Clash of Clans is an insanely popular strategy game for the iPhone, iPad and Android that offers fun, fast paced and mobile strategy with an addictive leveling system and plenty of opportunities to keep playing even after you take your first base.
This guide will show you the Clash of Clans tips for beginners that will help you build a base, enjoy early success and become a better player without spending real cash.
This isn’t a strategy game like Command Conquer, which makes it easier to get into for many mobile gamers. As a Clash of Clans beginner, you can play through many levels with ease — but soon you will find that you need a better base, well-trained troops and you will need to know how to use the troops and your defenses in the right way.
Clash of Clans recently aired a Super Bowl ad featuring Liam Neeson, showing off the Revenge feature that lets gamers play against another player who raided their base. While you don’t need to play Clash of Clans all the time, when you are not there other players can attack your base. You will also attack other bases to try to steal gold and resources to level up your buildings, technology and troops.
You can use these Clash of Clans tips for beginners to learn how to balance your attack and defense, build a base and become a better player. Once you master these beginner Clash of Clans tips you can graduate to more advanced Clash of Clans tips and tricks.
Learn to Build a Better Clash of Clans Base
When you start, you will need build a Clash of Clans base. You can use multiple tools and guides to build a better Clash of Clans base. You need to build this up and place buildings and defenses so that your base is safe from raids by other players. This is an essential part of the game. Clash of Clans is about offense and defense.
The basics of building a better Clash of Clan base boil down to three main things. Protect your town hall, build a good defense and build walls. If you forget to do one of these things you will needlessly lose resources and time rebuilding your base after attacks. The basics are to put your town hall in the center of the base, place weapons to cover all of your buildings and build up walls to keep enemies busy while weapons take them out.
You can observe the defense of bases you attack, but you are limited by the resources and number of buildings you can build. Use the following tools below to find the best Clash of Clans base for your level. Eventually you can build bases to defend, to farm resources, for Clan Wars or to handle all the above. Your base will be influenced by your town hall level.
Use this guide to learn the basics about each part of building a great base, especially about how to build walls, what to put inside your walls and what to keep outside.
You can also use this guide to see Clash of Clans base layouts for beginners. Use the town hall 3-5 option to see layouts for Clash of Clans beginners. This guide will also walk you through potential Clash of Clans base layouts for the first several levels of play.
As you progress you can even build a Clash of Clans base online that you can then copy in the game. Use Clash of Clans Builder to make a plan for your new base.
Know When to Use Shields and Rebuild
Use your Clash of Clans shields to recover.
There are certain times where no one can attack you. When you start playing Clash of Clans you get a three-day shield. During this starting phase no one can attack you. You should use this Clash of Clans shield to build your buildings up because it won’t last forever.
After an attack that takes out 40% or more of your base, or your town hall, you gain a Shield that lasts 12 hours. If 90% of your base is destroyed you get a free shield that lasts 16 hours.
If you attack another player or use the Revenge option to attack the person who destroyed your base the shield automatically lifts. You can still play the single player campaign or Clan Wars without losing a shield.
You can also use Gems to buy a Clash of Clans Shield, but there is a cool down between shields so you can’t stay shielded forever.
Save Your Clash of Clans Gems
You start with a small amount of Clash of Clans gems that offer the ability to buy shields, speed up building or troop training and other upgrades. Do not spend the Clash of Clans Gems in the early days. You will need these later and you will need to spend real money on them after you progress and blow through the meager amount you can get in-game.
Free Clash of Clans Gems
When you play you can earn free Clash of Clans gems by completing a variety of Clash of Clans Achievements or overcoming obstacles. According to the Clash of Clans Wiki, the largest amount of free Clash of Clans gems a player can earn is 3,715 from earning 3,200 trophies.
You can also get free Clash of Clans gems when you clear an obstacle. This results in experience and between one and six gems. Occasionally you will not get any gems.
