Clash of Clans TH17 update patch notes: Town Hall 17, Minion Prince, and more

The Clash of Clans TH17 update brings a ton of exciting new features and improvements to the game. Town Hall 17 introduces some cool defenses, like the Inferno Artillery and the Firespitter, along with a new trap called the Giga Bomb.

There is also a new Elixir Troop, the Thrower, and a helpful Revive Spell to bring back defeated Heroes. Here’s the detailed patch note for this update.

Clash of Clans TH17 update patch notes

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New Hero: Minion Prince

• Minion Prince: A new flying Hero that specializes in dealing damage from above and weakening Defenses.
• Available to all players at Town Hall 9 and higher.

Hero Hall

• Hero Hall: A new building to manage all Hero-related essentials.
• Hero Slots: Up to four (Town Hall 13 and higher) active Hero slots can be assigned for offensive or defensive purposes.
• Hero Banners: Position them in your village to customize your Hero Defenses.
• 3D Hero Skins: View Hero Skins in a fresh 3D view.
• Maximum Hero upgrade levels are now tied to the Hero Hall level.

Chief’s Helpers & Helper Hut

• Helper Hut: A 3x3 building for Town Hall 9 and above to manage the Builder’s Apprentice and the new Lab Assistant.
• Lab Assistant: Speeds up research upgrades in the Laboratory. Works similarly to the Builder's Apprentice (one hour per day).
• The Lab Assistant is free at level 1.

Town Hall 17

• Inferno Artillery: A new Town Hall Weapon that merges Town Hall and Eagle Artillery.
  • Fires 4 projectiles targeting different enemies (or same if fewer than 4 targets).
  • Leaves an area of effect for continuous damage.
  • No death bomb when destroyed.
• New Trap: Giga Bomb: Visible trap causing massive damage and strong pushback in a large area.
• New Defense: Firespitter:
  • Aimed defense like the Air Sweeper with a cone of attack.
  • Extremely fast attack speed but less precision.
  • Targets both ground and air Troops, even if the defense focuses on one type.
• New Troop: Thrower: An Elixir Troop that targets anything at long range and has high HP.
• New Spell: Revive:
  • Brings a defeated Hero back into the battle with some health.
  • Targets the nearest defeated Hero within 8 tiles.
  • Available from Town Hall 15 and above.

New levels for buildings, traps, troops, spells, and sieges

• New levels for various upgrades, including Traps, Siege Machines, Troops, and more at Town Hall 17.

Quality of life improvements

• Hero Skin Selection Screen: Improved lighting and background with updated skin textures.
• Hard Mode: Now persists for friendly challenges.
• Legend League Layouts: Cooldown bypassed when changing defensive layout if there are unplaced buildings.
• Builder’s Apprentice: Can now be assigned to the Forge.
• Archer Queen: Now available at Town Hall 8.
• Magic Items: Provide Gems when they expire from temporary storage.
• New “Keep assigned until the upgrade is complete”: Available for both Builder’s Apprentice and Lab Assistant.

Another wave of cost cuts

• Dark Elixir Troops and Spells: 50% cost reduction.
• Pet Dark Elixir Costs: Reduced by 25%.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issues with Legendary scenery movie clips, Builder Potions, Builder Base decorations, War screen donation bubbles, and other interface bugs.
• Resolved display and functionality issues for multi-window devices, including scaling issues and tooltip errors.