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Resource buildings upgrade costs and times

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

Resource buildings are the economy behind every other page here. Collectors, mines and drills trickle loot in on their own; storages decide how much of it you can hold, and therefore the most expensive single upgrade you can buy. If a defense or lab upgrade costs more than your storages carry, you cannot bank enough to start it, however well you farm.

The pricing is crossed over, and the tables show it. Gold Mines and Gold Storages are paid in elixir; Elixir Collectors and Elixir Storages are paid in gold. Dark Elixir Drills and the Dark Elixir Storage are paid in elixir. So an elixir-heavy stretch of lab and army upgrades is the natural time to put spare gold into elixir buildings, and the reverse when you are deep in defenses.

Each section below lists every level with its cost, upgrade time and Town Hall requirement, and the TH Cap and building count at each Town Hall. Choose a Town Hall in the filter to see what maxing the whole category takes there. Most raiding players do not need to max collectors at all; the totals are there so you can see what you are choosing to skip.

What to upgrade first

Storages early at each Town Hall, enough to hold the price of your most expensive planned upgrade. This is the only part of the category that can block progress outright.
Dark Elixir Storage and Drills next. Dark elixir is the rarest resource and pays for hero levels; a storage too small for the next hero upgrade stalls your strongest timers.
Collectors and mines last, unless you play passively and rarely raid. For an active player, raiding out-earns them by a wide margin and builder time is better spent elsewhere.

Max-out Cost at Town Hall 18

Showing every level (TH18 is the current max)

Maxing all resource buildings at Town Hall 18 from level 0 takes 404 builder-days and 278,078,050 gold and 451,698,050 elixir.

From level 0

404builder-days(1y 1mo)

278,078,050Gold
451,698,050Elixir

From the TH17 cap

113builder-days(3mo 23d)

72,000,000Gold
97,000,000Elixir

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 resource building

Gold Mine

Unlocks at TH1 · TH18 Cap: level 17 · 7 at TH18 · max level 17

Gold Mine: 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	4	6	8	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17
Count	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Gold Mine: cost and time per level, levels 1–17
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	150Elixir	5s	TH1
2	300Elixir	15s	TH1
3	700Elixir	1m	TH2
4	1,400Elixir	2m	TH2
5	3,000Elixir	5m	TH3
6	7,000Elixir	15m	TH3
7	14,000Elixir	30m	TH4
8	28,000Elixir	1h	TH4
9	56,000Elixir	1h 30m	TH5
10	75,000Elixir	2h	TH5
11	85,000Elixir	3h	TH7
12	170,000Elixir	4h	TH8
13	400,000Elixir	5h	TH10
14	800,000Elixir	6h	TH11
15	1,200,000Elixir	10h	TH12
16	2,000,000Elixir	1d	TH14
17	8,000,000Elixir	2d	TH16

Gold Storage

Unlocks at TH1 · TH18 Cap: level 19 · 4 at TH18 · max level 19

Gold Storage: 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	1	3	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Count	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Gold Storage: cost and time per level, levels 1–19
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	300Elixir	10s	TH1
2	750Elixir	2m	TH2
3	1,500Elixir	5m	TH2
4	3,000Elixir	15m	TH3
5	6,000Elixir	30m	TH3
6	12,000Elixir	1h	TH3
7	25,000Elixir	2h	TH4
8	50,000Elixir	3h	TH4
9	100,000Elixir	4h	TH5
10	250,000Elixir	5h	TH6
11	500,000Elixir	6h	TH7
12	1,000,000Elixir	12h	TH11
13	1,800,000Elixir	18h	TH12
14	2,800,000Elixir	1d	TH13
15	3,000,000Elixir	2d	TH14
16	4,000,000Elixir	3d	TH15
17	5,500,000Elixir	4d	TH16
18	10,000,000Elixir	5d	TH17
19	18,000,000Elixir	12d 12h	TH18

Elixir Collector

Unlocks at TH1 · TH18 Cap: level 17 · 7 at TH18 · max level 17

Elixir Collector: 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	4	6	8	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17
Count	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Elixir Collector: cost and time per level, levels 1–17
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	150Gold	5s	TH1
2	300Gold	15s	TH1
3	700Gold	1m	TH2
4	1,400Gold	2m	TH2
5	3,000Gold	5m	TH3
6	7,000Gold	15m	TH3
7	14,000Gold	30m	TH4
8	28,000Gold	1h	TH4
9	56,000Gold	1h 30m	TH5
10	75,000Gold	2h	TH5
11	85,000Gold	3h	TH7
12	170,000Gold	4h	TH8
13	400,000Gold	5h	TH10
14	800,000Gold	6h	TH11
15	1,200,000Gold	10h	TH12
16	2,000,000Gold	1d	TH14
17	8,000,000Gold	2d	TH16

Elixir Storage

Unlocks at TH1 · TH18 Cap: level 19 · 4 at TH18 · max level 19

Elixir Storage: 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	1	3	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Count	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Elixir Storage: cost and time per level, levels 1–19
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	300Gold	10s	TH1
2	750Gold	2m	TH2
3	1,500Gold	5m	TH2
4	3,000Gold	15m	TH3
5	6,000Gold	30m	TH3
6	12,000Gold	1h	TH3
7	25,000Gold	2h	TH4
8	50,000Gold	3h	TH4
9	100,000Gold	4h	TH5
10	250,000Gold	5h	TH6
11	500,000Gold	6h	TH7
12	1,000,000Gold	12h	TH11
13	1,800,000Gold	18h	TH12
14	2,800,000Gold	1d	TH13
15	3,000,000Gold	2d	TH14
16	4,000,000Gold	3d	TH15
17	5,500,000Gold	4d	TH16
18	10,000,000Gold	5d	TH17
19	18,000,000Gold	12d 12h	TH18

Dark Elixir Drill

Unlocks at TH7 · TH18 Cap: level 11 · 3 at TH18 · max level 11

Dark Elixir Drill: 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	3	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11
Count	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Dark Elixir Drill: cost and time per level, levels 1–11
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	180,000Elixir	4h	TH7
2	270,000Elixir	6h	TH7
3	540,000Elixir	12h	TH7
4	900,000Elixir	18h	TH9
5	1,200,000Elixir	1d	TH9
6	1,800,000Elixir	1d 12h	TH9
7	2,100,000Elixir	1d 18h	TH10
8	2,400,000Elixir	2d	TH11
9	3,700,000Elixir	2d 12h	TH12
10	5,300,000Elixir	3d	TH14
11	12,000,000Elixir	6d	TH16

Dark Elixir Storage

Unlocks at TH7 · TH18 Cap: level 13 · 1 at TH18 · max level 13

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

Dark Elixir Storage: cost and time per level, levels 1–13
Level	Cost	Time	Town Hall
1	250,000Elixir	8h	TH7
2	500,000Elixir	16h	TH7
3	1,000,000Elixir	1d	TH8
4	1,500,000Elixir	1d 12h	TH8
5	2,000,000Elixir	1d 16h	TH9
6	2,400,000Elixir	2d	TH9
7	3,800,000Elixir	3d	TH12
8	5,400,000Elixir	3d 12h	TH13
9	6,600,000Elixir	4d	TH14
10	8,000,000Elixir	4d 12h	TH15
11	10,000,000Elixir	5d	TH16
12	16,000,000Elixir	7d	TH17
13	25,000,000Elixir	13d	TH18

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