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A Mermaid’s Tale - Part 2 - Official Patch Notes

All text and images except for the Crimson Coral Cookie unlock screen were obtained from the official CRK Discord Server. GIFs from that server’s posted patch notes are not present here because Tumblr will not accept GIFs bigger than 10 MB, and they just happened to be bigger than that. My personal notes/comments will be displayed using this indentation format as normal.

Greetings from the Kingdom team!

Let’s take a look at the list of new features coming with the August 30 update.

Please note that there will be other fixes and adjustments to improve your Kingdom experience as well.

You can find the detailed list of changes, additions, and fixes in the patch notes published on the day of the update.

WHAT’S NEW

■ NEW SPECIAL EPISODE: A MERMAID’S TALE PT.2

- The second half of the Special Episode, A Mermaid’s Tale, has been added.

· Dive into the underwater tales to find out what happens to the kingdom of Tearcrown, unlock new Collection entries, and earn rewards!

- The Tower of Frozen Waves has been added.

· After clearing A Mermaid’s Tale, Pt.2, you can climb up the Tower of Frozen Waves along with Peppermint Cookie and Sorbet Shark Cookie!

- The Tower of Frozen Waves consists of 100 floors, ranging from battle and running stages to treasure chests.

- You can unlock additional stories by clearing certain stages. Climb up the tower and earn various rewards, including Life Jewel of Choice Chests, titles, and more!

Editor’s Note: The idea of 100 floors in the Tower of Frozen Waves was actually something that can be traced as far back as Cookie Run LINE. The inclusion of Peppermint Cookie and Sorbet Shark Cookie in this tagline references a similar story from the “Tower of Frozen Waves” event that originally aired in OvenBreak in July 2020; the last update before the launch of Season 5 and the Lost City of Sugarteara story and Breakout Main Episode, where they alongside Captain Ice Cookie and Pirate Cookie climbed the tower to unlock its secrets.

■ [SUPER EPIC] CRIMSON CORAL COOKIE

Editor’s Note: There’s no new Epic Cookie this time. Crimson Coral Cookie is the only new playable Cookie this half-update. As such, Peppermint Cookie remains the only new Epic Cookie this entire update, and their special gacha banner will remain as is while Crimson Coral Cookie’s Legion Gacha is live.

- Crimson Coral Cookie is a Defense Cookie that uses the skill, ‘Somber Affection.’

- Skill description: Crimson Coral Cookie's sisters will lend their powers to the crimson spear, piercing enemies and dealing damage. Afterwards, Crimson Coral Cookie will cast an HP Shield to the 2 allies with the highest ATK (excluding herself) equal to a portion of her Water-type Skill damage. If Crimson Coral Cookie is the only Cookie in the front line, she and her allies will gain the Coral Armor buff. Additionally, her Coral Armor's size and weight will reduce the effect of Knockback and Flying. When Crimson Coral Cookie is using her skill, she is not affected by ATK SPD changes and will become resistant to interrupting effects.

- You can now pull Crimson Coral Cookie and her Soulstones in the Legion Gacha.

- Collect or purchase Coral Tear Droplets and use them in the Legion Gacha.

- In the Legion Gacha, you can get Coral Tear Shards instead of Mileage Points.

- You will receive the same number of Coral Tear Shards for pulling Cookies and Soulstones regardless of the Cookies’ Ascension status.

- Once you have collected a certain number of Coral Tear Shards, you will be guaranteed to meet Crimson Coral Cookie.

- If you already have fully ascended Crimson Coral Cookie or have enough Soulstones to fully ascend her, you’ll receive a Super Epic Cookie of Choice Chest instead.

- After the end of the event, all remaining Coral Tear Shards will be converted to Mileage Points and delivered to your mailbox.

- Crimson Coral Cookie will also be able to equip Sea Salt Toppings.

■ [GUEST] GEM MERMAID COOKIES

- 3 Gem Mermaid Cookies are now available.

· [GUEST] Aquamarine Cookie

· [GUEST] Gold Citrine Cookie

· [GUEST] Mystic Opal Cookie

- GUEST Cookies cannot participate in Kingdom Activities and aren’t available for battles or upgrades.

Editor’s Note: They essentially share the same exclusivity and status as the 20 Disney Cookies from the Disney collaboration from Summer 2022. They’ll roam around your kingdom and can interact with their own special decorations, as well as your own Cookies. What you CAN’T do with them is have them produce stuff in your economy/production buildings, send them out on a Bear Jelly Balloon, or prepare them for battle through any kind of upgrades available for other playable Cookies. Unlike the BTS Cookies, they also can’t be added to your battle team, since they’re not set to fight unlike their more experienced sisters White Pearl Cookie and Crimson Coral Cookie. Also… where’s Frilled Jellyfish Cookie? She’s not here!

- Welcome the Gem Mermaid Cookies to the Kingdom through the Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells event!

- In the ‘Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells’ event, you can select one of the 5 shells to meet a Gem Mermaid Cookie or earn a different reward.

- When you open an Iridescent Shell 30 times, you will be guaranteed to meet one of the three Cookies whom you haven’t met yet.

- If you have already met all the Gem Mermaid Cookies, you’ll receive 1,000 Coral Tear Droplets if you meet a Gem Mermaid Cookie.

- You can open one free shell each day in the Gem Mermaids & Iridescent Shells event. Purchase Sea Foam Gems from the shop using Crystals to open more shells.

Editor’s Commentary & Painful Math To Prove A Point: You need 10 Sea Foam Gems to open a shell. Conveniently, you can buy packs of 10 Sea Foam Gems for 300 Crystals, although you can only buy 2 packs per day and claim 1 freebie before the counter resets. Assuming you meet all 3 Gem Mermaids through the 30th pity drop, this endeavor would be worth 27,000 Crystals worth of pulls before factoring in freebies. But because you only have about 26 days for this event, you’d be limited to 900 Crystals’ worth of pulls a day including freebies. If you log in all 26 days, spend 600 Crystals on pulls daily, and claim your daily freebie worth 300 Crystals, you’d accumulate 23,400 Crystals’ worth of pulling from this gacha. After discounting the equivalent Crystal cost stemming from freebies, you’ll soon calculate that assuming you log in and spend 600 Crystals on this daily, you’ll need to have spent 15,600 Crystals total on this gacha over the course of this event. Of course, all of this math stems from the assumption that you’ll meet a Gem Mermaid off the 30th pity guarantee drop every time. If you happen to roll the low percentage that gives you a Gem Mermaid, that will save you time, needed effort, needed persistence, and a lot of Crystals. Although… these Sea Foam Gem bundles can be earned by watching an ad instead of paying 300 Crystals. This doesn’t affect the total number of F2P pulls you can pool from, but it saves you a few Crystals for other things.

30 pulls needed for pity drop x 300 Crystals per pull = 9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls for a Gem Mermaid in pity (including the freebies)

9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls for a Gem Mermaid in pity (including the freebies) / 900 Crystals’ worth of free pulls possible in a day (including freebies) = 10 Days of persistent Crystal spending to get a Gem Mermaid through the pity drop

9,000 Crystals’ worth of pulls per pity drop x 3 Gem Mermaids = 27,000 Crystals’ total worth in pulls for all 3 Gem Mermaids in pity (including the freebies)

300 Crystals’ worth per daily freebie x 26 days in the event = 7,800 Crystals’ worth of daily freebies available

900 Crystals’ worth in daily freebies & Crystal spending x 26 days in the event = 23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible

23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible - 7,800 Crystals’ worth of daily freebies available = 15,600 Crystals required in total across this entire event to claim every F2P pull

23,400 Crystals’ worth of F2P pulls possible / 300 Crystals per pull = 78 possible F2P pulls

78 possible F2P pulls / 30 pulls needed for pity drop = 2.6 possible F2P pity pulls

TLDR: Meeting 2/3 Gem Mermaids as a F2P is essentially guaranteed if you log in and claim all 3 possible F2P pulls and spend 600 Crystals on this daily, even if you have to rely on the 30th pity drop, in which there are 2 possible as a F2P within this timeframe on every 10th day. Meeting the 3rd one will require you to eventually roll for a Mermaid, but not one you already met, as this gets you 1,000 Coral Tear Droplets and achieves nothing. The pity counter doesn’t appear to reset if you meet one through a lucky roll, so pulling and meeting a new Mermaid before your 2nd pity drop (your 60th overall pull) will guarantee the 3rd Mermaid in the 2nd pity. If you watch ads to pull, you can save your 300 to 600 daily Crystal spending for other things.

- After the end of the event, all remaining Sea Foam Gems will be converted to Coins and delivered to your mailbox.

■ SUPER MAYHEM: TEARCROWN

- A new season of Super Mayhem begins in the underwater Tearcrown kingdom!

- Just like in the previous seasons, you need to set up three teams with five Cookies on each team (a total of 15 Cookies).

- Your Team 1 will battle the opponent’s Team 1, and your Team 2 will fight the opponent’s Team 2 afterwards. The player with the most victories will win.

- Cookies participating in the Super Mayhem will receive a battle buff.

· Cookies boosted to Lv.60

· Cookie Skill Levels boosted to Lv.60

· Topping bonus effects will not activate: the main effect will be applied, but the bonus effects unlocked by reaching +6, +9, +12 will not.

- Every round in the Super Mayhem, the Torrents of the Sea effect and Aqua Shield will activate.

① Torrents of the Sea

- The Torrents of the Sea effect is charged by skill activations from both teams. Once the waves are charged enough, the Torrents of the Sea effect will automatically trigger.

- Torrents of the Sea will sweep away the Cookie from the opponent team with the lowest HP percentage, permanently incapacitating them.

② Aqua Shield

· The Aqua Shield will protect a Cookie from the Torrents of the Sea once.

· One random Cookie will receive the Aqua Shield at the beginning of a battle.

- Reach the Master tier in Super Mayhem to obtain the ‘Spirit of Blue Waves’ statue design.

- Rewards and tiers for the Super Mayhem have been updated.

· Season rewards and the number of required Trophies for the Master to Grandmaster tiers have been adjusted.

- Once you reach a certain tier, the team info of your opponents will be hidden.

· On tiers Crystal 3 – Diamond 2, the third Cookie and Treasures of the second and third teams will be hidden.

· On tiers Diamond 1 – Master 3, the third and fourth Cookie and Treasures of the second and third teams will be hidden.

· On tiers Master 2 – Grandmaster 1, players’ Kingdom names and profile pictures will be displayed randomly; their Power will be displayed in hundred-thousands and millions only, along with the first three numbers of their Trophy counts.

■ HALL OF ENCOUNTER: A MERMAID’S TALE

- The Hall of Encounter has been updated. You can now find Crimson Coral Cookie in the Hall.

■ NEW DECOR

- ‘Shimmering Coral Throne’ is now available in the Tropical Island theme.

Editor’s Note: This decoration will cost you 24,000 Rainbow Pearls to buy if you’re not planning on buying the associated package in the shop. It’s about as expensive as the other Legendary Cookie decorations, so it’s fair. Just keep trading in the Trade Harbor and play in events, and you’ll soon find out that you saved enough to buy it. You can have the 3 Guest Gem Mermaids, Crimson Coral Cookie, and Black Pearl Cookie interact with it all at once!

ADDITIONS, CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

■ Heroic Torches will now stack up to 99,999 instead of 9,999 in the Storage.

■ Stage effect icons on the battle preparation screen have been grouped into a single list

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hungwy · 4 months ago

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