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Don't Rush Upgrades or Town Hall

Don't Rush Upgrades or Town Hall

It has always been a rule of thumb that players should not rush upgrades, or upgrade a Town Hall until they've already maxed out most of their troops or defenses at the current level. The reason for this is something most don't know about.

Each time you upgrade your Town Hall, the amount of money earned from attacking bases decreases. So going from TH8 to TH9 will see a drastic decrease in money to be made. Town Hall 8 had the best loot to raid from other bases if you ask me, and Town Hall 10 is the worst. Hitting at base lower than you gets you less money than hitting one the same level.

To make matters worse, attacking a lower TH loot penalty will increase after the update. Meaning TH9 that hit a TH8 will get even less money than they did before the update. So be prepared to attack your own level, or learn how to do it successfully.

As a result you do not want to rush and upgrade the Town Hall to 9 just for freeze spells, or to Town Hall 10 just for inferno towers. Because you'll then have less money available, which means upgrading those extremely important walls (mentioned above) or all your defensive buildings or troops will take even longer.

Upgrade everything you can first, and max out all cannons, archer towers, wizard towers, and troops, before the Town Hall. This will ensure a base can handle being attacked once a player upgrades, and upgrades won't be out of reach later on.

Some jump right to Town Hall 10 anyways, and to each his own, but we'd recommend you do the opposite and take your time. The amount of money really dries up once you move to TH10. This will also hurt a clan during wars. So proceed with caution.

77 Comments

77 Comments

  1. Nick

    12/09/2015 at 4:42 pm

    1/5th not 1/4th and Elixir not Elixier….”Once the update arrives users Town Hall will hold 1/4th of their total money, just like the Gold and Elixir storage, and 1/4th of their Dark Elixier.”

    • Archer Queen

      12/10/2015 at 7:47 pm

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      • Pc14

        12/10/2015 at 11:25 pm

        Sembang… haha

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      • KimberlyBurns

        01/17/2016 at 5:50 pm

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  2. albert

    12/10/2015 at 4:52 am

    I hate the new shield its going to be so much more difficult to save money now that they’re forcing your village to get attacked every 3 hours and make us put our th outside our walls supercell is so money hungry

    • 007clasher

      12/10/2015 at 6:51 pm

      it should make it easier to gain money because less people will have free sheilds, also supercell is the one who invented the game

      • Sean

        12/22/2015 at 10:02 am

        Looks like you will be playing alone soon 007clasher. They drop from 5 million a day to 1.6 million this update is so you will buy more gems. Don’t kid yourself.

  3. Jackie Chok

    12/10/2015 at 5:11 am

    i cant update my clash of clan.someone please help me.thank

    • 007clasher

      12/10/2015 at 6:48 pm

      i have listed below some brainstorming ideas i thought of.
      1)make sure you have the latest ios for your devise
      2) also check how much space you have on your devise
      3) (i know u would know this but..) make sure there isnt a setting blocking an update
      4) wifi maybe??
      good luck and reply if it works/doesn’t work

  4. ~~Oscar~~

    12/10/2015 at 5:16 am

    Help me i can update my coc help me tnx

  5. bishnu

    12/10/2015 at 5:17 am

    I also have same problem help

  6. Alyn Joan

    12/10/2015 at 5:21 am

    I CAN’T UPDATE……………

  7. PJ jacinto

    12/10/2015 at 5:21 am

    Same here, ni update button. Should we uninstall and reinstall?

  8. Rob

    12/10/2015 at 5:22 am

    What do you do to update.. Only two options are uninstall and open.. Open only takes you back to need to update.. I dont want to uninstall

  9. khant waiyan oo

    12/10/2015 at 5:28 am

    I can’t update Clash of Clan.How do update? Can anyone tell me ! :'(

  10. Dave

    12/10/2015 at 5:31 am

    Can’t update…

  11. Hu

    12/10/2015 at 5:34 am

    I can’t update

  12. bisk

    12/10/2015 at 5:43 am

    i uninstall and re download but still on the update loop.. any suggestions how to fix this??

  13. Alyn Joan

    12/10/2015 at 5:43 am

    I already uninstall and reinstall but it didn’t work

  14. mohammad rahel

    12/10/2015 at 5:45 am

    unable to do update new version. help me please

  15. Rick

    12/10/2015 at 5:47 am

    Uninstall and install again thats it. If you didn’t have it backed up then you just lost all your progress

  16. tseegii

    12/10/2015 at 5:52 am

    Pls help me how to do update how how watch me pls

  17. Alyn Joan

    12/10/2015 at 5:52 am

    update is available ;-)

  18. Harshal

    12/10/2015 at 5:55 am

    Hey bro plz fix this problem i cant update my coc game..!! :-( for this update version require kitkat or lolipop or marshmallow Android version ..?? Bt my version is jelly bean … So confuse yarr plzz help me..!!! #thnx_in_advance ….!!

  19. Sakar

    12/10/2015 at 5:58 am

    How to update ❔❓❔❓

  20. saurav

    12/10/2015 at 6:04 am

    i also same problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    pls this problem say to supercell
    pls bro say to fix this error

  21. Dominic

    12/10/2015 at 6:05 am

    how can i update new version..???

  22. Happychaos

    12/10/2015 at 6:12 am

    Go directly to your app store. It worked for me after I watched the youtube video. COC is still down for update.

  23. Masterpekka

    12/10/2015 at 6:17 am

    This many updates at one gallop, a little to much. I’m calling it clash of clans 2 now, not gonna be the same game at all. Gonna require boosting to loot enough to get attacked every 3 hours. I call BS myself, or Gems, which means they want more Money. I’m done!

    • placebo

      01/03/2016 at 2:40 pm

      Yes. These greedy Swedes, or wherever they are from, are just looking to make more money like all the other greedy fux raping the world for what they can get. Is it their fault? I would say no because idiots will pay to play and keep playing a game that has turned into a job.

  24. Frankdwalker

    12/10/2015 at 6:59 am

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  25. hein

    12/10/2015 at 7:12 am

    When clicking on th the game exits after upgrade

  26. Michael

    12/10/2015 at 8:30 am

    Clear your Google Play store app cache to upgrade.

  27. earl

    12/10/2015 at 9:24 am

    the shield update makes me more disappointed than being excited on the new characters… even the aq walk? they lessen the power of the healer… i’m th 10 already and i’m disappointed than excited… time to quit i guess…

  28. Efas McD

    12/10/2015 at 1:16 pm

    This update has accomplished two things…
    1st… to get people to spend money
    2nd… to get people to stop playing

    I agree Earl… this update is full of disappointment. The shield update is terrible. The attack win bonus update makes me want to quit playing altogether. I am at TH9 level 94. My base is not the best but hit is almost maxed out. Before the update when I would get to about 4 million gold or elixer or about 25,000 DE, I would get attacked by level 140 players and lose 300,000 gold and elixer and 2-3,000 DE. This would happen every 12 hours when my shield would run out. Now, I can’t imagine being able to save any gold/elixer/DE since these top players will just bleed us dry without shields. I mean, really, they will use about 20% of their troops and will stop at about 25% destruction and get probably in the 100’s of thousands and leave us without a shield for the next attacker to come along 5 minutes later. Uggg… I guess it is time to quit. I spent 2 years playing, I spent no money and will not spend money. Thanks for thinking only of the top 5% of players!!

    • BHarath

      12/22/2015 at 9:00 pm

      I agree with you… Same story here… spent so much time upgrading all the walls in Th8’s. Now i cannot attack/cannot defend/cannot upgrade/No loots.

      Supercell wants you to use your top troops. Yea right!!!.. attack a Th9 base with th8 troops.

      as you said they are only thinking of top players who has maxed troops. :(.

      I am also quitting COC!!!..

  29. sunny goel

    12/10/2015 at 2:00 pm

    I don’t know why i am getting kicked if i am not being attacked…this concept is shit..Lots of awsome updates but shield concepts is not making happy.

  30. ekko1

    12/10/2015 at 2:04 pm

    Agreed. Farming is the only way to get money at lower levels. Please revert to old shields please.

  31. naruto

    12/10/2015 at 3:14 pm

    uninstall your current coc,then have it shared from one of your friends who have updated version!

  32. buddha

    12/10/2015 at 4:15 pm

    How can i upload new version

  33. Md Helal Khan

    12/10/2015 at 4:38 pm

    Clash of clans game was closed in Bangladesh. …plz help me to get the game.tank

  34. patrick

    12/10/2015 at 5:20 pm

    i can`t update my clash of clans

  35. Crystal

    12/10/2015 at 7:27 pm

    With this update, I lost 4 thousand dark elixir in literally two consecutive attacks on my base shortly after I logged off. I am very close to quitting this game. The old shield worked fine but this new shielding system is really not working for a game that requires me to gem everything and spend thousands of dollars. Thankfully I haven’t! COC you really only want money. that’s your system.

  36. superman

    12/11/2015 at 12:47 pm

    My resources have plunged dramatically since the upgrade, despite attacking frequently. I’m always loosing more than I can possibly gain. I will not spend gems so unless I find a new system I am done.

  37. Utebob

    12/11/2015 at 2:13 pm

    If COC doesn’t change the shield system back to the way it was before the update most in our clan will drop the game. This really is unfair to the average player. Having to use max troops and spells for raiding just isn’t working. I’m TH 10 with most troops and spells maxed and I’m only averaging 60% per attack. I try not to use spells if possible but most of the time I have to just to get some bonus. Don’t like it and won’t keep the game if it stays this way. Fun while it lasted I guess.

  38. arwin

    12/12/2015 at 12:01 am

    After I uninstalled the coc on my android phone for update… Now I can’t download the new version and the message is not compatible on your device… What the hell happened… Fix this supercell…

  39. jeewan subba

    12/12/2015 at 12:43 am

    This new update sucks, as it only keep the top players in mind…the shield nd the th holding 1/4th of the resources is most dissapointing…not done supercell

  40. tyrian

    12/12/2015 at 1:28 pm

    I agree 100% with UTEBOB. I am attacking as much as possible and my resources are dropping fast. At this rate I will no longer be able to play in a week, I am a new TH10 and this isn’t working. Time to find a new game. See you COC. Way to ruin a game.

  41. roger

    12/12/2015 at 5:38 pm

    I quit 2yr player — no shield no game — level 128

  42. Snow

    12/12/2015 at 8:30 pm

    what a downfall., i wont waste my time investing on clash of clans., this is just a game for a big fat sitting around person. if this game doesn’t die soon, this only means that numerous number of player sucks on life, like a decaying shit!

  43. klunge

    12/14/2015 at 9:25 am

    The claimed purpose of this update is to “emphasize attacking”. However the result is that it is now mandatory to attack constantly or you will experience net losses until your town is paralyzed by lack of resources. The shield is totally worthless now, because most of the time you will be completely destroyed to earn one. If you do not carry out 2 or 3 successful attacks of your own while under the shield, you have no way to recover what you’ve lost before shield runs out and you are crushed yet again. In my case, even when I try to raid alot I often spend 10-15 minutes and 100K gold hunting for any targets worth wasting an army on. Most targets I’m offered are stronger than me and still don’t have any resources to take. It was like that before, but at least when my winnings were modest I could protect them.

    As mentioned in previous posts, this update caters to two types of people: those who spend a lot of real money, and those who have nothing else to do in life but play COC all day long. As evidence, the fact that no new or good things were put in for anyone except those who go to the new TH11. And within 2hrs of the update, a number of people were maxed out on everything. That isnt possible without spending literally 100K gems. I agree it is their game and they can do what they want with it. But if you call if free, and the only thing free is downloading the app, but playing successfully is impossible without spending a pile of cash…well people don’t like feeling deceived.

    Perhaps it was your calculated intention to shed millions of players within 1 weeks time, in order to cash in from whoever is left. But you won’t get or keep any new players under this format, and like all businesses you have to bring in new customers or you will dry up. I’ll give it a few more days but I’m heading towards quitting myself.

  44. Marius

    12/14/2015 at 8:51 pm

    Same here lvl 133. Played for 2 years and now it’s impossible to farm… To attack somebody successfully you gotta go with your war troops and that cost too much for farming. Give it few more days if changes don’t come I’m out…

  45. Jeff C

    12/15/2015 at 6:56 pm

    This is a totally brutal upgrade, my money has gone nothing but down since the update and make sit rodiculous every time I log in. Impossible to save money, can barely afford to donate troops, losing interest quick. I give one more week and if shield is not back to normal when townhall destroyed it gives a 12 hour shield I am done. Terrible update that will ruin this game fast!!!

  46. Bob Galakawitz

    12/16/2015 at 10:46 am

    Game absolutely and completely SUCKS WITH THIS UPGRADE!!!!!! You spend more elixor on full attacks. You get attacked a lot more with no shield. They took th me fun out of it. Greedy ass Supercell once you to spend real money on upgrades since it takes so long now to get Gold And Elixor. All I do is eat nothing else now to get money.

  47. ROB

    12/16/2015 at 5:31 pm

    I agree with klunge …I used to buy some gems just to boost barracks n farm my resources and now you must use war troops to farm and the bases im offered are way to progressed for me to attack.and I get kicked off game after awhile in mid boost …. it costs too much resources and takes way to much time to make troops now to farm anything …..Im out soon too as well gg COC for screwing up a great game !!

  48. Scotty

    12/16/2015 at 7:47 pm

    I’m very disappointed in this new update. It literally took all the fun out of the game. I’ve been playing for two years and spent real money on gems to boost barracks and things to play at a mediocre rate. Being a full time employee with kids, it’s hard for me to attack multiple times a day to offset my losses now by being constantly attacked. If this doesn’t change, I think I’m done. COC might have just dug their own grave. Their are many players with the same perogative as I that were the backbone of Supercell’s success with COC. With this new update, I see their profits decreasing and the decline in popularity.

    I hope they change their mistake. I’m sick of getting steamrolled, and then only able to attack bases with high defenses with low resources that no one else wants. You can’t even get enough loot to pay for the troops you just attacked with.

    Very disappointed.

  49. Jeff

    12/17/2015 at 3:15 am

    I agree, this change is horrible and it is no longer the same game. I don’t see me continuing playing since it is too hard to keep sources. This sucks…..

  50. Ryan Wilson

    12/17/2015 at 6:45 pm

    What is the point of a game if it is never played right. it was a good game but now they have just bought themselves out of business I am going to quit if this is not changed back I enjoyed it until now raids are way to expensive and pointless. Say bye supercell I’m going to be done in a week or two it was fun while it lasted I guess.

  51. Robin

    12/18/2015 at 1:38 am

    This game was the best to play and now with the new update its the worst game.It’s not easy to spent war troops just for farming and besides every time I search the game shows highly upgraded bases and it’s almost impossible to win.the New shield concept sucks…pls bring the old game back!!!

  52. Disappointed

    12/18/2015 at 6:21 am

    This has to be the worst upgrade I have EVER seen by a game. Totally sucks! My cash is dropped and if I get on my shield drops and I get attacked again. I CANNOT MAKE PROGRESS.

    If this is not fixed I am done.

  53. Lord Sighvat

    12/19/2015 at 7:12 pm

    This update is potentially the swan song of Supercell. All I see and hear are negative comments about it. Currently I’m a maxed 8 and spend my time fending off raids from maxed 9’s and up. The mechanics of the game are out of balance and the only equalizer was the exposed town hall shield. I have spent money on gems for boosting barracks and such, but will not spend a penny more. Many in my clan are already threatening to quit. You spend so much in resources just searching for a base worthy of hitting. The graduated shielding is stupid; I have successfully revenged twice and that’s it. Everybody is shielded all the time- Shame on Supercell for catering to the top 5% of players….let’s see how far you go when they are the only ones bankrolling your company…..

  54. Peter

    12/19/2015 at 9:58 pm

    After spending so much time and money playing this game for the past 8 mths, they decided to spoil my fun with the latest update. I have uninstalled all your games from my 3 acct. Thanks for making me quit this worthless game and realising what an idiot I was for supporting you.

  55. Alona

    12/20/2015 at 9:58 pm

    Agree guys, me Ive spent almost 3yrs playing this game. I have 3 accounts but because of this update its difficult for us to spend resources, now i am very dissapoint to supercell and i wanted to stop playing this game. Coz supercell making too much money from us. Haizt!! Supercell not good..

  56. Martin Goedknegtmartin

    12/22/2015 at 5:51 am

    Downfall!

  57. Rachel

    12/22/2015 at 5:13 pm

    This new update is terrible, I am a max TH 7 and I simply cannot afford to train an entire attacking army to gain 20% of what I spent trying to get it. Along with being constantly attacked I’ve had to hide behind a shield to fend off being attacked by maxed TH 8s and up! This update has made it incredibly boring and many of my friends in my clan are thinking about quitting all together. I loose one to two hundred and fifty thousand of gold and elixir in each raid and about 650 dark elixir. This forces me to have to either constantly attack, which I can’t due to being busy, or spend gems. Which I will not do anymore. It’s so incredibly hard to get resources now and I’m ashamed of supercell being money hungry, serving their top 5% of players instead of the common player. I’m debating whether I will quit or not. If nothing changes within a month I, a loyal player of a year and spender of $60 on this app will have to uninstall this game from my device.

  58. Robert Doe

    12/24/2015 at 6:52 am

    First, let me start by saying I am not a fan of this update, NOT ONE BIT. Raiding in costly and doesn’t pay. You have to sit behind a shield and wait to be raided by some sorry shmuck who takes 150k but in the end looses out himself after spending 300k to win.

    It is apparent that supercell was trying to fix what they saw as a problem with the game. And that is the “Free Shield”. After all, it is kinda a strange concept and couldn’t be intended by supercell, BUT IT WORKED.

    I don’t see supercell reverting the changes, but I hope they make some fixes fast! Maybe larger, MUCH larger, loot bonuses?

    P.S.
    And stop with this “All supercell wants is money” talk. OF COURSE THEY DO! You don’t have to say it. Do you think they are trying to hide it? Heck no, they are a business out to make money, always have been and always will. What they need to do is try to make more money and make decisions that will do just that. This update WILL NOT make them more money. So they need to fix it. You the consumers will cause change. Money talks.

  59. Robert Doe

    12/24/2015 at 7:52 am

    Oh and by the way. Who will shovel the snow off my drive way for me? It’s getting bad here. And no, I won’t pay you….

  60. john

    12/25/2015 at 9:06 pm

    I love this update i realise this is p2w game no other option and this allowed me to remove this crappy app form mobile Thank you supercell

    • Oxbreath

      12/31/2015 at 9:49 am

      *TIP* If you want to give Supercell a present, before you delete your account change your base layout so it’s easier too loot and only delete it from the device. This way your wasting their server space and hopefully giving someone enough resources so they won’t need to buy gems. Oh and if you heard a rumor that SC is pulling bases off “next” search after 5 days inactive, lol nope nada nein that be lying! ;)

  61. Lvl 7 Clan Leader

    12/31/2015 at 9:27 am

    Been playing little over a year an a half, have 4 accounts highest a 120XP TH9, which I upgraded 2 1/2 weeks prior to big update. First, for the author and their repeated, “upgrade walls, upgrade walls” do you play the game? 1. 4X quake dissolve any wall due to prior update, just plain stupid idea. 2. When you war search a maxed TH8 can draw a rushed TH10 with inferno towers, due to maxed wall point value, can it beat it, probably not. Recent update is crap to put it politely, all it did was give anyone with a maxed TH9 and above a Golden Ticket to loot. What I don’t think Supercell realized is the upper accounts (minus hardcore gemmers) didn’t need to buy gems because game play became ridiculously unbalanced, why? Because although the update seemed reasonable in theory, the actual game play was nothing but lies. TH matching????? Every account I have is being raped by TH’s two to three levels above them, whatever league there in, doesn’t matter. Troop AI changes, stop turn die, stop turn die, even with 2 updates? Will they ever wise up, make TH a priority target for King and Queen, duh. Healer stacking not being as effective, seeing more Queenwalks than ever (lvl32 Queen and 4 lvl4 healers waltzing through lvl2 xbows and lvl7 teslas, wtf). Problem is I was playing the game right by their definition prior to update now it’s just not worth it. I actually didn’t care about the TH/sheild sniping change, wish they would have greatly increased loss so more peeps would either tuck them or realize if you want a sheild that way your going to pay. Since I have a family and life so far the sheild changes are a improvement. Overall my response has been to cut back game time, layoff builders, spend my iTunes cards on,,,,,,,iTunes and generally speak my mind on global, lol one more warning til I get banned. P.S. Prior to update I was looting well enough with a new TH9 in masters 1 to take my xbows straight from lvl1 to lvl2. Now I’ve dropped to gold and went back up to masters searching for loot, mostly GOWIPE very rarely profitable. Apparently the server I go through can only match me with maxed TH9’s and above, I can win with my mostly TH8 troops, but since it’s percentage based now, not even snagging old loot bonus. That’s my $1.50 worth, foresee major changes by mid-end February when Supercell realizes how much money myself and clanmates didn’t give them for Xmas. Clash On or Cash On?

  62. Drew

    01/01/2016 at 11:46 pm

    I’m petty sure I’m done, it’s been fun.

  63. Bud

    01/05/2016 at 3:55 pm

    I can’t gain resources to save my life. It’s just brutal getting raided for 100k+ and not getting a shield out of that raping. Once this 1 gem boosting is over, we’ll really see how bad this update sucks. At that point, lots more people will be raiding.

  64. Duke686

    01/10/2016 at 3:50 pm

    I just upgraded to TH9. I was maxed on everything 8 including most of my walls. Now I’m getting hit for $300,000 or more and over 2000 dark elixir every single raid. How am I supposed to build up defenses or an army getting hit like this by maxed TH 10s and 11!!! My attack searches only yeild villages WAY out of my league, or with no money to make it worth while. I believe that once this boost is done, the crap is going to hit the fan and many people will stop playing. Does anyone know of a good game to switch to and spend my money on. All I’m asking for is a chance of success. And after this upgrade, I don’t have one. “Hiding” behind a shield is the only way that I could save enough to upgrade anything, and they took that away. Thanks!

  65. Cool Jam

    01/15/2016 at 2:41 pm

    I got Clash of Clans gems for free using this site: https://cheatcocgenerator2016.ga/

  66. machinmi

    01/31/2016 at 3:13 pm

    I can’t update my coc,pliz help me….

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