Timekeeper Cookie

"Tired of running? Want to become dough again?"

Timekeeper Cookie is a Legendary Cookie that shares a Combi bonus with Cosmos Gear, initially only being Croissant Cookie's Combi Pet. She enters wormholes and distorts time with the Sonic Embroider while running.

This Cookie's release followed Croissant Cookie's release in the second half of the Operation Timeguard update. In the second half of the Save the Future! update, she received a Combi bonus upon Continuum Cog's release, also sharing its Combi bonus with Croissant Cookie.

She can be obtained by exchanging Season Points at the Champions Shop or exchanging Light Spheres at the Breakout Shop.

Story
''A rip in the spacetime continuum appears in the air before your very eyes. Disbelief leads to shock as a small shadow appears from the torn fabric of reality, prompting nearby clocks to go haywire. Timekeeper Cookie rides upon the Sonic Embroider, cruising along the waves of time in solitude. Existing within multiple points in spacetime, Timekeeper Cookie is both present and absent at once. Perhaps this power allows Timekeeper Cookie to evade the agents of the Time Balance Department (TBD) with such effortless ease. But is this too much power for a single Cookie? With but a snap, a Cookie's dough can instantly revert back into flour and sugar. With a single blink, even fallen kingdoms and shattered realms return to their former glory. This all-powerful chronokinetic seems to act on a whim, disregarding the dangers and risks of time travel. After plunging the world into disarray, the time-traveler watches events unfold with a sly smile. Is the power to control time a mere means to stave off boredom?''

One is not always born with their name.

Strategy
Upon release, Timekeeper Cookie was the first Cookie in the game to score more than 500 million points in Land's End. It was also a minor advantage that there was no need to raise a dedicated pet for sharing the Combi Pet of Croissant Cookie. The total base score for her Skill is also on the highest side at the time, and it earned its popularity for its extra utility of extending the duration of Power Jellies, Super Magnetism, Time Blinks and reduced Energy drain speed. Regardless of the score, players can take advantage of the distance with Time Blinks and slower Energy drain speed. While the interval between Skills is quite short, the amount of time being invincible is very long due to the increased Power Jelly duration so it's not difficult to control. However, the disadvantage is that their base score is lower than the other Legendary Cookies and reliance on Sorbet Shark Cookie. If you use her during release, 2 big potions are required for a final Skill activation, but their score was generally lower than Sorbet Shark under the same conditions before the latter's Energy nerf.

Eventually, as Epic Cookies' overall scores have been pushed back, she had some niche in Yeti's Ice Cream Mountain and Fun-Filled Cookieland, the latter with Dr. Wasabi Cookie as a relay, except during Breakout where she outclasses Wind Archer Cookie in most aspects.

On the Season 6 update, she was outclassed by Sea Fairy Cookie and occasionally appeared in niche combinations like with Magmabird and Scorpion Cookie relay at Crystal Pudding Mine, and with Emerald Golem and Popping Candy Cookie relay in Deep Crystal Pudding Cave. Their usage rate increased with consistent scores. One and a half month later, they were outscored by Lotus Dragon Cookie. Even that didn't stop Timekeeper Cookie from falling out of the meta due to her popularity and versatility as people found ways to use her in niche combinations like being a relay with Lotus Dragon Cookie as the lead with Cursed Goblet in Cozy Winter Village, still managing to stand out within 9 months from launch, a far cry from the 4 months that most Legendaries get to stay in the spotlight in.

But in the Save the Future! update, Timekeeper Cookie's cooldown was increased while her Energy drain speed during her Skill is increased to match the synergy with the Legendary Pet, reducing her general viability and the viability of her Combi with Cosmos Gear. On the flip side, she broke the record for the highest ranking combination in all maps in the Champions League with Continuum Cog after The Red Dragon's Valley map was modified to make the Hydrangea/Magmabird Combi less viable, and on January 19, the issue of Continuum Cog being too further away during Skill activation was fixed. She was also eventually outscored by later-released Legendaries like Lychee Dragon Cookie whose Combi Pet doesn't have the disadvantages of the burst-based recovery Skill of the Continuum Cog,  Fire Spirit Cookie and  Longan Dragon Cookie, still maintaining some utility on par with the Epic Cookie combis, except on maps where she collects all four Potions (with the exclusion of Happy Party World in where she could skip Blast Jellies to finish before the fourth Potion), mainly due to the Dragons being easier to invest in with Epic Combi Pets and possessing no Magic Candy. When Vagabond Cookie was released, she saw a bit more utility in that she can collect all four Potions to help with Vagabond's 39-second Skill cooldown and long Skill duration in the aforementioned Happy Party World. Due to her aging score output in Trophy Race, she eventually settled on the bottom of the leaderboards in two more maps, Fantastic Glass Labyrinth (with Avocado Cookie as a relay stopping at the section with obstacles and a Potion) and Endless Days of the TBD (which ironically can have her trial theme completely play throughout the second section of the map) before disappearing from the Best Combi leaderboards two weeks before Millennial Tree Cookie receives a buff in the form of a Magic Candy and a Combi Pet,  Millennial Jade Deer. However, she is still used in Lustrous Longan Palace as the first runner with either X-Tra Hot Turbo Engine or Perfect Treasure Map depending on the subsequent Cookies utilized (Cauliflower, then Candlelight and Ginseng or Bellflower Cookie with a frame-dependent last jump as second runner and Purple Yam Cookie as seventh runner with Lychee Dragon Cookie as the eighth with Turbo Engine, or Bellflower Cookie as a second runner and Churro or Licorice Cookie as the seventh runner with Ginseng Cookie as the eighth), and in Lost City of Sugarteara the eighth runner with Perfect Treasure Map.

General

 * Do you desire to change your past?
 * Speak your destination! The past? The future?
 * Tired of running? Want to become dough again?
 * What is the matter? Your problem was erased.
 * I can repair anything. Even time itself!
 * Wish to see a time rift?
 * Why change time? Because I can and it is fun.
 * The end justifies the means...!
 * Restore the kingdom? Quite a cinch, really.
 * Are you not curious about your future?

Tired

 * Not this future...

Daily Gift

 * Your future will require these.

Tap

 * When and why are you here?
 * The TBD is incompetent. They have no idea who I am!
 * Spontaneity... Music to my ears!
 * Where would you like to go, hmm?
 * All it will take is a mere snap...!
 * I have forgotten something... My past self does not remember.
 * The rusty haze of time rifts are quite cozy indeed.
 * Someone dropped a winding key into a time rift?

Gift
The following quotes are no longer attainable after the Magic Laboratory rework.
 * Maybe I'll put it on my hat! (Given Time Cog)
 * In this timeline? Why yes, I will need this! (Given Royal Golden Dough)
 * I knew you were going to give me this. (Neutral)

Gift

 * Reminds me of cogwheels found in time rifts. (Given Brown Sugar Crystal)
 * Who dropped this? I must find them! (Given Broken Key Fragment)

Relationship Chart

 * cookie0001_head.png GingerBrave: You were a meaningless variable in the future I saw... (Tension)
 * cookie0019_head.png Hero Cookie: There will come a time that we need your suit and engine. (Trust)
 * cookie0125_head.png Millennial Tree Cookie: I will become stronger! (Rival)
 * cookie0153_head.png Sandwich Cookie: Are you curious as to how many shops you will open? (Trust)
 * cookie0166_head.png Croissant Cookie: You will become stronger. Just like me. (Trust)
 * cookie0192_head.png String Gummy Cookie: Your future depends on your actions. (Friendly)
 * cookie0203_head.png Longan Dragon Cookie: No matter how far you turn back time, Cookies will eventually show up! (Tension)

Appears On Relationship Charts

 * cookie0001_head.png GingerBrave: You can't change time like that! (Tension)
 * cookie0003_head.png GingerBright: Why are you doing this to us!? (Tension)
 * cookie0002_head.png Strawberry Cookie: That was... scary... (Tension)
 * cookie0011_head.png Skater Cookie: That was dangerous! (Tension)
 * cookie0013_head.png Zombie Cookie: Cookie... chasing... SCARED! GRAAAGH! (Tension)
 * cookie0106_head.png Space Doughnut: Quoooo! Quo-du-doa! (Tension)
 * cookie0125_head.png Millennial Tree Cookie: The power of time is not to be used as such. (Tension)
 * cookie0166_head.png Croissant Cookie: I want to become as strong as you! (Admiration)
 * cookie0192_head.png String Gummy Cookie: I can't trust that smile. (Tension)
 * cookie0203_head.png Longan Dragon Cookie: A Cookie would not know all those long years. (Tension)

Updates

 * November 13, 2020
 * Added to the game.


 * January 1, 2022
 * This Cookie received a new Costume, cookie0167z01_head.png Ruler of the Ephemeral Flow.
 * Changed so that points are obtained even while pressing the Scissor button.
 * The Slide button will now instantly reappear after the points for the third Time Rift are obtained.
 * Added number indicator for remaining Time Blinks on the left side of the gauge.


 * January 14, 2022
 * Magic Candy added: After each time blink, a Magic Time Rune is drawn at the end of the distance traveled.
 * Increased cooldown time and faster Energy drain in wormholes.
 * Increased Cosmos Gear's combi point bonus for time rifts.
 * Time Blink Points increased.


 * February 14, 2022
 * Added to the Breakout Shop.

Trivia

 * Timekeeper Cookie is the future self of Croissant Cookie. However, the current Croissant Cookie has aimed to not become the same as her.
 * Timekeeper Cookie is the first instance of a Cookie having the same Pet as another Cookie, in this case, having Cosmos Gear, the same Pet as Croissant Cookie. Naturally, this is because they are the same Cookie in reality.
 * Timekeeper Cookie and Croissant Cookie are also the first Cookies to have two combi pets, Cosmos Gear and Continuum Cog, for the same reason.
 * Despite having a similar power to control time as Millennial Tree Cookie, albeit manufactured rather than always having it, Timekeeper Cookie sees him as a rival, wanting to become stronger than him. Millennial Tree Cookie, on the other hand, finds her to be misusing the power of time.
 * Timekeeper Cookie's Affection Jelly as well as Croissant Cookie's existence, proves that Cookies do not always start out having the same name, and they may change based on events in their life.
 * The Magic Time Rune created by Timekeeper Cookie's Magic Candy displays the current time the time blink has finished activating.