Clash of Clans Makes a Massive Change After Thirteen Years – February 2025 Patch Overview

Clash of Clans has been around for almost a decade, and fans of the game have been waiting for this subtle but impactful change, and Supercell finally made it happen. Players now have the ability to clear obstacles without having a builder available.

This is a small change, but a massive one. Think of all the Gems you would’ve gotten over the years if this had been implemented since day one. Apart from this QoL change, February brought a lot of new and exciting features, changes, and troops to the game, and we’ll go through all of them in this article.

Clash of Clans February 2025 Patch Overview

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While Clash of Clans added the ability to clear obstacles without an open builder, they also added an easier way to upgrade walls. You can now select multiple walls of the same level and upgrade them independently. Since walls get ridiculously expensive fast, there are times when you just want to upgrade to the lowest one first, and you can now do that through the new wall selection feature.

Apart from these, players also receive a massive discount on almost every store (yup, no wall discounts here). Potions and other useful items will now cost fewer gems. Clan War League shop items will also see a reduction in price (Clan War League Medals).

Players also get a Gold, Elixir, and Dark Elixir capacity boost at Town Hall 14 and above, with 28,000,000 Gold and Elixir maximum capacity and a 460,000 Dark Elixir capacity. There are time reductions all around. I am guessing their massive update last year of reducing the time and helping players, especially new players, progress helped keep their community engaged. Who knew this would work?

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New Siege Machine, Merging Defense, Metal Pants Equipment, and the Alchemist

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There’s a new siege machine called the Troop Launcher available at Workshop level 8. It launches a Giant, a couple of Barbarians, four Archers, and two Wall Breakers at defenses. They can attack up to seven times, creating many troops in the process (at max level).

A geared-up Cannon and geared-up Archer Tower will merge to create the Multi-Gear Tower. You can also upgrade the Multi-Gear Tower to level 2 once merged.

The Minion Prince gets a new hero equipment called the Metal Pants. It is a defensive barrier, much needed for such a vulnerable hero. However, Minion Prince doesn’t need to be “tanky” or durable because you usually use the Minion Prince as an offensive unit with a few Balloons, Dragons, or even Minions (as well as guards from the equipment) to redirect attacks away from the Minion Prince.

The Alchemist is available at Town Hall 11 at the Helper Hut. You have to unlock her using 100 Gems after reaching Town Hall 11. She helps you convert resources to another resource with a little bonus. For example, you can convert 1,500,000 Elixir to 1,515,000 Gold, giving you an extra 15,000 because of the 1% conversion bonus. The conversion bonus can be increased up to 10%, but it’ll take Gems to upgrade the Alchemist.

As for troop changes, here are the troops that are getting some love with upgrades:

• Archer goes up to level 13.
• Healer goes up to level 10 (only hero heal increases).
• P.E.K.K.A goes up to level 12.
• Miner goes up to level 11.
• Bowler goes up to level 9.
• Poison Spell goes up to level 12.
• Haste Spell goes up to level 6.

Here are the new upgrades to defense buildings as well:

• Mortar goes up to level 17.
• Scattershot goes up to level 6.
• X-Bow goes up to level 12 (with Supercharge levels).
• Hidden Tesla goes up to level 16.

Overall, the changes are extremely positive, as players get a lot more at a cost of nothing. Huge win, Supercell.