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Legend of The Duskgloom Sea: The Black Pearl Islands

⛴ Welcome aboard the Silent. I assume this small one is yours?

⚙️ HEY! I’M NOT SMALL!

⛴ That would be a yes. Since it’s clear that you’re also headed for the Black Pearl Islands, allow me as one of Captain Caviar’s First Mates to show you the ropes of this vessel. In order to shove off, the crew needs their rations. 15 Stamina Jellies from your inventory should do. Once we supply the food onboard, we’ll be ready to set sail.

Navigation

⛴ Navigating the Duskgloom Sea ain’t an easy task-

⚙️ -but the user interface is SUPER friendly. Just double-click on a highlighted square with those yellow arrows to move forward! The crew will do the rest.

⛴ As you move, the Silent has a limited durability before we need to return back to port. Moving through open seas will inflict 100 HP of damage, but moving through a whirlpool will inflict 200 damage. We can’t navigate through the rocky reefs, lest we beach the ship entirely. Encountering other sailors lost at sea can provide a bonus for you, although some are best left as they are when they’re too far of a detour.

If you wanna repair the ship, we’ll usually need to find supplies using 4,500 Black Pearl Coins which you’ll find throughout these islands to patch a few leaks and restore 1,200 HP on the Silent, but who knows? Maybe you’ll find someone that’ll do it for free. Once your durability goes too low and you try to sail your way out, and we’ll need to turn back and that’s the end of your voyage. If you wanna head back sooner, click that “Drop Anchor” button on the lower-left and we’ll head back to count our cargo.

Battles

⛴ So, you claim to be a champion in battle? We’ll test that claim and then some. Hostile forces like those from dry land will line some of these islands in a simple two wave encounter. Best them all, and you win the battle with a bit of extra loot. If you lose too many times or attempt to retreat, those forces, real or not, will put a sizable hole in the ship for *500 damage.

*If you are facing the final boss at the end of the archipelago instead, admitting defeat will destroy the Silent instantly and end your voyage right then and there.

These battle scenarios come in Normal and Master flavors, but don’t provide a power level for either one. Obviously, the Master level is much harder and requires tact with a generous amount of luck, but the Black Pearl Coins and Sailing EXP you get are somewhere higher towards being doubled. There are some… conditions to mention first.

💔 Healing Down -60%

💥 Shield Durability Down -60%

🛡 Enemy Debuff Resistance +40%

⏫ Minimum Cookie and Skill Levels set to 60

❌ Bonuses from Toppings, Bonds, Costume Sets, Guild Levels, Relics, and the Sugar Gnome Laboratory WILL NOT WORK

⛴ Anyone who’s braved the fabled Giant Icing Ridge in the Dark Cacao Kingdom can survive this just as well, and we will run extra training drills for every Cookie aboard to ensure their preparedness for the battle ahead on the high seas. Unfortunately, the curse of the Duskgloom Sea renders your bonds from dry land all for naught, and the stormy seas will render your Gnomish Technology, Toppings, and even your Relics too soggy to work their magic.

To gain additional buffs here to fill the difference, you’ll need to find an Altar where you can unlock a bonus effect for your team. Higher-level effects require Black Pearl Coins to unlock, and you can swap the entire list for 750 Black Pearl Coins up to 3 times per shrine. You can only buy one buff per shrine, and these effects will vanish alongside your Black Pearl Coins after your voyage ends.

Finishing your voyage while you still have Black Pearl Coins will add them to your score alongside any additional applicable bonuses. Higher scores will place you in a higher rank which yields better rewards at the end of the season.

Hidden behind the red haze, however, are massive foes on the lone islands that align the rocky gates of the Black Pearl Islands: Boss Islands. Unlike regular islands, the bosses that inhabit these islands will actively block your path and won’t let you go around. There’s only one way to go: fight and best the boss to advance. Every other combat condition applies, but do mind that they are all immune to stun and other similar forceful movement and immobilizing effects, and that they might have an additional augment to them.

Minigames

⛴ We’ve all seen ‘em. Those little games in the much bigger games, like that one game where a battleship tries to shell some folks off a teeterin’ island surrounded by squids while they fight to be the last one standing. There are two such minigames you’ll encounter: Creepy Treasure Island and Shocking Stormy Sea. The better you do in these games, the bigger the haul of Black Pearl Coins you’ll win on top of your base loot. If you lose too much or pull back, you’ll snag something that’ll deal 500 damage to the Silent instead. The Cookie you choose won’t affect anything in the game.

In Creepy Treasure Island, you’ll go back to Cookie Run’s roots with a slightly top-down platformer level. No abilities. Just Coins. Use the Jump and Slide buttons to kebab and weave through the reefs and shells while collecting both regular Coins and Black Pearl Coins. You also have an Energy bar which drains passively as you run. Collide with something, and you’ll lose a bit of Energy, but you can restore some with occasionally-appearing Energy Potions. If you run out of Energy before finishing, or finish with less than the required Black Pearl Coins, you lose. Make it to the end of the level with enough Black Pearl Coins, and you win the game with whatever you got plus a base bonus.

In Shocking Stormy Sea, you’ll be running around on the Silent’s deck collecting Black Pearl Coins and dodging lightning. Use the virtual joystick on the left to move around, and the Dash button on the right to dash forward through any coins and out of the way of any lightning strikes… if done correctly. Get caught in the highlighted circular impact zones, and you’ll take lightning damage aside from the passive Energy drainage. If you run out of Energy, you lose. Outlast the timer, and you win the game and your Coins.

Mysterious Chests

⛴ Rumors also tell of mysterious chests like this one on isolated islands. You can tell where they are from anywhere on the map from the golden auras they give off when entrenched with the archipelago’s thick fog. They come laden with high-end treasures that you could use back in your own Cookie Kingdom… as long as you have a Duskgloom Key to open it.

There’s a few places to find ‘em, like events and stuff and the Gallery found in your Trade Harbor. Those are free for anyone. For the time being, however, unscrupulous merchants can and will sell you a few with a whole lotta other stuff in a bundle if you’re willing to fork over some of your own real money.

⚙️ That’s gonna be all for this event because this ship’s horizontal slanting traverse is making me feel waaaaaaaaay off-balance. HEY! YOU’RE DOING THAT ON PURPOSE AREN’T YOU-

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