off with our adventure with the quartet where they recently finished their encounter with Pitaya Dragon Cookie. An earthquake has separated the four into pairs, with Milk and Dino-Sour drifting off to the Dragon Archipelago where they met Mango Cookie and Ananas Dragon Cookie. Those chapters were noted in October 2019 and April 2020 respectively, but it’s August 2021 now, and the story must continue.

Mala Sauce and Purple Yam are adrift at sea where they were rescued and taken to safety by our two featured Cookies this month: Bellflower Cookie and Ginseng Cookie. As thanks, the two help Bellflower find the rare herbs her group is looking for. During their search, Bellflower talks about Lotus Paradise’s Wish Festival and the Dragon that watches the region. The two then head off to the festival to learn more about the dragon. The village and festivities may seem lively, but the villagers are not…

In this Breakout episode, you will run with 10 Cookies in 7 Stages that align themselves with the adventures that Mala Sauce and Purple Yam endeavored on. There are also some features of note to consider:

The map begins at sea where you travel through Hortensia Town before reaching the Wish Festival.

In the town, you can pick medicinal herbs for special boosts. The herbs you pick will determine the bonus effect.

In Hortensia Town, use the balloons to jump and stay in the air longer. This essentially reduces the speed at which you descend.

At the Wish Festival, you have the opportunity to launch yourself from a cannon. You can either take a ride in the cannon and blast through the stage quickly, or avoid it altogether to run through the stage itself to collect anything in the stage, as the cannon will usually take you over any jellies on the ground below.

Weekly rewards include Crystals and an unnamed Legendary Cookie. We do not know who will take the space as the Legendary Cookie yet, or if a Trial will be provided.

Bellflower Cookie & Playful Herbert

Bellflower Cookie is a hard-working Cookie who will go anywhere to collect medicinal herbs. When her skill activates, she will begin collecting herbs. Press either button with precise timing to pick them for points. Collect them all for a bonus score. With her Magic Candy, the last herb is a rare herb that is worth more points than the others.

Playful Herbert makes Herbal Decoctions regularly to restore a Cookie’s energy. The more you upgrade Herbert, the more frequently Decoctions are created, and the more points they’re worth.

This month’s treasure is the Panacea Pestle. Collect enough medicinal ingredients to grind them with a mortar and pestle to create Panacea Jellies.

Costumes

🥕 ALRIGHT, MOVE OVER, PIE! I’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE!

📖 I- uh-

🥕 Don’t say anything. I’ll be fine here. [Ushers Blueberry Pie into the break room] *ahem* And for this month’s costumes, we have three of them:

My “Floral Chef de Cuisine”

Beet Cookie’s “Blooming Chef de Partie”

Spinach Cookie’s “Pouch of Wishes”

That’s right! I’m opening a restaurant at the Wish Festival, and Beet said she’d help! She’s surprisingly quite skilled in the kitchen! Test your skills with Beet Cookie later this month with her Infinite Trial! Both our costumes are Super Epic, while Spinach’s is just- well- Epic. In the Diary Shop next update, you can also get the Fragrant Lotus Paradise Lobby Design!

Recaps & Undos

Aaaaaaaand just a recap of some things that the devs wanna undo since mistakes were clearly made on their end, and you guys voiced your concerns about them more frequently (and cordially, in some cases) than when I found my carrot harvest stolen by none other than Pancake Cookie.

Cookie and Pet skills will now immediately activate when the run starts where it’s possible. There are a few exceptions, since most of ‘em are passive. It’s also obvious that our Common Cookies will not be influenced by this change.

Invocation Cards can’t be used in Breakout, Trophy Race, Guild Run, Champions League, and Cookie Trials. That’s so the competition is slightly more fair than before, since nobody can estimate scores with those cards messing things up! Sure, someone would’ve eventually cracked the code, but it would’ve taken a good few months for everyone to do it.

Other Events

Alright, let’s get the elephant out of the room since this one’s still going. The Summer Season of Custom Runs will still be available for a while after the update launches.

Cookie Rumble: We haven’t covered the rules to this score attack challenge on this blog yet, so here’s how you win the Cookie Rumble:

Beat the target score to clear the stage and recap the story of what happened BEFORE what we’re seeing with Mala and Yam right now. If you were there for the original story, then there’s probably no more lore than a story recap for you, since it’s mostly a recap of what you already have access to in the Story archive.

There’s still some rewards like Crystals and Rainbow Cubes to keep you motivated to go.

There’s also a hard mode where you can challenge yourself against other players’ scores in existing stages, but there’s a few more things that you should probably know:

Use the listed Cookies and Treasures for more emblems to get even more rewards, although you just need to get the target score to win.

At the end of the hall, challenge the current master in one final battle to possibly BECOME the master, and for the time being, hold the title of reigning champion until someone beats YOUR score!

⚠️ Just a heads-up, though. Competition to be the Master WILL get fierce after a while, and only the most prepared, diligent, and determined (or just being rich enough to whale on it) will prevail. Last we checked on that event back in June 2020, we also spotted some hackers on the horizon. If the Master’s score is excessively high, but their combi is no greater than something low-leveled like, say, level 4 Princess with level 2 treasures, then you’ve probably found yourself a hacker! Report it to the devs and keep the competition clean and fair!

MAX-UP!: Complete tasks to rapidly upgrade one lucky Cookie, their Magic Candy, and their pet to max level! November 2019 featured Whipped Cream Cookie for the MAX-UP! event, but now that it’s August 2021, our lucky Cookie of the month is: SORBET SHARK COOKIE! Complete tasks throughout the month to get Sorbet Shark and Helmsman Will to level 15 in no time! Even if you have them maxed, you’ll get the difference back in coins!

Friendly Run: We haven’t covered how that works (somehow, despite the Butter Painting Affair having that event), so here we are:

Find a friend, either from your friend list or randomly out in the open, to run with at the same time!

Coordinate your run with your friend to run far, collect plenty of coins, and complete missions along the way to multiply your winnings! You’ll also get a base multiplier on your coins based on the rarities of your Cookies and their levels.

Special Giant and Blast Jellies can affect both of you!

If you fall in an open hole while the cloud platforms aren’t active, it’s Game Over! All you can do now is watch your friend run and wait for them to finish so you can run again. Or you can disconnect and get it over with.

Cookie skills are not active here, but certain Cookie combis can have special effects. For example, Brave and Bright can restore energy every few seconds, and Knight and Princess will blast at given intervals. Use these combis to complete special missions for crystals and Friendship Badges.

In most cases, if not all of them, Coins are NOT MAGNETIC. You’ll have to run, jump, and get ‘em the old-fashioned way! Although your score is limited only by your Cookies, you can only keep about half a million coins that you get from Friendly Runs in a day.

Collect Badge pouches and complete special combi missions to add Friendship Badges to your balance, which can be exchanged for special items in the shop! Watch out, though, as you’ll lose ‘em all once the event ends!

After cutting a connection with a random player, you have the option to send them a friend request!

Ginseng Cookie: A calm and composed Cookie that travels the world to treat other Cookies. We’ll find out more about him later in August.

That’s all for today- wait- what?! There’s one more thing? Oh, yes. This should definitely be interesting once we get a release date, but what could it be about…