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• Once upon a time in a clearing in a magical forest...
• Upgrade your cannons to improve your defense against intruders
• Taking a break from Clash of Clans? Buy a Shield to protect your trophies!
• Improve your army! Build the Laboratory and upgrade your troops
• Out of gold? Try upgrading your gold mines
• Upgrade your Army Camps to build a massive army!
• Upgrade your walls to slow down the enemy
• Defensive buildings like Cannons can't shoot while they are being upgraded
• Gold Mines and Elixir Collectors do not generate resources while they are being upgraded
• Even if your village is completely destroyed, you always keep some of your Gold and Elixir
• Building good defenses is just as important as aggressive attacking
• Barbarians tend to attack the nearest thing, regardless of building type
• Archers attack anything in their range
• Goblins are greedy for Gold and Elixir. Their favorite targets are resource buildings
• Goblins deal double damage to resource buildings
• Giants prefer to attack defensive structures like Cannons
• Giants can take a lot of damage. Deploy them first to draw the defenders' attention.
• Wall Breakers blast holes into walls, opening a way to attack to enemy buildings.
• Wall Breakers deal major damage to enemy walls, but blow up themselves in the process
• Balloons primarily target enemy defenses like Cannons
• The Balloon is a flying unit, which means that Cannons and Mortars can't target it
• Wizards can dish out high damage, but can't take much in return
• Healers can heal your ground units, but won't attack enemies
• The Healer is a flying unit. Air Defenses and Archer Towers can shoot her down quickly
• The Dragon is a mighty flying unit that can attack both ground and air targets
• Is P.E.K.K.A a knight? A samurai? A robot? No one knows!
• The armor on P.E.K.K.A. is so heavy that the Spring Trap does not work on her.
• Cannons can only shoot at ground units
• Mortars can only shoot at ground targets
• Mortars deal splash damage to all ground units near the hit location
• Archer Towers can target both air and ground units
• Air Defense's rockets only work against flying units
• The Wizard Tower deals damage against all units in the target area
• The Wizard Tower can target both ground and air units
• The Hidden Tesla tower is hidden from attackers until they come close enough
• The Hidden Tesla can attack both air and ground units
• Traps are hidden from the attackers until they get close enough
• Clearing obstacles like rocks and trees sometimes rewards you with Gems
• The Battle Log shows information about attacks against your village
• You can watch Battle Replays from the Battle Log!
• Destroying an enemy's Town Hall always gives you one star
• Troops in the Clan Castle will defend your village
• Troops in the Camps are for attacking only - they won't defend your village
• An active Shield protects you from attacks, though attacking others will shorten it.
• You get a free Shield if an attacker destroys your village
• You get a longer lasting Shield if your village takes a lot of damage
• If you attack another player while you have an active Shield, you will lose a few hours of the Shield
• You can attack the Goblin Horde (play single player missions) without losing your active Shield
• Need a bit more gold for an upgrade? Take it from the Goblins in a single player mission!
• Trophies that you win are deducted from your opponents' trophies!
• Complete Achievements to earn free Green Gems!
• Upgrade your Town Hall to unlock new buildings and new upgrade levels for your current buildings
• Rebuild the ruined Clan Castle to join forces with other players!
• Use the Clan Castle to request reinforcements from your Clanmates!
• Clan Castle reinforcement troops can defend your village from an enemy attack, or you can deploy them when attacking
• The Lightning Spell damages units and buildings in a small area.
• The Healing Spell creates a ring of healing that heals your units while inside.
• The Rage Spell creates a ring of rage that makes your units stronger and faster while inside.
• The Jump Spell creates a temporary path over enemy walls for your troops to follow.
• Try using the Jump Spell to redirect melee troops who are busy attacking a wall!
• Join the Clash of Clans Forums! Look in Settings - More.
• You can upgrade your troops in the Laboratory to make them better and stronger!
• The Damage statistic in unit and turret info is measured as Damage Per Second.
• You can't cancel upgrades in the Laboratory once they are started. Plan ahead!
• Camps, Clan Castles and Storages remain functional while they are being upgraded.
• You can end a battle and be victorious when you have won at least one star in it.
• If you see an offensive message in the chat, tap it and choose \qReport\q to report the player.
• Use chat reporting only when necessary - don't get carried away!
• Revenge attack is unavailable against players that you attacked first.
• The battle ends when you have expended all your troops, clan reinforcements and damaging spells.
• Upgrading your Town Hall will grant you access to a new defensive weapon called X-Bow.
• You can set the X-Bow to attack both air and ground targets at a short range.
• You can set the X-Bow to attack only ground targets at long range.
• X-Bow uses Elixir as ammo. Remember to reload it after enemy attacks!
• You can Boost the production rate of Gold Mines and Elixir Collectors with Gems once they are upgraded to level 5.
• You can Boost the production rate of Spell Factory with Gems.
• You can Boost the training speed of Barracks with Gems.
• Spells can have a huge effect on the outcome of the battle. Be sure to use them!
• You can use Dark Elixir to summon the mightiest Heroes in the realm!
• Dark Elixir can be stored and produced starting with Town Hall 7, along with Dark Elixir troops!
• You can start looting Dark Elixir as soon as you have built the storage for it.
• Your Hero can attack enemy villages or guard yours against enemy attacks.
• Heroes are immortal, but they can be injured and must be healed before they can fight again.
• Heal your hero by letting him sleep or by using the Heal button.
• The Barbarian King is the strongest of them all. His consumption of Dark Elixir has made him grow bigger than Giants.
• The Archer Queen is an eagle-eyed warrior who wields a modified, miniature X-Bow.
• Want more loot? Join a League and get a Loot Bonus for every successful attack!
• If you have enough trophies, attacking any village will automatically place you in a League.
• Earn more trophies to move up to a higher League level. Higher level Leagues give better Loot Bonuses!
• If you lose too many trophies, you can get demoted to a lower League. Fight for those trophies!
• Each League Season lasts for one month.
• Clan tournament and troop donation counts reset every one month.
• Upgrade the Jump Spell to give your units more time to jump over walls.
• The Freeze Spell prevents buildings and troops from defending within its radius.
• Upgrade the Freeze Spell to disable defenses and troops for a longer time.
• The Inferno Tower can deal devastating damage to units it stays focused on.
• The Inferno Tower damage rate resets to the minimum each time it switches targets.
• The Inferno Tower burns Dark Elixir to power its flame. Be sure to keep it fully loaded!
• Never give out your Game Center password to anyone.
• Never give out your Google credentials to anyone.
• Supercell employees will never ask you for your Game Center password.
• Supercell employees will never ask you for your Google account's password.
• Seeking Air Mines do not detect Minions
• Easily reorganize your village with the Village Edit Mode
• Traps and bombs need to be re-armed after they have been used
• Be sure to upgrade your traps to keep unwanted visitors off your lawn
• Sign in using your Game Center account to safeguard your progress.
• Sign in using your Google Play account to safeguard your progress.
• Heroes have upgradable special abilities that unlock at level 5 and can be used while attacking.
• Join Clan Wars for exciting battles and extra loot!
• You can't change the name of your village. Your villagers wouldn't know where they live!
• All resource storages are immune to spell damage!
• Haste Spells are great on troops with high damage but low speed, like Balloons or P.E.K.K.A.
• Earthquake Spells can heavily punish tight groups of buildings with high hitpoints.
• Repeated Earthquake Spells deal less damage to the same buildings.
• Poison Spells are very effective against large groups of enemy skeletons.
• Your army will fight much more effectively against Clan Castle troops inside a Poison Spell.
• You can activate a profanity filter for clan chat from the Settings menu.
• Dark Spells can take less storage space than regular Spells, allowing you to take more of them!
• You get some Guard each time a Shield runs out. This is a great time to attack!
• The higher your League, the more Guard you get whenever a Shield runs out!
• You can attack all you want without losing any of your active Guard
• A small squad of troops can help prepare an attack before the Eagle Artillery will activate.
• A quick strike can overwhelm the Eagle Artillery before it does much damage.
• Eagle Artillery has a large no-fire zone around it. Be sure it covers your most valuable buildings!
• The Grand Warden harnesses mysterious artifacts to make nearby troops tough as nails.
• Using an flying army? Try setting the Grand Warden to air mode!
• The Eagle Artillery targets the toughest troops of the nearest or biggest group.
• A reticle appears where the Eagle Artillery's shots will land.
• Units near an artillery impact will take some shockwave damage.
• An active Guard protects you from attacks and lets you freely attack others!
• The Treasury protects Clan War and Star Bonus loot in the Clan Castle.
• Collect Loot Carts to recover resources lost on defense.
• Earn a Star Bonus every day by winning multiplayer battles.
• Earn bigger Star Bonuses at higher Leagues!
• Use the boat on your shores to access the Builder Base!
• Unlock and upgrade special abilities for your troops in the Star Laboratory.
• Resources in your Builder Base can not be stolen by enemies.
• Lower an Archer Tower to double its stopping power in a smaller range.
• Want to change your strategy before attacking? Tap the green arrows to swap troops!
• Rebuild the Gem Mine to start collecting extra Gems!
• Mines and Mega Mines can be set to damage either ground or air troops.
• Rotate Push Traps to toss troops in the direction you want.
• Crushers devastate ground troops, but flying or ranged troops can destroy them unharmed.
• Boost construction, resource production and everything else with the Clock Tower!
• Deploy Beta Minions far from enemy buildings to utilize their Long Shot ability.
• Rebuild the Battle Machine to use this powerful Hero in your attacks!
• The Battle Machine's Electric Hammer ability can be used again after it recharges!
• Look for a Gear Up option in your home village defenses to apply special upgrades from the Master Builder!
• Earn more Stars to win a Versus Battle! Destruction percentage is the tiebreaker.
• Win more Trophies to increase your Versus Battle rewards!
• Win 3 Versus Battles a day to get a big loot bonus.
• Having trouble winning Versus Battles? Watch replays and try to improve your defense!
• Trivia
• The message "One upon a time in a clearing in a magical forest" appears once, when a player logs in for the first time, or when switching between Supercell ID accounts.
• These messages were released with the first version of Clash of Clans.
• There are 153 loading screen messages as of the last edit.