Game data

Spells upgrade costs and times

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

Spells share the Laboratory with troops, so every hour spent researching a spell is an hour your main troop is not getting stronger. That trade-off is what makes spell priority worth thinking about. A handful of spells appear in nearly every attack at every Town Hall, and a level behind on one of them can cost a three-star; the rest are situational and can wait.

The catalogue splits spells by resource, and the tables show which is which. Lightning, Healing, Rage, Jump, Freeze, Clone, Invisibility, Recall, Revive and Totem are researched with elixir. Poison, Earthquake, Haste, Skeleton, Bat, Overgrowth, Ice Block and Angry are dark spells, researched with dark elixir, which they share with your heroes and dark troops.

Each section lists every research step with its cost, time and Laboratory requirement, and the Town Hall where that lab level first appears. Level 1 comes with unlocking the spell, so tables begin at level 2. Choose a Town Hall in the filter to hide what you cannot research yet; the totals then show the lab time and resources to take every spell to that Town Hall's cap, from scratch or from the previous cap.

What to upgrade first

Rage, Healing, Freeze and Poison. They are used in almost every attack and in Clan Castle defense, so keep them at the TH Cap first.
The spells your main attack depends on. Haste and Rage for LavaLoon, Bat for Witch spam, Invisibility or Recall for the attacks that use them.
Earthquake and the situational spells later, unless your attack plan relies on them.
Do not research a spell you never bring while a troop you use every day is a level behind.

Max-out Cost at Town Hall 18

Showing every level (TH18 is the current max)

Researching every spell from level 1 to the Town Hall 18 cap takes 684 lab-days and costs 586,975,000 elixir and 6,519,500 dark elixir.

From level 0

684lab-days(1y 10mo)

586,975,000Elixir
6,519,500Dark Elixir

From the TH17 cap

221lab-days(7mo 10d)

217,500,000Elixir
2,440,000Dark Elixir

Lab-days are research time back to back in one Laboratory, with no potions, gems or Lab Assistant. “From the previous cap” assumes everything was at the TH17 TH Cap before you upgraded. Full Max-out Cost calculator

Every spell

Lightning Spell

Research from TH3 (Lab 1) · TH18 Cap: level 13 · max level 13 · Elixir

Lightning Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	12	13

Lightning Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–13
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	50,000Elixir	2h	Lab 1 (TH3)
3	100,000Elixir	4h	Lab 2 (TH4)
4	200,000Elixir	6h	Lab 3 (TH5)
5	600,000Elixir	1d	Lab 6 (TH8)
6	1,500,000Elixir	1d 12h	Lab 7 (TH9)
7	2,500,000Elixir	3d	Lab 8 (TH10)
8	4,200,000Elixir	3d 12h	Lab 9 (TH11)
9	6,300,000Elixir	5d	Lab 10 (TH12)
10	10,000,000Elixir	6d	Lab 13 (TH15)
11	13,500,000Elixir	7d	Lab 14 (TH16)
12	18,500,000Elixir	10d	Lab 15 (TH17)
13	27,000,000Elixir	14d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Healing Spell

Research from TH4 (Lab 2) · TH18 Cap: level 12 · max level 12 · Elixir

Healing Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	12

Healing Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–12
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	75,000Elixir	3h	Lab 2 (TH4)
3	150,000Elixir	6h	Lab 4 (TH6)
4	300,000Elixir	12h	Lab 5 (TH7)
5	900,000Elixir	1d	Lab 6 (TH8)
6	1,800,000Elixir	1d 12h	Lab 7 (TH9)
7	3,000,000Elixir	3d	Lab 8 (TH10)
8	6,000,000Elixir	5d	Lab 11 (TH13)
9	11,000,000Elixir	6d 12h	Lab 13 (TH15)
10	14,000,000Elixir	7d	Lab 14 (TH16)
11	19,000,000Elixir	10d 12h	Lab 15 (TH17)
12	29,000,000Elixir	15d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Rage Spell

Research from TH5 (Lab 3) · TH18 Cap: level 7 · max level 7 · Elixir

Rage Spell: TH Cap 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	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

Rage Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–7
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	400,000Elixir	6h	Lab 3 (TH5)
3	800,000Elixir	12h	Lab 4 (TH6)
4	1,000,000Elixir	1d	Lab 5 (TH7)
5	2,000,000Elixir	2d	Lab 6 (TH8)
6	5,000,000Elixir	4d	Lab 10 (TH12)
7	26,000,000Elixir	14d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Jump Spell

Research from TH7 (Lab 5) · TH18 Cap: level 5 · max level 5 · Elixir

Jump Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5

Jump Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–5
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	1,000,000Elixir	1d	Lab 5 (TH7)
3	2,000,000Elixir	2d	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	5,000,000Elixir	4d	Lab 11 (TH13)
5	8,000,000Elixir	5d	Lab 13 (TH15)

Poison Spell

Research from TH8 (Lab 6) · TH18 Cap: level 12 · max level 12 · Dark Elixir

Poison Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

Poison Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–12
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	5,000Dark Elixir	6h	Lab 6 (TH8)
3	10,000Dark Elixir	18h	Lab 7 (TH9)
4	21,500Dark Elixir	2d	Lab 8 (TH10)
5	35,000Dark Elixir	3d	Lab 9 (TH11)
6	55,000Dark Elixir	4d	Lab 10 (TH12)
7	77,500Dark Elixir	5d	Lab 11 (TH13)
8	100,000Dark Elixir	6d 12h	Lab 12 (TH14)
9	135,000Dark Elixir	7d	Lab 13 (TH15)
10	175,000Dark Elixir	8d	Lab 14 (TH16)
11	230,000Dark Elixir	9d 16h	Lab 15 (TH17)
12	350,000Dark Elixir	14d 12h	Lab 16 (TH18)

Earthquake Spell

Research from TH8 (Lab 6) · TH18 Cap: level 8 · max level 8 · Dark Elixir

Earthquake Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8

Earthquake Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–8
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	6,000Dark Elixir	12h	Lab 6 (TH8)
3	12,000Dark Elixir	1d	Lab 7 (TH9)
4	25,500Dark Elixir	3d	Lab 8 (TH10)
5	42,000Dark Elixir	3d 12h	Lab 9 (TH11)
6	120,000Dark Elixir	8d	Lab 12 (TH14)
7	200,000Dark Elixir	9d	Lab 14 (TH16)
8	330,000Dark Elixir	13d 12h	Lab 16 (TH18)

Freeze Spell

Research from TH9 (Lab 7) · TH18 Cap: level 8 · max level 8 · Elixir

Freeze Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

Freeze Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–8
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	1,200,000Elixir	1d	Lab 7 (TH9)
3	1,700,000Elixir	1d 12h	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	3,000,000Elixir	2d	Lab 8 (TH10)
5	4,200,000Elixir	2d 12h	Lab 8 (TH10)
6	6,000,000Elixir	3d 12h	Lab 9 (TH11)
7	7,000,000Elixir	5d	Lab 10 (TH12)
8	28,000,000Elixir	15d 12h	Lab 16 (TH18)

Haste Spell

Research from TH9 (Lab 7) · TH18 Cap: level 7 · max level 7 · Dark Elixir

Haste Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7

Haste Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–7
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	8,000Dark Elixir	1d	Lab 7 (TH9)
3	17,000Dark Elixir	2d	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	30,000Dark Elixir	3d	Lab 8 (TH10)
5	38,500Dark Elixir	4d	Lab 9 (TH11)
6	200,000Dark Elixir	9d	Lab 15 (TH17)
7	320,000Dark Elixir	12d 12h	Lab 16 (TH18)

Clone Spell

Research from TH10 (Lab 8) · TH18 Cap: level 9 · max level 9 · Elixir

Clone Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	9

Clone Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–9
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	1,500,000Elixir	1d	Lab 8 (TH10)
3	2,500,000Elixir	2d	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	3,000,000Elixir	2d 6h	Lab 9 (TH11)
5	4,000,000Elixir	2d 12h	Lab 9 (TH11)
6	5,000,000Elixir	4d	Lab 11 (TH13)
7	8,000,000Elixir	5d	Lab 12 (TH14)
8	9,000,000Elixir	7d	Lab 13 (TH15)
9	26,000,000Elixir	13d 12h	Lab 16 (TH18)

Skeleton Spell

Research from TH10 (Lab 8) · TH18 Cap: level 8 · max level 8 · Dark Elixir

Skeleton Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	8

Skeleton Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–8
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	11,000Dark Elixir	12h	Lab 8 (TH10)
3	17,000Dark Elixir	1d	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	25,000Dark Elixir	2d	Lab 9 (TH11)
5	40,000Dark Elixir	2d 12h	Lab 10 (TH12)
6	50,000Dark Elixir	3d	Lab 10 (TH12)
7	75,000Dark Elixir	4d	Lab 11 (TH13)
8	135,000Dark Elixir	6d	Lab 13 (TH15)

Bat Spell

Research from TH10 (Lab 8) · TH18 Cap: level 8 · max level 8 · Dark Elixir

Bat Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8

Bat Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–8
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	13,000Dark Elixir	18h	Lab 8 (TH10)
3	25,500Dark Elixir	1d 12h	Lab 8 (TH10)
4	35,000Dark Elixir	2d 6h	Lab 9 (TH11)
5	47,500Dark Elixir	4d	Lab 10 (TH12)
6	140,000Dark Elixir	7d	Lab 13 (TH15)
7	220,000Dark Elixir	8d 12h	Lab 15 (TH17)
8	300,000Dark Elixir	13d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Invisibility Spell

Research from TH11 (Lab 9) · TH18 Cap: level 4 · max level 4 · Elixir

Invisibility Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Invisibility Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–4
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	5,000,000Elixir	3d	Lab 9 (TH11)
3	6,000,000Elixir	4d	Lab 10 (TH12)
4	7,000,000Elixir	5d	Lab 11 (TH13)

Overgrowth Spell

Research from TH12 (Lab 10) · TH18 Cap: level 5 · max level 5 · Dark Elixir

Overgrowth Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	2	3	3	4	4	5

Overgrowth Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–5
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	62,500Dark Elixir	5d	Lab 10 (TH12)
3	125,000Dark Elixir	8d 12h	Lab 12 (TH14)
4	175,000Dark Elixir	10d	Lab 14 (TH16)
5	360,000Dark Elixir	16d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Recall Spell

Research from TH13 (Lab 11) · TH18 Cap: level 7 · max level 7 · Elixir

Recall Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	13	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6	7

Recall Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–7
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	7,500,000Elixir	7d	Lab 11 (TH13)
3	8,000,000Elixir	7d 12h	Lab 12 (TH14)
4	9,000,000Elixir	8d	Lab 13 (TH15)
5	13,000,000Elixir	9d	Lab 14 (TH16)
6	19,000,000Elixir	11d	Lab 15 (TH17)
7	29,000,000Elixir	16d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Ice Block Spell

Research from TH14 (Lab 12) · TH18 Cap: level 6 · max level 6 · Dark Elixir

Ice Block Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	14	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5	6

Ice Block Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–6
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	140,000Dark Elixir	10d	Lab 12 (TH14)
3	200,000Dark Elixir	11d	Lab 13 (TH15)
4	280,000Dark Elixir	12d	Lab 14 (TH16)
5	320,000Dark Elixir	14d	Lab 15 (TH17)
6	380,000Dark Elixir	16d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Revive Spell

Research from TH15 (Lab 13) · TH18 Cap: level 5 · max level 5 · Elixir

Revive Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	15	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4	5

Revive Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–5
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	18,000,000Elixir	7d	Lab 13 (TH15)
3	19,000,000Elixir	8d	Lab 14 (TH16)
4	20,000,000Elixir	11d 12h	Lab 15 (TH17)
5	29,500,000Elixir	16d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Totem Spell

Research from TH16 (Lab 14) · TH18 Cap: level 4 · max level 4 · Elixir

Totem Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4

Totem Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–4
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	21,000,000Elixir	12d	Lab 14 (TH16)
3	22,000,000Elixir	14d	Lab 15 (TH17)
4	23,000,000Elixir	16d	Lab 16 (TH18)

Angry Spell

Research from TH16 (Lab 14) · TH18 Cap: level 4 · max level 4 · Dark Elixir

Angry Spell: TH Cap at each Town Hall
Town Hall	16	17	18
TH Cap	2	3	4

Angry Spell: cost and time per level, levels 2–4
Level	Cost	Time	Laboratory
2	150,000Dark Elixir	9d 8h	Lab 14 (TH16)
3	250,000Dark Elixir	12d	Lab 15 (TH17)
4	400,000Dark Elixir	15d	Lab 16 (TH18)

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