Story Run: The Hidden Truth of the City

Story Run is a special event in Cookie Run: OvenBreak. It began on January 28, 2021 alongside the Cookiemals.

Gameplay Details
''Follow Windcatcher deep into the City of the Millennial Tree! What will you discover? Run to find out!'' In Story Run, you will play 10 stages. Playing Story Run will cost 3 Tickets. Similar to Hearts or Winding Keys, Tickets refill at a rate of one every 30 minutes, up to a maximum of 30. Each stage has one main mission that involves getting a certain score in a single run, and two sub missions that can only be completed if you complete the main mission. The sub missions involve collecting a certain number of Millennial Blossoms, which will get you Grassleaf Coins, and running with a bonus list cookie, which will get you a bonus for Grassleaf Coins. Grassleaf Coins can be spent on the City of the Millennial Tree shop, which will have better goods the more stages you beat. When you clear all three of the missions, Magic Ingredient pouches will have better chances to have specific ingredients inside them. You will also get a cutscenes, and be able to play Master Mode if you complete all missions.

Master Mode
When you complete all 3 in a stage, you can play Master Mode in that stage. In Master Mode, Cookie, Pet and Treasure effects are unavailable, you cannot be rescued from holes and colliding with an obstacle will end the run. However, your Energy will not drain. There are three missions in Master Mode. The main mission is reaching the goal and the two sub mission are getting a specific score. When completing the three missions, you can have a chance to get an entry into the hall of fame.

City of the Millennial Tree Shop
Items that are marked in purple are special items

Story
Maple Panda Cookie wants to play near Galaxy Lake, but Buttershell Fox Cookie is worried because Wind Archer Cookie told them not to go there. Maple Panda says that Wind Archer hasn't come to see them for a long time, so he won't know about it. Buttershell Fox is still worried, but Choco Ring Lion Cookie says that they can come back if things get scary. Maple Panda mentions that Windcatcher is leaving, but the Cookiemals notice that it's flying someplace else, outside of the Dessert Paradise. They attempt to follow it.

They reach the Millennial Temple, although they don't know where they are. Choco Ring Lion wants to check the building, but Buttershell Fox mentions that they should follow Windcatcher, who flies off again.

When they find Windcatcher, they also find Wind Archer in his Night Raven form. Buttershell Fox thinks that something feels different about him, but Choco Ring Lion says that he's just trying a new look, and invites Wind Archer to come back with them. Wind Archer instead begins to shoot arrows at them; they attempt to snap him out of it, but are forced to run away.

The Cookiemals escape to the Altar of Starlight, where they find a great statue. Choco Ring Lion assumes that it's someone important, thinking that the antlers means they're a buck or a deer, though Buttershell Fox notes that they've never seen a deer like it. Maple Panda points out the torches and wonders if it's some sort of altar. Buttershell Fox says that this might be a temple, and the Cookiemals think that the statue represents someone who protects the temple, and that they might know Wind Archer.

They enter the Golden Cradle, where Maple Panda comments on the abundance of murals. Choco Ring Lion sees an important-looking one of small Cookies praying to a large giant Cookie; Maple Panda notices that the giant Cookie looks similar to the statue they saw, and wonders if the temple is theirs. Buttershell Fox worries that they might get kicked out; Choco Ring responds that anyone who finds them will probably be happy to see them (or, jokingly, trap them forever.) Maple Panda sees a Cookie praying in the distance, so the Cookiemals rush to greet him and ask him about where they are. The Cookie is initially wary of the intruders, however, so Maple Panda quickly answers that they came here to run away from Wind Archer. Not recognizing Wind Archer's name, the Cookie mentions that someone has ruined the temple grounds, then presents himself as Churro Cookie, one who guards the City of the Millennial Tree. The Cookiemals beg to join Churro on his way back to his village where they might find some answers to helping Wind Archer, which he agrees to after some pleading.

Buttershell Fox is scared that Churro is taking them someplace scary, but Choco Ring Lion replies that it's better than being lost, and that they could fight him off if need be. Maple Panda asks about the Cookie with the antlers, and Churro tells them about the "Divine Tree", alongside whom his tribe has existed for generations; although the Tree has gone to where he is needed, his legends live on. Maple Panda then asks the "shiny thing" on Churro's wrist, and he answers that it's a warriors gauntlet bestowed by the Tree that can call forth the spirits of nature and cast out the Darkness. Wondering if the Tree knows what happened to Wind Archer, the Cookiemals see Wind Archer on a mural, whom Churro recognizes as the wind in the old legends. He explains that the Wind, faithful to the will of the Tree, was commanded to travel far from paradise and protect a mysterious being. Excited at the idea that the Dessert Paradise they live in might be the same paradise mentioned in the legends, the Cookiemals then see a mural of the Legendary Pets, and openly wonder if they, along with Windcatcher, might be the animals shown on the mural. Churro answers that he only knows that the mural shows the mystical animals of lore, and the so Cookiemals start to believe that they are the mystical animals. Buttershell Fox then doubts it's true since it's their first time to the City, but Choco Ring Lion believes that maybe they'd been there long ago and just forgot. Maple Panda, excited that they might be "super special", badgers Churro to agree that the mural depicts them, though Churro only answers that he wouldn't know.

Churro Cookie and the Cookiemals reach the Vined Cavern and find a lemon lizard. The Cookiemals try to scare the lizard away, with Maple Panda distracting it, Buttershell Fox doing a body slam on some rocks, and Choco Ring Lion roaring. Churro then uses his powers to summon a tree to drive the lizard away, and the Cookiemals agree that they're all strong for scaring the lizard off. Churro answers some questions about his village, which was built to thank and serve the Tree.

Upon reaching the village, everyone is shocked to discover that all the villagers are trapped within the tree, and Churro Cookie wonders if he is the only one who was able to awaken. Maple Panda attempts to find anyone else who might be awake, while Choco Ring Lion fails to wake anyone up with his roar. Churro explains that before he'd fallen to a deep slumber, there was a veil of crimson darkness that approached the village, and he had tried to find an answer in the city. He had also noticed a pomegranate seed stuck on a root, glowing with the same color of crimson as the Darkness. The Cookiemals notice that the pomegranate seeds resemble the thing stuck on Wind Archer's forehead, assuming that someone as strong as Wind Archer, like the Tree in the legend, must have put it there.

Churro Cookie is shocked at the idea that the Tree might do something like this, wondering if the Tree has abandoned his tribe or if they were undeserving life's powers. The Cookiemals decide that they should find the Tree to seek answers and maybe even save Wind Archer, so they ask Churro where he'd first gotten his gauntlet.

They go to the Cursed Throne, which is littered with pomegranate seeds. Churro Cookie explains that he'd received his blessing here because the ritual was only held in front of the Throne. Certain that he felt the Tree's spirit the moment he received his gauntlet, Churro attempts to find a trace of his power, but is interrupted when an arrow is shot into the room.

Wind Archer Cookie appears and shoots at them, while more pomegranates begin to grow. Churro Cookie is torn between fighting and giving up, thinking that it might all be the Tree's doing, then an arrow is shot at Churro. Thankfully, it missed because of the Cookiemals. Churro decides that he will fight Wind Archer without the Tree's powers, only for his gauntlet to glow and make the arrows disappear. Seeing that the Tree's blessing is with them, they realize that the Tree hadn't done anything wrong after all. Churro uses the Tree's powers to block Wind Archer's arrows and make the pomegranates disappear, endeavoring to free Wind Archer of his corruption.

Churro Cookie warns the Cookiemals to hide behind the Throne because of the danger, but because Churro is struggling, the Cookiemals still want to help. After an intense battle, both Churro's gauntlets and the Throne glow brightly, casting out the darkness in Wind Archer and making all the pomegranates melt. Wind Archer's memory returns, and the Churro Tribe awakens. Buttershell Fox still wonders where all the pomegranates came from, but Choco Ring Lion says to forget about it since they'd all disappeared. Wind Archer is grateful to both Churro Cookie and the Cookiemals for freeing him; when Choco Ring Lion tells him they'd seen a mural with four animals on it, he explains that the Cookiemals are just Cookies and not the Legendary Pets. Surprised that they are actually Cookies, the Cookiemals realize that they were still strong all on their own. They worry about the things Wind Archer broke while corrupted, but Churro assures them that the villagers will repair the city, having built it in the first place, and that he would guide them to the heart of the city when they next visited. Wind Archer remains in the Churro Village to recover, while the Cookiemals - now recognizing themselves as Cookies - return to the Dessert Paradise.

In an unseen corner of village, Pomegranate Cookie admits that she did not expect things to happen this way with the Tree absent, revealing that last time, the Tree had sealed itself along with the Churro Tribe. Licorice Cookie gloats that he knew she'd fail, but Pomegranate retorts that she'd succeeded at corrupting Wind Archer, and that it was Windcatcher and the Cookiemals' fault for ruining her plan. Licorice boasts that she should have taken his Licorice Servants to handle it; Pomegranate questions whether his "rag toys" had ever earned the master's favor, to which Licorice hastily defends himself, saying that he's just waiting for the perfect moment. Pomegranate says that they must inform the master of what has happened, and that the next phase of the plan is imminent.

Trivia

 * Buttershell Fox Cookie calls Maple Panda Cookie with a nickname that he dislikes, because of his resemblance with a raccoon. However, the nickname in question, "Coony" was also very similar to an offensive slur. This unintentional mistake was pointed out by players and was later patched, changing it to "Racoony".