Clash of Clans Blog — Strategy, Progression and the Numbers Behind Them

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Updated: 18 September 2026

Longer pieces about playing Clash of Clans well. Where the wiki answers what something is and the tutorials answer how to do it, this is where we argue about what is worth doing — usually with the game's own numbers behind the argument.

What gets written here

Strategy, meaning which army to learn at your Town Hall and why, rather than a list of every army that exists.
Progression and decisions — what to upgrade first, what a Town Hall really costs, whether a purchase is worth making.
Numbers, summed from the game files rather than repeated from other sites. When we claim a total, the method is in the post.

What does not get written here: leaks presented as fact, and anything that needs you to already be good at the game to follow it.

Where to start

New to the game, or coming back after years away, start with starting Clash of Clans in 2026. Stuck rather than new, read why your account stalls. Curious how deep the well goes, we added up every upgrade in the game.

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Latest

The best TH11 attack strategy18 September 2026 — Town Hall 11 gives you 260 army camp space and a Grand Warden. Here are the armies that fit it exactly, what the game… The best TH12 attack strategy18 September 2026 — Town Hall 12 gives you 280 army camp space and your own Workshop. Here are the armies that fit exactly, which siege… The best TH13 attack strategy18 September 2026 — Town Hall 13 gives you 300 army camp space, the Royal Champion and a Scattershot to attack into. Here are the armies… Which hero equipment to upgrade first18 September 2026 — We summed the ore cost of all 43 hero equipment pieces from the game files. Every Common costs 27,260 Shiny Ore, every… Which pet goes on which hero18 September 2026 — All twelve Clash of Clans pets summed from the game files: 24.2 million dark elixir and 782 days in the Pet House. Here… Are Super Troops worth it?18 September 2026 — We compared all 17 Super Troops with their base troops at matched levels from the game files. Not one wins on damage… What a defence upgrade is actually worth18 September 2026 — We measured every defence upgrade in the game files by damage gained per builder-day. At Town Hall 8 it is 19 DPS a… Army camp space at every Town Hall18 September 2026 — Army camp capacity for every Town Hall in Clash of Clans, read from the game files: 20 housing space at TH1, 352 at… Which siege machine to use18 September 2026 — All nine Clash of Clans siege machines compared from the game files: hitpoints, damage, research cost and lab time.… Dark elixir is the real bottleneck18 September 2026 — A maxed Clash of Clans account needs about 100 million dark elixir. Three maxed drills produce 14,400 a day. We did the… How long it actually takes to max Clash of Clans16 September 2026 — We summed every upgrade in Clash of Clans' own game files. A maxed Town Hall 18 costs about 15.4 billion gold and over… Attack strategies by Town Hall16 September 2026 — Which attack strategy to learn at each Town Hall in Clash of Clans, what unlocks when, and why learning one army… Which hero to upgrade first16 September 2026 — Which Clash of Clans hero to upgrade first, with the real dark elixir and time costs of every hero from the game files… Every Town Hall ranked by what it really costs you16 September 2026 — Which Clash of Clans Town Hall is the biggest jump? We measured every level by the research and hero time it adds, not… Is the Gold Pass worth it?16 September 2026 — Whether the Clash of Clans Gold Pass is worth buying, who it actually pays off for, and the one habit that decides the… Hog Rider vs Miner vs Valkyrie16 September 2026 — A straight comparison of the Hog Rider, Miner and Valkyrie in Clash of Clans: housing space, what they target, what… Starting Clash of Clans in 202616 September 2026 — Whether it is worth starting Clash of Clans in 2026, what the game is actually like now after fourteen years, and what… Free-to-play Clash of Clans16 September 2026 — What a free-to-play Clash of Clans account gives up compared with a paying one, what money actually buys, and how to… Why your account stalls16 September 2026 — Ten reasons Clash of Clans accounts stop progressing — idle builders, an empty laboratory, rushed Town Halls — and the… The Clash of Clans glossary16 September 2026 — A plain-English Clash of Clans glossary: attacking terms, base-building jargon, clan and war vocabulary, and every…

Frequently asked

Is this official Supercell content?

No. This is independent fan writing and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by Supercell. For official announcements and support, use Supercell's own channels.

Where do the numbers in these posts come from?

They are summed from Clash of Clans' own game files, the same source the wiki stat tables are built from. Each post states its method, and the game version is printed under every table on the site.

Goblins Farm is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or specifically approved by Supercell. Clash of Clans is a trademark of Supercell Oy. This material is unofficial fan content produced under Supercell's Fan Content Policy. Game values change with every update; always verify in-game before committing an upgrade.