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This guide is for those new to Cookie Run: Ovenbreak who are interested in the metagame and competitive play. I will explain important parts of the game not covered by the in-game tutorial.
If you haven't played the tutorial, I recommend you do so as it explains all the basics of the game well.
First steps
After completing the tutorial, you will be sent to the first story map.
CROB's story mode stages must be completed in order, and rewards will be obtained based on your score in each stage. In the above screenshot, you can see you'll obtain 500x of Gingerbrave for 1 star, 500x of Choco Drop for 2 stars, and 700,000 coins for all 3 stars. If you earn more than 1 star you'll get the rewards for lower tiers too.
The 4th "Bonus Mission" reward is only awarded if you run with the bonus combi - in this case Gingerbrave and Choco Drop. You can tap the bonus combi under the "Bonus Mission" text to bring up the option to equip it.
Lobby
The lobby shows you lots of important information.Your active cookie is in the middle of the screen. Once a day, they'll give you a gift of your choice (I recommend taking rainbow cubes as they're rare), and you can tap on them and give them a gift to raise their affection. Raising affection increases skill activation points.
Tip:
Different gifts will affect a cookie's affection differently. Other cookies' magic candy ingredients are usually the best gifts. Look at the relationship chart of the cookie who's affection you are trying to raise and note which characters they have a "friendly," "trust," or "admiration" relationship toward. The magic candy ingredient of those characters will give +15 affection when gifted to your cookie.Game Modes:
- Breakout: Run with 20-10 combis and try to get the best score on 1 map. Resets once a week.
- Trophy Run: Compete with other players in real time on a random map.
- Raid Run: Team up with other players to defeat the raid boss using raid skills.
- Story: Learn the Cookie Run lore. Also get rewards for story missions.
- Guild Run: Join a guild and compete with other guilds on 2-4 random maps.