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Defenses upgrade costs and times

Data current as of Jul 10, 2026Updated Oct 4, 2026

Defenses are where most of your builder time goes from Town Hall 7 onward, and they are the largest category in the catalogue. Below is every defense ClashTrack tracks, with the cost, build time and Town Hall requirement of every level and the TH Cap at each Town Hall. Pick a Town Hall in the filter to hide the levels you cannot build yet and see what maxing defenses there actually costs.

Two things in the data are worth knowing before you read it. Defenses are paid almost entirely in gold, so at a new Town Hall your gold income, not your elixir, decides how many builders you can keep busy here. The Monolith is the exception: it costs dark elixir, which puts it in direct competition with your heroes. And from Town Hall 16 the Cannon and Archer Tower counts start to fall, because pairs of them are merged into Ricochet Cannons and Multi-Archer Towers. The counts in each table reflect that, so a TH17 or TH18 total does not charge you for Cannons you no longer have.

The catalogue covers the defenses you upgrade with builders and that have a per-Town-Hall count. The Town Hall itself, its weapon and the Eagle Artillery are not in it, so they are not part of the totals on this page.

What to upgrade first

Splash before point damage. Wizard Towers, Mortars, Bomb Towers and later the Multi-Archer Tower are what stop cheap swarm and spam armies. A base with maxed Cannons and weak splash gets three-starred by Barch and mass Dragons.
The headline unlock of each Town Hall. Inferno Towers at TH10, Scattershots at TH13, and the Spell Tower and Monolith at TH15 change how a base defends more than another level on an old defense does. A brand-new defense sitting at level 1 is the softest spot in your base.
Air Defenses evenly. One low Air Defense is the crack a LavaLoon or Dragon attack looks for. Keep all of them within a level of each other rather than maxing one.
Cannons and Archer Towers last. They have the most copies, so they dominate the totals below, but each level adds the least. They are good work for a builder that frees up with nothing urgent queued.

Max-out Cost at Town Hall 18

Showing every level (TH18 is the current max)

Maxing all defenses at Town Hall 18 from level 0 takes 1,842 builder-days and 3,028,774,000 gold and 1,480,000 dark elixir.

From level 0

1,842builder-days(5y 16d)

3,028,774,000Gold
1,480,000Dark Elixir

From the TH17 cap

541builder-days(1y 5mo)

964,890,000Gold
470,000Dark Elixir

Builder-days are the summed upgrade time of every copy for one builder; divide by your builder count for a calendar estimate. No boosts, gems or helpers. “From the previous cap” assumes everything was at the TH17 TH Cap before you upgraded. Full Max-out Cost calculator

Every defense

Cannon

Unlocks at TH1 · TH18 Cap: level 21 · max level 21

Cannon: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	20	21	21	21	21
Count	1	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	3	—	—

Cannon: cost and time per level, levels 1–21
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	250Gold	5s	TH1
2	1,000Gold	30s	TH1
3	4,000Gold	2m	TH2
4	16,000Gold	20m	TH3
5	50,000Gold	30m	TH4
6	60,000Gold	1h	TH5
7	100,000Gold	2h	TH6
8	160,000Gold	3h	TH7
9	250,000Gold	3h 30m	TH8
10	330,000Gold	4h	TH8
11	500,000Gold	4h 30m	TH9
12	600,000Gold	5h	TH10
13	660,000Gold	6h	TH10
14	1,000,000Gold	8h	TH11
15	1,200,000Gold	10h	TH11
16	1,300,000Gold	11h	TH12
17	1,500,000Gold	12h	TH12
18	1,800,000Gold	16h	TH13
19	2,000,000Gold	20h	TH13
20	2,600,000Gold	1d	TH14
21	3,000,000Gold	1d 12h	TH15

Archer Tower

Unlocks at TH2 · TH18 Cap: level 21 · 2 at TH18 · max level 21

Archer Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	6	7	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	20	21	21	21	21
Count	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	4	2	2

Archer Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–21
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	1,000Gold	15s	TH2
2	2,000Gold	2m	TH2
3	5,000Gold	20m	TH3
4	20,000Gold	1h	TH4
5	70,000Gold	1h 30m	TH5
6	80,000Gold	2h	TH5
7	150,000Gold	3h	TH6
8	200,000Gold	4h	TH7
9	400,000Gold	5h	TH8
10	460,000Gold	6h	TH8
11	600,000Gold	7h	TH9
12	700,000Gold	8h	TH10
13	1,000,000Gold	10h	TH10
14	1,100,000Gold	11h	TH11
15	1,300,000Gold	12h	TH11
16	1,600,000Gold	16h	TH12
17	1,800,000Gold	20h	TH12
18	2,000,000Gold	1d	TH13
19	2,200,000Gold	1d 6h	TH13
20	3,000,000Gold	1d 12h	TH14
21	4,000,000Gold	2d	TH15

Mortar

Unlocks at TH3 · TH18 Cap: level 18 · 4 at TH18 · max level 18

Mortar: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Count	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Mortar: cost and time per level, levels 1–18
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	5,000Gold	30m	TH3
2	25,000Gold	1h	TH4
3	90,000Gold	2h	TH5
4	180,000Gold	3h	TH6
5	300,000Gold	6h	TH7
6	500,000Gold	8h	TH8
7	900,000Gold	12h	TH9
8	1,200,000Gold	18h	TH10
9	1,600,000Gold	20h	TH11
10	1,800,000Gold	1d	TH11
11	2,300,000Gold	1d 6h	TH12
12	2,400,000Gold	1d 12h	TH12
13	2,800,000Gold	2d	TH13
14	4,300,000Gold	2d 12h	TH14
15	5,000,000Gold	3d	TH15
16	7,000,000Gold	4d	TH16
17	13,000,000Gold	5d	TH17
18	21,000,000Gold	12d 12h	TH18

Air Defense

Unlocks at TH4 · TH18 Cap: level 16 · 4 at TH18 · max level 16

Air Defense: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Count	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Air Defense: cost and time per level, levels 1–16
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	22,000Gold	1h	TH4
2	90,000Gold	2h	TH4
3	210,000Gold	6h	TH5
4	500,000Gold	12h	TH6
5	800,000Gold	18h	TH7
6	1,000,000Gold	1d	TH8
7	1,750,000Gold	2d	TH9
8	2,300,000Gold	2d 12h	TH10
9	3,400,000Gold	3d	TH11
10	5,000,000Gold	4d	TH12
11	5,600,000Gold	4d 12h	TH13
12	6,500,000Gold	5d	TH14
13	8,000,000Gold	6d	TH15
14	9,000,000Gold	6d 12h	TH16
15	15,000,000Gold	7d	TH17
16	26,000,000Gold	13d 6h	TH18

Wizard Tower

Unlocks at TH5 · TH18 Cap: level 17 · 2 at TH18 · max level 17

Wizard Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	6	7	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	17	17
Count	1	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2

Wizard Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–17
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	100,000Gold	1h	TH5
2	150,000Gold	1h 30m	TH5
3	250,000Gold	4h	TH6
4	400,000Gold	8h	TH7
5	550,000Gold	10h	TH8
6	660,000Gold	12h	TH8
7	1,000,000Gold	18h	TH9
8	1,100,000Gold	20h	TH10
9	1,300,000Gold	1d	TH10
10	2,000,000Gold	1d 6h	TH11
11	2,500,000Gold	1d 12h	TH12
12	2,600,000Gold	1d 18h	TH13
13	3,000,000Gold	2d	TH13
14	4,500,000Gold	3d	TH14
15	5,500,000Gold	4d	TH15
16	8,000,000Gold	4d 12h	TH16
17	14,000,000Gold	5d 12h	TH17

Air Sweeper

Unlocks at TH6 · TH18 Cap: level 7 · 2 at TH18 · max level 7

Air Sweeper: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Count	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Air Sweeper: cost and time per level, levels 1–7
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	200,000Gold	4h	TH6
2	300,000Gold	6h	TH6
3	450,000Gold	8h	TH7
4	800,000Gold	12h	TH8
5	1,200,000Gold	1d	TH9
6	1,900,000Gold	2d	TH10
7	3,400,000Gold	3d	TH11

Hidden Tesla

Unlocks at TH7 · TH18 Cap: level 17 · 5 at TH18 · max level 17

Hidden Tesla: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17
Count	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Hidden Tesla: cost and time per level, levels 1–17
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	250,000Gold	2h	TH7
2	350,000Gold	3h	TH7
3	500,000Gold	4h	TH7
4	600,000Gold	6h	TH8
5	800,000Gold	12h	TH8
6	1,200,000Gold	1d	TH8
7	1,400,000Gold	1d 6h	TH9
8	1,600,000Gold	1d 12h	TH10
9	2,100,000Gold	1d 18h	TH11
10	3,000,000Gold	2d	TH12
11	3,100,000Gold	2d 12h	TH13
12	3,700,000Gold	3d	TH13
13	5,100,000Gold	3d 12h	TH14
14	6,500,000Gold	4d	TH15
15	8,200,000Gold	5d	TH16
16	15,000,000Gold	7d	TH17
17	25,000,000Gold	13d	TH18

Bomb Tower

Unlocks at TH8 · TH18 Cap: level 13 · 2 at TH18 · max level 13

Bomb Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Count	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Bomb Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–13
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	700,000Gold	12h	TH8
2	1,000,000Gold	18h	TH8
3	1,300,000Gold	1d	TH9
4	1,800,000Gold	1d 12h	TH10
5	1,900,000Gold	1d 18h	TH11
6	2,000,000Gold	2d	TH11
7	4,000,000Gold	3d	TH12
8	5,000,000Gold	3d 12h	TH13
9	6,000,000Gold	4d	TH14
10	7,000,000Gold	4d 12h	TH15
11	8,500,000Gold	5d	TH16
12	14,500,000Gold	7d	TH17
13	25,000,000Gold	13d	TH18

X-Bow

Unlocks at TH9 · TH18 Cap: level 13 · 4 at TH18 · max level 13

X-Bow: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	4	5	6	8	9	10	11	12	13
Count	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

X-Bow: cost and time per level, levels 1–13
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	1,000,000Gold	12h	TH9
2	1,200,000Gold	1d	TH9
3	2,400,000Gold	2d	TH9
4	2,500,000Gold	2d 12h	TH10
5	3,900,000Gold	3d	TH11
6	5,000,000Gold	3d 12h	TH12
7	6,000,000Gold	4d	TH13
8	7,000,000Gold	4d 12h	TH13
9	9,000,000Gold	5d	TH14
10	9,500,000Gold	5d 12h	TH15
11	10,000,000Gold	6d	TH16
12	16,000,000Gold	8d	TH17
13	26,000,000Gold	13d 12h	TH18

Inferno Tower

Unlocks at TH10 · TH18 Cap: level 12 · 3 at TH18 · max level 12

Inferno Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Count	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Inferno Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–12
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	1,000,000Gold	12h	TH10
2	1,200,000Gold	1d	TH10
3	2,400,000Gold	2d	TH10
4	3,400,000Gold	2d 12h	TH11
5	4,200,000Gold	3d	TH11
6	6,000,000Gold	4d	TH12
7	8,000,000Gold	5d	TH13
8	9,500,000Gold	6d	TH14
9	10,000,000Gold	6d 12h	TH15
10	11,000,000Gold	7d	TH16
11	16,000,000Gold	8d	TH17
12	26,500,000Gold	13d 12h	TH18

Scattershot

Unlocks at TH13 · TH18 Cap: level 7 · 2 at TH18 · max level 7

Scattershot: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7
Count	2	2	2	2	2	2

Scattershot: cost and time per level, levels 1–7
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	8,000,000Gold	5d	TH13
2	9,000,000Gold	7d	TH13
3	11,000,000Gold	7d 12h	TH14
4	11,500,000Gold	8d	TH15
5	12,000,000Gold	8d 12h	TH16
6	16,500,000Gold	9d	TH17
7	26,500,000Gold	15d	TH18

Spell Tower

Unlocks at TH15 · TH18 Cap: level 4 · 2 at TH18 · max level 4

Spell Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	3	4	4
Count	2	2	2	2

Spell Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–4
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	9,000,000Gold	7d	TH15
2	11,000,000Gold	8d	TH15
3	12,000,000Gold	8d 12h	TH15
4	27,000,000Gold	10d	TH17

Monolith

Unlocks at TH15 · TH18 Cap: level 5 · 1 at TH18 · max level 5

Monolith: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5
Count	1	1	1	1

Monolith: cost and time per level, levels 1–5
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	200,000Dark Elixir	7d	TH15
2	250,000Dark Elixir	8d	TH15
3	260,000Dark Elixir	9d	TH16
4	300,000Dark Elixir	11d	TH17
5	470,000Dark Elixir	15d	TH18

Multi-Archer Tower

Unlocks at TH16 · TH18 Cap: level 4 · 3 at TH18 · max level 4

Multi-Archer Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4
Count	2	3	3

Multi-Archer Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–4
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	12,000,000Gold	7d	TH16
2	13,000,000Gold	8d	TH16
3	17,500,000Gold	9d	TH17
4	27,000,000Gold	14d	TH18

Ricochet Cannon

Unlocks at TH16 · TH18 Cap: level 4 · 3 at TH18 · max level 4

Ricochet Cannon: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4
Count	2	3	3

Ricochet Cannon: cost and time per level, levels 1–4
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	12,000,000Gold	7d	TH16
2	13,000,000Gold	8d	TH16
3	17,500,000Gold	9d	TH17
4	26,500,000Gold	13d 12h	TH18

Firespitter

Unlocks at TH17 · TH18 Cap: level 3 · 2 at TH18 · max level 3

Firespitter: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	17	18
TH Cap	2	3
Count	2	2

Firespitter: cost and time per level, levels 1–3
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	17,000,000Gold	8d 12h	TH17
2	18,000,000Gold	10d	TH17
3	29,000,000Gold	15d	TH18

Multi-Gear Tower

Unlocks at TH17 · TH18 Cap: level 3 · 1 at TH18 · max level 3

Multi-Gear Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	17	18
TH Cap	2	3
Count	1	1

Multi-Gear Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–3
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	17,000,000Gold	8d	TH17
2	18,000,000Gold	9d	TH17
3	28,000,000Gold	14d	TH18

Super Wizard Tower

Unlocks at TH18 · TH18 Cap: level 2 · 2 at TH18 · max level 2

Super Wizard Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	18
TH Cap	2
Count	2

Super Wizard Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–2
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	29,000,000Gold	13d	TH18
2	30,000,000Gold	14d	TH18

Revenge Tower

Unlocks at TH18 · TH18 Cap: level 2 · 1 at TH18 · max level 2

Revenge Tower: TH Cap and count at each Town Hall
Town Hall	18
TH Cap	2
Count	1

Revenge Tower: cost and time per level, levels 1–2
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	430,000Gold	13d	TH18
2	460,000Gold	14d	TH18

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