Town Hall 18
Town Hall 18 is the current ceiling, and it is a level about depth rather than novelty. The Super Wizard Tower and Revenge Tower are the new defences, and the real work is finishing the long tail of everything the previous seven Town Halls left unfinished.
What actually changes at TH18
The Super Wizard Tower is an upgrade path for a building you have had since the early game, and it hits considerably harder than the tower it replaces in the base layout. The Revenge Tower introduces a retaliation mechanic that makes trading damage with it a losing proposition.
The Laboratory reaches 16, the Clan Castle 14 and Army Camps 14 — the largest army you can field in the game, which changes what compositions are even possible.
Almost everything else is a level increase. At the top Town Hall the interesting decisions are about sequencing rather than unlocking, because there is no next level to rush toward.
Upgrade order
Laboratory, Clan Castle and Army Camps first — with no Town Hall to save for, there is no reason to hold anything back. Then heroes and pets continuously, then the new defences, then the enormous wall backlog that almost every account carries by this point.
Army to run
With maximum camp space you can finally run the full-strength versions of the compositions you have been approximating. This is also where hero equipment levels, rather than hero levels, separate good attackers from great ones — equipment is the progression track that keeps going once everything else is capped.
How long TH18 takes
There is no deadline here, which changes the psychology of the level. Most accounts spend a year or more finishing TH18, and the ones that finish are the ones that keep every parallel timer — builders, laboratory, heroes, pets, Pet House — running rather than optimising any single one.
Common mistakes at TH18
- Stopping laboratory and pet upgrades because there is no next Town Hall to prepare for. Those levels are what win wars.
- Leaving walls to last for so long that they become a demoralising six-month block on their own.
- Ignoring hero equipment, which at TH18 is the main thing still improving your attacks.
How to unlock TH18
25MFinish these before you can upgrade to Town Hall 18:
Archer TowerMust be built
Multi-Archer TowerMust be built
Ricochet CannonMust be built
Multi-Gear TowerMust be built
Firespitter2× built
Giant BombMust be built
Seeking Air MineMust be built
Giga BombMust be built- IAInferno ArtilleryLevel 5
New at Town Hall 18
Revenge Tower
Super Wizard Tower×2Defenses
| Building | Available | Max level | Upgrades unlocked at TH18 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Air Defense | 4 | 16(was 15) |
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 Bomb Tower | 2 | 13(was 12) |
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 Firespitter | 2 | 3(was 2) |
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 Hidden Tesla | 5 | 17(was 16) |
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 Inferno Tower | 3 | 12(was 11) |
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 Monolith | 1 | 5(was 4) |
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 Mortar | 4 | 18(was 17) |
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 Multi-Archer Tower | 3 | 4(was 3) |
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 Multi-Gear Tower | 1 | 3(was 2) |
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Revenge Tower New | 1 | 2 |
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 Ricochet Cannon | 3 | 4(was 3) |
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 Scattershot | 2 | 7(was 6) |
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Super Wizard Tower New | 2 | 2 |
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 X-Bow | 4 | 13(was 12) |
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 Air Sweeper | 2 | 7 | — |
 Archer Tower | 2 | 21 | — |
 Spell Tower | 2 | 4 | — |
 Wizard Tower | 2 | 17 | — |
Traps
| Building | Available | Max level | Upgrades unlocked at TH18 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Air Bomb | 8+1 | 13(was 12) |
|
 Bomb | 8 | 14(was 13) |
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 Giant Bomb | 8 | 12(was 11) |
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 Giga Bomb | 1 | 4(was 3) |
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 Seeking Air Mine | 9 | 8(was 7) |
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 Skeleton Trap | 4 | 5(was 4) |
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 Spring Trap | 9 | 13(was 12) |
|
 Tornado Trap | 1 | 3 | — |
Resources
| Building | Available | Max level | Upgrades unlocked at TH18 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Elixir Storage | 1 | 13(was 12) |
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 Elixir Storage | 4 | 19(was 18) |
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 Gold Storage | 4 | 19(was 18) |
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 Dark Elixir Drill | 3 | 11 | — |
 Elixir Collector | 7 | 17 | — |
 Gold Mine | 7 | 17 | — |
Army
| Building | Available | Max level | Upgrades unlocked at TH18 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Army Camp | 4 | 14(was 13) |
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 Clan Castle | 1 | 14(was 13) |
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 Laboratory | 1 | 16(was 15) |
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 Pet House | 1 | 12(was 11) |
|
 Barracks | 1 | 19 | — |
 Blacksmith | 1 | 10 | — |
 Dark Barracks | 1 | 13 | — |
 Dark Spell Factory | 1 | 8 | — |
 Spell Factory | 1 | 9 | — |
 Workshop | 1 | 9 | — |
Walls
| Building | Available | Max level | Upgrades unlocked at TH18 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Wall | 325 | 19(was 18) |
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