Awakened |
Overview |
Sometimes, you need the darkness to see the light.
Pure Vanilla Cookie (Compassionate) (Korean: 이해자: 퓨어바닐라 쿠키, ihaeja: pyueobanilla kuki, "Pure Vanilla Cookie (Comprehender)") is the Awakened version of 
Pure Vanilla Cookie released alongside 
Black Sapphire Cookie in the Beacon of Truth update (v6.1). He is of the 
Healing type and his position is prioritized to the 
Rear.
Game Description[]
What is the Truth? Long ago, Pure Vanilla Cookie picked up his trusty staff and set off on a pilgrimage to find an answer to this question. Having left behind the careless days in the idyllic pastures and the trials of the Sugar-Free Road, Pure Vanilla Cookie was left face to face with his fears and regrets. In the moment of the greatest doubt, the Cookie of Truth gave in to the dark abyss of Deceit. And yet... the voices of dear friends awakened him. Having embraced his flaws and mistakes, Pure Vanilla Cookie could find his way back to the light once more. The path ahead is hard and full of peril, but it is nothing more than a sum of little steps. And in those steps dwells the Truth.
Soulprism Description[]
Rainbow Shell Gallery.
Skill[]
Love & Peace; however, level-ups are shared between the two skills.
Warmth of Compassion
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Gameplay Notes | |
- Regular attacks heal up to 5 lowest HP allies and grants them
Amplify Buff. - Pure Vanilla Cookie resists interrupting effects while performing his skill.
- Warmth of Compassion (Rally Effect)
- Max HP and DMG Resist buffs are undispellable.
- Warmth of Compassion (Skill)
- Enemies are damaged in a set order of areas in front of Pure Vanilla Cookie, depicted by light glyphs landing on the ground.
- Shards of Light is undispellable.
- Light of Truth
- Light of Truth is an undispellable buff on Pure Vanilla Cookie that is activated when an allied Cookie's HP falls below 50.0% of its current Max HP. It triggers independently from Pure Vanilla Cookie, regardless if he is incapacitated in any manner.
- Compassion
- The first time an eligible Cookie in Pure Vanilla Cookie's team is defeated, a flower glyph shines from behind the team. The revived Cookie will appear from that glyph after a duration with their skill refreshed.
- Pure Vanilla Cookie will not revive a Cookie if they currently have the Revive buff. If the Sugar Swan's Shining Feather is equipped, his revival effect will trigger after the treasure has been used.
- Ancient Light
- At least 50% DMG Resist in Toppings, Beascuits and landmarks (such as Dark Lord's Castle) is required to grant the maximum amount of Cooldown reduction.
- With the maximum 20% Cooldown reduction from this effect, Pure Vanilla Cookie only requires an additional 40% Cooldown reduction from other sources (or 15% with a max level Watch Treasure) to reach the maximum amount of Cooldown reduction a Cookie can have.
Appearance[]
Pure Vanilla Cookie in his Compassionate form remains a sandy-doughed Cookie of average height and build. As always, his single-lashed eyes are often closed in reverence and lie upon rosy cheeks, though they exhibit a dual tone of daisy yellow and pale blue when opened. The terracotta mark upon his forehead has blossomed from a diamond to a full starburst—it is indicative of his expanded understanding. He often wears a small smile, choosing to be happy in spite of the terrible truths to which he fell as the Truthless Recluse. His hair, once shaped like orchid petals, has grown since his transformation and flows to his feet in cornsilk waves.
When Awakened, Pure Vanilla Cookie's attire pays homage to his themes of Christianity even more directly than before, reflecting the appearance of a grand prelate or even pontiff. His overwhelmingly white and gold color palette reflects his newfound purity and enlightenment plus his mastery of White Magic while matching the white worn by high-ranking Christian clergymen. Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's outfit heavily utilizes layers; its innermost garment is a pristine white alb with a wide, billowing hem and sleeves, both of which display a golden crown border pattern. Above this is a mantle so voluminous that it extends past his arms. The mantle's outer fabric is milky with vertical striations for definition and its hem is finished with an exaggerated inverted scallop edge in bisque yellow. Each apex of this edge is topped with a six-pointed star like a spur. The cape's shrouded interior is the antithesis of its white shell and one of the few instances of coolness in the design: it is a navy void filled with stars and shut eyes, resembling the empty Dark Side of the Moon in which Pure Vanilla Cookie was sealed long ago. This mantle, a focal point of the outfit, embodies the inextricable bond between White Magic and Dark Moon Magic through its dichotomy of textiles.
On the outermost layer of Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's shoulders sits a plain stole with coronal symmetry; notably, the "V"-shaped stole is most often seen on lesser clergymen, perhaps indicating Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's selflessness even in his grandeur. The stole supports his triple ice cream-shaped Soul Jam, secured in a gilded filigree brooch like a pectoral cross. Though usually sky blue, the Light of Truth shines so brightly in this appearance that it now takes a periwinkle tone highlighted with vibrant cobalt and cyan. Pure Vanilla Cookie's final bodily accessory is an expansive aurelian scroll acting almost as another stole, though more papal than that previous. Hovering around its wearer, it starts upon the ground and rests on his arms before rounding his neck and returning to the floor on his other side. The parchment glows with arcane scrawlings and symbols that correlate with various types of magic which, though indecipherable, communicate their wearer's vast knowledge of the world's secrets.
A view of Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's hood from the back
Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's hood resembles that of his base design, though it is modified to fit his ascended theming. It maintains the tall waffle cone shape, though it is now white at its base and lightly banded with gold similar to the lattice texture seen in its previous iteration. Among these lines are a starburst near the hood's tip and three tall points at the nape of the wearer's neck. The rim of the hood is similar to that of before, though it is now wrought in pure gold and shines like rays emitted from a beaming sun. The northernmost tip of the king's crown extends into a cross shape similar to that which holds his Soul Jam, though this segment instead carries a lozenge opening which peers into the same other-realm as the mantle's lining.
Pure Vanilla Cookie's Vanilla Orchid Staff seems to have Awakened alongside its owner—though apparently at the cost of its sentience. Once a rustic flower, it is now transformed into a gilt key-staff resembling a crozier; though the six-petaled bloom remains at its top with additional leaves, its eye socket has been hollowed out entirely and replaced with a whirling burst of light. The staff's vines are replaced with a forked ribbon that circles its shaft, and its bottom holds the teeth of a skeleton key. This key motif in particular is evocative of 
Shadow Milk Cookie's own lock-and-key theme present in his past self and in Sage of Truth, similarly casting Pure Vanilla Cookie as a gatekeeper of knowledge. Despite the Vanilla Orchid Staff's visual upgrades, it no longer shows any reaction to stimulus like it once did.
Upon Ascension, a disc of gold and cobalt is placed behind Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's head like a halo. It is born as a mere lattice of two concentric circles holding a star like a compass rose, its blue filling appearing at higher Ascension levels. The halo completes itself with auric spokes which orbit a blinking blue eye similar to the Dark Side of the Moon-opening in Pure Vanilla Cookie's hood; alternating small diamonds and sigils of the Light of Truth top the points of the compass rose's cardinal directions. The circular frame of the mechanism forever spins amongst speckles of light.
Trivia[]
- In the Beacon of Truth update (v6.1) title screen, the diamond void-opening in Compassionate Pure Vanilla Cookie's hood is mistakenly rendered as a gemstone.
- Pure Vanilla Cookie (Compassionate)'s original Korean name (이해자: 퓨어바닐라 쿠키, ihaeja: pyueobanilla kuki) more directly translates into English as Pure Vanilla Cookie (Comprehender), the term 이해자 (ihaeja) more so describing one who understands something rather than one who cares or feels empathy for others.
- Upon Pure Vanilla Cookie (Compassionate)'s original release, he did not have English voicelines due to complications caused by the 2024-2025 SAG-AFTRA workers' strike.
References[]
- ↑ Confirmed; the Ancient Heroes do not age/age extremely slowly after acquiring their Soul Jam. Pure Vanilla Cookie has also been shown to be a child in the past (Forgotten Academy, Might of the Ancients, Spire of Shadows), and has since aged. Lastly, his quote "I feel like a young Cookie again!" proves that he must be mentally and physically an adult.
