Shields



"This shield will prevent all attacks on your village for a limited time. If you buy more than one shield, their durations are added up. Attacking other players will remove your shield."

What are Shields?
 * Shields are a temporary period of safety from enemy attacks. While under the protection of the shield, other players will not be able to attack your village. At the start of the game, each player begins with a 3-day shield; after that shield expires additional shields are gained in one of two ways:
 * Automatically after being the victim of a successful Raid (40% and above or Town Hall destroyed).
 * Purchased with Gems.
 * You will lose all of your shield, even if it's purchased with Gems, regardless of remaining time if you decide to attack another player. If you currently have a shield and attempt to begin a multiplayer battle via the "Find a Match" screen, you will get the message "Shield is active -- Attacking other players will disable your shield, and other players will be able to attack you. Are you sure?" If you click "Okay," your shield will be removed regardless of whether you actually initiate the attack.
 * If you have a shield and attempt to use the "Revenge" feature within the battle log, you will not break your shield until you confirm the attack via the "Shield is active -- Attacking other players will disable your shield" message and actually visit the village through the clouds (i.e. if your opponent is online, has a shield of their own or their village is under attack, you will not lose your shield).
 * Attacking in the Single Player Campaign or Clan Wars will not remove your shield.

Automatic Shields
 * Upon being successfully raided, you will be granted a temporary shield from attacks. This is to prevent farming and rapid loss of Trophies and/or Resources. When 40% of your village or your Town Hall is destroyed in a raid, you will get a 12-hour shield. When 90% or more buildings are destroyed you will get a 16-hour shield instead (these two shields cannot be stacked together).
 * You get a free shield courtesy of Supercell, during and after a maintenance break, for a short period of time.
 * Note that you do not necessarily have to lose a battle to gain a shield; if your opponent destroys between 40% and 49% of your village without destroying your Town Hall, you will gain a shield as well as a defensive victory.
 * When you start playing the game you get a free 3-day shield, which you should use to get started.
 * Your 3-day shield is a good time to upgrade your Buildings.

Buying Shields
 * If you choose, there is an option to buy shields from the shop for Gems. There are 3 options to choose from. The available options are visually depicted at the top of this page.
 * Purchased shields have a cooldown period. This was added to keep people from staying shielded indefinitely by continuously buying shields.
 * If you purchase a shield while you have one (of any source) currently active, the purchased shield time is added to your current shield time.
 * If you purchase all three shields simultaneously, you will be able to re-purchase a second two-day shield and two additional one-day shields before the end of your shielded period, as the cooldown period on the shorter shields will have expired. This way, the maximum continuously shielded period available via purchase is 14 days ([day 1] 1+2+7 + [day 6] 1 + [day 11] 1+2). This 14-day shielded period can be purchased every 35 days (the time it takes for the 7-day shield cooldown to reset). Note that if you execute this during a 16-hour shield received from a 90%+ attack or a 12-hour shield received from a 40%+ attack, you can actually increase your total shielded time to a maximum of 14 days, 16 hours, or 14 days, 12 hours, respectively. Also, if you do this during the three-day shield you get when you start the game, you can have a maximum of 17 days on your shield, which, again, can be executed thirty-five days from your purchase of the one-week shield, or eighteen days after the cycle is complete, but it will only last for 14 days (and maybe an additional 12/16 hours).
 * Continually buying each shield as soon as its cooldown has expired will result in an average of 21 shielded days every 35-day period (60%), although this will vary from period to period (22 the first, 20 the second, 22 the third, etc.) because the 2-day shield's cooldown will only line up with the 7-day shield's cooldown every other period.
 * If two additional shields of any duration are ever added (with standard cooldown times), it will be possible to stay shielded indefinitely.

Shield Cooldown Time
 * Every purchased shield has a cooldown time; the longer the shield lasts, the longer the cooldown period.
 * The cooldown period is calculated by multiplying the number of shield days by 5. For example, the 1-day shield has a 5-day cooldown, the 2-day shield has a 10-day cooldown, and the one-week shield has a 35-day cooldown.
 * Flammy: I love free shields(Link to YouTube vid).