Firecrackers

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For the similar defenses in Home Village and Clan Capital, see Air Defense and Rapid Rockets.

For the troop with a similar name, see Firecracker.

“Keep flying pests away with flurries of small rockets! It's like a bug zapper, but prettier.”

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Level 1

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Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Level 9

Level 10

Summary

• Firecrackers are anti-air defenses in the Builder Base. They are the Builder Base version of the Air Defense that are unlocked at Builder Hall level 3. Like the Air Defense, they attack flying units; however, they are slightly less powerful while also being slightly smaller, covering a 2×2 space.
• Firecrackers can only target and shoot one air troop at a time. However, it attacks 3 times in a burst every time it fires.
• They cannot harm ground-based units, or interfere with them in any way other than potentially distracting them from attacking a more valuable target (e.g., the Builder Hall).

Strategies

Defensive Strategies

• Firecrackers have an excellent range and a high amount of damage per shot. It is best to maximize the area they cover because of their versatility.
• Firecrackers have low hitpoints, so protect it well, as it can get taken out easily. Covering them with a defense that can target ground units such as a Builder Cannon can make up for its inability to target ground, but non-defensive buildings with high hitpoints (such as resource storages) are also useful for this purpose.
• Their compactness (taking up only a 2×2 space) allows one to place multiple Firecrackers to do concentrated anti-air damage, similarly to Tesla farms in the Home Village. This can prove to be useful to quickly defeat swarms of Builder Baby Dragons and/or Beta Minions.
  • However, if they are placed too close to each other, it can prove to be good value for the Builder Baby Dragons with their Fiery Sneeze ability.
• Its moderate damage but high range makes it good to pair with Air Bombs. The Air Bombs do high, area damage in a small range, while the Firecrackers snipe away at long range.
• At Builder Hall level 3, Firecrackers are an essential defense against Beta Minions, as the Builder Archer Towers and Builder Teslas can both be distracted by ground units.
• Firecrackers can be a first-target for armies containing a mixture of air and ground troops. In this case it is important to ensure Firecrackers can be defended by ground-only targeting defenses, to compensate for their inability to target ground troops. This can help prevent remaining air troops from clearing the rest of the base.
• Placing most, or all, of your Firecrackers on either of the stages can help maximize their damage if they are all placed within range of each other, so long they are spread well enough to prevent good value from the Baby Dragon's Fiery Sneeze ability.

Offensive Strategies

• Firecrackers are a natural target to attack first, as clearing them helps pave the way for an air assault. Baby Dragons, Drop Ships and Hog Gliders are vulnerable to Firecrackers, so destroying these defenses where possible using high damage and high hitpoint units such as the Boxer Giant, Power P.E.K.K.A or Battle Machine first is recommended.
• The Electrofire Wizard's Electric mode or the Cannon Cart in Mortar Mode can be used to snipeFirecrackers where air troops would usually be targeted due the large range of Firecrackers.
• Try to avoid using the Bomb Rush ability of the Battle Copter, as it will result in the Battle Copter being pulled into range of Firecrackers, unless the Firecrackers have low enough health to be destroyed by the ability.
• If the Firecrackers are too close to each other, using the Builder Baby Dragon's Fiery Sneeze ability will severely damage all of them, if not destroy them outright.

Upgrade Differences

• The Firecrackers undergo through significant changes through levels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8.
  • At level 1, the Firecrackers building appears to be a wooden box tied with ropes, and 3 out of 5 fireworks pointing out, with the others being faced down.
  • At level 2, the box is reinforced with steel on all the edges. A firework on the right side is relocated to the bottom.
  • At level 3, the box is moved on top of a base composed of five wooden planks resting on four stone blocks. The firework relocated in level 2 is moved back to its original place.
  • At level 4, the four stone blocks in the corners are replaced by a solid stone base reinforced with steel.
  • At level 5, the box and the planks are replaced by a square "fence" of wooden planks embedded into the base. A firework is moved slightly.
  • At level 6, additional steel reinforcements appear on the corner edges as well as the top of the wooden planks.
  • At level 7, it develops a small stone platform on the bottom which wraps around the box.
  • At level 8, gold plating is added to all four corners and the fireworks develop a black and yellow striped pattern.
  • At level 9, the gold plating on the corners are bigger and gains additional steel bars on each side.
  • At level 10, the steel bars are replaced with metal and gold plating. The fireworks are replaced by four larger ones and are now upright, while the other three rockets inside the box face more downwards.

Statistics

Gold Pass modifiers

Input Gold Pass boost to modify the statistics in the tables below accordingly

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Number Available	Builder Hall Level
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Total	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5

Size
2x2

Level	Damage per Second*	Damage per Shot	Hitpoints	Build Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Builder Hall Level Required
1	55	19	400	40,000	15m	30	3
2	61	21	460	80,000	2h	84	3
3	67	23	530	120,000	4h	120	3
4	73	25	610	300,000	12h	207	4
5	79	27	700	800,000	1d	293	5
6	87	30	850	1,200,000	2d	415	6
7	96	33	1,000	2,000,000	4d	587	7
8	105	36	1,150	3,000,000	6d	720	8
9	117	40	1,300	4,000,000	8d	831	9
10	128	44	1,500	5,000,000	9d	881	10

Range	Attack Speed	Damage Type	Unit Type Targeted
9 tiles	3 shots every 0.8 seconds	Single Target	Air

*These damage per second values are seen in-game and are approximations; it does not necessarily do this much DPS if it cannot utilise the full potential of its bursts.

Icon Descriptions

	Tapping this icon displays information about the Firecrackers, such as Level, Damage Per Second, Hitpoints, Range, Damage Type and Targets.
	Tapping this icon begins upgrading the Firecrackers to the next level, if you have enough resources and a free Master Builder or O.T.T.O. When the Firecrackers is at maximum level, this icon is not shown.
	Tapping this icon instantly upgrades the Firecrackers to the next level, at the cost of one Hammer of Building if you have one. When the Firecrackers is at maximum level, or the Builder 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, cancels the current upgrade and refunds half of the upgrade cost.

Trivia

General

• Despite its similarity to an Air Defense and having burst shots, it is unknown whether or not the Gear Up of the Air Defense is known to be upcoming.
• Behind the Strongman's Caravan during the Clan Games, a cart with what resembles level 2 Firecrackers can be seen, with different colors to match those of the Clan Games.
  • As an easter egg, the player can press on the Firecrackers and watch it let out a burst of colors.

Comparisons

• They are the most common defense in the Builder Base, as the player can have up to 5 Fireckrackers.

Gallery

Level 8 Firecrackers