Clash of Clans TH16: Building Upgrade Priorities Guide

Town Hall 16 introduces a ton of new build upgrades, including defense merging, upgrade tiers to the Barracks and Pet House, and the Blacksmith building. This guide, sourced from well-regarded community expert, iTzu, will teach you how to best prioritize your build order in the TH16 update.

Follow this list from top to bottom and you'll do just fine!

Priority #1 Buildings:

Town Hall Level 16

• Cost: 20,000,000
• Build time: 14 days

Laboratory 

Level 14

• Cost: 13,500,000
• Build time: 16 days

Blacksmith Level 9

• Cost from level 1 to 9: 63,750,000
• Build time from level 1 to 9: 45 days

Priority #2: New Upgrades:

Barracks Level 17

• Cost: 16,000,000
• Build time: 14 days

Pet House Level 9

• Cost: 21,000,000
• Build time: 15 days

Priority #3: Defenses

Bomb Tower Level 11

• Amount: 2
• Cost per build: 20,800,000
• Build time: 14 days

Ricochet Cannon 

Level 1

• Amount: 2
• Cost per build: 20,000,000
• Build time: 14 days

Multi-Archer Tower 

Level 1

• Amount: 2
• Cost per build: 20,000,000
• Build time: 14 days

Ricochet Cannon 

Level 2

• Amount: 2
• Cost per build: 22,000,000
• Build time: 15.5 days

Multi-Archer Tower 

Level 2

• Amount: 2
• Cost per build: 22,000,000
• Build time: 15.5 days

X-Bow Level 11

• Amount: 4
• Cost per build: 21,000,000
• Build time: 15 days

Air Defense Level 14

• Amount: 4
• Cost per build: 20,500,000
• Build time: 15 days

Wizard Tower Level 16

• Amount: 5
• Cost per build: 20,200,000
• Build time: 14.5 days

Mortar Level 16

• Amount: 4
• Cost per build: 19,500,000
• Build time: 14.5 days

Priority #4: Traps

Giant Bomb Level 10

• Amount: 7
• Cost per build: 12,000,000
• Build time: 12.75 days

Air Bomb Level 11

• Amount: 7
• Cost per build: 10,000,000
• Build time: 9.5 days

Bomb Level 12

• Amount: 8
• Cost per build: 9,000,000
• Build time: 8.5 days

Priority #5: Storage

Dark Elixir Storage

• Amount: 1
• Cost per build: 13,500,000
• Build time: 15 days

Elixir Storage

 

• Amount: 4
• Cost per build: 7,500,000
• Build time: 12.5 days

Gold Storage

• Amount: 4
• Cost per build: 7,500,000
• Build time: 12.5 days

iTzu's in-depth breakdown: