Cog Buildings

Cog Buildings are the daunting offices that plague the Streets of Toontown! Cog Buildings are created when a Cog enters a Toon building and takes it over. Each Cog Department has a unique style to the exterior of the building. More difficult Cog Buildings can be found in later Neighborhoods. Cogs are unable to take over Toon buildings that are used for the Main Taskline. Unlocking the Cog Radar in your Cog Gallery will allow you to see Cog Building locations on the street map. Hovering over the icon will show you how many floors that building has.

General Information

Cog Buildings can range from 1 story all the way up to 6 stories! The story count is indicated by the amount of circular lights above the elevator. Each story, or floor, houses a Cog battle with the possibility of more Cogs filtering in through the elevator. Toons will have to face more and more Cogs per floor as they progress through the building. Toons will enter through the boiler room, and fight their way up to the top floor. In the case of 5 and 6 Story buildings, the final floor will have Toons battle on the roof. After completing a floor, Toons will have 90 seconds to enter the elevator, taking them to the next floor. Failing to do so will have them teleported back to the Playground.

The building's story count is dependent on the level of Cog that created it.
Note: The tier of building determines the level range of Cogs spawned inside it.

Cog Building Spawns ‎
Cog Level	Story Spawned
Level 1	1 Story
Level 2	2 Story (Tier I)
Level 3	2 Story (Tier II)
Level 4	3 Story (Tier I)
Level 5	3 Story (Tier II)
Level 6	4 Story (Tier I)
Level 7	4 Story (Tier II)
Level 8	5 Story (Tier I)
Level 9	5 Story (Tier II)
Level 10	6 Story (Tier I)
Level 11	6 Story (Tier II)

Cogs
Cogs inside these offices range all the way from level 1 up to level 17 depending on how many floors the building is and the Neighborhood it is located in. There is always a "boss" in the final floor of a building, who has the highest level and is always an Executive Cog. The Cogs found inside a building are not affected by Cog Invasions.

Gag Experience
Gag experience given is equivalent to the total amount of floors in the building plus one (e.g. 1 story = 2x Gag XP, 6 story = 7x Gag XP). This multiplier is given throughout the entirety of the building. Gag experience in buildings is not affected by Cog Invasions.

Rewards
Defeating a building and saving its shopkeeper will reward some Jellybeans on top of the ones they get from defeating Cogs. The amount of beans you get increases the higher the building is. By defeating buildings, Toons can earn spots on the Toon Platoon if they defeat enough floors in certain time spans. Toons will also get a plaque of their name and face put up inside the building for rescuing it.

Merits
Defeating a Cog Building will award Merits for the department corresponding to the Cogs defeated (barring Boardbots who give 40% of all other Departments' Merits). Cog Buildings will have a Merit multiplier in accordance to the max floor of the Building (e.g. 5-story buildings have a multiplier of 5). Merits are not affected by Cog Invasions.

Total Floors	Gag XP Multiplier	Jellybean Average*	Bonus Jbs Reward	Merit Multiplier	Merit Average	Boardbot Average**
1	2x	~27	20	1x	~15	~5
2	3x	~57	40	2x	~65	~26
3	4x	~133	60	3x	~250	~100
4	5x	~225	80	4x	~550	~220
5	6x	~375-500	100	5x	~1100-1500	~440-600
6	7x	~940-1200	150	6x	~3100-4400	~1400-1640

* Jellybean Average only includes Jellybeans earned from defeating Cogs, not the reward bonus.
** Boardbot Average denotes the average amount of Merits gained from Boardbot Buildings. Boardbots give Sellbot, Cashbot, Lawbot, and Bossbot Merits at 40% effectiveness.

Neighborhood Differences

Cog buildings range in size, story count, and difficulty depending on which Neighborhood they are in. In Mezzo Melodyland, for example, you will only ever find buildings with 3 to 5 floors.
*Boss refers to the guaranteed executive Cog that spawns on the top floor.
**Level Pool is the total amount of levels of all Cogs in the building, excluding the boss. These values vary per building.

Neighborhood	Story	Cog Levels	Boss*	Level Pool**	Cog Amount	Max Bldgs per Street
Toontown Central	1	1 - 2	3.exe	~10	~8 Cogs	3
	2	2 - 3	4.exe	~23	~10 Cogs
	2	3 - 4	5.exe	~27	~9 Cogs
	3	4 - 6	7.exe	~57	~13 Cogs
Barnacle Boatyard	2	2 - 3	4.exe	~23	~10 Cogs	5
	2	3 - 4	5.exe	~27	~9 Cogs
	3	4 - 6	7.exe	~57	~13 Cogs
	3	5 - 7	8.exe	~65	~12 Cogs
Ye Olde Toontowne	2	3 - 4	5.exe	~27	~9 Cogs	6
	3	4 - 6	7.exe	~57	~13 Cogs
	3	5 - 7	8.exe	~65	~12 Cogs
	4	6 - 8	9.exe	~113	~17 Cogs
Daffodil Gardens	3	4 - 6	7.exe	~57	~13 Cogs	6
	3	5 - 7	8.exe	~65	~12 Cogs
	4	6 - 8	9.exe	~113	~17 Cogs
	4	7 - 9	10.exe	~115	~15 Cogs
Mezzo Melodyland	3	5 - 7	8.exe	~65	~12 Cogs	10
	4	6 - 8	9.exe	~113	~17 Cogs
	4	7 - 9	10.exe	~115	~15 Cogs
	5	8 - 12	13.exe	~187	~20 Cogs
The Brrrgh	4	6 - 8	9.exe	~113	~17 Cogs	10
	4	7 - 9	10.exe	~115	~15 Cogs
	5	8 - 12	13.exe	~187	~20 Cogs
	5	9 - 13	14.exe	~258	~24 Cogs
Acorn Acres	4	7 - 9	10.exe	~115	~15 Cogs	7
	5	8 - 12	13.exe	~187	~20 Cogs
	5	9 - 13	14.exe	~258	~24 Cogs
	6	10 - 15	16.exe	~503	~41 Cogs
Drowsy Dreamland	5	8 - 12	13.exe	~187	~20 Cogs	10
	5	9 - 13	14.exe	~258	~24 Cogs
	6	10 - 15	16.exe	~503	~41 Cogs
	6	11 - 16	17.exe	~620	~48 Cogs

Note: Server resets (e.g. updates, maintenance breaks) can mess with the spawning conditions of Cog Buildings, allowing certain stories/tiers to spawn in Neighborhoods they otherwise shouldn't.

Music

	Sellbot	Cashbot	Lawbot	Bossbot	Boardbot
Elevator
Floor 1
Floor 2
Floor 3
Floor 4
Floor 5
Final Floor
End of Floor

Version History

v1.10.0 BETA

Removed the "building visitation" behavior where a Cog from another department may occasionally visit another department's buildings.

v1.8.2 BETA

Based on community feedback, we have decided to temporarily put back the old Boardbot building music suite.

v1.7.1 BETA

Fixed an issue that was allowing the Cogs to take over taskline buildings with only Investigate ToonTasks associated with them.

v1.7.0 BETA

A new suite of Boardbot Cog building music has arrived!
All Toon buildings that are part of the main Taskline are now unable to be taken over by the Cogs.

v1.6.8 BETA

The Boardbots, in a desperate attempt to prove their worth to the Chairman and retain their jobs, are working overtime!
- Boardbots will show up more often in every aspect of Toontown, including in streets, buildings and even Cog HQs...?
  - Boardbots will visit other Departments' buildings more often.
This was only during The Director's Cuts Event. These changes would be reverted in v1.7.0.

v1.4.0 BETA

Cog Buildings no longer award double Merits when completed during a Cog invasion.

v1.3.2.5 BETA

Polished the visuals of the skybox while inside of Cog Buildings.
- The skybox in Drowsy Dreamland's building will no longer spin.

v1.3.1.14 BETA

Fixed a rare crash with Cog Buildings.

v1.3.1.7 BETA

Hovering over a Cog building icon from the street map will now show how many floors the building is.

v1.3.0.12 BETA

Decreased the spawn rates of Cog buildings [in Acorn Acres].

v1.3.0.8 BETA

Fixed a crash that could sometimes happen at the end of a Cog Building.

v1.3.0.3 BETA

Fixed a visual issue with Suits in Cog Buildings.

v1.3.0 BETA

Cogs outside of their relevant departments now have a very rare chance to spawn in Cog Buildings and Cog HQs.

v1.2.9.1 BETA

Fixed a bug where Cogs were not taking over as many buildings as intended.

v1.2.7.9 BETA

New Cog Building music has been introduced for Sellbots!
- Enjoy unique battle themes from floors one through five, a unique final round theme, an extended grace period theme, and some snazzy elevator tunes!

v1.2.7.8 BETA

New Cog Building music has been introduced for Cashbots!
- Enjoy unique battle themes from floors one through five, a unique final round theme, an extended grace period theme, and some snazzy elevator tunes!

v1.2.7.7 BETA

New Cog Building music has been introduced for Lawbots!
- Enjoy unique battle themes from floors one through five, a unique final round theme, an extended grace period theme, and some snazzy elevator tunes!

v1.2.7.6 BETA

New Cog Building music has been introduced for Bossbots!
- Enjoy unique battle themes from floors one through five, a unique final round theme, an extended grace period theme, and some snazzy elevator tunes!

v1.2.7.5 BETA

New Cog Building music has been introduced for Boardbots!
- Enjoy unique battle themes from floors one through five, a unique final round theme, an extended grace period theme, and some snazzy elevator tunes!

v1.2.6 BETA

Fixed a graphical bug related to lights flickering in Cog building elevators.

v1.2.5 BETA

Cog spawns have been reworked in buildings/bosses for greater variability in levels.
Gag XP in a Cog Building now uses the highest floor for its multiplier, rather than the floor you're currently on.
Various adjustments have been made to the Drowsy Dreamland skybox when in a Cog building.
Fixed the distortion as seen from the back of a Lawbot Cog building.

v1.2.1 BETA

Fixed an issue that would cause Cogs to walk out of Cog buildings that were not their department.

v1.2.0.3 BETA

Fixed an issue where Cogs would walk into Cog Buildings that did not match their department.

v1.2.0 BETA

Fixed some issues with Cog Building floor indicators showing the wrong floors.

v1.1.5 BETA

For the duration of the holiday, caroling Toon buildings cannot be taken over by the Cogs.
- This was during Toonsmas 2020.

v1.1.2 BETA

Fixed an issue preventing Con Artist Cog and Cog Building summons from working.

v1.1.1.1 BETA

Shop buildings used for Trick-or-Treat riddles are no longer capturable by the Cogs.

v1.1.0.15 BETA

Bosses of Cog Buildings are now always Executive.
Anchor Avenue can now spawn Cog Buildings properly.

v1.1.0 BETA

Toons will now receive notifications when a cog takes over a building they recovered.

v1.0.17 BETA

Potential fix for NPC Toons appearing in Cog Buildings.
Cog buildings and building locations are now accurately tracked on street maps.

v.1.0.15 BETA

Toons will now receive a bean gain animation when completing cog battles and buildings.

v1.0.13.3 BETA

Fixed issue with ToonTasks displaying misleading information when tasked to recover items from a cog building.

v1.0.9.7 BETA

Fixed the Skybox in Cog buildings.

v1.0.9.5 BETA

Fixed a bug with caroling in a Cog building.

v1.0.6 BETA

Cog Buildings in Ye Olde Toontowne now use the proper sky model for middle floors.

v1.0.3 BETA

Noble Nook and Wizard Way will now spawn Cog Buildings correctly.

v1.0.0 BETA [Game Release]

Cog buildings are no longer affected by invasions at all. Cog buildings now only spawn Cogs from that building's department. Cog buildings always have a 2x multiplier on top of the per floor multiplier. On the first floor there's a 2x multiplier, and on the last floor of a 6 story building, there's a 7x multiplier, which happens to be the max for Cog Buildings.
Cog buildings now go up to 6 stories as opposed to 5
Cog buildings give different jellybean reward amounts depending on the amount of stories.
These changes are in reference to Toontown Online.
[BUG] Cog buildings don't spawn on YOTT streets
[BUG] Buildings may spawn incorrectly on AA and DDL streets
[BUG] Cog buildings don't spawn on Wacky Way, Anchor Avenue, Sunflower Street, and Arctic Avenue.

Trivia

The name of a Cog Building is the same as the original Toon building's name followed by a business abbreviation.
- The abbreviation changes depending on the Cog department. Sellbots use "Co.," Cashbots "C.U.," Lawbots "Assoc.," Bossbots "Corp.," and Boardbots "Inc."
- If the Toon building doesn't have a name, it will just be called "COGS [abbrev.]"
The sky can be seen outside of windows on intermediate floors and on the roof at the top of 5 and 6 stories.
- Toontown Central, Barnacle Boatyard, Daffodil Gardens, The Brrrgh, and Acorn Acres all use the cloudy sky in Cog Buildings.
The statues on the top floor appear to resemble a Telemarketer with a buff suit and a Bottom Feeder prior to its redesign in v1.1.0.
Most End of Floor Themes can't be heard in full while in-game. This is due to there being only 90 seconds to enter the elevator.
- This is especially notable for the Cashbot and Lawbot themes which are both 115 seconds long.
Gag Builds cannot be adjusted during the intermission between floors, despite being able to access the Gag Track Training page of the Shtickerbook.
The Streets Wacky Way, Sunflower Street, and Arctic Avenue are bugged and cannot spawn Cog Buildings.
- The exception to this is after a server reset, where Cog Buildings can be found on them for a brief period of time.
The Major Player is credited as the composer for the Cog Building music, as seen in the descriptions of the Youtube releases and the 'Backstage Corporate Clash: Cog Building Music' blogpost.

Gallery

A Sellbot Cog Building
A Cashbot Cog Building
A Lawbot Cog Building
A Bossbot Cog Building
A Boardbot Cog Building
A memo from the Board of Employee Morale issuing new music for Cog Buildings. Taken from the 'A Sharp Change In Toon' blogpost.
The first floor of a Cog Building
The intermediate floors of a Cog Building
The top floor of a Cog Building
The top floor statues
The roof of a Cog Building
The 'boss' of a Cog Building
The intermediate floors in Ye Olde Toontowne
The intermediate floors in Mezzo Melodyland
The roof in Mezzo Melodyland
The intermediate floors in Drowsy Dreamland
The roof in Drowsy Dreamland
Cogs entering through the elevator
The exterior of a Cog Building seen while on the roof
Toon Plaques given for rescuing a building
Buildings shown on the street map