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The Lost Golden City: Part 1 - Patch Notes

Text is copy/pasted from the posts in the official CRK Discord Server’s patch notes channel. Pictures posted here are from that same channel and server. GIFs are replaced with still screenshots. My personal annotations will use Tumblr’s indented format.

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September 26 Update Notice

Greetings from the Kingdom team!

Let’s take a look at the list of new features that have arrived with the September 26 update.

Some portions of this update’s content may change before its release. The finalized changes will be available in the patch notes once the update is complete.

The update schedule may change depending on various factors. We’ll let you know the exact schedule in a separate notice.

WHAT’S NEW

■ NEW EPISODE: EP. 17 THE LOST GOLDEN CITY

- Amidst the dunes of the Parmesan Desert, where golden cheese flows freely! The ever-gleaming “Golden Cheese Kingdom” is finally here!

- Embark on a new adventure to the final Ancient Kingdom in CookieRun: Kingdom! Play Ep. 17 “The Lost Golden City,” and clear both Story/Dark Mode stages.

- Explore the new episode on the Bear Jelly Balloon after you clear all its Story Mode stages.

- Certain stages in Ep. 17 include exciting new features like puzzles and mini-games.

The phrase “Final Ancient Kingdom” after only 4 Ancient Cookies were released/announced essentially hard-confirms that White Lily Cookie didn’t have her own Kingdom at any point during her story.

■ GOLDEN CHEESE KINGDOM’S ERROR BUSTERS

- Everyday, Cheesebirds gather at the heart of the Golden Cheese Mines to remove unidentified errors.

- Deal damage to monsters during battle and gain points in the Golden Cheese Kingdom’s Error Busters! Defeat monsters and fix bugs plaguing the mines!

- Golden Cheese Kingdom’s Error Busters are split into two Seasons, and each Season offers different Season Cookies and Bug Fix Effects.

While this is a temporary 2-part event, it gives us insight on the kinds of desired perfections and futuristic designs of the Golden Cheese Kingdom. This speculation is for lore purposes mainly, but one should wonder how a mainly ancient Egyptian-themed kingdom would be if it had modern/futuristic technologies.

1) SELECTING AND SWAPPING COOKIES IN ERROR BUSTERS

- Five Cookies are chosen randomly when entering battle in Error Busters.

- Reach the Cookie swapping point to swap one of the remaining Cookies. Here, you can choose to swap a Cookie or keep your current selection within the time limit. Fight monsters and select the Cookies you want in your team to bust those errors!

2) BUG FIX EFFECTS

- You receive Bug Fix Points when you defeat monsters in Error Busters.

- Your Bug Fix Points are displayed on a gauge at the upper left part of the screen. Once the gauge fills up, you can select one out of three Bug Fix Effects that will help you in battle.

- Bug Fix Points are applied only for the duration of a single round. Choose wisely and select Effects that will make your team stronger!

3) ERROR BUSTERS SEASONAL COOKIES

- In Error Busters, you will be provided with special Seasonal Cookies only available for use in Error Busters. Every player will have the same stats, as Season Cookies have fixed levels and promotions ranks.

- This game mode is not affected by external buffs and stats provided by your Guild, Sugar Gnome Laboratory, Bonds, Landmarks, etc.

The Cookies shown below are not consistent of the entire list, as we see Herb Cookie, Angel Cookie, Gumball Cookie, Milk Cookie, and Tea Knight Cookie in the above picture, but select high-rarity Cookies such as Oyster Cookie and Hollyberry Cookie (both absent from their respective rarities in the below image) may not be on the list for one or both of the event’s seasons.

My assumptions regarding levels are that all Cookies will be defaulted to level 75 with a level 75 skill. Epic+ Cookies will have a 5 star rank, while Common and Rare Cookies will have a 5A rank to put them on point with- if not stronger than- the higher-rarity Cookies. Magic Candies and Crystal Jams will probably not exist here.

■ [ANCIENT] GOLDEN CHEESE COOKIE

Worship the Ever-Radiant Sovereign of the Golden City!

- The one who dwells in a gilded palace amidst the dunes of the Parmesan Desert, the one who rules the eternal city of gold: the long-awaited Golden Cheese Cookie is here!

- Golden Cheese Cookie is a Ranged Cookie who uses the skill, “Brilliance of the Absolute.”

- Skill description: Heed the Sun Deity’s call! Upon using her skill, Golden Cheese Cookie throws her Spears of Radiance, dealing damage up to 8 times when there are five or more enemies. For each enemy defeated, she gains an extra Spear of Radiance. The number of Spears of Radiance can increase to up to 12 in total. When hit by Golden Cheese Cookie’s spear, enemies receive a debuff amplifying the Earth-type damage received. While Golden Cheese Cookie is using her skill, she harnesses her Light of Abundance and hurls the Spear of the Absolute to the enemy Cookie with the highest ATK. The Spear of Absolute removes the target’s buffs, deals DMG that partially ignores the target’s DMG Resist, and Explosion DMG based on the current number of Spears of Radiance to all enemies in range. Once per battle, if Golden Cheese Cookie is about to be defeated, she encloses herself in a Sarcophagus for a certain period of time. While enclosed in her Sarcophagus, she casts a Shield around herself. This Shield takes the DMG dealt to nearby allies covered by it and provides Knockback Immunity. When using her skill, Golden Cheese Cookie is not affected by ATK Speed changes and is protected from the Glitch: Data Corruption effect by her Light of Abundance.

Earth is most likely going to be a new element/damage type. As for the skill’s description… this is a mouthful and a half to try to analyze until we have definite video footage to examine. So she throws spears doing damage 8 times with 5+ enemies? What if there’s 4 or less? Does she just throw another spear and repeat the process if she defeats something? Here’s the perceived attack order and other things I’m getting. This may be completely wrong though, since these are my assumptions.

Attacks Everyone: Spear of Radiance damage with up to 8 ticks with 5+ enemies in play (unknown to me how many spears she throws in her first attack), Earth damage weakness, attacks again with another Spear of Radiance for each enemy destroyed up to a max of 12

Attacks the Strongest Cookie: Takes effect after Spears of Radiance are resolved, Spear of the Absolute damage to Cookie with highest ATK with partial DMG Resistance bypass, remove buffs -> explodes for extra Explosion Damage to cause wide splash damage, increases with the number of Spears of Radiance thrown earlier in the attack

Self-Buffs: Immune to attack speed-changing effects during skill use, unknown if immune to interrupts/stuns. Passive immunity to “Glitch: Data Corruption” which is probably a gimmick for Episode 17.

Last Stand Effect: Hides in a Sarcophagus when she’s about to get KO’d, creating a Shield that protects nearby teammates and grants Knockback Immunity. Takes effect on her first would-be KO, has priority over revive effects, unknown if she heals/revives afterwards or can be healed while in her sarcophagus, also unknown what happens if her shield is destroyed.

- You can now pull Golden Cheese Cookie and her Soulstones in the Nether-Gacha.

· Collect or purchase Light of Abundance and use it in the Nether-Gacha.

· Golden Cheese Cookie and her Soulstones will be available in the Nether-Gacha with an increased probability.

· Once you have performed 250 Nether-Gacha pulls, you will be able to meet a guaranteed Golden Cheese Cookie.

· Any Light of Abundance remaining after the Nether-Gacha ends will be converted into Coins.

■ [EPIC] BURNT CHEESE COOKIE

- The Gatekeeper who guards the gates of the eternal Golden Paradise, Burnt Cheese Cookie is here!

- Burnt Cheese Cookie is a Charge Cookie who uses the skill “Keeper of the Gates.”

- Skill description: Summons giant boulders from beneath the earth, dealing DMG to nearby enemies and granting Earth-type CRIT buff for all allies. Afterwards, the boulders explode, dealing DMG and Stunning enemies. Burnt Cheese Cookie grants the Keeper of the Gates and the Curse Protection buffs to himself and the ally Cookie with the highest ATK. The Cookie with the Keeper of the Gates buff receives DMG Focus and becomes Immune to Debuffs. Burnt Cheese Cookie and Golden Cheese Cookie's DMG Resist increases when entering a battle together. If Golden Cheese Cookie becomes enclosed in her Sarcophagus during battle, Burnt Cheese Cookie's ATK and ATK SPD will temporarily increase, and his Cooldown will reset. The Keeper of the Gates and Curse Protection buffs will be applied to Golden Cheese Cookie enclosed in her Sarcophagus first. While using his skill, Burnt Cheese Cookie will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects.

After a quick search, Burnt Cheese Cookie appears to be based on the Egyptian god Anubis, jackal-headed god of the afterlife and funeral rites and the one who would guide souls to the underworld to be judged. Anyone deemed worthy who had not sinned greatly during their life would then be taken to Osiris to enter the afterlife. Would the Golden Cheese Kingdom be the equivalent of an afterlife or some sort of aforementioned paradise? Who knows?

Unrelated, but Fun Fact: Anubis shares a similar role to the Greek god Hermes, who also led souls to the underworld. [sourced YouTube video for this statement and the one listed above]

In relation to the above statement, Sherbet Cookie’s Legendary Costume essentially makes him look like Hermes, and even has a story bit where he visited Black Pearl Cookie deep in the abyss. Think about it. Even if he and Burnt Cheese Cookie have no associations lore-wise, it would make for an interesting AU. Anyways, back to business. Shortened skill analysis.

Summon Boulders: Damage nearby enemies, gives earth-type CRIT buff to all teammates, gives Curse Protection and Keeper of the Gates buff to himself and the ally with the highest ATK UNLESS Golden Cheese Cookie as an ally is in her Sarcophagus (see above for how she gets into this state), where she takes priority in this state.

Boulders Explode: Additional damage, inflicts stun.

Keeper of the Gates Buff: Grants DMG Focus and Debuff Immunity

When Paired with Golden Cheese Cookie: Both Cookies’ DMG Resist increases, gains temporary ATK Up and ATK SPD Up buffs and resets own skill cooldown if Golden Cheese Cookie enters her Sarcophagus. Golden Cheese Cookie’s Sarcophagus takes priority for his skill’s Curse Protection and Keeper of the Gates buffs over highest-ATK Cookie.

Resistant to interruptions (same as everyone else with this perk)

■ NEW TREASURES

- [EPIC] VIAL OF RAGING DUNES

· Description: At the beginning of battle, ally Cookies receive the Vial of Raging Dunes buff, increasing their ATK and CRIT Resist. When an ally Cookie is revived, the buff is stacked once more and can be stacked up to a certain amount of times. Additionally, whenever an ally Cookie is revived, a fierce sandstorm will deal DMG to enemies based on the total ATK of allies and reduce enemies’ ATK.

This MIGHT replace the Scroll if the ATK buff is better or if CRITs are prevalent, especially in Arena. Or maybe since this isn’t a Scroll variant, you could use both…! The stacking/sandstorm effect requires additional revival factors like Sugar Swan’s Shining Feather or Vampire Cookie’s Magic Candy’s revive effect to actually work though, which may cause more problems than it’s actually worth. Unknown how many times this buff can stack.

- [EPIC] EXPLORER’S MONOCLE

· Description: Overcomes crises with the Explorer’s Monocle by purifying and healing Max HP of allies, while increasing DEF and weakening debuff effects for a certain period of time.

This is essentially a non-Guild version of the Bookseller’s Monocle, which heals and purifies debuffs. This one adds extra DEF and reduces the effect of further debuffs, which puts into question the healing difference between both Monocles and what you consider a survival priority: a big heal with debuff removal, or a potentially smaller heal with debuff removal/resistance and extra Defense?

■ NEW BACKGROUND & DECORS

- New Kingdom Decor and Castle Designs are here with the Golden Cheese Kingdom update!

· New Background “Eternal Golden City.”

· New Castle Design “Dazzling Golden Cheese Castle.”

· New Fountain Design “Fountain of Paradise.”

Possibly accessible for completing Episode 17, but also just as likely to only appear in packages or events. Any of these three situations can happen.

- Check out the new luxurious golden decor theme, “Land of Gold & Abundance.”

■ SPECIAL TOPPINGS

- The new Resonant Radiant Cheese Toppings that can only be equipped by specific Cookies have been added.

· Radiant Cheese Raspberry

· Radiant Cheese Chocolate Chip

· Radiant Cheese Almond

· Radiant Cheese Caramel

· Radiant Cheese Apple Jelly

- Find more information on which Cookies that can equip the Toppings in Topping Details.

We don’t know who can equip these Toppings yet, but my guess is that at the very least, Golden Cheese Cookie and Burnt Cheese Cookie can equip them. Maybe Black Raisin Cookie too since she’s the only known returning Epic Cookie that appears in the preview.

- The set effect of Toppings will activate regardless of whether they’re regular or Resonant Toppings, as long as all of the Toppings equipped are of the same set.

- When the Bonus effect of Resonant Toppings is enhanced, Resonant Toppings have a higher minimum Bonus Stat value than regular Toppings.

- Additional bonus effects of Resonant Toppings may differ from that of regular Toppings.

■ HALL OF ENCOUNTER: GRAND CHARCUTERIE BOARD OF RELAXATION

- The Hall of Encounter has been updated.

- Obtain Monument Fragments, Unity Essence, Legendary Soul Essence, Radiant Cheese Toppings and more in the Hall of Encounter Random Reward Chests.

Black Raisin Cookie appears here and in the preview. I doubt it’s filler, especially with Chili Pepper Cookie out of the picture since Episode 15/16. Why else would they put her here? She’s bound to get a buff by Part 2. I can sense it a mile away, but don’t call me a psychic just yet. It’s all speculation… for now.

ADDITIONS, CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

■ NEW SHOP LAYOUT

- Made improvements to the Shop layout for your convenience.

- Packages are listed and categorized according to the new Shop layout.

■ STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS

- Star Jellies will now stack up to x99,999 instead of x9,999 in the Storage.

■ CHOICE CHEST IMPROVEMENTS

- You can now use the “Claim Rewards 5 times” feature and select rewards you want and receive it in one-go for multiple Skill Powders, Toppings, Sugar Crystals of Choice Chests.

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