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Summary
- The Goblin is the fourth Elixir Troop to be unlocked once the Barracks is upgraded to level 4. He is a very fast ground troop that prioritizes resource buildings, dealing double damage to them.
- Goblins prioritize resource buildings above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any resource buildings remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy Clan Castle troops, heroes or Skeleton Trap skeletons. Note that like all troops that prioritize resources, Goblins consider the Clan Castle and the Town Hall to be resource buildings regardless of whether or not they contain loot and whether or not the Town Hall's weapon (if any) is activated; Goblins will preferentially target them in addition to causing double damage to them.
Once all resource buildings are destroyed, Goblins become like any other troop with no preferred target; they will attack the nearest building to them regardless of type, and will turn and attack enemy units if they become aware of any nearby and can fight back against them. - The Goblin deals double damage to resource buildings, (Town Halls and Clan Castles, Gold Mines, Elixir Collectors, Dark Elixir Drills and storages for each). This means that he deals more than twice as much damage as Barbarians and three times as much as Archers to these types of buildings. The trade-off is his relatively low health, which is higher than an Archer's but lower than a Barbarian's.
- Because the nature of the Goblin is to attack resource buildings first, they can be vulnerable to attack and should not be deployed without another type of troop (such as Giants or Barbarians) as a meat shield.
- The Goblin is one of the fastest ground units in the game. His speed allows him to outrun certain defenses and traps, such as the Spring Trap and Bomb.
Strategies
Offensive Strategy
- Goblins are great for stealing resources. First, use Wall Breakers to clear a route to Storages and Mines/Collectors. Then, use Barbarians, Giants, or any other higher-health units to distract Mortars and Wizard Towers while the Goblins deplete the resources. Or you can simply destroy the splash-damage defenses first.
- An alternative to Wall Breakers is the Jump Spell, or Earthquake Spell, both of which help guide Goblins over the Walls and directly into the riches inside, however this is much more expensive.
- Like Archers, the Goblin's greatest weakness is splash-damaging structures (e.g. Wizard Towers, Mortars). Most Wizard Towers and Mortars can kill Goblins in one shot. To combat this, send in Goblins in waves rather than spawning them all at once. Alternatively, you could send in Giants and Barbarians and let them serve as distractions while the Goblins get the resources.
- Another good strategy is to place a couple of Goblins after the defenses are destroyed to help clean up any remaining buildings before time runs out. Since they are fast, they can speed over to buildings far away from each other. And if there are resources in the center, the Goblins will go right to it and ignore the other buildings.
- Goblins are excellent at triggering traps (especially Bombs), as their movement speed can allow them to get out of range before it detonates. This is especially helpful in the Single Player Campaign where there are often a large number of Bombs in predictable places.
- You can also spawn Goblin hordes, for their attack speed and power can destroy many buildings. When all resource buildings have been destroyed, they will attack anything.
- Goblins can trigger Spring Traps without dying unless they stop on top of the Spring Trap.
- Goblins are usually not viewed as a good troop for getting Trophies, however they can be useful in small amounts.
- For example, if you are doing a revenge and you think your units might go to the sides instead of into the middle because of resource buildings outside the Walls, you can use 5 Goblins per resource building to clear the way for your troops so they go in the middle.
- Also, Goblins can be useful at the end of attacks. If you didn't get to 50% and all your other troops died, you may be able to use Goblins to destroy a few mines and collectors to get you over 50%.
- If your main attack missed the Town Hall but destroyed most of the defenses nearby then goblins are perfect for picking up another star for the attack.
- Goblins are a great choice as clean up Troops for War attacks for Town Hall 8-9 players since majority of the leftover buildings are resource buildings which makes Goblins extremely effective to prevent time shortage.
- Because Goblins also target the Town Hall, they can be useful for destroying the Town Hall while defenses are distracted by other units to obtain a star.
- When attacking resources beware of Traps as there might be many. Deploy small amounts of Goblins for them to trigger the traps and after the traps go off deploy the rest (beware of Mortars, Wizard Towers and other multi-targeting defenses.
Defensive Strategy
- Although generally not viewed as the best defensive troop, Goblins are still useful as Clan Castle troops. As there are no resources to target, Goblins will attack the enemy very quickly compared to the other troops. Goblins have the highest damage of any of the low health troops and can engage the enemy units quickly due to their fast movement speed. They are particularly proficient at taking out small numbers of Giants on defense.
- At higher Town Halls, they can serve as a tank for other important troops such as a Headhunter.
- When designing your base to defend against Goblins, it is useful to place your defenses strategically to cover all resource buildings. Most importantly, make sure your Wizard Towers and Mortars are within range, as otherwise Goblins will make short work of your Resources.
- Bombs can heavily cripple Goblins and leave them super weak, along with also knocking them back. Double Bombs can also kill a Goblin if somewhat relatively leveled. Place them near Gold Mines or Elixir Collectors as that is commonly how far goblins will go towards the base.
Upgrade Differences
- The Goblin undergoes significant visual changes at all levels except level 2 and 4.
- Initially, the Goblin's appearance is that of a small green creature with large pointy ears, red eyes with green pupils and a red-tipped nose. The Goblin wears red suspenders, brown pants and shoes. He also has a large brown sack, which is used for carrying resources stolen from the enemy.
- At level 3, the Goblin’s bag receives light brown stripes on the sides of it.
- At level 5, the Goblin’s bag turns all light brown and he also gains a red mohawk.
- At level 6, the Goblin gains a red leather cape and a golden necklace. He also gets golden bands on his wrists.
- At level 7, the Goblin's mohawk turns bright orange and becomes squared off at the back. His sack also grows bigger.
- At level 8, the Goblin's mohawk increases in size slightly and his sack turns black and gains a white skull symbol.
- At level 9, the Goblin's mohawk decreases in size slightly, and his leather cape and mohawk turn pink. His arms also gain the golden bands again.
Statistics
Statistic Modifiers
Input values into these modifiers below to modify the statistics in the tables below accordingly
Gold Pass modifiers 
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Preferred Target 
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Attack Type 
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Housing Space 
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Movement Speed 
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Attack Speed 
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Barracks Level Required 
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Range 
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| Resources (Damage x2) | Melee (Ground Only) | 1 | 32 | 1s | 4 | 0.4 tiles |
| Training Time of Goblins | |
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| Barracks available | Barracks upgrading |
| 7s | 14s |
Level
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Damage per Second
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Damage per Attack
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DPS on Resource Buildings
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Hitpoints
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Research Cost
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Research Time
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Laboratory Level Required
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| 1 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 25 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 30 | 45,000 | 5h | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 36 | 175,000 | 9h | 3 |
| 4 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 50 | 500,000 | 12h | 5 |
| 5 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 65 | 1,200,000 | 1d | 6 |
| 6 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 80 | 2,000,000 | 1d 12h | 7 |
| 7 | 52 | 52 | 104 | 105 | 3,000,000 | 2d 12h | 8 |
| 8 | 62 | 62 | 124 | 126 | 5,600,000 | 4d | 10 |
| 9 | 72 | 72 | 144 | 146 | 12,000,000 | 7d | 13 |
Super Troop Boost
Super Troop
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Boost Cost
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Goblin Level Required
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| Sneaky Goblin | 25,000 | 7 |
History
| Patch | Type | Description |
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| August 2, 2012 | The Goblin was in the original release of the game, with 5 levels. | |
| September 18, 2012 | Update | The upgraded Goblin shows pink asterisks that represents the level. |
| November 6, 2013 | Update | Added the level 6 Goblin.
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| December 11, 2014 | Update | |
| December 10, 2015 | Update | Goblins now target the Town Hall and Clan Castle with 2x damage. |
| March 21, 2016 | "The Bowler" Update |
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| December 19, 2016 | Update | Gave the Goblin a significant change in his icon and info. |
| June 26, 2018 | Update |
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| February 22, 2019 | Update | Increased the Goblin's HP for level 4 onwards. |
| April 2, 2019 | Update | Reduced upgrade times for the Goblin at levels 5-7. |
| March 30, 2020 | Update |
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| December 9, 2021 | Update |
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| June 12, 2023 | Update |
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Gallery
In-game
Goblin's avatar
Goblin Shenanigans task (Clan Games)
Goblin Shenanigans task (Season Challenges)
Goblin's old design
Goblin's other design after the 2013 November update
An army of Goblins
Promotional images
Level 6 Goblin sneak peek
Goblin as he appears in a Dismiss Troop ability sneak peek.
Goblin as he appears in a Haste Spell sneak peek.
Goblin as he appears in a new troops levels sneak peek.
Trivia
- Goblins are small, grotesque, monstrous creatures that appear in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities similar to a fairy or demon, such as the ability to shapeshift. Similar creatures include duendes and kobolds.
- In the German language setting of the game, the Goblin's name translates to "Kobold".
- Goblins are the main antagonist in the Single Player Campaign, despite the fact that you can train them as part of your army. Your own Goblins seem to have no compunction about attacking their NPC brethren.
- Oddly, the six CPU Goblins spawned during the tutorial ignore your Gold Mine and go straight to the Cannon (they focus on defense). They are also killed in one hit, compared to level 1 Goblins which can survive at least three hits by a level 1 Cannon.
- When you tap on the Army Camp the Goblins stationed there all turn and look to their left for a brief moment.
- You can have a maximum of 320 Goblins at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 370 if you include 50 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 168 Goblins with four fully upgraded Clone Spells (three from the regular spell inventory and one from a level 10 or higher Clan Castle), for a total of 538 Goblins.
- Goblins used to have the second highest damage-per-second of any troop on a per-housing space basis, after the Wizard (52 DPS at level 7, slightly lower than the level 8 Wizard).
- This spot was usurped by their super version, the Sneaky Goblin.
- The Goblin is featured as a character skin for Carl in Brawl Stars.
- The Goblins from the Single Player Campaign look the same as the Goblin troop; however, they don't attack and immediately retreat into the Town Hall, in a similar fashion to the Villagers and Builders in players' bases.
- Ironically, Goblins will attack other buildings with their "looting animation" once the resource buildings are destroyed.
- They are one of the only ground units known to be faster than a Spring Trap. This does not mean they are not affected by the Spring Trap. For example, if there is a large group of Goblins running over the Spring Trap, the front Goblins will release the Spring Trap, run quickly over it, thus causing the Goblins in the back to be sprung by the Spring Trap. Goblins can also outrun other traps, however, like the Spring Trap, they are not immune.
- Nearly all units can step on a Spring Trap and outrun it with the right placement. Very few can run across the center of the Spring Trap without being affected.
- Strangely, Goblins do more damage to other buildings than Barbarians despite Barbarians wielding swords.
- Although Builder's Huts are considered as resource buildings (being classified under the Resources section in the Shop), Goblins do not consider them a resource building, and will ignore them until all other resource buildings are destroyed.
- Goblins go for treasures, but they never keep it, so it remains unseen why they like treasure.
- In a Clash of Clans advertisement, Goblins are stated to be very smart as babies but grow less intelligent as they age.
- In Clash Royale, Goblins attack with daggers instead of their hands and they do not carry loot bags as they no longer directly steal loot, nor do they prioritise resource buildings (Elixir Collectors or Elixir Storages) over other targets.
- Level 6 Goblins look similar to the Star Level of their Clash Royale counterpart. The Spear Goblins and Goblin Brawler upgraded with Star Points also look like level 6 Goblins from Clash of Clans.
- The Goblin is 1 of 7 troops featured as a character in Squad Busters. The others are the Barbarian, Archer, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, and Miner.
- The Classic form resembles the Goblin in Clash Royale.
- A variant of the Goblin, called the Loot Goblin, appears as a monster in Squad Busters.
- The Loot Goblin resembles the level 1 Goblin in Clash of Clans.
Comparisons
- The Goblin is 1 of 14 troops in the Home Village that originated from Clash of Clans and appear in Clash Royale, the others being Barbarian, Archer, Giant, Wall Breaker, Balloon, Wizard, P.E.K.K.A, Minion, Hog Rider, Valkyrie, Golem, Witch, Lava Hound, and Bowler.
- The Goblin is 1 of 7 troops in the Home Village that originated from Clash of Clans and appear in Clash Quest, the others being Barbarian, Archer, Giant, Wizard, P.E.K.K.A, and Minion.
- Goblins, Sneaky Goblins, Minions, Headhunters and Miners are the fastest moving units in the Home Village, all moving at a speed of 32.
- The Rocket Balloon can move at a speed of 64 when its ability is active, however its base speed is 12.
- The Goblin, Barbarian, Archer, Giant, Wall Breaker, Balloon, Wizard, Healer, Dragon and P.E.K.K.A are the oldest units in the game.
- The Goblin is one of the 13 units to appear in a Scenery, the others being the Barbarian, Balloon, Hog Rider, Barbarian King, P.E.K.K.A, Baby Dragon, Skeleton, Archer Queen, Grand Warden, Dragon Rider, Cannon Cart, and the Party Wizard. In its case, it appears in the Jungle Scenery, Epic Jungle Scenery, and the 9th Clashiversary Scenery.
- The Goblin is one of five troops that is featured as a Hero Skin Heroes, the others are the P.E.K.K.A, Miner, Valkyrie, and Golem.
- Of these, the Goblin is the only troop to inspire a skin for all Home Village Heroes, with the others each only having a single Hero skin based on them; the P.E.K.K.A and Golem for the Barbarian King, and the Miner and Valkyrie for the Archer Queen.