Every Cookie Run: Braverse Set in Order: Release Timeline & Buying Guide

If you've tried to figure out the Cookie Run: Braverse release order, you've probably hit the same wall we did: set codes and card counts get reported inconsistently across retailers, wikis, and regional listings. Part of that is because the booster product names don't map cleanly onto the underlying set-code numbering, so it's easy to wind up with the sets in the wrong order.

There's a second reason, and it's the one that costs people money. The dates you'll find quoted for these sets - the ones this page used to quote too - come out of Devsisters' official card database, and they are not the dates the sets reached English shelves. The launch set misses by more than eight months.

So here's what this guide does: it lays out every booster set in order, on both calendars - the card-database wave date and, where there was one, the English street date - describes what each one added to the game, and is explicit about which details don't behave the way you'd expect. We'll keep this page updated as new sets land.

Every Braverse set in release order

Here's the full booster order, oldest to newest, current through July 2026. The third column is the date each card-number wave appeared in Devsisters' official English card database. The fourth is the date the set actually went on sale in English, and only five of the eight names have one.

The order is the same on both calendars, so if all you want is "which set came first," the table reads top to bottom either way. It's the gaps that catch people out.

One more quirk to know up front: the set codes you'll see online (BS1, BS3, BS5...) don't run as a tidy 1, 2, 3 sequence, because the card-number prefixes and the booster product names don't line up one-to-one. See the set-code map further down for why the codes look the way they do.

Why the English street dates are different

The short version is that the card database and the English shelf are tracking two different things, and this page previously quoted one while calling it the other.

Braverse launched in Korea in September 2023, per ICv2's June 2025 write-up of the game. The English version came much later: Devsisters put Brave Beginning into U.S. retail on July 11, 2025, exclusively through ACD Distribution, at 28 packs a display and 9 cards a pack. So the October 30, 2024 date in the database is not the Korean release or the English one - it's the day that wave of card numbers was created in the English card database, which is a records timestamp and nothing more.

The English line has also run at a slower cadence than the wave numbering suggests. ICv2's December 2025 lineup piece laid out four English boosters for the whole of 2026 - Arena of Glory on January 16, A Game of Truth and Deceit on March 27, plus one in Q3 and one in Q4 - and described that as double the previous year's rate. Two in 2025, four in 2026. Through July 2026 that's five English boosters against eleven card-number waves, which is why three of the eight names in the table above have never been a box you could buy in English.

If you're shopping rather than reading, that gap matters more than any of the dates: our TCGplayer set-name map shows where the cards from those three names actually sit in the marketplace.

Brave Beginning (the launch set)

Brave Beginning is where the game starts. Its card numbers were created in the English database on October 30, 2024, and it hit U.S. retail on July 11, 2025 - booster displays at 28 packs, 9 cards a pack, $97.72 on the box, alongside the original five color Starter Decks (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple) and a $64.95 starter display. It's the set that establishes the fundamentals: the five colors, the core Cookies, and the building blocks every later set expands on.

If you're starting out, this is the most "evergreen" set to understand because so much of the game's vocabulary lives here.

Age of Heroes and Kingdoms

Age of Heroes and Kingdoms is the March 13, 2025 database wave, and it reached U.S. shelves in the autumn of 2025 - ICv2 covered the U.S. release on October 13, 2025, noting displays that carry multiple box toppers including a Stormbringer promo pack with serialized cards. It expands the card pool with a heroes-and-kingdoms theme: a meaningful chunk of new cards for deck-builders across all five colors, and it's the set that introduced the Ancient keyword - the first big wave of Ancient Cookies, including Golden Cheese Cookie (BS3-025, Yellow) and White Lily Cookie (BS3-055, Green). This is also the largest booster in the game by card entries, which makes sense: it's actually two card-number waves (BS3 and BS4) sold under one product name, which is where a lot of the set-code confusion starts.

Operation Timeguard

Operation Timeguard is the June 8, 2025 database wave, and it's one of the three names that never became an English booster of its own. All 274 of its cards are in the official English card database; there was simply no box with that name on it. It's the set that introduced the Dragon keyword - a full color wheel of Dragon Cookies, one per color: Pitaya Dragon (BS5-013, Red), Ananas Dragon (BS5-040, Yellow), Longan Dragon (BS5-056, Green), Lotus Dragon (BS5-071, Blue), and Lychee Dragon Cookie (BS5-093, Purple). Each of those five is a Level 3 with 5 HP at Ultra Rare, and each ships with a matching support card (a Nest, Cave, or Orb). Like Age of Heroes, Timeguard is a two-wave booster - its cards carry both BS5 and BS6 numbers.

Arena of Glory

Arena of Glory is the September 4, 2025 database wave; in English it hit stores on January 16, 2026, per ICv2's 2026 lineup piece, alongside a wave of starter decks for all five colors. It's the most single-mindedly themed booster in the game: virtually every Cookie in it carries the Arena keyword. It's where you'll find the Arena versions of Cookies like Chili Pepper (BS7-013), Capsaicin (BS7-014), Kouign-Amann (BS7-035), and Dark Choco Cookie (BS7-067). Unlike the two boosters before it, Arena of Glory is a single-wave set - everything carries a BS7 number - which is part of why it's a smaller checklist than Age of Heroes or Operation Timeguard.

Land of Fire & Ruin, Realm of Apathy

Land of Fire & Ruin, Realm of Apathy is the October 28, 2025 database wave, and the second of the three names with no English booster of its own. It's still a landmark set for two reasons. First, it introduced the Beast keyword and the game's first EXTRA card type - a new category of Cookie that layers on top of your board. Second, it's home to a stacked lineup of marquee Cookies: Burning Spice (BS8-009, Red), Mystic Flour (BS8-059, Green, a 6-HP Level 3), Golden Cheese (BS8-027, Yellow), and Dark Cacao Cookie (BS8-104, Purple) all appear here as Ultra Rares with alt-art chase versions. This is the set where the "power creep" conversation really starts, and where the flashiest Secret-rarity chase cards live - see our rarities and collecting guide.

A Game of Truth and Deceit

A Game of Truth and Deceit is the January 29, 2026 database wave (BS9), and it hit English stores on March 27, 2026 with a second wave of starter decks. It's headlined by Shadow Milk Cookie, who is unusual: rather than existing in a single color, Shadow Milk shows up as an EXTRA Cookie across four colors here - BS9-010 (Red), BS9-030 (Yellow), BS9-055 (Green), and BS9-102 (Purple) - with Pure Vanilla Cookie (BS9-088) rounding out the Blue slot. Mechanically this is the FLIP-heavy set: it carries far more FLIP cards than the boosters around it, so it plays like a different machine than the Beast-and-Break-Area sets. For a deeper card-by-card read, see our best Truth and Deceit cards rundown.

Paradise of Passion & Sloth / Catacombs of Silence

Paradise of Passion & Sloth / Catacombs of Silence is the March 20, 2026 database wave - a twin-themed expansion (the slash in the name reflects its dual concept) that added cards across all five colors. It's the third and last of the names with no English booster of its own, so if you have been searching shops for a Paradise of Passion box, that's why nothing comes back.

The Dark Enchantress War (the newest set)

The Dark Enchantress War is the newest booster set (the BS11 wave, created in the database on May 27, 2026), and it went on sale in English on July 24, 2026 at 9 cards a pack, 28 packs a display, $111.72 on the box - built around the Dark Enchantress storyline. It's the most mechanically distinct set on the shelf: it introduced the BLACK color, an entirely new villain faction whose Cookies (led by Dark Enchantress Cookie, BS11-115) don't slot into the existing five-color wheel. It's also home to the single rarest card in the entire game - more on that in the rarities guide. As the freshest set, it's where the latest Secret-rarity chase Cookies are, and sealed product is most available right after release.

Which keyword each set introduced

One of the cleanest ways to understand Braverse's history is by the mechanic each booster brought to the table. The keyword rollout is remarkably tidy:

If you're trying to figure out what a given set is "about," this is usually a faster answer than the box art.

Card counts and chase-card ratios

People constantly ask how many cards are in each set, and the honest answer is: it depends on whether you count alternate-art printings. Every high-rarity card in Braverse has a plain base printing and a fancy alt-art Secret printing, and the official database lists those as separate entries. Counting those alt arts, here's roughly how the boosters stack up by total database entries and by how much of each set is chase-rarity (Secret, EXR, or GXR) treatment:

The takeaways: the two earliest boosters are the biggest because each bundles two card-number waves, and roughly one in five entries in any set is a chase-rarity alt art. That last number is why "completing" a set with the fancy versions is dramatically more expensive than assembling a playset of the base cards - the rarities and collecting guide breaks down how to do the latter without chasing the former.

The set-code map, decoded

Here's the thing about the set codes you'll see online (BS1, BS3, BS5, and so on): they do not run as a clean 1, 2, 3 sequence that matches booster names, because the first three boosters each contain two card-number waves. Once you see the actual mapping, the whole thing clicks:

So the "missing" numbers aren't missing at all: BS2 lives inside Brave Beginning, BS4 inside Age of Heroes, BS6 inside Operation Timeguard. From Arena of Glory (BS7) onward, each booster is a single prefix, so the codes finally track release order. Starter decks use their own ST1-ST10 numbering, and promo cards carry P or set-prefixed numbers with an @ suffix. If you ever need to check a specific card number or count, the official card database is the source of truth, and it's the same data we use to keep this page accurate.

Which set should you buy?

A practical buying order for different goals:

• Brand new and want to play? Start with a Starter Deck, not loose boosters. You get a full deck immediately. There are ten to choose from now: the original five color decks, plus five newer named decks (Flames of Immortality, Tree of Life, Guardian Winds, Seas of Fate, and Glorious Moonlight).
• Ready to upgrade your deck? Buy singles or packs from the most recent set your color is supported in - newer sets are easiest to find sealed and keep your collection current.
• Collecting the chase cards? The newest set (currently The Dark Enchantress War) is where the freshest Secret-rarity Cookies are, and sealed product is most available right after release.
• Shopping by set name? Check the name is one you can actually buy first. Three of the eight above - Operation Timeguard, Land of Fire & Ruin, and Paradise of Passion & Sloth - were never English boxes, and our TCGplayer set-name map shows which set those cards are filed under instead.

Whatever you buy, pair it with our deck-building basics so your new cards actually make your deck better, and check how to play if you're still learning the ropes.