Archer Tower/Home Village

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TH12 Update

For the Builder Base building with the same name, see Archer Tower/Builder Base.

"Archer Towers have much longer range than Cannons, and unlike Cannons they can attack flying enemies."

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Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8
Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14	Level 15	Level 16

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8
Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14	Level 15	Level 16

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• Summary
  • Archer Towers are a single target defense in the Home Village.
  • Archer Towers are extremely versatile structures. They are able to target both Ground and Air Units, and they have excellent range. This versatility means that they should form the cornerstone of every player's defense.
  • Starting from level 10, an Archer Tower can be geared up by the Master Builder if he is available and at least one Archer Tower in the Builder Base is upgraded to level 6. This gives the Archer Tower a "Fast Attack" mode, which increases its damage output at the expense of its range, like the Archer Towers in Builder Base.

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• Defensive Strategy
  • Archer Towers can target both Ground and Air Units at an amazing distance. Therefore, it is generally a good idea to place them on the outer perimeter of the village. Doing so allows players to capitalize on the excellent range and provides good coverage for the rest of the defenses.
  • As Archer Towers have the ability to target both Ground and Air Units, a good strategy would be to place all of the other defenses within range of at least one Archer Tower.
  • It is typically a good idea to upgrade Archer Towers before you upgrade Cannons. Although they are more expensive and take longer to upgrade than similar-level Cannons, Archer Towers have more range and can target air units as well as ground units.
  • It is typically wise to put an Archer Tower near a Cannon or Mortar due to the fact that neither of these two defenses can target air units.
• Offensive Strategy
  • Their ability to target both Ground and Air Units makes Archer Towers formidable defenders. However, Archer Towers are only able to damage one unit at a time. This makes it very easy to overwhelm them with large groups of Archers or Barbarians.
  • When deploying only a few Balloons, it is advisable to keep them away from an Archer Tower, as their slow movement speed makes them an easy target. However, Balloons deployed in large numbers will quickly destroy an Archer Tower while only losing one or two Balloons. After the Archer Towers (and Air Defenses) are taken out, the Balloons will proceed to destroy the rest of the village (although Wizard Towers and time can still be a problem). You can also place a group of Archers (around 15-25) and let them do the work.
  • The best choices for attack are high health troops combined with low health, high attack Troops, as the high health troops will soak up all the damage, leaving the low health ones to attack.

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• Upgrade Differences
  • Archer Towers undergo significant visual changes at levels 6, 11,12, 13, 14 and 15.
    • When initially constructed, the Archer Tower has an open wooden lattice supporting a flat wooden platform; an exterior wooden ladder leads from the ground to the platform level. From levels 2 through 5, the lattice structure and wooden platform both receive additional reinforcement.
    • At level 2, the Archer Tower gets 4 short posts on the top and the wood gets thicker. The ladder also moves to the left.
    • At level 3, the Archer Tower gets gray stone paddings on the legs and the short posts connect each other on the platform. The ladder moves back to the middle.
    • At level 4, the Archer Tower has the paddings turn into supports and a small green flag is added under the platform. The wood slightly changes color and the ladder is now to the right.
    • At level 5, the Archer Tower gets a solid stone base which connects each support with the ladder moving to the left.
    • At level 6, the lattice supports and ladder are removed, and solid vertical supports are added. The wooden platform receives stone battlements and the green flag is extended to cover the interior.
    • At level 7, the stone battlements around the platform are reinforced and the solid stone base is taller to completely obscure the interior.
    • At level 8, the Archer Tower receives metal braces at the bottom of each leg.
    • At level 9, the Archer Tower's flags get shorter to reveal the interior again and the metal on each leg turns into spikes.
    • At level 10, the flags get larger again, golden plates get placed around the whole tower and the wooden supports gets darker.
    • At level 11, the color scheme completely changes as all the wood is replaced with dark iron, and the battlements receive dark iron shields on each corner with stone skulls in between them. The flag changes from green to orange.
    • At level 12, the tower gains golden guard shields on its bottom and golden spikes all over it with silver corners at the top. The flag is replaced with spikes and the battlement walls become highly polished metal. The archers shoot with fire arrows. The planks where the Archers stand also switch directions.
    • At level 13, the 3 golden guard shields fuse together into 2, becoming thicker and the silver plating on the top becomes golden instead. The plating the lower spikes are attached to become a deep crimson, and the corner shields themselves turn red. The tower also gains a gold colored base at each leg and a lighter hue on the wood on top. The interior of the tower glows red.
    • At level 14, the corner pieces turn white and now sport golden spikes, with golden chains connecting them both. The battlements themselves become bronze. Large golden spikes replace the smaller spiked braces, and the base is reinforced by a stone lining.
    • At level 15, the foundations of the tower become a two-toned smooth concrete-like material. The spikes on the foundations and the chains hanging from the battlement walls disappear, and the corner pieces become black stone with slightly smaller spikes.
  • The number of and apparent level of the Archers atop the tower also change with level.
    • When first constructed, the Archer Tower has two Archers on its platform, with the appearance of a level 1 (or 2) Archer, and shoots normal arrows.
    • At level 4, they shoot flaming arrows until the Archer Tower is level 7.
    • At level 5, the Archers' appearance changes to that of a level 3 (or 4) Archer.
    • At level 7, a third Archer appears, and they start shooting purple arrows (until level 11).
    • At level 8, the Archers' appearance changes to that of a level 5 Archer.
    • At level 10, the Archers' arrows begin to explode on impact.
    • At level 11, the Archers' appearance changes to that of a level 6 Archer and they shoot flaming arrows.
    • At level 13, the Archers' appearance changes to that of a level 7 Archer. The arrows they shoot are flaming reddish-pink.
  • Gearing up the Archer Tower will remove, relocate or trim most of the footings to a shape perpendicular to the floor, ostensibly to allow the tower to be lowered. On certain levels it will also center the Archer Tower inside the grass plot on which it stands (un-geared Archer Towers are often a bit behind the center of the plot).

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• Trivia
  • You don't need to train an Archer to have the Archer Tower, nor do you need to unlock the Archer in your Barracks. Any upgrades to Archers you have completed in your Laboratory have no effect on the Archer Tower whatsoever.
  • The Archer Tower is the first defense that you unlock that can attack air troops.
  • The number of Archers atop the tower is purely aesthetic. Archer Towers with three Archers at the top have the same range and rate of fire as towers with only two Archers at the top. Ironically, nor does Gearing Up the Archer Tower change the number of Archers atop it.
  • The Archer Tower is one of the three defenses that has Troops on the top of it, the other two being the Wizard Tower and the Bomb Tower.
  • When upgrading, the tower appears in the war base as the previous level, with no Archer on top, although it is completely functional. (The same also holds true for Wizard Towers.)
  • Even though you cannot upgrade Archers to level 5 until you upgrade your Laboratory to level 6 (which requires a level 8 Town Hall), the Archers atop a level 8 Archer Tower (the max level for Town Hall 7) resemble level 5 Archers.
  • A geared up level 16 Archer Tower in fast attack mode will deal the highest consistent DPS (260) out of all defensive structures that can target ground and air troops.
  • A player can build up to eight Archer Towers, which outnumbers any other defenses (not counting Walls).
  • The Cannon and the Archer Tower are able to be upgraded to the highest level, which is level 16.

Icon Descriptions

	Tapping this icon displays information about the Archer Tower, such as Level, Damage Per Second, Hitpoints, Range, Damage Type and Targets.
	Tapping this icon begins upgrading the Archer Tower to the next level, if you have enough resources and a free Builder (or B.O.B). When the Archer Tower is at maximum level, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon instantly upgrades the Archer Tower to the next level, at the cost of one Hammer of Building if you have one. When the Archer Tower is at maximum level, or if the Town Hall requirements for the next level are not met, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of the displayed number of Gems.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Building. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Building.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, instantly finishes that upgrade at the cost of one Book of Everything. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Book of Everything but do not have a Book of Building.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, boosts all your Builders for 1 hour by a factor of ten, at the cost of one Builder Potion. This icon is only shown if you have at least one Builder Potion.
	Tapping this icon, which is displayed only while an upgrade is in progress, cancels the current upgrade and refunds half of the upgrade cost.
	Tapping this icon gears up the Archer Tower, if you have upgraded it enough to do so, have enough resources and a free Master Builder. If any Archer Tower is already geared up, this icon will not appear.
	This icon informs you that the Archer Tower cannot be geared up because it is insufficiently upgraded. Tapping this icon will tell you the required level to gear up this Archer Tower. If any Archer Tower is already geared up, this icon will not appear.

Town Hall Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Number Available	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	5
Town Hall Level	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Number Available	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8

Size
3x3

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Town Hall Level Required
1	11	5.5	380	1,000	1 minute	7	2
2	15	7.5	420	2,000	30 minutes	42	2
3	19	9.5	460	5,000	45 minutes	51	3
4	25	12.5	500	20,000	3 hours	120	4
5	30	15	540	80,000	8 hours	207	5
6	35	17.5	580	180,000	12 hours	293	5
7	42	21	630	360,000	1.5 days	415	6
8	48	24	690	720,000	2 days	509	7
9	56	28	750	1,000,000	2.5 days	587	8
10	65	32.5	810	2,000,000	3 days	657	8
11	75	37.5	890	3,500,000	3.5 days	720	9
12	83	41.5	970	5,000,000	4 days	777	10
13	92	46	1,050	6,500,000	5 days	831	10
14	108	54	1,130	8,000,000	6 days	881	11
15	120	60	1,230	9,500,000	8 days	929	11
16	134	67	1,330	11,000,000	11 days	974	12

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Town Hall Level Required
1	N/A	N/A	380	1,000	1 minute	7	2
2	N/A	N/A	420	2,000	30 minutes	42	2
3	N/A	N/A	460	5,000	45 minutes	51	3
4	N/A	N/A	500	20,000	4 hours	120	4
5	N/A	N/A	540	80,000	12 hours	207	5
6	N/A	N/A	580	180,000	1 day	293	5
7	N/A	N/A	630	360,000	2 days	415	6
8	N/A	N/A	690	720,000	3 days	509	7
9	N/A	N/A	750	1,000,000	4 days	587	8
10	130	32.5	810	2,000,000	5 days	657	8
11	150	37.5	890	3,500,000	6 days	720	9
12	172	43	970	5,000,000	7 days	777	10
13	196	49	1,050	6,500,000	8 days	831	10
14	220	55	1,130	8,000,000	9 days	881	11
15	240	60	1,230	9,500,000	10 days	929	11
16	260	65	1,330	11,000,000	11 days	974	12

Gear Up Cost	Gear Up Time	Home Village Archer Tower Level Required	Builder Base Archer Tower Level Required
4,000,000	7 days	10	6

Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Unit Type Targeted
10	0.5s	Single Target	Ground & Air

Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Unit Type Targeted
7	0.25s	Single Target	Ground & Air

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