Clash of Clans Update: Town Hall 17 and Major New Features!

Get ready, Chiefs! The biggest Clash of Clans update of the year has arrived, bringing Town Hall 17 and a host of exciting new additions. Let’s dive in!

🚀 A New Hero Takes Flight: The Minion Prince!

Introducing the Minion Prince, a brand-new airborne Hero specializing in aerial attacks and weakening enemy defenses. Available to players at Town Hall 9 and above, this mighty Hero is ready to dominate the battlefield!

🏛️ Hero Hall: A New Home for Your Heroes

With five Heroes now in the game, things were getting a little crowded—so we’re saying goodbye to Altars and introducing the Hero Hall!

Assign attacking and defending Heroes separately for strategic play.
Unlock up to four active Hero slots (available at Town Hall 13 and above).
Customize Hero defenses by assigning them to Hero Banners in your Village.
Enjoy a new 3D Hero view to admire your Hero Skins like never before.
Hero upgrade levels are now tied to Hero Hall level.

🏠 Chief’s Helpers & The Helper Hut

Remember The Builder’s Apprentice? He’s finally getting his own building—the Helper Hut!

Available at Town Hall 9 and above, this 3×3 building manages both the Builder’s Apprentice and the all-new Lab Assistant.
The Lab Assistant helps speed up research in the Laboratory—just like the Builder’s Apprentice, but for troop upgrades!
Level 1 Lab Assistant is free to hire.

🔥 Town Hall 17: New Upgrades & Major Changes

Town Hall 17 is here, bringing new building levels, but also removing some old structures!

🏰 Inferno Artillery: A Devastating New Town Hall Weapon

Merges Town Hall 17 and Eagle Artillery into a powerful new defense.
Fires four projectiles at once, each seeking a different target.
Leaves an area damage effect over time.
Always active, unlike previous Town Hall weapons.
The explosive Town Hall death bomb is gone—once destroyed, it’s gone for good!

💣 New Trap: Giga Bomb

Always visible, unlike hidden traps.
Causes massive damage in a large area with strong pushback.

🔥 New Defense: Firespitter

Directional defense, similar to the Air Sweeper.
Fires at high speed, but lacks precision—some shots may miss.
Can hit both air and ground troops, no matter the target mode.

🏹 New Troop: Thrower

Elixir Troop with long-range attacks and high HP.

✨ New Spell: Revive

Brings a defeated Hero back to battle with partial health. Targets the nearest fallen Hero within 8 tiles. Can be used multiple times on the same Hero! Available at Town Hall 15 and above.

📈 More Upgrades!

New Building, Trap, Troop, Spell, and Siege levels—plenty of upgrades to unlock at Town Hall 17!

🔧 Quality of Life Improvements

Hero Skin selection screen gets improved lighting and background.
Updated Skin textures to match the new visuals.
Hard Mode selection now persists in friendly challenges.
Legend League layout cooldown rules are bypassed when placing unplaced buildings.
Builder’s Apprentice can now be assigned to the Forge.
Archer Queen is now unlocked at Town Hall 8.
Expired Magic Items now grant Gems.
Builder’s Apprentice icon removed from Town Hall.
New option for Builder’s Apprentice & Lab Assistant: “Keep assigned until upgrade is complete.”

💰 Cost Reductions

Another wave of time and resource reductions across various Town Hall levels.
All Dark Elixir Troop & Spell costs reduced by 50%.
Pet Dark Elixir costs reduced by 25%.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Fixed Legendary scenery movie clips not playing when visiting bases.
Resolved an issue with Builder Potions in temporary storage.
Fixed a bug causing Builder Base decorations to disappear.
Corrected text clearing issue when sharing Builder Base replays.
Donation bubble in War Screen no longer visible to spectators.
Fixed Supercharge Info Screen constantly appearing in War Bases.
Corrected tooltip alignment for Master Builder and Research icons.
Fixed scaling issues with the War Results screen on multi-window devices.
Purchase confirmation bug for Builder’s Apprentice in the Shop fixed.
Fixed issue where Builder menu closed itself unexpectedly.
Wall Rings now display correctly when received from Treasure Chests.

This Town Hall 17 update is packed with exciting changes, new defenses, and game-changing mechanics! Which new feature are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments! 🎉🔥