Hero Equipment enables customisation of your Heroes, letting you choose the abilities that they have when you take them into battle. There are a range of different equipment, affecting both the offensive and defensive capabilities of your Heroes so you can pick the most effective traits for your attacks. This guide provides an overview of Hero Equipment covering everything you need to know to boost your Heroes in your village.

How does equipment affect your Heroes?

For many years, Heroes have always had the same abilities when activated during battle. With the Town Hall 16 update, the existing abilities have been decoupled from the heroes, becoming 2 separate equipment and a number of new equipment have been added. For example, the Barbarian King's Iron Fist ability previously spawned raged Barbarians while boosting the King's damage, speed and recovered health. These are now 2 separate equipment, the Barbarian Puppet (summons raged Barbarians) and the Rage Vial (boosts his damage, movement speed and recovers health).

There are two equipment types: Active and Passive.

• Active equipment can be triggered by tapping on the Hero’s icon on the deployment bar while they are in battle and will last for a number of seconds.
• Passive equipment affects the Hero for the entire duration of the attack and doesn’t require any action from the player.

You can choose to equip any combination of active and passive equipment, however if you choose two active equipment, both will be activated at the same time when you press the Hero’s icon, they cannot be activated independently of each other.

There are two rarity levels for equipment: Common and Epic.

• Common equipment is unlocked either with the Hero (for the default equipment) or by upgrading the Blacksmith building
• Epic equipment is unlocked either via events or by later purchasing them from the Trader for Gems.

Hero Equipment is managed via the Blacksmith building. The maximum level your Hero Equipment can be upgraded to is determined by your Blacksmith level, which is determined by your Town Hall level. Common Equipment maxes out at level 18 and Epic Equipment maxes out at level 27.

Boosted Hero Attributes

Almost every Hero Equipment affects at least one Hero attribute and these can have as much impact on the effectiveness of your Hero as the main equipment ability, especially attribute boosts such as HP recovery or invisibility. When choosing Hero Equipment, compare which Hero attributes are boosted and the value. Some Hero Equipment will start off with a smaller attribute boost but once upgraded a certain amount, will then offer more, so you can see how many levels need to be upgraded for it to equal your existing equipment.

As well as giving your Hero new abilities or traits, Hero Equipment also affects some of the base stats for the Hero, such as HP, DPS, damage per hit. Depending on what role you want your Hero to play in your attack, these can be worth taking into consideration too. For example, if you are planning on using a Warden walk as part of your attack, using Hero Equipment increases his DPS will help speed up that phase of the attack. The passive Hero stat changes (such as HP increase, DPS increase etc) will affect the hero throughout the attack.

What is the Blacksmith?

This is unlocked at Town Hall 8 and can be upgraded with each Town Hall level. Opening the equipment menu on the Blacksmith shows an overview of all of the equipment you have currently unlocked, which are active on your heroes and can be upgraded here also. This is also a resource storage for Ores, which is a new resource used for upgrading Hero Equipment.

Upgrading the Blacksmith unlocks the following equipment:

Level		Unlocks
	1	Earthquake Boots
	2	Giant Arrow
	3	Vampstache
	4	Rage Gem
	5	Healer Puppet
	6	Healing Tome
	7	Hog Rider Puppet
	8	Haste Vial
	9	(No New Equipment Unlocked)

What are Ores?

Ores are a new resource that is used exclusively for upgrading Hero Equipment. There are three different types of Ore with increasing levels of scarcity:

Ore	Rarity	Sources
Shiny	The most common Ore used for all levels of Common and Epic Equipment	Home Village Star Bonus Clan Wars Trader In-game Shop
Glowy	A rarer Ore used to upgrade Common and Epic Equipment every 3 levels.	Home Village Star Bonus Clan Wars Trader In-game Shop
Starry	The rarest Ore used to upgrade Epic Equipment at certain milestones.	Clan Wars Trader In-game Shop

When you have sufficient Ores to upgrade your Hero Equipment, tap on it and press the upgrade button. There are no upgrade times for Equipment, the upgrade will take effect immediately.

Ores are primarily earned through activity in your village. Ores can be acquired from the following sources:

• Home Village Daily Star Bonus
• Participating in Clan Wars/CWL
• Trader (Free, Gems, Raid Medals or Event Medals)
• In-game Shop
• Purchased directly with Gems (however this offers a poor value compared to other sources)

Home Village Star Bonus

This is available every 24 hours and is earnt by getting 5 stars in Multiplayer Battles. Before the Town Hall 16 update (December 2023), this bonus awarded Gold, Elixir and Dark Elixir however with the introduction of Hero Equipment, it now also includes Shiny and Glowy Ores.

The amount of resources you receive depends on your Trophy League:

League	Trophy Range	Shiny Ore	Glowy Ore
Unranked	0 - 399	0	0
Bronze League III	400 - 499	125	0
Bronze League II	500 - 599	175	6
Bronze League I	600 - 799	175	7
Silver League III	800 - 999	200	8
Silver League II	1,000 - 1,199	250	10
Silver League I	1,200 - 1,399	275	11
Gold League III	1,400 - 1,599	300	12
Gold League II	1,600 - 1,799	325	14
Gold League I	1,800 - 1,999	350	16
Crystal League III	2,000 - 2,199	375	18
Crystal League II	2,200 - 2,399	400	20
Crystal League I	2,400 - 2,599	425	22
Master League III	2,600 - 2,799	450	24
Master League II	2,800 - 2,999	500	26
Master League I	3,000 - 3,199	525	28
Champion League III	3,200 - 3,499	550	30
Champion League II	3,500 - 3,799	625	34
Champion League I	3,800 - 4,099	700	38
Titan League III	4,100 - 4,399	775	42
Titan League II	4,400 - 4,699	850	46
Titan League I	4,700 - 4,999	925	50
Legend League	5,000+	1,000	54

As there are more Ores available at higher leagues, gaining trophies to place you in a higher league will help you upgrade your Hero Equipment quicker.

Clan Wars/CWL

Similar to how at the end of the clan war you receive resources for the war targets you attacked, these now include Ores too. The amount of Ores will depend on the TH level of the village you attack and their war weight (how much their village is upgraded).

The amounts of Ores awarded for winning a Clan War are against a fully upgraded village at each TH level is as follows:

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CW Win	TH8	TH9	TH10	TH11	TH12	TH13	TH14	TH15	TH16
Shiny	380	410	460	560	610	710	810	960	1,110
Glowy	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39
Starry	0	0	3	3	4	4	5	5	6

Losing the war will award 50% of these totals and a tie results in 57%.

Trader

It is possible to purchase Ores from the Trader offers each week. The free offer shown often gives Glowy Ores and there is usually a Gem offer for each type of Ores. Similar to other Trader offers, there is a limit for how many of each can be purchased each week.

It is possible to purchase Ores with Raid Medals each week also.

When an event is active, there is an additional tab within the Trader where you can purchase additional Ores using the event currency. There are usually larger quantities or Ores available so you can choose which Ores to purchase to meet your upgrade requirements.

Starry Ores are required for upgrading Epic Equipment and are only available for war targets that are TH11 or higher. For players not regularly attacking TH11+ targets, purchasing Starry Ores from the Trader can be a sensible choice.

In-Game Shop

Offers appear from time to time in the in-game shop selling Ores. This can be an effective way of acquiring larger quantities of Ores and offer better Gem:Ore value compared to purchasing via other methods (see comparison below).

Gems

It is possible to purchase missing Ores directly with Gems when pressing the “Upgrade” button on Equipment. Unlike other sources of Ores, there isn’t a quantity cap or time limits when purchasing using Gems, however the Gem:Ore ratio is the lowest when compared to the previously mentioned methods. It is only worth purchasing Ores directly with Gems if all other sources have already been purchased and you don’t want to wait for them to replenish or you need to purchase small quantities for an upgrade.

Here is a comparison of Gem:Ore ratios for each purchase method. Percentage shown in brackets is the cost reduction compared to the direct Gem cost:

Gems per Ore	Shiny Ore	Glowy Ore	Starry Ore
Gems	1	5	35
Trader (Weekly)	0.5 (-50%)	2.5 (-50%)	18.3 (-48%)
In-Game Shop/SC Store*	0.125 (-87.5%)	0.95 (-81%)	9.2 (-74%)
Trader (Event Pass) **	0.09 (-91%)	0.47 (-91%)	3.2 (-91%)
Trader (Additional Event Medals) ***	0.39 (-61%)	1.94 (-61%)	13.3 (-62%)

This does not take using Raid Medals into consideration. If you have Raid Medals available each week after purchasing any other Magic Items using them (such as Research Potions), consider using them for Ores.

Purchasing Ore Conclusion

Based on the calculations above, if you wish to purchase Ores, the following priority should be used:

1. Purchase the Event Pass and use Medals to buy Ores from the Trader
2. Purchase In-Game Shop/SC Store offers
3. Purchase additional Event Medals from the In-Game Shop/SC Store for Ore bundles not purchased using Medals from the Event Pass
4. Purchase from the weekly Trader deals
5. Purchase directly for Gems

If you have a large number of Gems on your account and don’t wish to spend them on other items, using them for purchasing Ores directly could make sense, but do so after purchasing the weekly Trader offers.

Equipment List

Here is a summary of the equipment currently available in game:

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Hero		Equipment	Details	Released
	(TH8)	Barbarian Puppet Active Common	Summons a pack of raged Barbarians Ability Effects: Summoned Barbarians Hero Attributes Boosted: Hitpoint Increase HP Recovery	Dec 2023
	(TH8)	Rage Vial Active Common	Casts Rage on the Barbarian King Ability Effects: Damage Increase Movement Speed in Ability Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase HP Recovery	Dec 2023
	(TH8)	Earthquake Boots Active Common	Causes a powerful earthquake which destroys walls and damages buildings Ability Effects: Earthquake Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase HP Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH10)	Vampstache Passive Common	Every time the Barbarian King attacks, he heals himself Ability Effects: Heal per Hit Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Attack Speed Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH8)	Giant Gauntlet Active Epic	Barbarian King becomes gigantic, doing area damage and taking less damage Ability Effects: Ability Duration Incoming Damage Reduction Area Damage Radius Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Self Healing per Second	Dec 2023
	(TH8)	Spiky Ball Active Epic	Shoots a Spiky Ball which smashes between buildings Ability Effects: Projectile Damage Number of Targets Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Hitpoint Increase	May 2024
	(TH9)	Archer Puppet Active Common	Summons a gang of Archers Ability Effects: Summoned Archers Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase HP Recovery Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH9)	Invisibility Vial Active Common	Turns the Queen invisible and gives her stronger attacks Ability Effects: Ability Duration Damage per Shot Increase Hero Attributes Boosted: HP Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH9)	Giant Arrow Active Common	Shoots a giant piercing arrow that crosses the entire village Ability Effects: Projectile Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase HP Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH12)	Healer Puppet Active Common	Summons a flock of Healers Ability Effects: Summoned Healers Healer Level Hero Attributes Boosted: Self Healing Per Second HP Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH9)	Frozen Arrow Passive Epic	Icy arrows slow down the targets they hit Ability Effects: Slow Down: % Slow down duration (s) Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase	Feb 2024
	(TH9)	Magic Mirror Active Epic	Summons clones of the Archer Queen Ability Effects: Clones Clone Duration (s) Clone DPS Clone HP Invisibility Hero Attributes Boosted: HP Recovery HP Increase	Aug 2024
	(TH11)	Eternal Tome Active Common	Grand Warden and all nearby friendly units become immune to damage Ability Effects: Ability Duration Hero Attributes Boosted: (No attributes affected)	Dec 2023
	(TH11)	Life Gem Passive Common	Nearby friendly units gain extra hitpoints Ability Effects: % HP Increase Max HP Increase Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase HP Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH13)	Healing Tome Active Common	Heals the Grand Warden and all nearby friendly units Ability Effects: Healing per Second Ability Duration Hero Attributes Boosted: Hitpoint Increase Health Recovery Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH11)	Rage Gem Passive Common	Nearby friendly units do extra damage Ability Effects: % Damage Increase Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Attack Speed Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH11)	Fireball Active Epic	Throws a giant exploding fireball at the closest defense Ability Effects: Area Damage: Tiles Projectile Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase	Mar 2024
	(TH13)	Royal Gem Active Common	Heals the Royal Champion by an extra large amount Ability Effects: Health Recovery Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Hitpoint Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH13)	Seeking Shield Active Common	Throws her shield which bounces between defenses, dealing damage Ability Effects: Projectile Damage (per Target) Hero Attributes Boosted: Hitpoint Increase	Dec 2023
	(TH14)	Hog Rider Puppet Active Common	Summons a stampede of Hog Riders Ability Effects: Summoned Units Summoned Units Level Invisibility Hero Attributes Boosted: Health Recovery Hitpoint Increase	Feb 2024
	(TH15)	Haste Vial Active Common	Casts Haste on the Royal Champion Ability Effects: Ability Duration Speed Increase Ability Attack Speed Increase Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Attack Speed Increase	Feb 2024
	(TH13)	Rocket Spear Active Epic	Her next few spear throws are stronger and longer-ranged Ability Effects: Attacks: Count Extra Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Hitpoint Increase	Jun 2024

Equipment Details

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Epic Equipment

Unlike common equipment that is unlocked either with a hero or by upgrading the Blacksmith, Epic Equipment is initially available from events or later on, from the Trader.

Epic Equipments, as the name suggests, are more powerful than Common Equipment however they also have increased upgrade requirements with more levels and require using Starry Ores for certain key levels. If you are active during an event when a new Epic Equipment is introduced, you have the opportunity to purchase it from the Trader using Event Medals. Some of the Epic Equipments have a niche role rather than being suitable for every attack (such as the Warden’s Fireball), so it may be that you choose to not purchase the Epic Equipment for an event and instead focus on Ores to upgrade your existing equipment.

If you don’t buy an Epic Equipment as part of the event it is introduced, they are available to purchase from the Trader for Gems later on, so there will still be the opportunity to get it for your village. If you intend to purchase multiple Epic Equipment from the Trader, keep in mind you will still need to upgrade them to get the most value from them, so it might be better to buy one at a time and upgrade it.

If you need to buy some extra Gems to purchase Epic Equipment, purchase them from the Supercell Store as you will be able to earn reward points that will give you additional Gems/Magic Items for free.

Currently Available

These Epic Equipment are currently available to purchase from the Trader. The order shown is a general recommendation for the order to purchase and upgrade them, however you may wish to purchase one of the more niche Equipment if it fits within your attack strategies.

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Hero		Equipment	Details	Released
	(TH8)	Giant Gauntlet Active Epic	Barbarian King becomes gigantic, doing area damage and taking less damage Ability Effects: Ability Duration Incoming Damage Reduction Area Damage Radius Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Self Healing per Second Available from the Trader for 1500	Dec 2023
	(TH9)	Frozen Arrow Passive Epic	Icy arrows slow down the targets they hit Ability Effects: Slow Down: % Slow down duration (s) Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Available from the Trader for 1500	Feb 2024
	(TH11)	Fireball Active Epic	Throws a giant exploding fireball at the closest defense Ability Effects: Area Damage: Tiles Projectile Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Available from the Trader for 1500	Mar 2024
	(TH8)	Spiky Ball Active Epic	Shoots a Spiky Ball which smashes between buildings Ability Effects: Projectile Damage Number of Targets Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Hitpoint Increase Available from the Trader for 1500	May 2024
	(TH13)	Rocket Spear Active Epic	Her next few spear throws are stronger and longer-ranged Ability Effects: Attacks: Count Extra Damage Hero Attributes Boosted: DPS Increase Hitpoint Increase Available from the Trader for 1500	Jun 2024

Upgrade Strategy

There are two areas you need to consider when upgrading your equipment:

1. Ensuring you are completing activities that will give you Ores
2. Upgrading your equipment to ensure they are effective for your attacks

Acquiring Ores

Ores are acquired at a steady rate by being active regularly and participating in events that have Ores as their rewards. Unlike conventional resources for the Home Village, they cannot be farmed in a short period with a burst of activity.

Some guidelines to help maximise the amount of Ores you receive:

Complete the Daily Star Bonus

You get a new Daily Star Bonus every 24 hours and it will stack once. This means when you have an active Daily Star Bonus available, the timer for the next one will continue to count down however if it reaches 0 and previous Daily Star Bonus hasn’t been completed, the timer will be paused for any further Daily Star Bonuses until the first one has been completed (by getting 5 stars in Multiplayer Battles).

Ideally you want to try and complete the Daily Star Bonus each day. This can be done in 2 attacks (by getting 3 stars and then at least 2 stars) or across 5 attacks by getting 1 star in each attack. If you aren’t able to complete it daily, ensuring you complete 2 Daily Star Bonuses every other day will help minimise “lost time” between bonuses.

Push to a Higher League

Higher leagues have higher amounts of Ores as part of the Daily Star Bonus with Legends League offering 8x more Ores than Bronze III. Depending on your Town Hall level, it may not be viable to easily reach the highest leagues, but aiming to reach the mid-level leagues will help increase the amount of Ores you get each day from the Daily Star Bonus.

Participate in Wars/CWL

War loot is the main regular source of Starry Ores, so regularly participating in Clan Wars can help acquire those. Starry Ore is only required for upgrading Epic Equipment, so if your priority is upgrading Common Equipment, collecting it might be less of a priority. War rewards still include Shiny and Glowy Ores though which are required for all Hero Equipment upgrades, so participation can help boost progression.

Participate in Monthly Events

Monthly Events enable you to collect Event Medals that can be used to purchase a wide range of items including Epic Hero Equipment, Ore and Magic Items. It is usually possible to collect enough Event Medals so that Free to Play players can purchase the new Epic Equipment and some Ores. There is also an Event Pass available that offers additional Event Medals to purchase more items as well as even more Event Medals from the In-Game Shop/SC Store. The Event Pass offers some of the best value for money for getting Ores, as shown in the Gem Conversion table above.

The Event Pass can be bought in game or from the Supercell Store using the links below:

Collect the Free Ores from the Trader/Use Raid Medals

The weekly Trader Cycle offers include Ores with there often being Glowy Ores available for free and all 3 types of Ores available for Gems or Raid Medals. Using your Raid Medals from participating in Raid Weekends for Ores can be a sensible choice. If you have Gems available, buying the Gem offers for Ores offers better value than buying the Ores directly with Gems.

Upgrading Equipment

Once you have sufficient Ores for an Equipment upgrade level, it can be completed immediately and doesn’t require a Builder to be available. The bottleneck for upgrading Hero Equipment is the rate at which Ores can be acquired. This means upgrading your Hero Equipment in a strategic manner ensures you will get the most value from your upgrades.

Efficient Upgrading

The lower upgrade costs are much cheaper than the higher ones, however they offer a similar amount of performance boost per level. This results in there being a value “sweet spot” where spending 50% of the total Ores will provide around 75% of the maximum strength of the Hero Equipment. This enables you to start using a particular Hero Equipment once it has been partially upgraded to decide if you want to upgrade it further.

Once you have decided on the main Hero Equipment you will use on a frequent basis, you can work on upgrading each of them to the higher levels to get the full strength from them. Every 3 levels is a “major” level for each Hero Equipment, which offers a higher strength increase but requires Glowy Ores for Common Hero Equipment or Glowy and Starry Ores for Epic Hero Equipment. Due to Shiny Ores being the most commonly available type, once you have sufficient Glowy/Starry Ores for the next major level, you will likely then be able to also complete the next 2 upgrade levels that only require Shiny Ores.

Upgrade the two most commonly used Equipment for a Hero and then work on upgrading Hero Equipment for another Hero. This will enable you to end up with one full set of upgraded equipment that you can use with most of your attacks. Then, you can focus on upgrading the less commonly used Hero Equipment.

Clash Ninja Upgrade Tracker

If you are looking for a tool to show you remaining upgrades for your village and help you plan your upgrade order, check out the Clash Ninja Upgrade Tracker.