Freshness of the Sea - Peppermint Cookie blows the conch shell to summon the Peppermint Whale. The refreshing sound of the conch shell heals the team, increasing their DMG Resist and Debuff Resist. The Peppermint Whale creates a wave, dealing Water-type damage to enemies in front of it, and also Heals the allies for an amount equal to a portion of the damage dealt. Fresh water brought by the whale covers the team with an HP Shield. Peppermint Cookie will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects while using the skill.
By equipping the Cookie with Crystal Jam, players can upgrade their skill or unlock new effects for a stronger and unique performance.
Players can check out the enhanced effect and animation of the skill in detail in the preview on the Crystal Jam crafting screen.
Rally Effect - In Team Settings, players can select the Cookie with the Crystal Jam as the leader by tapping the Select Leader button to apply their Rally Effect.
The player can only appoint one Cookie as a leader in their team.
Ascended Effect - If players upgrade a Crystal Jam to +15, they can unlock its Ascended Effect and allow the Cookie to wield additional powers in battle depending on their Ascension level.
Tidal Wave - Sea Fairy Cookie's overwhelming feelings towards the Moon empower her abilities to control the sea. Whenever she uses her skill, she will gain a stack of Tidal Wave. Upon gaining x2 stacks, the skill will become enhanced, summoning an enormous wave that deals damage, pushes the enemies back, and Stuns them. Sea Fairy Cookie will also increase the CRIT DMG of allies who can deal Water-type damage. The first Sea Fairy Cookie's skill used in the battle will become enhanced.
Ascended Effect:
★1A - CRIT DMG Up
★2A - DMG Resist Up
★3A - With Soaring Compassion, summons another water stream, attacking the target with the highest ATK.
Rally Effect - DMG Resist Bypass to Skill attacks of ally Cookies.
Duskgloom Hatred - Black Pearl Cookie's hatred is deeper than the deepest ocean! The sovereign of the Duskgloom Sea will decrease her targets' CRIT% with her skill and gain stacks of Hatred during the battle. At maximum stacks, her skill will be enhanced. For each ally Cookie defeated, Black Pearl Cookie will gain an increased number of Hatred stacks. The enhanced skill will now trap its targets in Water Cage, dealing periodic damage for the duration of the Water Cage. Additionally, Tornado will appear at the center of the Whirlpool, dealing extra damage.
Ascended Effect:
★1A - Whirlpool attract targets to its center faster
The new special episode, A Mermaid’s Tale, revolving around the mystical underwater Cookies has been added.
Clear the stories, collect the entries of all Cookies, and earn rewards.
Starting from “A Mermaid’s Tale”, the Normal and Hard difficulty levels will be available right away instead of Story and Dark.
Clearing a stage on the Hard difficulty will automatically clear the Normal difficulty as well, which will allow the player to claim both first clear rewards for Hard and Normal difficulties.
In order to access ‘A Mermaid’s Tale,’ the players must unlock and upgrade the Trade Harbor or use Crystals to unlock the story.
Lunar Coral Quills are required to play in A Mermaid’s Tale. Lunar Coral Quills are recharged at midnight. Additional Quills can be acquired through events, packages, or direct purchase.
Underwater Catnip Coins can be obtained by completing A Mermaid’s Tale stages or quests and can be used to buy an assortment of items at the Mermaid Kingdom Shop.
The Mermaid Kingdom Shop can be accessed from the Chamber of the Tear by talking with Catnip Cookie.
With the addition of “A Mermaid’s Tale,” players gain access to a new time-limited event that will allow them to obtain the new resource for the Legendary Gacha, “Dreamy Crystal Droplets,” and other rewards.
Gather Life Jewels in the Trial Grounds to craft and upgrade the Crystal Jam.
The higher the difficulty, the more Life Jewels are obtained.
In order to clear a stage, players need to upgrade the Cookie and their Crystal Jam.
When battling in the Trial Grounds, certain Cookies will be required to be placed in the team. Players can swap the Cookie with the one they owned in the team.
Collect Dreamy Crystal Droplets from the event and store to try the Legendary Gacha.
Reaching 270 pulls in the Legendary Gacha will reward a Dark Ocean Chest, from which the player can choose either Sea Fairy Cookie or Black Pearl Cookie. Players can also obtain their Life Jewels from the chest as well.
Players will receive Mileage Points from items instead in the Legendary Gacha if they own the maximum amount of Life Jewels.
New UI and additional features were added in the Arena.
Players can see the Featured Cookies in this season, this season's missions, and other various information on rewards.
If the player uses the Featured Cookies in their team, they will receive special effects.
Players can now practice with their team of Defenders.
Players can test their teams and play against a selected team of Attackers.
Players can obtain a Pedestal and purchase different Pedestal ornaments depending on their tier.
Pedestal ornaments can be purchased with ‘Victory Coins,’ which are available from the Arena Tier’s Daily Rewards.
Arena Pedestals are available in the player info and opponent list, as well as the Hall of Fame.
Players can now rewatch their battles from the battle result screen.
The rewatch playback speed is available in 4 speeds (x0.5, x1, x1.5, and x2.5).
If players win in the Arena consecutively, they can earn a Win Streak Bonus where they obtain additional Trophies.
The Win Streak Bonus starts from 2 wins and applies up to 5 wins.
If the player refreshes their opponent list or lose with a Win Streak Bonus activated, they will lose their Win Streak Bonus.
A new tier has been added between Master and Grandmaster: Elite
With the addition of the Elite tier, some of the conditions have been slightly adjusted.
Players can reach the Elite tier if they reach the top 20% in Master.
Players can now obtain Elite Tier Statues.
The season rewards and tier rewards have been adjusted. Players can also obtain Victory Coins as Daily Rewards, which can be used to purchase Pedestal ornaments.
Players can now sort your results to see where they succeeded and failed to defend against enemy attacks.
Instead of Master 2, players’ Kingdom names and profile pictures will be randomized starting from Elite 5.
Players will be able to hide certain Cookies in their Defenders team on tiers Silver to Master.
After a season ends, the tier will be reset as follows:
The requirement for unlocking the Hall of Ancient Heroes has been changed: Clear Stage 6-15 → Stage 5-28.
Welcome Back Missions
The Welcome Back missions have been streamlined to be easier and less obtrusive for returning players.
Unclaimed Welcome Back Mission rewards will be automatically delivered to your mailbox.
If you were in the middle of the Welcome Back Guide, you get an extra 20 days.
Quests related to the Might of the Ancients have been added as the 10th Welcome Back Quest.
Tutorial
Score earned in the Tutorial Stage does not count towards missions. In order to remove any possible confusion, the high score from the tutorial stage will no longer appear.
Celebrate the launching of BRIXITY, get the blocky decors and various rewards.
Complete missions in the BRIXITY game and claim special items that will allow the player to obtain various rewards. Complete all 5 missions to obtain the Cookie Brixcastle castle design.
Peppermint Cookie (Epic, 
Support)
Freshness of the Sea - Peppermint Cookie blows the conch shell to summon the Peppermint Whale. The refreshing sound of the conch shell heals the team, increasing their DMG Resist and Debuff Resist. The Peppermint Whale creates a wave, dealing Water-type damage to enemies in front of it, and also Heals the allies for an amount equal to a portion of the damage dealt. Fresh water brought by the whale covers the team with an HP Shield. Peppermint Cookie will briefly become resistant to interrupting effects while using the skill.
Sea Fairy Cookie and 
