Throughout the course of time, SUPERCELL has introduced many updates. Each one fixing bugs, trying to balance raids and/or introducing new items, upgrades or features.
Version 3.54 - 12th March 2013 "Dark Elixir troops"
Get ready to unleash the true power of Dark Elixir...
Introducing the mysterious Dark Barracks and ultra cool new Dark Barracks troops!
- Minions: These fast flying menaces rain down deadly acid on their foes.
- Hog Riders: Hammer in one hand and hog reins in the other, these mighty warriors leap over walls and go straight for enemy buildings.
- Valkyries: Armed with mighty two handed axes, these maidens unleash whirlwinds of doom upon everything around them.
- If you happen to see dark tombstones, you'll know you're being visited by these awesome new Dark Barracks troops.
Having trouble with walls?
- Improved Wall Breaker training techniques have revolutionized the cunning of these fearless demolitionists. Wall Breakers now maximize the potential of each and every bomb, avoiding decoys and distractions.
- These crafty new Wall Breakers demanded a bit more elbow room, so they now take up two camp spaces.
Usability improvements!
- Players now have an option to move multiple wall pieces at one time. Yay!
- Troops can be deployed near obstacles, so no more getting lost in a sea of flags.
- A new laboratory screen lets you browse available upgrades even while an upgrade is already in progress.
- Ever wondered how much loot can you get from single players levels? Well now you can find out, just by tapping the map.
- The Battle Results screen now shows your loot with spaces between numbers (100 000 instead of 100000).
- A handy total destruction percentage is now included in the battle log.
- If a Barracks is being upgraded, its queued troops no longer count towards the "Troop capacity after training" count in the Barracks' training screen.
Super Performance!
- Our code wizards have made the game run silky smooth, even at the high levels. This means better control over battles.
Improved game balance!
- Wizards and Dragons now do small area splash damage
- Decreased training time for P.E.K.K.A
- Decreased training cost for Dragon and P.E.K.K.A
- Increased hitpoints and damage for level 1-2 P.E.K.K.A and Dragon
[Taken from the Supercell forum.]
Version 3.25 - 2/5/2013
Cool New Leaderboards
- Climb to the top of your Clan; see who's on the rise and who's falling
- New local Leaderboards: who's the best player in your country?
- Clan members who recently joined tagged as "New"
- Supersize my Leaderboards! More players now fit onboard
New unit upgrades!
- Upgrade your Laboratory to to unlock these mighty level 6 units
- Barbarians get sharper swords and mighty horned helmets
- Archers get new bow techniques and fashionable tiaras from their Queen
- Giants are heartier and hairier than ever
- Balloons are pimped out with spikes and the Jolly Roger
Air-tight air defense!
- New deadly traps to stop airborne attackers: Air Bomb and Seeking Air Mine
- Upgrade your Air Defense turrets to level 7 to shoot down the nastiest dragons
- Turn enemy balloons into pincushions with the level 11 Archer Tower
Hero improvements!
- Heroes recover health faster thanks to the Alchemists' new sleep potion
- Hero level and stats are now displayed correctly when visiting villages
- Heroes now patrol a larger area and show guard radius when tapped
Gameplay improvements
- We discovered that metal armor conducts electrickery! P.E.K.K.A is now a priority target and receives extra damage from Hidden Teslas
- Spell creation times reduced - blast more magic more often
- Notification when your troops are ready for battle (Army Camps full)
- Wall levels 9 and 10 strengthened: hold off the rampaging hordes for longer
- Shop now notifies when new items are available
- New Achievements: Heroic Heist and Mortar Mauler
- Lower reload costs for X-Bow levels 2 and 3
- Tapping a trap shows its trigger radius
Version 3.3 - 1/10/2013
Heroes!
- Introducing Clash of Clans HEROES: The Barbarian King & The Archer Queen!
- Heroes are immortal! Unlike other troops, they will not perish in combat. If they are injured, they can simply sleep it off
Dark Elixir
- New rare resource: discover Dark Elixir, formed over aeons from fossilized Black Dragon bones!
- Use Dark Elixir to recruit Heroes and upgrade their abilities
- Build a Dark Elixir Storage on Town Hall level 7 and take the precious resource from other players
- Dig deeper: Dark Elixir Drills unlocked on Town Hall level 8
Cool New defences
- Two new X-Bow upgrade levels for maximum firepower
- You can now build two X-Bows on Town Hall level 9
- Two new wall upgrade levels: "Spikes of Pain" and "Flaming Magma"
Know your clan members
- Find out who are the most valuable members of your clan! Clan members now get a troop donation score (counted as Clan Castle housing space filled).
- Also, the "Friend in Need" achievement now counts donated troops in terms of Clan Castle housing space filled
- Added new limits for the clan trophy requirements. 3000 is the new maximum.
Balance modifications & bug fixes
- Stockpile more Gold and Elixir! New storages added to Town Hall level 9
- Barracks level 8 upgrade cost reduced by 30%
- X-Bow range decreased to 11 tiles in Air & Ground mode
- X-Bow ammo capacity decreased by 25%
- X-Bow loading cost displayed in the info screen
- The Winter is over! Santa Spell and Unpleasant Present removed. And it has stopped snowing!
- You can now tap and hold the Create Spell button to queue spell production
Update Review:
Version 2.111 - 11/19/2012
Introducing Clash of Clans limited time Winter special!
- Winter theme complete with the best snow fall effect ever seen!
- Surprise your enemies with the Unpleasant Present! Special gift-wrapped explosive trap.
- New spell: Ask Santa to deliver a devastating bombardment to your enemy's village
- Rare X-mas tree, can you spot it?
Huge improvements to matchmaking!
- Offered matches will now be a lot better and closer to your own trophy count.
- Queue system added! Less hitting of the "Find a match" button
- New system will work much faster than before
Big permanent improvements
- Are you in a hurry? Now you can Boost up your resource buildings (starting up at level 5), Barracks (starting up at level 4) and Spell Factory
- Leaderboards now shows daily rank changes, see who rises and who falls
- Introducing Army Camp level 7, now you can create even bigger armys!
- Attention Town Hall level 9 owners! You can now build an additional Cannon!
- Added more space to the village to make it easier to move things around and build bigger villages
- Decorate your village with the Statue of P.E.K.K.A! Only available to players above level 75!
- Defending Clan Castle troops have learned how to jump over walls, just like the villagers do.
Balance changes and other fixes
- Town hall hit points were increased.
- Healer hit points increased
- P.E.K.K.A level 2 and 3 hit points decreased
- Clan Castle shows activation radius once again
Version 2.86 - 10/27/2012
Get ready for the HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA
- Magic is in the air! You can now create spells faster than ever before
- Tricks! Brand new Pumpkin Bombs available for limited time only
- Treats! We increased the amount of gems in some gem packages
- Witches and Monsters! Training cost of Wizards, Dragons and P.E.K.K.As decreased
Town Hall level 9 added!
- New defensive turret: the X-Bow! This weapon shoots bolts of Elixir with a super fast rate of fire
- New spell: Jump! Boost your troops over enemy walls. Upgrading the Jump Spell allows even Giants and P.E.K.K.As to jump over walls
- P.E.K.K.A has a fearsome new look that can be unlocked by upgrading her to level 3
- New upgrade levels for Cannons, Mortars, Wizard Towers, Spell Factory, Mines, Collectors and Storages
Bug fixes and other changes
- Find your biggest rivals with Clan Search
- Removed the option to sell buildings
- Fixed rare bug that caused build times to be off-sync with shield times
- Fixed a bug that player and alliance trophy counts to be displayed differently
Version 2.73 - 10/15/2012
Chat improvements
- Global chat is now moderated! Report offensive messages by tapping them and choosing "Report".
- Improved profanity filter for global chat creates a nicer and safer chatting environment.
Clan Improvements
- You can now set minimum amount of trophies required for your clan. Players won't be able to apply if they don't meet the minimum requirements.
- Added notices to Clan chat when members are promoted, demoted, join or are kicked out of the clan.
- You can now send a personal message when you kick someone out of your clan.
Other changes:
- Players with lower Town Hall levels now lose less resources when attacked by higher Town Hall level players (2 level difference or more).
- There is now a short no-attack period after maintenance breaks to allow players to log back in unperturbed.
- Added an extra confirmation step when loading village from Game Center to avoid accidents.
Version 2.44 - 09/18/2012
- Full support for iPhone 5 and 5th generation iPod Touch
- Big new feature: Spells! (Spell Factory unlocks on Town Hall level 5)
- Introducing three spells: Lightning, Healing and Rage Spell
- Replays added to Battle Log! Now you can see what happened when someone attacked your village
- Added Wizard Tower unlock to Town Hall level 6 and another Hidden Tesla to Town Hall level 8
- Matchmaking now gives you better matches and works faster
- Troop upgrades are now visualized
- Many visual effects were improved
- Support for iOS 6 Game Center challenges
- Shop and Battle Log redesigned for iPhone and iPod Touch
- You can now view helpful hints while the game is loading
- Added 3rd upgrade level for Dragon
- Fixed the troop donation bug
- Troop training and housing mechanics improved
- Canceling building upgrades does not give the full price back anymore
- Building Walls is instant but requires available worker
- Combat balance tweaks
- Confirmation popup when speeding up building construction and upgrading
- Players gain a very short Shield if disconnected from the server unintentionally
- Server now runs battles to the end if user gets disconnected during battle
- You can now view the clan before you accept the invitation
Version 2.21 - 08/30/2012
- Introducing new shocking defense unit: Hidden Tesla (unlocks on Town Hall level 7)
- You can now see traps when visiting own clan members
- New Visual effects (Dragon Attack, Wizard Tower attack)
- New decoration flags for: Sweden, China, Norway, Thailand, India, Australia, South Korea, Japan
- Added FAQ and forums
- Improved healer AI
- Spring Trap doesn't affect to P.E.K.K.A anymore and her speed has been increased
- Building regeneration times decreased
- Cooldown added to shield buying (can't be shielded all the time anymore)
- Bug fix: Achievements didn't always get updated to the Game Center