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 release of 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 reaching 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 give Grassleaf Coins, and running with a bonus list cookie, which provides a bonus to the amount of Grassleaf Coins you earn. 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.

Master Mode
Completing all 3 of a stage's missions unlocks Master Mode for that stage. In Master Mode, Cookie, Pet, and Treasure effects are unavailable, and falling into a hole or colliding with an obstacle will end the run. However, your Energy will not drain. There are 3 missions in Master Mode. The main mission is to reach the end of the level, while the two sub mission involve reaching a specific score. Once you've completed all three missions, your scores have a chance to get into the Hall of Fame.

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

Story - The Truth of the City
The story begins in the Dessert Paradise, where we are introduced to the Cookiemals. 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 arrive at the Millennial Temple, which they are unfamiliar with. Choco Ring Lion wants to explore the building they see, but Buttershell Fox mentions that they should follow Windcatcher, who has continued to fly away.

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

The Cookiemals escape to the Altar of Starlight, where they find a great statue with antlers. Choco Ring Lion assumes that it's someone important, representing 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 the location is some sort of altar, while Buttershell Fox says that it might be a temple. The Cookiemals agree that the statue must represent someone who protects the temple, and thus might know Wind Archer.

They enter the Golden Cradle, where Maple Panda comments on the abundance of murals. Choco Ring Lion points out a large mural of small Cookies praying to a giant Cookie with antlers; Maple Panda notes that the giant Cookie looks similar to the statue, and wonders if the temple is theirs. Buttershell Fox worries that they might get kicked out; Choco Ring Lion 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; the Cookiemals rush forward to greet him, asking him about where they are. The Cookie is initially wary of the intruders, first accusing them of desecrating the place. Maple Panda quickly answers that they entered the temple to run away from Wind Archer. Not recognizing Wind Archer's name, the Cookie mentions that someone has ruined the temple grounds, then introduces 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 eventually agrees to.

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", the tribe's protector; he says that although the Tree has gone to where he is needed, his legends live on and his spirit remains. Maple Panda then asks about the "shiny thing" on Churro's wrist; Churro answers that it is a warrior's gauntlet, an artifact bestowed by the Tree that can call nature spirits 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 come from might be the same as the paradise 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 the mural shows the mystical animals of lore, leaving the Cookiemals open to believe that they are the mystical animals depicted. Buttershell Fox doubts this idea since they'd never been to the City before, but Choco Ring Lion believes that maybe they'd been there long ago and simply 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, they discover that all the villagers are trapped within the tree. Churro Cookie wonders if he was the only one of his tribe who was able to awaken. Maple Panda attempts to find anyone else who might be awake, while Choco Ring Lion fails to wake them 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 object stuck on Wind Archer's forehead, and wonder that perhaps someone as strong as Wind Archer must have put it there. Someone as strong as the Tree in the legend.

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 perhaps even save Wind Archer, so they ask Churro where he'd first gotten his gauntlet.

They enter 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 in that moment, Churro attempts to find a trace of the Tree's 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, half-believing that this might all be the Tree's doing, before an arrow is shot straight at him. Thankfully, it missed because of the Cookiemals. Churro decides that he will fight Wind Archer without the Tree's powers, only for his gauntlets to glow and erase the arrows. Seeing that the Tree's blessing is with them, Churro and the Cookiemals 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, 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 place near the 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 the situation; 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".
 * Maple Panda Cookie refers to Buttershell Fox Cookie as "Vixey" and Choco Ring Lion Cookie as "Cubby" as nicknames.