Hey Platter City residents!

Here's everything arriving in May 7's update. Keeping the game smooth, stable, and better than ever remains our top priority, and we're always working hard to bring you updates worth getting excited about. Let's dive in!

KEY UPDATES

◼︎ New Cookies 

Black Pudding Cookie (Epic | Assassin)

• Crescent Slash (Basic Attack) 

A devastating 3-hit combo that swings forward in a cone. Repeated inputs widen the arc for greater coverage, finishing with a powerful upward slash that deals bonus damage! 

• Shield Rush (Special Skill)

Charges forward at lightning speed, dealing damage to enemies along the path and marking them. Landing a Basic Attack on a marked enemy reduces cooldown — and grants a shield for extra survivability! 

• Flashstrike (Ultimate)

Sends a shadow clone charging forward, dealing damage to every enemy caught in its path. Blink and you'll miss it! 

Licorice Cookie (Rare | Controller)

• Licorice Scythe (Basic Attack) 

Swings a scythe forward and launches crescent-shaped Licorice Jelly that deals damage to enemies in its path!

• Sticky Licorice Shroud (Special Skill) 

Unleashes a cursed veil that deals continuous damage to enemies caught in its path while drastically slowing their movement speed!

• Licorice Servants (Ultimate) 

Summons a tombstone at a target location, dealing damage to nearby enemies on arrival. The tombstone then calls forth Licorice Servants to hunt down and attack any remaining enemies!

◼︎ New Cookie Rate-Up Summon 

A brand-new Rate-Up Summon is here with boosted drop rates for Black Pudding Cookie and Licorice Cookie Soulchips — don't miss your chance to add them to your roster!

• Availability: Until June 4, 2026 at 06:00 (GMT+7)

◼︎ Rate-Up Summon Bonus Rewards 

The more you summon, the more you earn! Additional rewards including Soulchips, Coin Boxes, and Rate-Up Summon Tickets are now up for grabs based on the number of Rate-Up Summons used. Keep rolling and watch the rewards stack up! 

◼︎ New Mode: Coin Rush: Mega Drop 

A massive Coin Box drops in the center of the map every 40 seconds — smash it, grab the Coins, and out-collect the opposing team to claim victory!

This is Coin Rush like you've never played it before, with even greater emphasis on team coordination and split-second timing. Work together or get left behind!

◼︎ New Maps 

Fresh battlegrounds have arrived for Castle Crasher and Coin Rush — get ready for more variety and even more unpredictable battles!

Castle Crasher — Open Field

• Open Field has been separated into its own dedicated map category
• 2 new maps have been added to shake things up

Bluefizz Beach (Existing)

Bluefizz Cafe Street (New)

Cereal Docks (New)

Coin Rush — Close Quarters

• 3 new maps added for tighter, more intense battles where every move counts!

Hidden Primeval Forest (New)

Bluefizz Beach (New)

Mala Training Pit (New)

IMPROVEMENTS & BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS

◼︎ Rye Cookie

• Ultimate can now be canceled into a Special Skill mid-use
• Dev Notes: Rye Cookie hits hard along linear paths, but missing an attack often left little room to recover. This adjustment opens up more flexible decision-making and smoother follow-up actions during battle.

◼︎ Blue Slushy Cookie

• Attack Charge Capacity: 3 → 4
• Basic Attack Recharge Time: 1 sec → 0.8 sec
• Dev Notes: Blue Slushy Cookie was built to consistently pressure enemies from long range, but limited charges and slow recharge times kept interrupting the flow. These changes boost sustained pressure and area control consistency.

◼︎ Espresso Cookie

• Basic Attack Cooldown: 0.7 sec → 0.6 sec
• Post-Skill Recovery Time: 0.7 sec → 0.5 sec

• Dev Notes: Espresso Cookie's attack flow felt less responsive than other Cookies due to longer recovery times between actions. These tweaks improve combo flow and make transitions between attacks and skills feel snappier and more natural.

◼︎ Passive Power Biscuits 

To encourage more diverse passive choices and strategic builds, several shared Power Biscuit effects have been slightly buffed:

• Shrub MOV SPD Increase: 8% → 10%
• Heal on Elimination: 8% → 10%

◼︎ Spell Cards 

To reduce over-reliance on certain Spell Cards, some effects have been toned down:

• Shock Field radius reduced by 30%

OTHER UPDATES

◼︎ Combat Performance Optimization

Smoother gameplay is here! A round of general optimization improvements has been applied across the board: 

• Improved memory usage efficiency during battles
• Better rendering performance to reduce frame drops and stuttering
• Reduced load from movement and skill usage during gameplay
• Reduced load from combat effects such as attacks, damage, and skills

We'll keep pushing for better performance in future updates! 

◼︎ Matchmaking Improvements

Oven Crown-Based Matchmaking

• Added matchmaking logic based on both individual Cookie Oven Crown scores and total accumulated Oven Crowns.
• Players with high individual or accumulated Oven Crown scores will now be consistently matched with similarly experienced players 

Team Balancing Improvements 

• Improved team distribution logic for fairer matches, even when Oven Crown score gaps are present  

◼︎ Castle Crasher Improvements

• Added highlight effects during Overtime to more clearly display the winning team.
• Improved floor indicators to better distinguish Turtle ownership between teams.

◼︎ Drop the Beat Speaker Improvements

• Adjusted the size and placement of center stage speakers to reduce terrain interference 

◼︎ Dash Skill Improvements

• Linear dash skills now move along walls instead of stopping on collision.
• Dash distance now adjusts based on collision angle, with direct collisions resulting in an in-place dash.

◼︎ Combat Animation Improvements

• Improved hit animations for more readable combat feedback.
• Added knockback and airborne animations for all Cookies.

◼︎ Mode Rotation Notifications

• Added notifications when modes or maps rotate so you're always in the know! 

◼︎ Mastery Reward Notifications

• Added a shortcut that takes players directly to a Cookie’s Mastery screen when rewards are available.

◼︎ Settings Improvements

• Added a "Weak Vibration" option alongside the existing ON/OFF vibration settings
• Added a Screen Shake ON/OFF option

◼︎ Tutorial Improvements

• Certain mandatory tutorial quests can now be completed optionally instead of being forced.