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The Silent Salt Cookie has finally been introduced in Cookie Run: Kingdom, bringing one of the most intense story updates yet. While White Lily’s revival might be close, players probably won’t see Silent Salt leave the regular arena teams anytime soon.
If you’re lucky enough to have this powerful character, you’ll want to optimize his stats to make sure he’s as dangerous as possible. Here’s the best way to build the new arena master in Cookie Run: Kingdom.
Best Toppings for Silent Salt Cookie
Resonant Chocolates Enable Repeated Silencing
When Silent Salt uses his “End of Silence” skill, he summons his steed, Nox Black Salt. Using the power of an eclipse, he puts enemies into “Silence Eternal,” causing damage and stopping their special abilities for a few seconds. Then he charges ahead on Nox Black Salt, dealing high damage to all opponents.
At the battle’s start, Silent Salt applies “Fury of the Catacombs” to the enemy with the highest attack—unless that enemy is a protected cookie like Marshmallow Bunny. Fury stacks over time, eventually inflicting “Punishment,” which causes more damage and allows Silent Salt to bypass some damage resistance. When that enemy is defeated, “Punishment” transfers to the next high-attack enemy.
If his team’s health drops below 70%, the top seven high-attack enemies get hit with “Wrath of the Catacomb,” activating “Silent Demise,” which amplifies Punishment’s effects.
Note: Silent Salt Cookie’s Forsaken Freedom skill grants immunity to cooldown reduction effects. If affected by cooldown-increasing or freezing effects, he gains an HP shield, damage resistance, and cooldown recovery bonuses, making him tough to take down in long fights.
Best Toppings:
The top option is chocolates. These reduce his cooldown time, allowing him to silence enemies quickly and repeatedly, giving his team a big advantage. This setup works especially well with damage-dealer cookies like Shadow Milk, because multiple abilities can be used before enemies can counterattack.
I’ve had great success with a team featuring Silent Salt, Shadow Milk, Eternal Sugar, and Doughhael. Aim for resonant toppings combined with a regular epic swift chocolate topping tart for optimal results.
Best Beascuits for Silent Salt Cookie
You Have More Choices Than Usual with His Dual Element
Silent Salt, being an ambush cookie similar to Choco Drizzle Cookie, benefits greatly from a legendary crispy beascuit. He is the first beast cookie with dual elements—steel and dark—meaning he can use either a steel beascuit or a dark one.
Both options are good for boosting his damage. You can get these beascuits from past Beast-Yeast episodes, as he shares the dark element with Dark Cacao and the steel element with Hollyberry Cookie.
Since Silent Salt is primarily a damage dealer, he benefits from building his offensive stats with a beascuit. Focus on stats like Attack, Elemental Attack, Damage Resistance Bypass, or Cooldown if you choose a different topping setup. It’s also wise to give him some extra damage resistance because he’s a front-line cookie despite being an ambush type.
Using a beascuit helps reduce his base cooldown timer of 14 seconds, allowing him to keep silencing enemies nonstop and maximizes his offensive potential in Cookie Run: Kingdom.