In Cookie Run Kingdom, nothing feels quite like showing up on the Hall of Fame leaderboard, especially when your name gets locked into seasonal history as a top player. Most players want that, on top of just getting through the story. That's exactly why this guide ranks every cookie from best to worst, so you always know who's worth running in competitive modes and who'll carry you through the rest of the game.
Updated on May 9, 2026, by Somiya Adrees: There are literally over 170 cookies in this cute Korean strategy mobile game, including the adorable Huntrix. Below, you’ll find all of these cookies ranked in a table (yes, we separated Arena and story-run cookies for you). It’s followed by a best-cookie section that we updated with characters that are ideal for any mode.
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Cookie Run Kingdom Tier List
Here's a quick summary of the CRK tier list:
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Tier Ranking |
All PvP Cookies |
All PvE Cookies |
|---|---|---|
|
SS-Tier |
White Lily (Dawnbringer) Pure Vanilla (Compassionate) Millennial Tree Sugar Swan Timekeeper Doughael |
Dark Cacao (Dragon Lord) Golden Cheese (Immortal) Hollyberry |
|
S-Tier |
Marshmallow Bunny Pom-pom Dough Cream Ferret Rebel Financier Icicle Yeti Snapdragon |
Rockstar Green Tea Mousse Sherbet |
|
A-Tier |
Camelia Black Pearl Capsaicin Wildberry Blueberry Pie Stardust Charcoal Creme Brulee Nutmeg Tiger Shining Glitter |
Knight Dark Choco Glinda Vampire Latte Captain Caviar Milky Way Silver Bell Peppermint Parfait Jagae Manju Grapefruit |
|
B-Tier |
Tea Knight Ash Salt Sorbet Smoked Cheese Kouign Amann Caramel Choux Linzer Mango Pudding a la Mode Cloud Haete Space Doughnut Choco Drizzle Menthol Seltzer Black Raisin Chess Choco |
Black Sapphire Mercurial Knight Elphaba Herb Mozzarella Pinecone Clotted Cream Purple Yam Black Lemonade Frilled Jellyfish Madelein Squid Ink Lime Espresso |
|
C-Tier |
Golden Osmanthus Pomegranate Sparkling Custard Milk Snow Sugar Mint Choco Tarte Tatin Royal Margarine Red Velvet Carol Red Osmanthus Kumiho Rye Oyster Mala Sauce Schwarzwalder |
Affogato Clover Licorice Macaron Lilac Raspberry Almond Cotton Pumpkin Pie Butter Roll Cocoa Pastry Okchun Werewolf BTS Cookies |
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D-Tier |
Gingerbrave Poison Mushroom Muscle Angel Princess Cherry Sonic Tails Candy Diver Matcha Chili Pepper Street Urchin |
Carrot Onion Beet Alchemist Devil Strawberry Pancake Adventurer Moon Rabbit Blackberry Gumball Tiger Lily Wizard Olive Prophet Avocado Ninja Fig |
Best Cookies in Cookie Run Kingdom
Below are some of the best SS-tier units to use in CRK. Make sure to max them out and build them with fitting stats to bring out their full strength. They dominate their individual classes, whether it’s ambush, defense, magic, or something else, so you’ll definitely want to pull them and add them to your team.
Dark Enchantress Cookie
Dark Enchantress Cookie is one of the tankiest units in Cookie Run Kingdom right now, and she’s been tearing through combat stages with ease. She’s also been a consistent top-tier Arena pick since the Rushing Fate season and has carried that form right into the current Rewound Glory season.
We have personally tested her in both PvE and PvP runs. While in PvE, she performs smoothly against bosses and mobs, she is super strong in PvP content, particularly when left with cookies like Mold Dough and Venom Dough Cookie.
Eternal Sugar Cookie
There are so many amazing abilities on Eternal Sugar Cookie, but one standout is her power to shackle rivals in the warzone for a bit, making them useless and thus turning her into an exceptional character for every mode.
She’s a Bomber type and holds a spot in the middle lane, and her presence in a match can definitely strike fear into the enemy team. Eternal Sugar is an OP fragger with pretty crazy damage output and has been part of many top 500 Arena teams over the past several seasons.
Shadow Milk Cookie
Shadow Milk Cookie may not be ruling the PvP meta right now, but he’s still an incredibly strong Cookie who has refused to leave the top three Hall of Fame spots for a long time. It’s a magic-type character that takes the middle position in combat and deals massive damage to opponents using its skills based on trickery and deception.
The puppets it spawns act as sidekicks, steadily chipping away at enemy HP. After being defeated, Shadow Milk can revive with decent health, making the battlefield even tougher for foes.
White Lily Cookie (Dawnbringer Form)
White Lily’s awakened form is truly strong. She’s a bomber cookie that uses the Grass element for her attacks and stands in the middle row. With her bomber skill set, she can trap enemies in her vines, preventing them from using attacks for a while.
She also has solid DPS and can remove negative debuffs from your squad. In certain PvP builds, she can be used in place of Pure Vanilla Cookie and support the whole team with constant healing, survivability, and tankiness, which the King of the Vanilla Kingdom somewhat lacks.
Silent Salt Cookie
Being the final Beast Cookie from the Ambush type, Silent Salt has become a solid unit for PvP teams (and PvE grounds, too). Its signature Lunar Slash skill can shake the opponent’s lineup with ease.
As a vanguard, it targets the cookies with the highest ATK one by one on the enemy side and delivers heavy damage. He’s a serious game-changer for your squad and can especially replace Eternal Sugar Cookie in Arena decks if you do not have her.
Hollyberry Cookie (Aegis Form)
Both versions of Hollyberry are extremely useful in PvE fights; however, for PvP specifically, you’ll want to pick Hollyberry Aegis. She’s a cookie responsible for defense and always leads the group.
She's excellent at safeguarding the squad from critical hits, ults, and debuffs. She can even buff friends and make the DMG resistant for a few seconds.
Doughael Cookie
Even as a Super Epic, Doughael has proven to be an incredibly reliable healer in Cookie Run Kingdom. Whether it's blocking attacks from rivals, clearing debuffs, increasing HP, or buffing skills, it handles everything and just does its job too well.
This cookie picks one friend and increases their ATK and DEF. If that groupmate gets knocked out, Doughael absorbs those stats and passes them to the next one with even more power. But it falls, it goes out by giving huge buffs and turning its ally into a beast.