Cookie Upgrading

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Cookies as playable units can be upgraded and leveled for battle situations in a variety of ways.

Cookie Levels

Leveling up is the most basic and effective method of increasing a Cookie's Power Level, improving their overall effectiveness in combat gameplay.

For a Cookie to level up, they must gain Experience Points. While most modes will grant a very small amount of these, the most efficient method of leveling up a Cookie is through feeding them EXP Star Jellies.

EXP Star Jellies

Main article: EXP Star Jelly

Cookie Houses are the most reliable source of EXP Star Jellies for a player, although game modes, Events, and other features will more often than not provide them. Other notable sources include the Fountain of Abundance, World Exploration, the Sublime Cake Tower, Kingdom Pass Landmarks, and shops such as the Medal Shop, Mileage Exchange, or Seaside Market.

The amount of Experience Points given by a Star Jelly depends on the Jelly's Level, with these Levels ranging from 1 to 8, and their respective given Experience increasing exponentially at higher Levels. However, as a Cookie's Level raises higher, the required Experience Points to gain more Levels increases as well. Thus, increasing a Cookie's Level becomes more difficult at higher Levels, plateauing at Levels 50-80. Cookies can also be leveled up to a certain level using Star Jelly Concentrates, with there existing Level 50, 60, 70, and 80 Concentrates.

As of Secrets of the Silver Kingdom update (v5.0), the maximum Cookie Level is 80; at the launch update (v1.0), the maximum Level was 50.

Required Star Jellies Per Level
Level	XP
2	60
3	80
4	100
5	120
6	150
7	180
8	220
9	270
10	330
11	400
12	480
13	570
14	680
15	810
16	970
17	1,160
18	1,380
19	1,640
20	1,950
21	2,320
22	2,760
23	3,280
24	3,900
25	4,630
26	5,500
27	6,530
28	7,750
29	9,200
30	10,920
31	12,960
32	15,380
33	18,250
34	21,650
35	25,680
36	30,460
37	36,130
38	42,860
39	50,840
40	60,300
41	71,520
42	84,830
43	100,610
44	119,330
45	141,530
46	167,860
47	199,090
48	236,130
49	280,160
50-60	332,160
61-65	342,124
66-70	362,054
71-80	383,777
Total	12,796,170

See also this Desmos graph representing total XP requirements for each Level.

Grades

All Cookies capable of combat have a grade system applied to them, with higher grades raising the stat limits of a given Cookie exponentially. Grades are generally increased through spending certain amounts of Soulstones (or an equivalent pseudo-currency) alongside other currencies like Coins and Soul Essence. Grades are tallied in stars with the maximum amount of stars applicable to a Cookie depending on their Rarity.

Soulstones and Promotion

Soulstones are a pseudo-currency used to unlock and promote Cookies, increasing their base HP, ATK, and DEF stats. Soulstones can be obtained from the Cookie Gacha, shops, Event rewards, certain World Exploration Dark Mode Stages, various Landmarks, and more. Promotion grades are tallied as 1 star (★1) through 5 stars (★5).

If a full Cookie has not been previously pulled, collecting at least 20 of the Cookie's Soulstones will allow them to be unlocked immediately as if being drawn from a Gacha. Conversely, drawing a duplicate Cookie will instead give the player 20 of the Cookie's Soulstones as compensation. Finally, if a Cookie is fully promoted to a 5-star grade, drawing them or their Soulstones will instead give the player their Soulcores and Mileage Points, with the exact value of points per Soulstone varying depending on the Cookie's Rarity.

The promotion of Cookies requires progressively more Soulstones with each grade. 290 Soulstones total are required to promote a Cookie throughout every grade, with the exception of Special Cookies—since the Braver Together update (v3.8), Special Cookies only require 190 Soulstones total.

Stars	Soulstones		Coins
	Any Rarity	Special
Acquisition	20	20	N/A
1	20	20	500
2	30	30	5,000
3	50	30	10,000
4	70	40	50,000
5	100	50	100,000

Soulcores and Ascension

Similarly to Soulstones, Soulcores are a pseudo-currency used to ascend Cookies after they reach their maximum promotion, increasing their base HP, ATK, and DEF. Soulcores can be obtained from the Cookie Gacha and shops after fully promoting a Cookie, as well as in certain World Exploration Master Mode Stages. Ascension grades are also labeled by stars from 1 star (★1A) to 5 stars (★5A), though, unlike promotion stars, ascension stars are usually referred to as "★A" in shorthand. If a Cookie is ascended to 5 stars, obtaining the Cookie or their Soulcores will give the player Mileage Points along with Soul Essence of the corresponding rarity.

Main article: Soul Essence

Alongside Soulcores and Coins, ascending Cookies also requires Soul Essence. Sources of Soul Essence are sparse—some notable areas which provide them are Dark and Master Mode as well as the Mileage Shop, the Rainbow Shell Gallery, the Medal Shop, and packages. Different Rarities of Cookies will require various amounts of Soul Essence at different rarities of their own to ascend.

Stars	Soul Essence						Soulcores		Coins
	Common	Rare	Epic	Super Epic	Legendary, Ancient & Dragon	Special	Any Rarity	Special
	30	120	360	380	450	100	20	20	100,000
	60	180	320	150	280	90	30	20	200,000
	100	100	120	220	50	25	40	20	300,000
	150	150	180	40	90	35	50	20	500,000
	120	50	30	60	140	4	60	20	700,000

Beast Cookies and Awakening

Mystic Flour Cookie's visual changes upon promotion

Beast Cookies have slightly unique requirements for promotion and cannot be ascended. Due to the existence of the ★6 grade and lack of ascension, Beast Cookies require both Soulstones and (from ★2 onward) Legendary Soul Essence to promote to the next grade. A total of 540 Soulstones and 290 Legendary Soul Essence is required to fully promote a Beast Cookie.

Awakening Ancient Cookies works in a similar way, but takes less items while requiring Soulprisms, an Awakening-exclusive stand-in for Soulstones. Star grades acquired through Awakening are separate from those applied to the base Cookie, so Awakened Ancient Cookies are still able to continue their standard promotion and ascension. A total of 260 Soulprisms and 160 Legendary Soul Essence is required to fully awaken an Ancient Cookie.

For Ancients, Awakening immediately changes the Cookie's appearance, Skill, voice lines, and lobby design permanently (though the Cookie's appearance can be reverted through equipping their original look like a Costume). Both Beast Cookies and Awakened Ancient Cookies will gain additions to their appearance and lobby design and have more voice lines added at ★2, ★4 and ★6.

Stars / Awakening	Soul Essence		Soulstones / Soulprisms		Coins
	Beast	Ancient	Beast	Ancient
Acquisition	N/A	N/A	20	N/A	N/A
	N/A	N/A	20	20	500
	10	10	40	30	5,000
	30	20	70	40	10,000
	50	30	100	50	50,000
	80	40	130	60	100,000
	120	60	160	70	150,000
Total	290	160	540	260	315,500

Skills

Main article: Skills

A Cookie's Skill is their unique combat ability; it is a powerful action that can only be performed when its Cooldown is cleared. Skills range in utility from being offensive to defensive, as many Skills have effects such as healing, Buffs for teammates, Debuffs for enemies, and so on.

A Cookie's Skill has its own dedicated Level which raises separately from the Cookie's base Cookie Level, requiring Coins and Skill Powder to increase. Raising this Skill Level increases the effectiveness of the Skill by improving one or more of its specific numerical stats. However, a Cookie's Skill Level value cannot exceed their Cookie Level value—thus, a Cookie's Level has to be increased before its Skill Level can also be increased.

Skill Powder

A Type-less Pristine Skill Powder

Skill Powder is a type of currency used exclusively for leveling Skills, coming in 24 different varieties: standard, Refined, and Pristine qualities exist for each of the eight Cookie Types. The amount of Skill Powder needed to enhance a Skill Level depends on both the current Skill Level and the Class of the Cookie. Skill Levels 1-20 require standard Powder, 21-40 require Refined Powder, and 41+ requires Pristine Powder. The Powder must match the Type of the chosen Cookie.

The most efficient way to acquire Skill Powder is through completing Today's Bounties. Skill Powder can also be acquired from the Medal Shop, Seaside Market, Rainbow Shell Gallery, specific World Exploration Stages, Choice Chests, and more.

Required Skill Powder Per Level
Level	Coins	Powder
2	100	1
3	200	1
4	300	2
5	400	2
6	500	3
7	600	3
8	700	4
9	800	4
10	900	5
11	1,000	5
12	1,100	6
13	1,200	6
14	1,300	7
15	1,400	7
16	1,500	8
17	1,600	8
18	1,700	9
19	1,800	9
20	1,900	10
21	2,000	1
22	2,600	1
23	3,200	2
24	3,800	2
25	4,400	3
26	5,000	3
27	5,600	4
28	6,200	4
29	6,800	5
30	7,400	5
31	8,000	6
32	8,600	6
33	9,200	7
34	9,800	7
35	10,400	8
36	11,000	8
37	11,600	9
38	12,200	9
39	12,800	10
40	13,400	10
41	14,000	2
42	15,600	4
43	17,200	6
44	18,800	8
45	20,400	10
46	22,000	12
47	23,600	14
48	25,200	16
49	26,800	18
50	28,400	20
51	32,000	20
52	34,000	22
53	36,000	22
54	38,000	24
55	40,000	24
56	42,000	26
57	44,000	26
58	46,000	28
59	48,000	28
60	50,000	30
61	52,000	30
62	54,000	30
63	56,000	30
64	58,000	30
65	60,000	30
66	62,000	30
67	64,000	30
68	66,000	30
69	68,000	30
70	70,000	30
71	72,000	35
72	74,000	35
73	76,000	35
74	78,000	35
75	80,000	35
76	82,000	40
77	84,000	40
78	86,000	40
79	88,000	40
80	86,000	40
Total	2,215,000	100 110 1,035

Magic Candies and Crystal Jams

Main articles: Magic Candy,  Crystal Jam

Twizzly Gummy Cookie and Blueberry Pie Cookie's Magic Candies

Magic Candies and Crystal Jams are both extra additions to certain Cookies which permanently enhance the Cookie's Skill, giving them all-new abilities. Though generally engineered to improve a Cookie's combat prowess long after the Cookie's initial release, their effectiveness varies and should be studied before committing to them.

Magic Candies and Crystal Jams can only be created for a given Cookie once they reach Cookie Level 50 and are crafted using Coins, Soul Essence, Sugar Crystals of certain varieties, and Resonant Ingredients or Life Jewels unique to the Cookie (the latter two of which must be acquired through special means). The differences between Magic Candies and Crystal Jams are minimal, with those most notable being that Crystal Jams are limited to Super Epic+ Cookies, can give extra Rally Effects to the entire team, and are more expensive to create.

v ⬩ e Battle Mechanics
Gameplay	Beascuits ⬩ Cookie Order ⬩ Cookie Type ⬩ Damage ⬩ DMG Enhance ⬩ Healing ⬩ Intangibility ⬩ Interrupting Effects ⬩ Magic Candy (Crystal Jam) ⬩ Movement-impairing Effects ⬩ Passive ⬩ Safeguarded ⬩ Skill (Transformation) ⬩ Stage Effects ⬩ Summoned Creature ⬩ Tactical Skill ⬩ Targeting ⬩ Toppings ⬩ Undispellable Effects ⬩ Vulnerability
Stats	Basic: HP ⬩ ATK ⬩ DEF ⬩ CRIT (Chance ⬩ DMG ⬩ Resist) ⬩ Cooldown Advanced: ATK SPD ⬩ DMG Resist ⬩ Amplify Buff ⬩ Debuff Resist Hidden: MOV SPD ⬩ Weight ⬩ Range
Elements	Light ⬩ Poison ⬩ Fire ⬩ Water ⬩ Earth ⬩ Ice ⬩ Electricity ⬩ Darkness ⬩ Wind
Status Effects	Buffs: Current Charge ⬩ DMG Focus ⬩ Immortality ⬩ Immunity ⬩ Purify ⬩ Shield ⬩ Tailwind Debuffs: Amplify Debuff ⬩ Consuming Darkness ⬩ Curse ⬩ Dispel ⬩ Frost ⬩ Injury Crowd Control: Charm ⬩ Fear ⬩ Freeze ⬩ Polymorph ⬩ Shackles ⬩ Silence ⬩ Sleep ⬩ Stun ⬩ Taunt Periodic Damage: Burn ⬩ Corruption ⬩ Poison ⬩ Vampiric Bite ⬩ Zap