Clash of Clans Town Hall 18 Guide: New Features, Guardians, Defenses & Update Changes

Town Hall 18 – All New Features

Sneak Peek #1: Town Hall 18 (TH18) Update is Here! Guardians, Defenses & Other Changes

The next major Clash of Clans update is finally here with the arrival of Town Hall 18 (TH18). This is one of the biggest updates ever released, completely changing how Town Halls defend, introducing Guardians, adding a new merged defense, upgrading troops and buildings, and improving the overall progression system.

This article includes complete details, all stats, tables, and everything announced in Sneak Peek Day 1.

Level	Upgrade Time	Upgrade Cost	Hitpoints	Gold / Elixir Storage	Dark Elixir Storage
18	14d	25M Gold	10,800	5,000,000	50,000

Guardians at TH18

At Town Hall 18, the Town Hall itself is no longer a defensive weapon. Instead, players get access to Guardians powerful defensive units linked to the Town Hall. Guardians defend in Clan Wars and Ranked battles even while upgrading, but do not defend in regular battles during upgrades.

There are two types of Guardians:

1. Smasher Guardian (Melee)

• Targets ground and air
• Deals splash damage
• Drops a Rage effect when defeated
• Gets enraged when Town Hall is destroyed.

Smasher Stats

Level	Upgrade Time	Cost (Elixir)	Hitpoints	DPS
1	–	–	12000	500
2	7d	18M	13000	550
3	9d	22M	14000	600
4	11d	26M	15000	650
5	13d	28M	16000	700

2. Longshot Guardian (Ranged)

• Targets ground and air
• Deals splash damage
• Explodes when defeated

Longshot Stats

Level	Upgrade Time	Cost (Elixir)	Hitpoints	DPS
1	–	–	7000	330
2	7d	18M	8000	360
3	9d	22M	9000	390
4	11d	26M	10000	420
5	13d	28M	11000	450

New Merged Defense – Super Wizard Tower

Town Hall 18 introduces a brand-new merged defense: the Super Wizard Tower.

• This defense is created by merging two Wizard Towers and has a massive chain attack.
• Attacks one target and chains to 15 additional troops
• 8-tile range (longer than the normal Wizard Tower)

Level	Upgrade Time	Cost (Gold)	Hitpoints	DPS
1	13d	29M	6000	290
2	14d	30M	6300	320

New Building Levels & Troop Levels

Troop Buffs at TH17 and TH18

Several troops receive permanent buffs:

• Minion Prince: Max HP reduced by 1000, but all of his equipment now gives +500 HP. This shifts his power more into equipment and helps balance him on defense.
• Donated Spells: Level 7 Clans can now donate up to 4 spells instead of 3, increasing support potential in Clan War, CWL, and multiplayer attacks.
• Giant Arrow: Level 18 damage increased from 1950 to 2000, allowing it to still destroy Supercharged TH18 Air Defenses in one hit.
• Heal Spell: Slightly buffed with a longer duration and faster healing at max level, making it more reliable for ground-based smash and spam attacks.
• Giant: +100 HP, +2 DPS
• Minion: +4 HP, +2 DPS
• Bowler: +50 HP, +4 DPS
• Super Giant: +100 HP, +5 DPS
• Electro Dragon: +200 HP
• Dragon Rider: +10 DPS
• Super Bowler: +100 HP, +10 DPS
• Super Minion: +100 HP, +5 DPS
• Thrower: +100 HP, +10 DPS

Meteor Golem

With this update new troop Meteor Golem can be unlocked at TH17 which can be further upgraded at TH18.

The Meteor Golem is made of two Meteormites stacked together, attacking by throwing one Meteormite at the target, which briefly splits them apart. They can recombine afterward either with each other or another Meteormite to form a Meteor Golem again. Meteormites can jump over walls while the Meteor Golem itself cannot, giving the troop unique mobility. They attack the nearest building but will switch to enemy troops if threatened.

Meteor Golem Level	Laboratory Level	Upgrade Duration	Upgrade Cost (Elixir)	Hitpoints	DPS	Meteormite Level	Meteormite Hitpoints	Meteormite DPS
1	N/A	–	–	15000	550	1	7500	220
2	15	14d	28M	17000	600	2	8500	240
3	16	16d	30M	19000	650	3	9500	260

New Max Levels at TH18

A new Town Hall level always brings fresh upgrade levels, and TH18 adds a full set of new defenses, collectors, storages, and support buildings. Below are all the buildings that receive new levels, along with their stats and upgrade requirements.

Building	Level	Upgrade Time	Upgrade Cost	Hitpoints	DPS / Stats
Multi-Gear Tower	3	14d	28M Gold	4350	Long Range: 340 DPS Fast Attack: 656 DPS / 189 dmg
Air Defense	16	13d 6h	26M Gold	2000	700 DPS
Multi-Archer Tower	4	14d	27M Gold	5500	146 DPS
Bomb Tower	12	13d	25M Gold	3050	122 DPS / 700 death damage
Ricochet Cannon	4	13d 12h	26.5M Gold	6100	412 DPS
Wall	19	–	10M Gold/Elixir	14000	–
Gold Mine	17	4d	8M Elixir	1400	7560/hr • Cap: 410k
Elixir Collector	17	4d	8M Gold	1400	7560/hr • Cap: 410k
Dark Elixir Drill	11	6d	12M Elixir	1600	200/hr • Cap: 4600
Gold Storage	19	12d 12h	18M Elixir	4300	6.5M Capacity
Elixir Storage	19	12d 12h	18M Gold	4300	6.5M Capacity
Dark Elixir Storage	13	13d	25M Elixir	4800	450k Capacity
Clan Castle	14	14d	28M Elixir	6000	4 Spell Capacity
Barracks	19	14d	26M Elixir	1520	Unlocks Meteor Golem
Spell Factory	9	13d	24M Elixir	1150	Unlocks ???
Laboratory	16	16d	27M Elixir	1500	–
Hero Hall	12	13d 12h	26M Elixir	6000	–

Upgrade Cost and Time Reductions

• Upgrade times and costs reduced across TH16 and TH17
• New loot values for Ranked battles
• Resource Potion cost increased in the CWL shop
• Level 7 clans can donate 4 spells instead of 3

These changes make progression faster and smoother for players preparing to reach TH18. The below table shows all the Upgrade and Time reductions.

Name	Level	Previous Upgrade Time	New Upgrade Time	Previous Upgrade Cost	New Upgrade Cost
Air Defense	15	15d 6h	9d 12h	21M	15M
Army Camp	13	15d	10d	21M	17M
Bomb Tower	12	15d	9d	20M	14.5M
Builder’s Hut	7	15d 6h	9d 12h	21M	15.5M
Clan Castle	13	15d	11d	20.5M	19M
Dark Elixir Storage	12	15d	9d	16M	16M
Elixir Storage	18	12d 12h	7d	10M	10M
Firespitter	1	15d	11d	22.5M	17M
Firespitter	2	16d	11d 12h	23M	18M
Gold Storage	18	12d 12h	7d	10M	10M
Hero Hall	11	15d 12h	9d 12h	21M	17M
Hidden Tesla	16	15d	9d	20.5M	15M
Inferno Tower	11	15d 12h	12d	22M	16M
Laboratory	15	16d	10d	20M	18M
Merged Archer Cannon	1	16d	10d 12h	22.5M	17M
Merged Archer Cannon	2	16d	10d 18h	23M	18M
Monolith	4	15d 18h	12d	300k	300k
Mortar	17	14d 12h	8d	19.5M	13M
Multi-Archer Tower	3	15d 12h	10d 18h	23M	17.5M
Pet House	11	15d 11h	9d	22M	16.5M
Ricochet Cannon	3	15d 12h	10d 18h	23M	17.5M
Scattershot	6	15d 18h	10d 12h	22.5M	16.5M
Wizard Tower	17	14d 18h	8d 12h	20M	14M
X-Bow	12	15d 12h	10d 12h	21.5M	16M
Bat Spell	7	13d	8d 12h	260k	220k
Haste Spell	6	12d 12h	9d	200k	200k
Healing Spell	11	15d	10d 12h	19M	19M
Lightning Spell	12	14d	10d	18.5M	18.5M
Poison Spell	11	14d 12h	9d 16h	280k	230k
Recall Spell	6	15d	12d 12h	21M	19M
Revive Spell	3	12d	10d 12h	20M	19M
Revive Spell	4	16d	11d 12h	22M	20M
Supercharge Firespitter	1	6d	3d 12h	12M	8M
Supercharge Firespitter	2	7d	4d	10M	6M
Supercharge Hidden Tesla	1	4d	2d 6h	10M	6M
Supercharge Hidden Tesla	2	6d	3d 18h	6M	4M
Supercharge Inferno Tower	1	4d 12h	2d 18h	11M	7M
Supercharge Inferno Tower	2	6d 12h	4d 6h	6.5M	4.5M
Supercharge Mortar	1	3d 12h	2d	7.5M	4.5M
Supercharge Mortar	2	5d 12h	3d 12h	5M	3M
Air Bomb	12	8d 12h	5d 12h	11M	9.5M
Bomb	13	8d	4d 12h	10M	8.5M
Giant Bomb	11	9d	5d	12M	10M
Giga Bomb	2	8d	5d	10M	8.5M
Giga Bomb	3	10d	6d	15M	12.5M
Seeking Air Mine	7	10d	5d 12h	14M	12M
Archer	13	13d	9d	17.5M	14M
Baby Dragon	11	15d	10d	22.5M	16.5M
Balloon	12	15d 12h	11d	22.5M	17.5M
Battle Drill	5	13d 12h	9d	19M	17M
Bowler	9	15d	10d	19M	17M
Troop Launcher	4	13d 12h	9d	280k	260k
Dragon	12	14d	10d	22M	18.5M
Dragon Rider	5	15d 12h	10d 6h	22.5M	19M
Druid	5	16d	12d	320k	300k
Electro Dragon	8	15d	10d	23M	20M
Giant	13	13d 12h	9d 12h	18.5M	15M
Golem	14	14d	10d	270k	230k
Healer	10	15d	11d	22.5M	17M
Hog Rider	14	14d 12h	10d 2h	280k	240k
Ice Golem	9	15d 12h	10d 14h	300k	280k
Miner	11	14d 12h	9d 20h	21.5M	16.5M
Minion	13	14d	9d	255k	220k
PEKKA	12	14d 12h	10d	22M	16M
Thrower	2	14d	9d 12h	21M	16M
Thrower	3	16d	10d 12h	23M	18M
Wall Breaker	13	14d	10d	20M	15.5M
Wizard	13	17d	10d 12h	21M	16M
Yeti	7	17d	11d	22.5M	17M
TH17 Weapon	2	15d	6d	10M	10M
TH17 Weapon	3	11d	7d	14M	12M
TH17 Weapon	4	13d	8d	18M	14M
TH17 Weapon	5	15d	10d	22M	18M

That wraps up Sneak Peek Day 1 of the Town Hall 18 update! Stay tuned, Sneak Peek Day 2 is coming soon with even more exciting reveals.

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Sneak Peek #2: Revenge Tower, Totem Spell, New Crafted Defenses, New Shop and More!

New Defense – Revenge Tower

• At the start of the attack (0 buildings destroyed), the Revenge Tower is inactive.
• After 5 buildings are destroyed, it becomes a single-target, high-damage defense with a slower attack speed.
• After 20 buildings are destroyed, its attack speed increases and shots bounce to a 2nd target, similar to the Ricochet Cannon.
• After 40 buildings are destroyed, it reaches maximum rage and can hit up to 3 targets at once with faster attack speed.

On defense, this building becomes more threatening the longer the attack goes on, punishing slow or grindy strategies and making late-attack phases much riskier.

Here are the Revenge Tower stats for Town Hall 18:

Revenge Tower Level	Upgrade Time	Upgrade Cost (Dark Elixir)	Hitpoints	Max DPS
1	13d	430k	5800	750
2	14d	460k	6200	833

New Spell – Totem Spell

• It spawns a big tanky Totem at the target location.
• The Totem can be targeted by both ground and air defenses (Cannons, Archer Towers, Air Defenses, etc.).
• When the spell lands, it lightly damages and stuns nearby buildings and defensive troops once for a short duration.
• That stun causes defenses in range to retarget onto the Totem, as long as it’s the closest thing they can hit.
• The Totem is counted as a troop and will stay on the field until destroyed.
• The stun radius is fairly large (around 6 tiles) and has a fixed 0.2s stun duration.
• The Totem does not trigger Rage or Poison Spell Towers, so it can’t be abused to “farm” those effects.

Unlock & level details:

• Unlocks with the new Spell Factory level, first available at TH16.
• Housing Space: 1
• 4 levels total:
• 2 levels at TH16
• 1 level at TH17
• 1 level at TH18

Totem Spell Level	Town Hall Required	Upgrade Time	Upgrade Cost (Elixir)	Total Damage	Hitpoints
1	16	–	–	70	10000
2	16	12d	21M	80	11000
3	17	14d	22M	90	12000
4	18	16d	23M	100	13000

New Crafted Defenses – Season 2

The previous season of Crafted Defenses has ended, and this update introduces Season 2 with a fresh set of modular defenses:

General changes:

• A popup informs players that the old Crafted Defenses are removed and a new season has started.
• Town Hall 17 no longer has access to Crafted Defenses (TH18 becomes the top tier).
• Any ongoing Crafted Defense upgrades are refunded.
• The new season lasts 4 months (1 month longer than the previous season).
• Crafted Defenses still gain multiple visual stages based on how many modules you’ve invested.

Season 2 introduces three new Crafted Defenses:

Hero Bell

• Buffs defensive Heroes’ HP and DPS; the building itself does not attack.
• When the Hero Bell is destroyed, the Hero buffs are removed.
• Upgrade modules:
• Building HP
• Hero HP
• Hero DPS

Light Beam

• A single-target defense that targets both ground and air.
• Fires projectiles that lose power over distance:
• Higher damage when targets are close.
• Lower damage when targets are far away.
• Upgrade modules:
• Building HP
• Damage per hit
• Attack cooldown

Bomb Hive

• A splash damage defense that targets ground and air.
• Launches bombs in pre-set directions, which keep traveling until they hit a target or reach maximum range.
• Upgrade modules:
• Building HP
• Damage per hit
• Range

Full module stats and upgrade values are listed in the official Crafted Defenses Season 2 sheet, but this section gives you the functional overview of how each building works.

New Shop & Currency – Fancy Shop & Sparky Stones

Day 2 also introduces a new cosmetic progression system using Sparky Stones and the Fancy Shop.

Sparky Stones – how to earn:

• You gain Sparky Stones by:
• Doing Supercharge upgrades – 10 Sparky Stones each.
• Doing Crafted Defense module upgrades – 8 Sparky Stones each.
• All past Supercharge and Crafted Defense upgrades (done before the update) will be counted retroactively, granting Sparky Stones after the update.

Fancy Shop – what you can buy:

• A new Fancy Shop tab appears in the in-game shop for players who can access Supercharges or Crafted Defenses.
• At launch, you can spend Sparky Stones on:
• Meteor Builder Skin (one-time purchase)
• Exclusive Home Village Decoration (one-time purchase)
• Charge Effect that can be applied to any decoration
  • Can be purchased multiple times
  • Can be applied to any decoration
  • In the shop, tapping the card highlights all eligible decorations

Meteor Builder Skin & Effects:

• After buying the Meteor Builder Skin, you can select any Builder Hut and switch between the Original and Meteor Builder.
• Currently, the selected skin applies to all builders, and builders are now rendered in 3D (similar to Guardians & Heroes).
• In the future, individual builder skins may be supported.
• The Charge Effect makes your decorated objects “flare up” together with Supercharged buildings, making your village visuals more dynamic.

This system is meant to offer permanent rewards for temporary content, letting long-time players show off their investment into Supercharges and Crafted Defenses.

Ranked Improvements

Ranked Battles also receive several quality-of-life and balance updates:

• Temporary troops are now banned in:
  • Ranked Battles
  • Clan Wars
  • CWL Battles
• Inactivity handling in Ranked is adjusted:
• If you’re inactive for one tournament, you keep your League and bonuses for that week.
• To keep the same League for the following week, you must sign up before the next tournament starts (Tuesday 5:00 UTC).
• If you haven’t signed up by Friday 5:00 UTC, the UI will warn you that you risk demotion.
• Matchmaking inside a weekly Ranked group will now be less predictable, making pairings less repetitive.
• Promotion/Demotion percentages are adjusted for several higher leagues to better spread players and activity (exact numbers are in the official patch notes).

General Improvements

Finally, some smaller but useful improvements:

• Info screen added for Skeleton Trap Skeletons.
• Builder Base backgrounds now show in skin selection for Builder Base Heroes.
• Your own attacks no longer increase the game log message count in Home Village.
• The Inbox inside the game log gets a new layout.
• Revenge battles now have their own dedicated battle end screen.
• Battle log unit order is standardized as:
• Troops → Siege → Heroes → Spells → Clan Banner → CC troops → CC siege → CC spells
• Knocked-out defensive heroes now become transparent when near a ground unit, making visibility better during heavy ground fights.

These changes deepen the strategy around TH18, add powerful new tools on offense and defense, and give long-term players more cosmetic goals to chase through Sparky Stones and the Fancy Shop.