Legendary Topping Tarts are one of the biggest additions to Cookie Run: Kingdom’s equipment system, giving players a new way to improve their strongest Cookies beyond Epic Tarts. Unlike standard Topping Tarts, Legendary versions come with exclusive bonus effects, an upgrade system, and customizable abilities that can significantly improve your team’s performance. If you’re wondering how to unlock Legendary Topping Tarts, upgrade them efficiently, or avoid wasting valuable materials, this guide covers everything currently available.
What Are Legendary Topping Tarts?
Legendary Topping Tarts are upgraded versions of the existing Topping Tart equipment. While they retain the same main stat system as Epic Tarts, they introduce an additional Legendary bonus effect that can provide powerful combat buffs.
Some of these effects increase Attack, Damage Resistance, Critical Damage, Healing, or other valuable combat stats. There are also cosmetic bonuses, such as fireworks, although these don’t provide any gameplay advantage.
Because of these exclusive effects, Legendary Tarts are considered a significant upgrade for endgame players.
How to Get Legendary Topping Tarts
There are currently two primary methods for obtaining Legendary Topping Tarts.
1. Upgrade an Existing Epic Tart
The first method is promoting one of your Epic Topping Tarts into a Legendary version. However, promotion isn’t immediate. You’ll need special promotion materials known as Buttercream (or Whipping Cream, depending on localization), which are primarily earned from the Trials of the Nether Realm. Without enough of these materials, you won’t be able to promote your Epic Tart.
2. Open Legendary Tart Chests
The second option is opening Legendary Tart selection or random reward chests. Players may receive:
- Random Legendary Tarts
- Selection Chests that let you choose a specific Tart type
- Event rewards distributed during major updates
Keep in mind that Tarts obtained from these chests come with randomized stats, meaning some rolls will be much stronger than others.
Random Stats Matter
Every Legendary Tart comes with random base values.
For example:
- 11.9% is considered an excellent roll, sitting very close to the maximum possible value.
- Around 10% is generally considered usable.
- Rolls around 5% to 8% are much weaker and usually aren’t worth investing resources into.
If you receive a poor roll, it’s often better to dismantle it instead of upgrading.
Legendary Exclusive Effects
The biggest difference between Epic and Legendary Topping Tarts is the additional Legendary passive. Possible effects include:
- Attack Increase
- Damage Resistance
- Critical Damage Increase
- Damage Dealt to Cookies
- Damage Dealt to All Enemies
- Healing Given Increase
- Healing Received Increase
- HP Shield
- HP Recovery Over Time
- Max HP Increase
- Team Damage Increase at Battle Start
- Firework Cosmetic Effect
- Various size-related bonuses
Unlike the main Tart stats, these effects can be rerolled.
Can You Reroll Legendary Effects?
Yes.
Legendary bonus abilities can be changed by spending Tart Cores.
Each reroll costs additional resources, so it’s usually worth saving your materials until you know which effect your Cookie actually needs.
For example:
- Damage Resistance works well on tanks.
- Attack is ideal for damage dealers.
- Healing bonuses fit support Cookies.
- Team-wide buffs can benefit almost any composition.
Be Careful When Rerolling
One important detail is making sure you choose the correct confirmation option after rolling.
If you accidentally keep the wrong result or overwrite a better bonus, you’ll lose the resources spent on that reroll.
Always double-check before confirming your selection.
How Legendary Tart Upgrades Work
Legendary Tarts can be upgraded using Tart Cores.
Each successful enhancement:
- Increases the Tart’s Legendary bonus
- Raises its upgrade level
- Improves its effectiveness
However, every upgrade has a success rate.
As the enhancement level increases, the success chance becomes lower, making higher upgrade levels much more difficult to reach.
What Happens at +12?
Once your Legendary Tart reaches around +12, you’ll eventually need to decide whether you’re satisfied with the final bonus value.
If the upgraded stat ends up lower than expected, you may choose to reset and start upgrading again in hopes of obtaining a stronger result.
Because upgrade resources are limited, it’s generally recommended to save them for high-quality Tarts with excellent base rolls.
How to Get Tart Cores
Tart Cores are the main resource used for upgrading and rerolling Legendary Tarts.
Current methods include:
- Dismantling unwanted Legendary Tarts
- Completing Trials of the Nether Realm
- Purchasing materials from the Mine Workshop Shop
- Crafting Epic Tarts and dismantling unwanted results
If you receive several weak Legendary Tarts, dismantling them is usually the most efficient way to gather upgrade materials.
Should You Keep or Dismantle Legendary Tarts?
A simple rule can help determine which Tarts are worth keeping.
Keep if:
- Base stats are above roughly 10%.
- The Legendary bonus fits one of your main Cookies.
- You plan to upgrade it long-term.
Consider dismantling if:
- The base stat roll is very low.
- The Legendary effect isn’t useful.
- You already own a stronger version.
Dismantling returns Tart Cores that can be invested into better equipment later.
Best Strategy for Legendary Tarts
To maximize your resources, follow this approach:
- Save high-roll Legendary Tarts with strong base stats.
- Dismantle weak rolls to collect Tart Cores.
- Farm Trials of the Nether Realm regularly for Buttercream and upgrade materials.
- Upgrade only your best Tarts instead of spreading resources across multiple mediocre ones.
- Reroll Legendary bonuses until they match the Cookie using the Tart.
This strategy minimizes wasted resources while steadily improving your strongest team.
Legendary Topping Tarts add a deeper layer of progression to Cookie Run: Kingdom by combining randomized stats, unique passive bonuses, and an upgrade system. While obtaining the perfect Tart may take time, focusing on high-quality rolls and farming the necessary materials will make the process much more efficient.
For most players, the best long-term approach is to dismantle weaker Tarts, invest only in strong rolls, and gradually build a collection of optimized Legendary Tarts for your main Cookies. With careful resource management, these new upgrades can become one of the strongest power boosts available in the current version of the game.